Archive of all Post Office articles – Page 18

  • News

    Post Office freehold up for sale

    2002-04-27T00:00:00Z

    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

    2002-04-20T00:00:00Z

    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

    2002-02-23T00:00:00Z

    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

    2002-02-16T00:00:00Z

    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

    2002-02-09T00:00:00Z

    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

    2002-01-26T00:00:00Z

    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

    2002-01-12T00:00:00Z

    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

    2001-12-01T00:00:00Z

    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

    2001-11-17T00:00:00Z

    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

    2001-11-17T00:00:00Z

    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

    2001-11-17T00:00:00Z

    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

    2001-10-27T00:00:00Z

    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

    2001-10-20T00:00:00Z

    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

    2001-10-20T00:00:00Z

    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...

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    n The supermarkets' swoop on banking and other financial ser

    2001-10-20T00:00:00Z

    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

    2001-10-13T00:00:00Z

    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

    2001-10-06T00:00:00Z

    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

    2001-08-04T00:00:00Z

    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

    2001-07-28T00:00:00Z

    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

    2001-07-21T00:00:00Z

    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...