All articles by Aidan Fortune – Page 81
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Features and analysis
Reporting crime is your best defence
Retailers have blamed a lack of police response for their unwillingness to report incidents of robbery and abuse.
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News
Aid for rural shops, just like Ambridge
A new online resource has been created to provide a how-to guide for villages looking to set up a community-owned store. The Community Shops Network website provides essential information and support on legal and financial issues that...
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News
Deadline nears for business rates appeal
Retailers who wish to contest their business rates over the past five years have until March 31 to submit their appeal.
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News
Funding for SGF Healthy Living Programme
The Scottish Public Health Minister Shona Robison has pledged £679,000 to the latest phase of the Scottish Grocers’ Federation’s (SGF) Healthy Living Programme.
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News
Aid for rural shops - just like Ambridge
A new online resource has been created to provide a how-to guide for villages looking to set up a community-owned store, and has already come to the aid of The Archers.
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Product News
Upwardly mobile
Aidan Fortune looks at how local retailers can capitalise on the ever-expanding mobile phone market
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Features and analysis
Make this stop now: Reaction to murder of Huddersfield retailer
The murder of a Huddersfield retailer has been met with a deluge of demands for better protection for convenience store workers.
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News
Licence refunds hit the right note
Retailers can now claim refunds on excessive music copyright fees for the past five years, following an unsuccessful High Court appeal by Phonographic Performance Ltd (PPL), (Convenience Store, February 19). Any retailer who has paid more...
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News
Online help for community-owned stores
A new website has been set up to offer advice in setting up a community-owned shop. The Community Shops Network provides support on a range of issues including legal, financial, retailing and installing a Post Office.
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Features and analysis
Four charged over retailer murder
West Yorkshire Police have charged one man and three teenagers with the murder of convenience store owner Gurmail Singh and the robbery of his store last month.
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News
Camelot unveils new-look Thunderball lottery draw
National Lottery operator Camelot is to increase the top prize value for the Thunderball game and introduce an extra weekly draw as part of a major revamp for the brand
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News
Licence refunds hit the right note
Retailers can now claim refunds on excessive music copyright fees for the past five years, following an unsuccessful High Court appeal by Phonographic Performance Ltd (PPL).
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Features and analysis
Never again: outrage over the death of Gurmail Singh
The murder of a Huddersfield retailer has been met with a deluge of demands for better protection for convenience store workers
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News
More support for Post Bank
The call for a Post Office banking service has increased following the Association of Convenience Stores’ (ACS) submission to the government’s consultation.
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Features and analysis
Epos and CCTV - the big picture
Aidan Fortune looks at how retailers can combine their epos systems and CCTV to help protect their business
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Features and analysis
Thieves target ‘soft option’ small stores
An extensive survey reveals a dramatic rise in crime against local shops. Insufficient security and poor relationships between store owners and the police could be behind an alarming rise in crime against c-stores last year.
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Features and analysis
Thieves target ‘soft option’ small stores
An extensive survey reveals a dramatic rise in crime against local shops
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News
Public were denied a say in future of POs
Consumers have labelled the Post Office closure consultation “a sham” and say the government did not engage the public properly when deciding changes to the network.
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News
Wholesaler invites retailers to Trade Day
To celebrate the opening of its 36,000sq ft new warehouse, Turners Cash & Carry in Blackpool is holding a Trade Day on March 24.
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Features and analysis
Home game
Groups of all ages are socialising at home to save cash, wriotes Aidan Fortune, and c-store owners can join the party with the right strategy.