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Plea for kindness in festive season
Retail chiefs have called on the public to remain kind and patient with all shop workers during the Christmas season as abuse of staff has reached eye-watering levels.
Retail crime still a blight
Retailers, trade unions and politicians have called for more to be done to tackle retail crime, on the first anniversary of the Protection of Workers Act.
Finish line in sight for retail crime bill
The campaign to offer retailers more protection from abuse and assault under the law has come tantalisingly close to victory
Crunch time for crime bill
Legislation that would offer shopworkers additional protection under the law will be subject to a crucial vote this month, as one of Britain’s biggest trade unions reports a spike in assaults during the Covid-19 crisis
Taking the fight to parliament
RETAILERS south of the border sent a clear message to the UK Government that it must do more to tackle the blight of retail crime.
Time to protect shop workers
ADDITIONAL protections under the law for retailers and other workers selling age-restricted products have been given a further push
Southern c-store chain heads for administration
MY Local, the convenience chain formed after the purchase of the M Local stores of supermarket chain Morrisons last September, looks set to go...
Dairy giant plans closures
DAIRY group MĂĽller Wiseman is proposing to close its distribution centres in Keith and Whitburn, putting 156 jobs at risk.
The company, created when German...