Archive of all Post Office articles – Page 5
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NewsSpar retailer Lawrence Hunt adds butcher to heritage store
The Lancashire-based retailer has completely remodelled its Broadfield Drive store in Leyland
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Analysis & FeaturesHow are modern convenience store independents staying afloat?
Meet the independents who have learned how to survive fierce competition from the mults and the discounters
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NewsCo-op seeking independent retailers to open franchise stores
Stores must be over 2,000 sq ft and turning over £20,000 a week
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NewsPost Office given go-ahead to complete Payzone takeover
The deal is set to complete next week after being waved through by the Competition and Markets Authority…
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NewsMedia Bites 25 Sept: Tesco, Unilever, Amazon
Tesco is in line to face the biggest fine on record from the UK financial watchdog for a cyber-related fraud
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NewsMedia Bites 24 August: Sainsbury's/Asda, National Lottery, Brexit
The UK competition watchdog has launched a formal investigation into the proposed merger between supermarket chains Sainsbury and Asda
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NewsMedia Bites 9 May: Sainsbury’s, Price wars, BRC/KPMG
Sainsbury’s bosses have exercised share options worth £4.5m, the timing and size of which could raise eyebrows so soon after the Asda merger was announced
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NewsRam raids targeting supermarket ATMs 'part of a pattern'
On Monday, Aldi UK was hit for at least the ninth time since November
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NewsMedia Bites 4 April: Conviviality, Shop prices, Young’s Seafood
Chinese private equity firm ZQ Capital is front runner to buy Conviviality, according to the Daily Mail, with ZQ likely to bid for the whole group.
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NewsMedia Bites 3 April: Conviviality, Bank Holiday footfall, Westmorland
Conviviality investors are mulling suing the board amid claims the directors misled them about the health of the sprawling drinks business’s finances, reports The Times.
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Analysis & FeaturesTop shops crowned at 2018 Convenience Retail Awards
The winners of the Convenience Retail Awards collected their trophies to classic rock riffs delivered by a live band
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NewsIceland to accept paper £10 notes until Easter Monday
The paper notes will be accepted at manned checkouts but not self-service ones ‘for technical reasons
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NewsUK's rural shops invested over £315m to boost in-store service
The 2018 Rural Shop Report found that retailers were introducing contactless payments, in-store bakeries and Post Office
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NewsForecourt stores account for more than £4bn in sales says ACS
Association of Convenience Stores’ latest Forecourt Report reveals revenue streams
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NewsJempson's reports profit jump as joint owner announces exit
Pre-tax profits increased to £495,043 for the year ending 31 December 2016…
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Comment & OpinionA dazzling store with heart
On a visit to London, I took time out to visit a flagship retailer for the independent sector
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Sub-postmasters take on Post Office over theft allegations
The case comes after many were sacked, lost their homes, and even jailed when cash shortfalls were found at some Post Offi…
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Analysis & FeaturesIndependent retail chain of the year
Henderson’s 80-store retail operation is “utterly consistent and impressive”
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NewsCity snapshot: Third quarter like-for-like sales flat at WH Smith
Travel and high street retailer WH Smith has posted top-line sales growth of 2% in the 15 weeks to 10 June, while like-for-like sales were flat as travel sales rose and the high street slumped. Plus trading updates from British American Tobacco and Coca-Cola European Partners and all the rest of the news from the Cit
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NewsWaitrose appoints Martin George as interim customer director
The former Post Office commercial chief will head up Waitrose marketing and customer relations, taking over from Rupert Thomas