All articles by Sunneva Moore – Page 16
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Features and analysisOver £100,000 of illegal tobacco found in ‘James Bond style’ hiding places
Illegal and potentially dangerous tobacco, worth over £100,000, has been seized from retailers in Dewsbury following a joint operation by West Yorkshire Police and West Yorkshire Trading Standards.
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Features and analysisRetailers slam police for lack of response to store crimes
Retailers have criticised the police responses to shoplifting as “terrible”.
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Features and analysisMet Police to roll out facial recognition technology to catch shoplifters
The Met Police will use facial recognition technology in a move to crackdown on London’s most prolific retail offenders.
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Features and analysisRetailers encouraged to ‘become best friends' with their PCCs
Katy Bourne, a Police and Crime Commissioner (PCC) from Sussex has urged retailers to reach out to their local PCCs
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Features and analysisTesco employee urges government for new law to protect retail workers
The petition has called on the government to make violence or abuse against retail workers a standalone crimincal offence
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Features and analysisGo Local Extra retailer Bisi Osundeko runs for MP
Bisi Osundeko, a co-director of a Go Local store in Merseyside, has put herself forward to become the first female MP in her constituency
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Features and analysisA toast to Sheraz Awan: The bread hero donating thousands of loaves each week
Sheraz Awan, the owner of Westerhope Convenience Store, has donated loaves of bread outside his shop every day for over three and a half years
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Features and analysisStore fined over £6000 for rat infestation
A retailer in Coventry has been fined after rat and mouse activity was discovered on the premises
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Features and analysisInvestment in technology remains priority for forecourt retailers
Forecourt retailers are continuing to invest in various customer services and technologies, according to a new ACS report
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Features and analysisElfbar and SGF to supply 1000 vape recycling bins
Elfbar and the SGF will provide 1,000 free vape recycling bins to members from next week.
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Features and analysisACS joins over 100 organisations to help tackle loneliness
The ACS has teamed up with over 100 organisations to call on the next government to increase measures to tackle loneliness.
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Features and analysisLabour pledges tougher restrictions for shop thefts
The ACS has welcomed a commitment from the Shadow Home Secretary Yvette Cooper to tighten restrictions on shop thefts
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Features and analysisBudgens celebrates milestone with opening of 400th store
Budgens has celebrated the opening of its 400th store.
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Features and analysisBooker Wholesale expands beehive initiative
Booker has decided to increase the number of beehives filled with colonies at its Hatfield Distribution centre.
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Features and analysisThe Restaurant Show joins the UK’s largest food and drink event
William Reed has announced a new move to enhance its UK Food and Drink Shows at the NEC Birmingham in Spring 2024
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Features and analysisSpar unveils new Christmas campaign
Spar stores across the country will launch the new ’BIG Deals of Christmas’ campaign
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Features and analysisFood prices fall for first time in two years
Food prices dropped in September for the first time in over two years, according to data from the British Retail Consortium (BRC).
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Features and analysisNisa calls for greater protection for independent retailers
Nisa has urged authorities to provide better support for stores in the face of surging crime
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Features and analysisACS advises Low Pay Commission to pause future wage increases
The Association of Convenience Stores (ACS) has urged the Low Pay Commission (LPC) to consider pausing national living wage uplifts.
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Features and analysis‘We lose between £20,000 and £30,000 a year to shoplifting’: Vince Malone
Pembrokeshire retailer Vince Malone is losing between £20,000 to £30,000 each year following a surge in shoplifting