Tag: tobacco
Mixed bag Budget for retailers
THERE was good news and bad for retailers in Chancellor Rishi Sunak’s first Budget today (11 March).
Alcohol duty has been frozen across the board,...
Cigar released at the double
SCANDINAVIAN Tobacco Group has launched a new dual filter cigarillo.
Short time to prepare for new regs
Small retailers will only be able to start applying for their tobacco track and trace codes from April 30
Huge illegal tobacco haul in Glasgow
Four arrested for excise duty fraud
HMRC has seized an estimated five tonnes of suspected illicit tobacco in Glasgow.
Revenue and Customs officers uncovered the haul...
Mixed bag budget for retailers
Alcohol duty frozen but NLW still set to rise
CHANCELLOR Philip Hammond has delivered something of a mixed bag for retailers in his Autumn 2017...
Sluggish tobacco sell-through could leave retailers in the lurch
New data reveals nearly half of cigarettes sold in last week of March were non-compliant with pending regulations
NEW sales data from March has revealed...
JTI launches TPD2 plan
BIG changes come to tobacco manufacturing this May and major changes will affect tobacco retailers a year later thanks to the implementation of the...
Retailers miss out on sales boost says JTI
THE majority of retailers are failing to take advantage of an increase in cigar sales over the Christmas period, according to tobacco giant JTI.
The...
Tobacco firms launch TPD advice
TOBACCO giants Imperial Tobacco and JTI have issued retailer advice on proposed changes to tobacco law.
• Imperial has launched Partnering for Success, a project...
Roll your more
RYO tobacco has been growing fast and tobacco companies have been busy with new product development. But do RYO shoppers buy more than tobacco...
Cigar firm moves into RYO
SCHEDULED to be launched late last month exclusively for the convenience channel through Booker depots across the UK, new RYO brand Bentley represents a...
Scots share rises
Smokers remain loyal to brands and sizes as RYO takes more of total tobacco sales
WHILE many firms and famous brands have entered the RYO...
Teen smoking rates crash
As the various governments in the UK step up restrictions on tobacco marketing with the stated aim of reducing youth smoking new figures suggest...
Tobacco levy plans rejected
The big talking point from George Osborne’s summer budget for convenience retailers was almost certainly the news that a new National Living Wage for workers...
More 18s from tobacco giant
INCREASING demand for low-priced packs of cigarettes has prompted JTI to add Sterling and B&H Blue Superkings to its list of lines available in...
Darkness descends
How was it for you when the tobacco shutters came down?
IT’S now a month since the tobacco display ban came into force, and for...
