App for slippery customers
THE Marine Conservation Society has released a seafood app which it hopes will help retailers and fish industry buyers to only choose fish from...
Better outlook for UK petrol retailing?
AFTER a very long period of tough trading circumstances for fuel retailers there have been signs that some things might be better than before,...
Online possibilities
EPOS hardware manufacturer Posiflex made a bid to strengthen its presence in the UK last month with the launch of its new UK website...
2014 – a historic turning point?
CHAIRMAN of the Petrol Retailers Association Brian Madderson has suggested that 2014 may come to be viewed as a “watershed year” for the independent...
Seal of approval warrants concern
Alison Bryce, intellectual property and technology expert at Dentons UK discusses what implications the Queen’s death can have business.
Certas Energy joins the SGF
CERTAS Energy has announced a tie-up with the Scottish Grocers’ Federation as it looks to further strengthen its retail business. With a Scottish network...
A winning combo
Kilwinning’s KK Stores is a shop of two halves, run by two brothers who have invested in a massive refit to bring it up...
Cleaning up fuel supplies
Certas Energy used last month’s Clear Air Day to launch its Energy Reality Series, helping businesses to understand alternative fuels .
What’s the cost of taking a break?
A series of court cases over the last three years have made it hard for employers to know what elements of pay should be...
Allwyn sets out online lottery tasks
Allwyn, the incoming operator of The National Lottery, is urging c-store owners to visit its online retailer portal as soon as possible so that their is no interruption to the service.
Work disciplinary consistency counts
Inconsistency of treatment is a common complaint from employees and can have legal consequences when it comes to a dismissal for misconduct – as...
Expansion for Henderson
A JET-branded forecourt in Lanarkshire has become the latest site to install Henderson Technology’s EDGEPoS system
Strike a balance on religious festivals
Easter public holidays took place a few weeks ago and Christmas public hoidays are well-established. But Scotland is now a multi-cultural society. How...
Employment tribunals see major changes
Fees to bring cases, changes to dismissal compensation amounts and new pre-claim arbitration periods make it a whole new world.
By Jane Green
THE government’s decision...
Jet is fuel of ideas
There’s plenty of change afoot for Cooper Brothers
Bestway signs up to technology trial
Bestway Wholesale has signed up to an innovative age verification techonology trial, running across three of its symbol stores in Leeds.

























