SteamPunk

Fresh ideas for c-store interiors

Blairgowrie-based shopfitting firm SteamPunk hopes to shake things up in convenience

UWG invests in bright future for depot

UNITED Wholesale Grocers has invested in new lighting for its Polmadie depot as it aims to make it the premier destination for cash &...
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Bestway buys Bargain Booze

BESTWAY is poised to snap up Bargain Booze in a deal brokered by administrators of the financially hamstrung wholesaler Conviviality.

Bestway’s great rebate returns

Bestway Wholesale is reintroducing its Great Rebate initiative for customers from April. The scheme, which is now in its second year, aims to increase...
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...
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

Pushing forward at UWG

IT’S full steam ahead at United Wholesale Grocers (UWG), with the Glasgow-based wholesaler continuing to develop its fascia offer, while continually pushing to improve customer service.
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
The UWG family celebrates 40 years in business. (Right) Mohammad Ramzan, Pollockshields, 1982.

Forty years on and all fired up

UWG celebrates big birthday

Poll reveals support for small business

THE British public wants the next government to protect small business from mistreatment from big business, a poll has revealed. Commissioned by the Forum of...

Certas solutions for independents

Retail director Richard Billington sets out the Gulf case for independent forecourt retailers in Scotland
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How to chill and save

SG checks out the Carbon Trust’s website for tips on efficient use of refrigeration FOR some businesses, refrigeration accounts for half of all energy costs....
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Minimising the risk in c-stores

Suresite launches assessment service .

An electric charity drive

NEW and used car dealer Lookers has been charging ahead with an alternative fuel themed charity initiative.
Energy costs and increasing transport costs were the main contributors to overall increases in the costs of doing business for small and medium-sized enterprises in Britain in 2013 said representative group the Forum for Private Business. But problems related to credit restrictions had eased for some businesses it said.

Business costs still hitting small firms

BUSINESS costs continued to rise during 2013, with energy costs still the most commonly seen increase among small businesses, according to research released late...
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Londis range smartens up

SYMBOL group wholesaler Londis says its range of value own-label products under the SmartBuy brand is exceeding all targets and over two thirds of...