Archive of all Post Office articles – Page 17
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Ian Hunt's £19.7m business is the last independent chain of
Aregional trade association for independent retailers has never existed in Wales, unlike Scotland or Northern Ireland, and the substitute a reliable local grapevine has been drying up. But Ian Hunt, managing director of South Glamorgan based...
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a class of their own
n It's the village store with a difference, a big, classy independent that is also at the cutting edge. Helen Gregory visits Jempson's Jempson's must be the envy of many independent retailers a traditional family company with progressive ideas...
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Industry gives a welcome to national ID card plans
Retailers and industry groups have applauded Home Office plans for consultations on the introduction of a national identity card, which could be carried as proof of age. If six months consultation results in approval for an ID card, a Bill could be...
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Sales improvement push lagging admits Camelot
Anne Bruce Camelot is behind schedule with its sales improvement programme for underperforming retailers and is blaming the pressures of relaunch. Commercial director Phil Smith said that only 520 retailers had actually begun the 24-week...
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Heinz will spin off its North American petfoods, StarKist tu
David Lidington has succeeded Peter Ainsworth as Conservative environment, food and rural affairs spokesman. Ainsworth has stepped down because his wife is suffering from cancer. Lidington was appointed shadow minister for agriculture and fisheries...
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Sold to first-timers
The Pitlessie Village Store and Post Office has been sold through Christie & Co to first time buyers from Essex. The business occupies a monopoly position in the village, which was voted Best Kept Village for seven years running. Offers in the...
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Post Office freehold up for sale
The Post Office and store in Woore, near Crewe, Cheshire, is a Grade II listed property fronting the village square. The well established and profitable business has been in the same ownership for 16 years. Post Office salary is approaching...
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Easy ways to turn plastic into a small trader's flexible fri
Do you take credit and debit cards yet? It doesn't take a razor-sharp mind to work out that the small independent retail sector is one of the last bastions of the cash-only transaction. When the average spend is, say, £2.50, then plastic can prove...
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Euronet taken on by Consignia
Consignia is continuing to relax its hardline rules on ATMs at sub post offices with the addition of self-fill cash point provider Euronet to its roster of nominated suppliers. The European self-fill ATM provider now has right of refusal on sites...
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Failure is still at the ports
The Treasury is losing about £4bn a year in tobacco duty revenue and, according to Grocer Club readers, the smuggling problem is as big as it ever was, possibly even bigger. A straw poll conducted this week showed that independent retailers...
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Costcutter eyes other operators as Connex c-store chain take
Exclusive Costcutter plans to work with other railway franchise owners following the launch of its joint Connex convenience store chain this week. Costcutter managing director Colin Graves said: "The Connex project brings a new avenue for...
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Costcutter and Spar circling as thousands of POs face closur
Consignia's plans to close a tranche of unprofitable post offices could prove an opportunity for symbol groups such as Spar and Costcutter, said bosses at the two chains. Consignia is assessing the viability of about 9,000 post offices in urban...
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Connex seals partnership
French rail operator Connex has finalised details of a retail partnership which will launch 42 co-branded concourse c-stores. E-Connex md Olivier Jenoc said the concept would launch under a Connex with...' fascia at Connex South East's Gillingham...
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n High brand penetration and benign pricing have been the ha
Napoleon might have uncharitably dubbed Jersey a pustule on Albion's backside', but when it comes to food retailing, the nation of shopkeepers could learn a thing or two from the grocers on the Channel Islands. Indeed, when Sainsbury was looking...
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Priced for a quick sale
With the price reduced to achieve a quick sale, the first offer of more than £60,000 takes the Spar store in Hillyard Row, Catterick, North Yorkshire, says agent Dowling Kerr. Close to the Army base, it is located in a main road position on a busy...
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Merseyside post office
In the same ownership for 34 years, Friar Street Post Office in Seddon Street, St Helens, Merseyside, is on the market only because of retirement. In a dense residential area, it carries a post office salary of more than £34,000 a year. In the...
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C&C standards given a massive thumbs up
Independent retailers have overwhelmingly backed the wholesale trade after accusations that it had rude and unhelpful staff, and its depots were expensive, dirty and often out of stock. The remarks came from restaurateur Paul Clerehugh when he...
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How do parties in the global B2B forum ensure they arereally
When it comes to communication, we have never had it so good. We can sit down at a computer and with a single touch of a button, talk to someone in Venezuela or Outer Mongolia via a webcam But the capacity for worldwide communication raises…
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Stuart Reed, Loxley Post Office & Store, Sheffield
We shall probably get a 25% increase on last year's figures from the beginning of December onwards. Letting people know which brands are on offer is important, and advertising the best bargains in the window helps. We are a c-store, pure and...
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At last, ID that deals with a retail dilemma
Grocer Club readers have voted unanimously in favour of the new government-backed Connexions identity card for teenagers. In a straw poll carried out this week, all retailers questioned by The Grocer said the card was a great idea and long...