Best for Certas

BESTWAY Wholesale has signed an agreement with fuel supplier Certas Energy to be a preferred retail partner across its independent, Gulf and Pace branded...
Taking care of cyber business

Taking care of cyber business – Interns assess security

A team of Scottish Business Resilience Centre computer security experts is now busy checking out computers at a series of small businesses after the...
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Compliance costs and how to tame them

After its member survey showed the average small and medium-sized employer saw, in 2014, an above-inflationary rise of £713 in annual compliance costs, the...
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Stand and deliver

Audrey Junner, partner at Hill Brown Licensing, offers some insights into the dos and don’ts of alcohol delivery
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A hero of health and safety

Griphero has won a silver award at a prestigious health and safety awards ceremony .
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Nisa and easy orders

NISA has developed a new mobile app offering its members a new way to place orders

Sweet year is the best yet

THE best year to date is how confectionery wholesaler Hancocks summed up 2014. Chief executive officer Mark Watson said: “Last year was perhaps Hancocks’ best...

Tailoring a service for convenience

There is no shortage of delivery options for retailers at the moment, with  tech firms and entrepreneurs responding to the surge in demand for home delivery last year

Wholesale family takeover

GLASGOW cash and carry business Alfa Wholesale, which provides a comprehensive ethnic foods service to retailers and caterers, is expanding its fleet of delivery...
Laura Morrison

Spotlight on SSP after IPPR report

Could now be the time to reform sick pay in the UK?
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Don’t lose it – Tools for fuel management

WITH fuel prices rising and margins under pressure from every angle it’s essential not to lose stock. Wetstock management specialists provide petrol dealers with...
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Simpler pick ups

THE Post Office has introduced a new verificaiton app allowing customers to prove their identity without carrying documents.

Investing in retail

Cornerstone attracting buyers for retail properties .

Counting on cash

ATM-using forecourt customers spend more than others and more than eight in 10 consumers plan shopping trips with ATM availability in mind, says new...

Booker’s big buy

Takeover could see mega symbol stable serving more than 9% of UK fascia stores WHOLESALER and symbol group owner Booker is to buy symbol...
Modern EPOS systems such as this Mhouse till can make a difference in store.

Plenty of avenues worth investigating

New tech can take a store to the next level