It’s show business
Independent delivered wholesaler Iain Hill Ltd has opened a showroom designed to offer new services to customers. John McNee paid a visit to find...
Serving up fresh talent
Baxters Food Group, Fochabers and Polaris Learning have celebrated the graduation of 11 candidates on the Baxters Food Group training and development programme, Talent...
Maximise fuel food
Food to go is increasingly important for forecourts. In this article Stuart Cufflin, transport and retail contracts manager at fuel brand Jet discusses the...
Marking 10,000th licensing success
SCOTLAND’S Rural University College has celebrated the 10,000th candidate to have successfully passed its licensing training course.
Licensing training has been offered at the college,...
Defining the fair price promotion
Pricing and price promotions have become increasingly important in retailing as consumers become cost-conscious. There are policy and legal issues too.
The Chartered Trading Standards...
Small town chances for convenience?
Property firm’s report highlights Scotland’s changing retail landscape
LAST year saw signs of recovery in some of Scotland’s town centres, with convenience stores playing a...
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...
A new style of retailing
From full-blown franchise store solutions, to parcel collections services, local dry-cleaning hook-ups, and opportunities to add a post office to a shop there are...
Beauty spot award winner changes hands
AN award-winning Scottish store, in one of the most picturesque parts of the country, has new owners.
Duncan’s Village Store, a previous Scottish Grocer...
SRC boss warns on Scots tax rates
RETAIL industry group the Scottish Retail Consortium held its annual reception last month – meeting with MSPs from the new Scottish Parliament and hearing...
Should you bring a refit forward?
Changes to drinks licence overprovision rules could mean moving or extending your in-store licensed areas will become much more difficult.
ARE you mulling over a...
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...
Pulling power of transformation
Scottish Grocer speaks to Post Office network transformation project director Neil Ennis
BRITAIN’S Post Office network has been going through a remarkable transformation and c-stores...
Strategic gains says Spar
FOOD and drink to go brand partners and even sit-in licensed trade operations were highlighted by Spar UK managing director Debbie Robinson at the...
Scottish EPOS firm prepares for expansion
MOTHERWELL-BASED EPOS company MHouse Solutions has announced it is taking its systems south of the border.
The firm, which already services over 400 stores in...
Get a paper round system that delivers
A well-run home news delivery and shop saves service can be a good source of a regular income, drive potential customers to your shop...
