All Dear Jac articles – Page 75
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The Budget - how was it for you?
It wasn't that great for Mahendra Oza, who trades in Islington.
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Picking through the age-related minefield
Mike McQuillen has a couple of 16-year-olds working for him and wonders if, and how, he would have to fire them when the age of purchasing cigarettes went up to 18.
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Sign of the times? You get what you pay for
Buying and selling 'space' might seem a curious concept to those not in the advertising or publishing game.
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A rough deal in the money transfer game
If you deal in money transfer, boy, you'd better be very careful about the procedures.
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Meaty issue is resolved with a compromise
Pursuing the Holy Grail of a supplier of fresh meat complete with controlled atmosphere packing to extend its shelf life.
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Contractual complaints come in thick and fast
I get complaints about Cardpoint all the time - a sure sign the company is pushing to the front of its sector in supplying ATMs.
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Don't get distracted by a clever crowd
Dave Fenwick, who owns two stores, one at Wootton Bassett and another at Marlborough in Wiltshire, rang to say he had just been robbed - twice.
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Clever tactics for beating bonkers shutters rules
I asked for feedback on local authorities' policy on shop shutters, to help Surinder Rai and his father Piara Lal overturn an order from the planning enforcement officer at Bedford Borough Council to remove their new £10,000 security shutters.
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Lib Dems' fair play
The Liberal Democrats have called for the introduction of an independent retail regulator to tackle the increasing dominance of the supermarkets.
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Indies lack faith in commission inquiry
The majority of convenience store owners do not believe the Competition Commission's inquiry into the Big Four supermarkets will be of help to independent retailers, a C-Store survey has revealed.
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It doesn't come on a platter
Chris Ray is keen to expand his offering at Pound Road Stores in Bristol with fresh meat and needs controlled atmosphere packing.
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Here's an open and shut case
I urgently need feedback from anyone who has recently replaced their shutters or who knows what their local planning policy is on the use of shutters.
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No booze cruise for Karmail
I got a call from Karmail Singh, the retailer who lost his licence after his mother died. (She had been the premises licence holder and he did not inform the council within the required seven days.)
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Not so sweet sixteen
The government will be raising the minimum age for the purchase of cigarettes from 16 to 18 years on October 1, which has highlighted a few attendant problems.
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Could an online petition do the business?
In the week that the government is ignoring a million-plus signatures in opposition to its congestion-charging proposals posted to its website, a similar idea is being floated by Elizabeth Brown regarding Alphyra.
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Is there now a legal minimum age to smoke?
Rakesh Sood rang to ask what's going to happen to the 17-year-old who already smokes when the legal age for purchasing tobacco goes up