Archive of all Post Office articles – Page 4
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NewsPost Office rolls out cash delivery service for vulnerable customers
The National Shielding Service is a working partnership with the Department for Work & Pensions to determine if customers need a cash delivery
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NewsSweet Talk convenience chain up to 800 deliveries a day since lockdown
Sales are up 37% despite a significant decline in store footfall
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NewsJempson’s hails boosted c-store trade and premium range for solid growth
The group grew overall gross sales by 4% to £32.9m compared with 2018
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NewsACS calls for government action on business rates and shoplifting ahead of budget
The Association of Convenience Stores has pressed for changes to policies on business rates, crime and employment costs
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Comment & OpinionGovernment must take on the corporate tax avoiders feasting on our high streets
Our high streets have been in decay for decades. It’s time we stood up to Amazon and levelled the playing field, says Joanna Blythman
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NewsFund for free-to-use ATMs set for £4m cash injection
Link set up a request for an ATM fund in October through which individuals and businesses could apply for a free-to-use cash machine
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NewsPost Office to pay out £60m as it settles major litigation case with sub-postmasters
The long-running case was finally settled after several days locked in mediation
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ProfilesMy food & drink job: Lucy Squires, marketing manager, Rubies in the Rubble
One of our Top New Talent class of 2019, Lucy talks us through life at Rubies in the Rubble
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NewsPost Office to increase postmaster pay by 10%
The £37m pay bump is made up of a £20m increase during 2020/21 and the £17m a year rise already announced in August 2019
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NewsConvenience sector welcomes Barclays’ U-turn on Post Office cash withdrawals
Barclays had been the only one of 28 banks partnered with the Post Office to refuse to sign new terms
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Comment & Opinion‘Direct from consumer’ recycling schemes are silly - we need better ideas
The industry has proved it’s capable of employing simpler, more promising tactics in the war on plastic
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NewsNisa store in Sale reopens within hours of ram-raid attack
Ram-raiders targeted Hamant Patel’s Manor Avenue, Sale, shop in the early hours of Saturday 14 September
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NewsLink launches fund for free-to-use cash machines in rural areas
Link will fund free-to-use ATMs in areas that have lost free access to cash in a new £4m initiative
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NewsJeremy Corbyn unveils plan to prevent high street ‘retail apocalypse’
Labour leader is expected to announce plans to give councils new powers to re-open abandoned empty shops
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NewsCity snapshot: Grocery sales fall for the first time in three years
Grocery sales have fallen back for the first time in three years as last year’s record early summer temperatures hit year-on-year comparisons. Plus, first half profits plunge at McColl’s, Fever-Tree first half sales rise 13% and all the rest of the latest news from the City.
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NewsNick Read takes over as Post Office chief executive
Read stepped down as CEO at Nisa amid takeover talks with Co-op
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Analysis & FeaturesHow can the post office evolve to survive?
More in-store post office concessions are opening. Can retailers make them work and how?
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Analysis & FeaturesHow are Scottish convenience stores navigating today's challenges?
All UK grocers face challenges, but stores in Scotland have unique burdens to bear. How are they coping?
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NewsCo-op names Shirine Khoury-Haq as new CFO
Khoury-Haq will replace Ian Ellis who announced his retirement last November
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NewsMedia Bites 16 April: Sainsbury's/Asda, Brexit, Greggs
Sainsbury is set for a major shake-up under new chairman Martin Scicluna if its £14bn merger with Asda is blocked, analysts have warned.