All Disputes articles – Page 17

  • News

    An alarming fee

    2013-02-15T14:21:00Z

    Jagdish Radia bought his store a year ago and had ADT alarms installed…

  • News

    Are we winning the power struggle?

    2013-02-01T00:00:00Z

    Are the energy companies beginning to clean up their act?…

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    Ain't got no satisfaction

    2013-01-16T10:53:00Z

    Oh-oh, last year, in a July issue and then again in September I recounted Nigel Dowdney’s saga with Santander…

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    Bright light on Horizon

    2013-01-16T10:50:00Z

    The tide is turning for sub-postmasters caught up in nightmares with their Horizon system.

  • News

    Termination of the terminal

    2013-01-04T11:51:00Z

    You might remember Iain Lyall’s summary of the 17 functions he had to carry out for one transaction…

  • News

    It was time for drastic action

    2013-01-04T11:47:00Z

    Some people feel they have no place to go when dealing with monopolies, and that is true up to a point…

  • News

    A bolt from the blue

    2013-01-04T11:43:00Z

    The morals of big businesses have been called into question lately. That came down like a big thumb on Jignesh Patel…

  • Dear Jac

    Papering over the cracks

    2012-12-07T16:21:00Z

    The kind (he says he’s a fan) Dilip Patel, whose Londis trades at Clapham Park in south-west London, offered feedback on two news-and-mags-related stories that I reported on two issues back. First, those soggy bundles.

  • News

    Look after the pennies

    2012-12-04T15:57:00Z

    …and the pounds will look after themselves. So goes the old saying….

  • News

    Sitting ducks are easy hits

    2012-11-23T00:00:00Z

    I’ve been contacted by two businesses which had instructed Amrit Johal over HMRC’s substantial seizures of alcohol…

  • News

    Read clause four of the charter

    2012-11-23T00:00:00Z

    An update on Naresh Chadda’s moan about his wholesaler continuing practice of increasing his order of two Irish dailies…

  • News

    The daily Irish troubles keep coming

    2012-11-09T00:00:00Z

    I’ve been keeping Dorothy King, administrator for the Press Distribution Forum, busy…

  • News

    When will supplies 'dry up'?

    2012-11-08T10:32:00Z

    Raj Morker has come to dread the rain, and not for the obvious bad hair day, ruined shoes reasons…

  • News

    An all-round result

    2012-10-26T10:32:00Z

    I’ve been banging on lately about newsagents being able to refer to the Press Distribution Forum for assistance…

  • News

    Can you credit it?

    2012-10-26T00:00:00Z

    There’s a huge amount of frustration when you know your credit rating is fine but the records show otherwise…

  • News

    Retailer wins in penalty shoot out

    2012-10-12T00:00:00Z

    I told Evelyn Wilkins that I would tell her Payzone story just in case push comes to shove

  • News

    How to overkill an area

    2012-10-12T00:00:00Z

    Mikesh Parmar’s Londis store, a Best One and a Martins all look to be under severe threat from a 42,000 sq ft Asda planning to open a hundred yards away

  • News

    Manila flavoured milk

    2012-10-10T00:00:00Z

    Roger Dicker had to go further afield than he imagined when Dairy Crest switched his milk supply to a new depot

  • News

    Take time before you sign

    2012-09-13T00:00:00Z

    I have been talking to Richard Hare, MD of Peopletime, which specialises in payroll, human resources and health & safety

  • News

    Monopoly anyone?

    2012-09-13T00:00:00Z

    Apologies to Smiths News whom I incorrectly fingered as the source of Paul Moscardini’s newspaper woes in the last issue