Archive of all Post Office articles – Page 19

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    Have we turned the full circle?

    2001-07-21T00:00:00Z

    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

    2001-07-21T00:00:00Z

    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

    2001-06-16T00:00:00Z

    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

    2001-06-16T00:00:00Z

    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

    2001-06-09T00:00:00Z

    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

    2001-05-26T00:00:00Z

    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

    2001-05-19T00:00:00Z

    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

    2001-03-31T00:00:00Z

    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

    2001-03-24T00:00:00Z

    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

    2001-02-24T00:00:00Z

    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

    2001-02-17T00:00:00Z

    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

    2001-01-20T00:00:00Z

    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

    2001-01-06T00:00:00Z

    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

    2000-12-16T00:00:00Z

    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...

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    News review 2000: Win-win all the way

    2000-12-16T00:00:00Z

    Multiples popped their corks in the c-store sector in Millennium year, but the major symbol groups carried on partying The multiples' headlong rush into the already crowded c-store sector continued with Sainsbury securing a deal with Shell to...

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    Crisis in the countryside: White Paper's rural lifelines att

    2000-12-02T00:00:00Z

    Retailers' representatives have given a lukewarm reception to government proposals to help village shops, contained in its rural White Paper published this week. They complained the measures were too limited and that some did not represent new...

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    Co-ops: United Norwest ambitious for growth

    2000-12-02T00:00:00Z

    United Norwest Co-op is to step up its aggressive acquisition and refurbishment programme in the new year. The society plans to phase out the fascias of its Dawn to Dusk, Nevins, and AM/PM convenience chain acquisitions in 2001. Conversions are...

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    Symbol Groups: Londis breaks 2,000 barrier

    2000-11-25T00:00:00Z

    Londis membership has broken through the 2,000 store barrier, including 60 Scottish retailers who have joined the symbol group since May. Sales director Terry Bedford said: "We have already made a net gain of 75 members during the first nine months...

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    Retail spotlight: CWS Market Town Maltby

    2000-11-18T00:00:00Z

    facts & figures - Sales area: 10,000 sq ft - SKUs: 14,000 lines - Opening hours: 8am to 10pm (10am to 4pm Sunday) - Staff: 60 - Services: Post office, ATM, financial products and baby changing facilities - Checkouts: six for main store, three...

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    Post Office Counters reluctantly OKs national minimum wage

    2000-11-11T00:00:00Z

    Post Office Counters (POCL) has caved into demands for the national minimum wage from sub postmasters after intervention by Inland Revenue. But POCL is still fighting another case where four weeks’ paid leave is being claimed under the working time…