Snappy Shopper delivery man walking out of a convenience store

Delivering solutions that help everyone

Retailers, their customers, and the communities they serve can all benefit from the technology offered by Snappy Shopper.
Fiona Gorry

Automatic unfair is one to be aware of

Facing an unfair dismissal claim can be a daunting prospect for an employer, but an allegation of ‘automatically unfair dismissal’ adds a further dimension to such cases, as specialist Fiona Gorry explains
Jane Green

Take care of your staff and your business

Retail employees shouldn’t face the prospect of assault when they go on shift but sadly acts of violence against shop staff do occur. What...
Forecourts

Fuelling flexibility – Greenergy offers deals to suit

THE UK’s fuel supply market has changed dramatically in recent years with many of the oil giants ending their involvement in refining in the...
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Drive-in darkness

Tobacco sales are hugely important to many forecourts. But next April will see tobacco retailing in all impulse outlets change dramatically when the tobacco...

Shelf space – the competition frontier

Brand owners may well offer incentives to ensure good positions in store but if that excludes competitors there could be competition concerns FROM fridges to...
The UWG family celebrates 40 years in business. (Right) Mohammad Ramzan, Pollockshields, 1982.

Forty years on and all fired up

UWG celebrates big birthday
Brand Associates

Building brands by association

BRAND Associates, the Glasgow-based brokerage firm run by Jim and Rosie Hutton, is celebrating its 10th anniversary this year. A decade ago Jim,...
CJ Lang is now offering Equis.

CJ Lang expands its offer

SPAR Scotland wholesaler CJ Lang has been expanding its offer with new supplier partnerships
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Coronavirus: what retail needs to know

As an employer, you have a duty of care to your employees in relation to health and safety, and indeed towards other individuals, including workers/contractors and visitors to your premises.

A good deal of communication

Gander notifies consumers of reduced food items available in their local store.

Site for sore eyes

Located next to picturesque fields and hills on the outskirts of Alloa, the Auld Brig Service Station offers a welcoming pit stop for travellers....
Jeremy Clarke COO

MFG has big plans

INDEPENDENT forecourt operator Motor Fuel Group has started 2018 with a spring in its step after snapping up 14 stations from forecourt operator Golden Cross Group Limited

New dawn for Ardeer

Following a massive investment by owner Mahmood Saleem, Ardeer Services in Stevenston has quadrupled in size, adding a second floor, Subway, ice-cream counter and...
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Have your say on crime

The ACS is calling on retailers to provide information from the last 12 months for its 2020 Crime Survey
Jane Green

Time to talk with a degree of protection

Until recently ‘having a chat’ with an employee about their future employment could prove costly. Since the summer, however, things have changed. But even...