Daniel Johnson MSP worked to bring the bill into power in Scotland in 2021.

Acting to stop the abusive criminals

Retail crime remains a blight across the industry, leaving store owners and their colleagues constantly at risk from abusive customers.

The pulling power of PMPs

WHOLESALERS should cash in on the popularity of price-marked packs and on increasing sales of snack products, reckons food brands firm Mondelez International. Susan Nash,...

CJ Lang takes honours – Scottish Wholesale Achievers awards

CJ Lang & Son, the Dundee-based food and drink wholesaler, has been named the best wholesale business in Scotland at the Scottish Wholesale Achievers...
ChargePoint’s GeniePoint 50kW charger.

MFG is charging ahead

ELECTRIC charge-point provisions at Scottish forecourts are poised for a boost in numbers thanks to a new deal between ChargePoint Services and Motor Fuel Group.

Proving c-stores really can deliver

Fife retailer Zahid Ullah is aiming to get small c-stores offering online shopping and delivery with new technology. A Kelty retailer has launched a new...
Smart looking forecourts with plenty of strong promotions are performing well.

Turn and face the change

Swadling hails forecourt retailers’ adaptability with shift to a convenience focus paying off FEW sectors are affected by so many variables as forecourt retailing, exposed as...
Spar and Gulf branded c-store forecourt Crieff Hydro

New year, new EPOS

Henderson Technology has joined forces with another Scottish retailer as it continues to roll out its EdgePos EPOS software solution to forecourts.

Breathing life into the local – Day-Today, Wallyford

On the site of a closed and shuttered pub a state-of-the-art Day-Today store is ready to serve the community of Wallyford. AS we have reported...

C-stores will stay solid despite risks

Steady as she goes seems to be the trend for Scotland’s convenience sector in 2019, according to commercial property firm Christie & Co .
PayPoint

PayPoint revenue drops

PAYPOINT, the payment services firm which also has a share of the Collect+ parcel service that features in many c-stores, saw its UK revenue...
Person stealing a bottle of wine

Have your say on crime

The ACS is calling on retailers to provide information from the last 12 months for its 2020 Crime Survey
forecourts, Jet, garage, formula one, Phillips 66, Nicolas Hamilton,

Nicolas jets off

NICOLAS Hamilton, the brother of Formula One world champion Lewis Hamilton, has been appointed as Jet’s ambassador for 2015. Nicolas, who has a form of...

City store and PO changes hands

L&Js Grocers, a grocer and Post Office business on the outskirts of Aberdeen city centre has been s old through business broker Bruce &...

Employer obligations to zero-hour workers

The importance of ensuring consistent treatment of employees on different types of contracts has recently been reinforced by the Employment Appeal Tribunal

In a world of EPOSsibilities

Retailers and manufacturers explain why a good EPOS system is essential to the running of a convenience store. NOT all EPOS systems are created equal,...

The big question – referendum on independence in 2014

Wholesalers conference to debate Scottish independence SWA Annual Conference, 14 - 16 June 2013, Crieff Hydro AS Scotland gears up for the referendum on independence in...