subscribe News 19 September 2018 C-store formats benefit from blistering summer Convenience format store sales were boosted by the hot summer and World Cup, collectively growing sales by 7.6% compared to last year, as consumers shopped locally for drinks and barbecue supplies. New figures from researcher Kantar Worldpa... Read More 17 September 2018 Buy rand! South Africa remains best-value travel destination South Africa has regained its position as the cheapest destination in Post Office Travel Money’s annual long haul holiday cost of living barometer. Local price falls and a weaker South African rand have combined to bring prices down 20 per... Read More 14 September 2018 ‘Government must focus on rural business infrastructure’ The Association of Convenience Stores (ACS) has called on the government to focus on infrastructure in its response to a House of Lords consultation about how policy could strengthen rural businesses and communities. The ACS’ submissi... Read More 13 September 2018 PO trading results: profits up again The Post Office today (September 13) announced its financial results for 2017/18, ‘which show continued progress in its turnaround’. In 2016/2017 the Post Office recorded a profit £13m, its first profit for 16 years - this year... Read More 12 September 2018 BRC calls for intervention over ‘alarming’ card fee hikes The British Retail Consortium (BRC) is calling on the government and the Payment Systems Regulator to intervene over the “alarming increases” to card scheme fees. The call comes after the BRC’s annual Payments Survey revea... Read More 10 September 2018 Ethics, recycling and waste now a priority for shoppers, finds report Recycling, food waste and ethics are set to overtake price as the biggest issues for consumers in the future, according to new research. A poll by ThoughtWorks found the top issue for British food shoppers in the next decade will be to redu... Read More 07 September 2018 Landmark and Today's plan to merge gets the go-ahead Members of wholesale buying groups Landmark and Today’s have voted in favour of a proposed merger, with 96% of voters said to have been in favour of the deal. The vote, which closed yesterday (September 6), will result in a “lar... Read More 05 September 2018 More bank branches to close Taxpayer-owned Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) is closing a further 54 branches in England and Wales with the loss of 258 jobs, it was announced today (September 5). The branches will be shut in January 2019 and are in addition to 162 branch c... Read More 04 September 2018 Consumer spending on the up as Summer ends Consumer spending rose 4.5% year-on-year in August, maintaining the strong level seen in recent months, according to new data from Barclaycard. The figures show that supermarket spending rose by 5.0%, expenditure on petrol increased by 10.9... Read More 03 September 2018 New-look Lotto from November, says Camelot National Lottery ooperator Camelot has today (September 3) revealed it is to make changes to the Lotto and EuroMillions, as well as launch a new draw game in 2019. From November this year the Lotto will see new bigger, fixed cash prizes in... Read More 12345next >last >>