All Post Office articles – Page 9
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Analysis and FeaturesAre Post Office Locals a panacea for indies?
The Post Office Local pilot is over. Now the Post Office wants to enlist 2,000 retailers in the rollout.
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NewsDavid Sands fascia to go by end of year
The David Sands fascia is set to disappear by the end of the year. The Co-operative Group, which acquired the Scottish…
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Analysis and FeaturesThe campaigners who want a Tesco in their town
The Nimbys have got competition. From the Western Isles to Wiltshire, action groups are clamouring for the supermarkets to come to their towns.
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NewsWarner Budgens to get Post Office
High-profile Budgens retailer Guy Warner is to open his first Post Office in the autumn.
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News'Pavement food' at Budgens store
Pupils from two local primary schools have started growing ‘Food from the Pavement’…
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NewsRSA probes social role of local shops
The Rural Shops Alliance has launched what it claims is the first survey measuring the social value of village stores.
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NewsCarrefour's one-queue trial
A single queue might work in a Post Office or M&S Simply Food, but a large supermarket?
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Analysis and FeaturesFood & Drink Expo: Sauce for the goose
With inspiration to be drawn from its speakers and suppliers, this year’s Food & Drink Expo is all about helping you think big.
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Profiles and QandAs
Biscoe is made commercial director at Him!
Mark Biscoe has joined Him! as commercial director. Biscoe joins from national lottery operator Camelot, where he has worked since 1997, most recently as part of a team providing consulting services to the California State Lottery. Prior...
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Comment and Opinion
Kishor Patel's Expert Advice: Toughen up to win the war on waste
Don’t throw away money on your energy costs. Shop around to find the best deal, says Kishor Patel
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Comment and Opinion
Kishor Patel's Expert Advice: Watch out, the robbers are about
Stores must work with the police and each other to create strategies to defeat criminals, says Kishor Patel
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Comment and Opinion
Kishor Patel's Expert Advice: Space should not be the final frontier
Our retail expert offers some Tardis-inspired tips on how to make the most of your store
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Comment and Opinion
Kishor Patel's Expert Advice: Recruit for attitude, train for skill
Retailers must have the best people on board to win. But success isn't all down to selecting the right people– the trick is in retaining them
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Analysis and FeaturesLocal shops for local people
The Big Society may be David Cameron’s big idea but in the grocery sector communities have been pulling together for years for the benefit of the greater good, as Judy Sharp discovers
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Analysis and FeaturesWhat the Big Society means for grocery
David Cameron’s vision for a ‘Big Society’ has met with scepticism and confusion, not least from retailers and manufacturers who, for years, have been engaged in community and corporate social responsibility-based initiatives. But it’s the Localism Bill that provides most food for thought. Nick Hughes reports
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NewsSingh corners Clegg at Lib Dem shindig
NFRN president Parminder Singh buttonholed the deputy PM at the Lib Dems' spring conference in Sheffield last weekend. Singh told Nick Clegg of his members' disquiet over the wholesaler duopoly, crime, planning rules and the tobacco...
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Comment and Opinion
Kishor Patel's Expert Advice: To go or not to go, that is the question
By not attending conferences and shows, you close the door to some useful experiences, says Kishor Patel
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NewsPayPoint completes dream week with government welfare contract
The government has handed PayPoint a seven-year contract to provide welfare payments. The contract, which begins in 2012, is worth £20m per year and will be shared between PayPoint and Citibank.
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Comment and Opinion
Time is of the Essenta
Yesterday PayPoint claimed victory in its long-running battle to stop Camelot muscling in on its turf by offering commercial services via its tills. And there was more good news for the payment provider today, having bagged a seven-year gig to replace the Post Office dishing out welfare payments.
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News
Mary Forrester's Expert Advice: Adapting to the challenge of change
Joining the Mace symbol group has boosted sales at Mary Forrester’s convenience store in Biggar, Scotland