All articles by Aidan Fortune – Page 79
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Post Office not for sale
The Post Office network will not be privatised, according to new Postal Affairs Minister Ed Davey.
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Features and analysis
Crime hotline for Yorkshire retailers
Store owners in Yorkshire can now call a special hotline to report and record incidents of anti-social behaviour in and around their store.
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Features and analysis
Granting protection - how stores have secured funding for crime prevention
More than 1,000 retailers have benefited from the £5m allocated by the Home Office to improve store security. Aidan Fortune looks at how some of the money was spent
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Wholesalers vow to communicate better with retailers
Independent wholesale group leaders have pledged to do more to help retailers improve their category management after a HIM survey revealed that 50% didn't follow planograms and only 50% surveyed knew what the top sellers in core ranges were.
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Commission rejects Camelot's top-up and bill payment bid
A preliminary ‘no’ puts Camelot’s commercial services proposal in doubt
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Europe’s bid to ban the Mosquito fails
A call from Europe to ban the Mosquito security device, which is used by retailers to help prevent gangs of young people gathering outside stores, has been rejected by the government. The Council of Europe had recommended that national...
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Sunday trading restrictions to remain unchanged
The government has confirmed that it will not make any changes to current Sunday trading restrictions, despite pressure from some HIgh Street chains to relax the rules on Boxing Day this year.
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Features and analysis
Local stores in the front line of violent crime
The tidal wave of crime against retailers has continued into the summer with several shopworkers having their lives threatened during terrifying store raids in May and June.
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Features and analysis
Police to spend more time on patrol
The government has pledged to bring common sense back to policing and have more officers patrolling the streets rather than meeting targets and filling out paperwork.
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Features and analysis
Teaching the value of local shops
Convenience Store visits a mock-up shop that is being used to teach children about responsibility in the community
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Mosquito device swatted for "inflicting acoustic pain" on teenagers
Retailers who use the Mosquito security system may be forced to remove it from their stores following a recommendation by the Council of Europe that national authorities ban the device
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Price fears as Asda buys smaller outlets
Asda is to extend its national pricing policy to the 193 smaller outlets purchased last month from Netto a move which could drive margins down in some neighbourhoods and threaten the livelihoods of independent convenience store owners.
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Threat of rise in VAT sparks pricing concern for local stores
Retailers are concerned that a rise in VAT could cause short-term chaos and long-term harm to their businesses.
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ID backlash after scheme scrapped
The new coalition government's announcement that it will scrap the national identity card scheme has coincided with concerns from civil liberties groups about stores' age-verification procedures. The scheme, which would cost £5bn to...
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NFSP considers action over pay
Subpostmasters may be forced to take industrial action if a proposed pay cut goes ahead, their representatives have warned.
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ID card backlash after national scheme is scrapped
The new coalition government’s announcement that it will scrap the national identity card scheme has coincided with concerns from civil liberties groups about stores’ age-verification procedures.
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Product News
Tackling duty fraud could save Exchequer £5bn
A radical overhaul of government policy on illict alcohol sales could recover the £5bn lost to duty fraud and smuggling while supporting the legitimate trade, according to the Association of Convenience Stores (ACS).
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Store footfall up says new survey
Over two-thirds of independent retailers reported a rise in customers in the past 12 months, according to a survey of 13,500 retailers by PayPoint
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Local shop signatories become MPs
More than 40 of the parliamentary candidates that signed the Association of Convenience Stores (ACS) Local Shops Pledge have gone on to become MPs
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Sainsbury’s aims to grow convenience store numbers
Sainsbury’s has announced that it is to open 100 convenience stores in the next 12 months