Archive of all Post Office articles – Page 18
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n The supermarkets' swoop on banking and other financial ser
Almost five years after the launch of branded banks by Tesco, Sainsbury and Safeway, the concept of buying customer-friendly financial services from the big supermarket chains has proved to be a winner. Now, it's the c-store operators who are...
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PO/newstrade strangleholds priorities for ACS's new chief
Combating restrictive practices in the Post Office and news sectors are two challenges the new Association of Convenience Stores chief executive has set himself. David Rae, who takes over as chief executive from Trevor Dixon on November 1, warned...
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Customer care at the heart of Connex's c-store philosophy
French rail operator Connex is on track to open the first of a new chain of 42 concourse convenience stores in Gillingham, Kent, in February. E-Connex md Olivier Jenoc said the train company is in negotiations with symbol and multiple groups and...
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The serious money's on the Costcutter
With a high footfall and limited competition, the Costcutter store in Sheepridge, Huddersfield, offers an opportunity to earn serious money', according to agent Dowling Kerr. A bonus is that the local post office owned and operated separately and...
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Rural action: Charles pushes local sourcing
Clive Beddall Chief executives of Sainsbury, the Co-operative Group, Spar and the IGD stood alongside the Prince of Wales at St James's Palace on Tuesday to give a high profile send-off to what could be the biggest ever boost for locally produced...
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Symbol groups: Spar's combined c-store and post office debut
Spar has opened the UK's first combined main post office and convenience store in London this week. Rather than sectioning off the post office behind glass windows, the open plan design at Westminster Bridge Road enables customers to pay for...
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Have we turned the full circle?
Sir; Consignia's initiative, Local Collect, which gives consumers an option to collect their mail-ordered items from selected post offices is interesting. There have been a number of such schemes mooted over the last year or so, mainly looking at...
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Association of Convenience Stores: Call for PO terms rethink
The ACS has warned of a further drop in sub post office numbers unless the Post Office Network makes the prospect of taking on a post office more appealing to independent retailers. In a new report, the ACS Post Office Committee claims retailers'...
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clicks not bricks: Internet delivery for independent retaile
Wholesale revolution Independent stores' reliance on cash and carries could be challenged by the launch of a new internet delivery service says Ed Bedington Blueheath's co-founder Douglas Gurr is keen to emphasise that his online wholesale venture...
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The vacuum that is A&L Giro-bank
Sir; I think the Alliance & Leicester business bank Giro-bank should be renamed Guru-bank Re-direct. I am a newsagent and on January 13, I placed a first class Giro-bank envelope containing cheques worth £359.58 in the postbox to catch the 5pm…
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General election 2001: top of my wish list
Time to deliver In the run up to the general election The Grocer asked senior figures across the food and drink industry to specify what they thought should be the priorities for the new government. With voting over this week, here's a reminder of...
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Jac Roper's advice centre: Universal Bank brings post office
Card transactions are now the way of the world and it's good to see the Post Office is finally catching up, by virtue of the lifeline it is being thrown by the government. Around 500 sub post offices are closing each year, and at a rate of around...
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Federation of Wholesale Distributors: Blueprint useless' in
The success of the Federation of Wholesale Distributors' Blueprint for Wine is being undermined by discounting in the multiple grocers and specialists. Kent independent retailer Phil Brown told the FWD Drinksummit conference this week: "A lot of...
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Rural shops: Country ways
Rural shops would be at less risk of shutting if they diversified into more services and opened for longer writes Helen Gregory Images of dusty cans of peas and faded parish posters are sadly redolent of village stores. For many, this outdated...
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Post office with an adjacent 4-bed home
Broadsea Post Office in the High Street of Fraserburgh, a coastal town in the north-east of Scotland, has been operated by the same family for 40 years. Now fully computerised, the business comes with a post office salary of £46,000 a year and an...
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Post offices: Benefits loss makes for risky times
Every so often a retailer spots a post office going out of business nearby and asks me how to go about getting the service shifted into their own business. The sub-post office, that weird mix of public and private enterprise, can be a golden...
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clicks not bricks: Locking out the hacker
E-tailers face hefty charges if they fall victim to persistent online fraud. But credit cards were not designed for use online, so is anyone developing a cyber-age alternative? Helen Smith reports Barclays, Safeway and Woolworths are among the...
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Small stores: Boost as sub PO fee goes
The abolition of hefty licence fees charged by the Post Office Network to retailers wishing to run sub post offices will give the market a huge boost, according to property agents Christie & Co. Since 1989, retailers taking over a sub post office...
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Costcutter snaps up two Londis stores
Two West Country Londis stores have been sold to Costcutter through agent Christie & Co. The first is the Forches Post Office and Londis in Barnstaple, Devon, while the second is the Dash Convenience Store in St Ives Road, Carbis Bay, St Ives. The...
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Robert Wiseman Dairies Awards: Winning ways that build confi
Three happy c-store retailers can celebrate Christmas in the sure knowledge that they have won the confidence of their neighbourhood. Margaret Low, who manages the 900 sq ft Spar store in Munro Avenue, Kilmarnock, and Jane and David Scott, who run...