Archive of all Post Office articles – Page 5
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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.
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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