All Dear Jac articles – Page 64
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Dear Jac: You need the energy to fight your corner
Raju Sachdev wrote from Ashton-Under-Lyne to say that his business was with E4B until it went into administration.
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Dear Jac: Who can you count on today? Not the banks
We all hate banks right now. I personally have hated them for ever as an institution that regards itself above institutions, but that’s me.
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Dear Jac: Watch your backs: the knives are out
I was interested to talk to George Thompson, general secretary of the National Federation of Subpostmasters
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Dear Jac: When you need a makeover, get outside expertise
When you don’t belong to a symbol group and decide to do up your premises, there is no blueprint, no corporate ID to stamp on it.
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Dear Jac: I've started a fight over cameras!
A few issues back I asked, on behalf of Sam Shah, if anyone could clear up the confusion surrounding CCTV. What was best?
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Dear Jac: Maternity pay + holiday pay = a headache for retailers
Workers have many rights these days, so unsurprisingly it’s difficult to keep up with their various entitlements.
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Dear Jac: They're in charge, even when it makes no sense
The authorities all seem to have their funny little ways. I was taken by two daft stories over the Christmas period.
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Dear Jac: Big bad scam features on Radio Four
John Maxwell-Jones of Burgess Stores, Goudhurst, Kent, who has frequently been targeted by the European City Guide rang to say that it had been featured on Radio Four's 'You & Yours' programme.
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Dear Jac: The personal approach to licensing
Queries come along to this column like number nine buses - none at all, or three in a row. So it was with a flurry of calls on alcohol licences.
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Dear Jac: Customers don't always carry cash these days
Not a week goes by without receiving a complaint about Payzone.
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Dear Jac: Who is wasting whose money in this debate?
Several of you got in touch after being notified by Payzone that the company was about to start charging for till rolls.
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Dear Jac: How's your image?
Stores, if they work right, get a lot of traffic leading to a lot of wear and tear.
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Dear Jac: Sent in your VAT?
Mike Sheppard who runs Flyford Stores in Flyford Flavel, Worcestershire, has pointed out a little detail on VAT.
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Dear Jac: Council in terminal confusion
Vinod Morjaria was pleased as Punch when Camelot upgraded him from scratchcards to the full monty after 10 years.
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Dear Jac: Feedback on a decent deal from an energy company
Here’s a nice new year’s tip for you. I trawled for feedback in the October 31 issue on energy company Utility Warehouse...
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Dear Jac: A cheap route to secure you and your store
John Middleton, who runs a company called ShopEase, has contacted me several times with tips on cheap solutions to hardy perennial posers.
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Dear Jac: Taxpayers' banks should behave better
In the mid-November issue I wrote that it was time for some collective action over Bank of Scotland's leasing arrangements for shop equipment.