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British Independent Retailers Association (Bira) said it supports rate cuts for smaller shops but has raised concerns over threshold levels and scope.
Today (10 Tuesday June 2025), customers can pick up a regular Costa Coffee drink for £1 from Costa Express machines across participating One Stop stores.
New research by Vape Delivery investigated the impact of the disposable vape ban on UK google search traffic, uncovering patterns in consumer behaviours.
I’m writing this having just been given a presentation by a business specialising in AI. It seems that, everywhere I turn, AI is having an impact, and I ...
Trading Standards officers at Staffordshire County Council are backing a new campaign aimed at tackling the underage sale of age-restricted products, ...
Independent retailers are taking parcel carrier Evri to task after being told they may need to manually input customers’ details when parcels are being ...
Co-op Wholesale and Roadchef have officially begun a nationwide store rollout, following the announcement of their strategic partnership in April. The ...
Four Loko, the Vodka-based RTD brand, has announced a new partnership with the Academy Music Group (AMG), to become its exclusive Ready To Drink partner ...
A survey of 1,000 retailers on behalf of tobacco giant JTI has found that 82% believe the government has broken its electoral ...
Passing on a business to your children is something many parents want to do. It can also be a painful process, as the hit television drama Succession ...
Co-op and Royal Mail have signed a partnership to introduce parcel lockers at the retailer’s stores. The first ones will launch in summer, with plans for ...
More police on the streets would help cut retail crime and protect shopworkers, the government’s policing minister said in parliament this week. In a ...