All Dear Jac articles – Page 76
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CCTV footage: admissible evidence?
Can previous as well as current CCTV footage be used in court to help convict a shoplifter?
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The staff of life and a fishy tale about loaves
No doubt about it, bread is a very emotive subject.
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An appealing story about business rates
An update on the story of Ramy Patel, who was attempting to get a reduction on his business rates.
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Headline news: collecting newspaper debts
A retailer is stuck with customers who won't pay for newspapers or partworks.
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Counterfeit at the C&C? Anything is possible
The case of a shopkeeper charged with selling counterfeit vodka - which has devastated him as he insists he buys only from reputable sources
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Put your money on epos and it'll pay in the end
Faisal Sattar emailed me because he was worried that Torex Retail would scrap the CTN Superstore system it bought last year (and which he bought two years ago). He asked me if I could scout around to find out what plans Torex had for it.
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Power dispute proves a huge waste of energy
Despite contacting the police, Energywatch and npower's Complaints and Commissions team, Pravin Patel finds himself stuck in a contract that he maintains he never signed in the first place.
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Counterfeit case helps unearth fakes galore
Responding to my ongoing saga on how to spot counterfeit vodka (sometimes you just can't - not without your own microscope and laboratory, that is), Subhash Varambhia has sent me some thoughts on the subject.
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Is wholesaling booze a way round a licence?
Harjinder Singh, who trades as Universal Wine at Romford in Essex, wanted to know if he needed a licence if he sold booze in wholesale quantities only.
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Bill reaches breaking point over Payzone
As regular readers will know, Payzone and PayPoint come in for routine thumpings because they offer poor commission and between them have a duopoly verging on monopoly in the marketplace.
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Queues niggle everyone - that includes retailers
It's most likely that queues tick people off because of their uncertain nature.
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Dear Jac: First past the post
A rally of postmasters took a petition of four million names to 10 Downing Street last month (how come they delivered by hand?) to protest about loss of income and falling numbers.
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Dear Jac: Got your Xmas decs yet? It'll soon be time to deck the halls
All too soon it will be time to replace the batteries in the flashing reindeer earrings, dust off the glitter balls and put up the paper chains. Yes, it's coming soon to a store near you... actually, hopefully, yours.