Tesco slammed in adjudicator report

SUPERMARKET and multiple convenience store giant Tesco treated its suppliers in ways that were a serious breach of the industry code, the Groceries Code...
Certas Energy is using Scottish sites it bought in 2012 as a test bed for fuel retailing developments and forecourt store analysis.

Scottish sites aim to learn and teach

THE forecourt market may be challenging but there’s scope to succeed and a group of sites in Scotland might show the way forward. That’s what...
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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.
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Loyalty support for local business

Scottish firm launches new scheme in Perth

AWRS: know the rules

THE Scottish Wholesale Association has urged retailers to check their alcohol wholesaler is registered under new rules, which come into force on April 1. After...
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Software goes into Orbis sites

Fuek software solution provider EdgePetrol has joined forces with Orbis Tech to offer more features for forecourt retailers .
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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.
Concept art for the Costcutter store of the future – the symbol group is committed to investing in technology that will improve retailers’ fortunes, said Dave Morris.

Symbol looks to the future

Costcutter has been rolling out a whole range of new equipment and upgrades across its stores.
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Travelling in the right direction

Bosses at the Petrol Retailers Association have outlined key trends for forecourt operators in 2023, as well as highlighting the benefits of membership.
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Booker heads to the fore

WHOLESALER Booker has added almost 900 new forecourt outlets to its customer base with two new partnerships
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Filshill grabs the glittering prizes

Wholesaler bags five awards and takes the top title in a night of Scottish Wholesale Achievers triumph GLASGOW-based wholesaler JW Filshill came close to sweeping...
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Are you stormproof?

February typically provides some of the year’s most challenging weather conditions. The Scottish Business Resilience Centre has issued guidance on how businesses can best...
Brian Madderson, chairman of the Petrol Retailers’ Association.

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,...

ePlanning changes

CHANGES to a new portal for Scotland’s online planning and building standards administration system continue this month. From 13 January, applicants will no longer be...

The future of forecourts

If forecourt retailers were wondering what the fuel market may look like in the decades ahead, they couldn’t have engineered a better case study in low-volume fuel sales than what has occurred under the Covid-19 pandemic
Retailer Jay Javid, dad Jo Javed, Victoria Lockie and brother Saj Javed at Nisa Local City Store in Hope Street, Glasgow.

Nisa has tools for Scottish expansion

Nisa retail chief Victoria Lockie is confident that the symbol group's proposition for retailers will enable it to achieve ambitious growth targets in Scotland.