All Independents articles – Page 11
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NewsConvenience stores grow sales and locations
The number of convenience stores on the UK mainland has grown more than 1.5% from 50,747 to 51,524
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NewsHome Office reassures independent retailers over policing
The Home Office has reassured independent retailers they will remain a policing priority…
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Comment & OpinionSunday should be kept special
Proposals to reform Sunday trading are badly thought through and should be scrapped, argues Steve Parfett
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NewsFarmers For Action take milk fight to Nisa's Scunthorpe depot
The independent retail sector has become the new target for protesting dairy farmers
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NewsP&H celebrates 90th birthday with Retailer of the Month award
Palmer and Harvey is celebrating its 90th birthday by running a Retailer of the Month award for independents
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NewsBoxPark pop-up shopping concept is good news for indies
After making its debut in Shoreditch, BoxPark, a pop-up shopping mall, is making its way to Croydon
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NewsPayPoint admits it has lost touch with retailers
In a letter to The Grocer, the payment services company vows to improve relations with its retailers
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Analysis & FeaturesMacknade: spotlight on a celebrated fine food independent
Starting in a tent in the corner of a field, Macknade is now one of the most celebrated UK independent retailers…
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Comment & OpinionMy Week… By James Lowman
In the beginning God created the Heaven and the Earth. And the Earth was without form, or opportunities to acquire green…
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NewsMotor Fuel Group bought by Clayton, Dubilier & Rice for £500m
Motor Fuel Group, the UK’s second largest independent petrol and convenience retailer, has been sold by Patron Capital
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NewsPaul Stone's fifth Manchester Spar tops £30,000 in first week
The Spar retailer opened the store, on Princess Street, last month. It is its fifth store in the city.
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Rippleglen's new website takes on discounters
The CTN operator, which has 91 stores, is a long-term critic of the discounters
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NewsMurco name to vanish from forecourts
The forecourt operator said that from 1 April, BP would supply 136 forecourts, Jet would supply 68, and Texaco 78
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Category ReportThe Top 50 Independents
A record 14 indie forecourts featured in this year’s ranking, with their combined sales rising 19% to £2.9bn
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Analysis & Features1 (2) MRH GB
Forecourt operators are the new force in independent grocery retailing, and nothing signifies this more than MRH’s elevation to the number one spot for the first time
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Analysis & Features5 (8) Euro Garages
Based predominantly in the North, the team has done it the simple way: offering drivers very good reasons to pull over
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Analysis & FeaturesThe Top 50 Independents: 6-10
6-10 in our Top 50 Independents sees a big, big climber enter the top ten
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Analysis & FeaturesThe Top 50 Independents: 11-20
Who made the top 20 in this year’s Top 50 Independents?
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Analysis & FeaturesThe Top 50 Independents: 21-30
Cook is climbing steadily as it enters our top 30 for this first time
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Analysis & FeaturesThe Top 50 Independents: 31-40
Asiana, formed by Asian entrepreneur Sam Sangha in 2003, returns to our list after a year of impressive growth in its supermarket and wholesale delivery business