Pound or less
WITH supermarkets and some others slashing rates below £1 per litre, independent retailers are asking how long the situation can continue.
Brian Madderson, chairman of...
First in its class
Jet Maybole is the first Jet and Spar dual-branded site to open in the UK. John McNee heard how the business has been doing...
Wholesale change at Today’s
IT’S all change at Today’s Group as the symbol appoints a new managing director while welcoming two independent wholesalers into the fold.
Polls pump up the price
Scotland’s independence referendum has lingering effects on fuel costs
THE people of Scotland may have answered no to the question of whether their country should...
News in the centre of town
PROPERTY agent Christie + Co is selling the freehold interest in Soroba Stores, a community shop to the south-east of Oban town centre.
The...
Fuel steam ahead at Dalmellington store
Village forecourt makes two for Brian Connolly
All pumped up after a revamp
FORECOURT retailer John Sommerville has joined forces with symbol group Mace to revamp his Bathgate store.
Taking the reins of a site he operated for...
Chequered marketing
Jet races ahead at Silverstone birthday bash
UWS sales up 5% to £212m
GLASGOW-based cash and carry, wholesale, and symbol group company United Wholesale (Scotland) saw sales rise by 4.8% to reach £212m for the year to...
Should you protect your brand identity?
by Ross Nicol
BUSINESS names, logos and other branding devices for goods and services can be valuable assets that are wise to protect.
A European...
ScotGov unveils emissions zones
New bill could restrict diesel drivers
Jet is fuel of ideas
There’s plenty of change afoot for Cooper Brothers
The National Living Wage – the details
Staff costs changed significantly for many convenience retailers in the spring and there’s more to come with the NLW scheduled to reach £9...
Store evolution for Spar in Scotland
Company-owned store showcases the ambition of CJ Lang by tapping into the latest c-store trends .
‘Diamonds’ are a dealer’s best friend
‘PROUD to be Jet’ is a service and standards programme that assesses, benchmarks and measures site performance across all Jet forecourts based on annual...
Keeping abreast of parental leave rules
Shared parental leave, and in particular enhanced pay during shared parental leave, has come under the spotlight again in a recent EAT decision: Price v. Powys County Council.
