15 September 2020

“Despite being nationally recognised in the middle of a global pandemic, Amrit Singh and his family have refused to stand still,” Samantha Gunston, head of the IAA, says when describing Amrit’s efforts. “Instead, they’ve pushed forward, completing one of the first lockdown refits in the industry.” When lockdown restrictions were introduced in March, Amrit and his […]

Availability is key For Amrit and his family, planning ahead is vital, even more so in lockdown, so they bought a second van and sourced additional stock, such as alcohol, to make sure service levels remained high and their customers were looked after. “Coronavirus meant we had to adapt the way we ran our business and it’s

The independent retail community is mourning the loss of leading retailer Raj Aggarwal who passed away on the morning of Thursday 9 April. Aggarwal, 51, ran Spar stores in Hackenthorpe and Wigston with his wife Sunita. A pioneering retailer with more than 38 years’ experience, he launched the UK’s first Insomnia coffee shop and sat on the

Community focused technology company LocoSoco, which sells environmentally friendly hand sanitiser and refill stations, has secured an additional site to handle the surge in demand and to help support businesses during the Covid-19 crisis. LocoSoco took in £150,000 worth of revenue in March 2020 from the sales of hand sanitiser and refill stations, with the

As pubs, restaurants, hotels and cafes prepare to reopen their businesses on the 4th July, a technology company has heralded a new era for customer loyalty through technology.  Licklist for Business’s mobile ordering app and takeaway ordering system will be installed in over 300 hospitality venues by the 4th July. Brad Nobbs, CEO and co-founder of Licklist

There’s a huge public appetite for reducing plastic in retail, but there’s more to establishing a successful refillable solution than meets the eye. C-Store looks at the issues to consider With plastic now being seen as public enemy number one, a growing number of retailers are investing in refillable solutions, allowing their customers to actively reduce plastic

As retailers gear up for the reopening of businesses with direct street access, in Inverurie measures have been continuing to help keep the public safe. Later this week, plans for the Safer Places scheme are due to be finalised by Aberdeenshire Council which looks at traffic and pedestrian flow in the town centre. In the

Whilst we’re all living through unprecedented times, it has been warming to read about some of the positives that have started appearing in the national news over the past couple of weeks, pulling out the human stories that give us hope. The simple fact is that crises can bring out the best in people –

Convenience retailers keen to join the “refill revolution” are being offered a new route in, with the help of new social enterprise LocoSoco which offers a wide range of refillable household products at value price points. The solution, launched in partnership with Delphis Eco, allows shoppers to buy a range of concentrated ecological cleaning “shots”

The Heart of England Co-operative Society has agreed a new distribution agreement with LocoSoco, the social enterprise which offers a wide range of refillable household products, including sanitisers, at value price points. The distribution agreement will see 35 Co-op stores fitted out with LocoSoco eco-refill stations. Heart of England Co-operative Society ambient category manager Philip