More consumers consider lockers as doorstep parcel theft surges, @ParcelPending report shows

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#ParcelLockers #ParcelTheft

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Sales of essentials jumped in 10 days from 22 Oct. with launch of gov’s #BeReady public awareness campaign, encouraging households to prepare for up to 3 days in event of disruption to essential services:
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Over half of shop workers face abuse every week, new @retail_trust research shows

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#RetailWorkers #StopAbuse

ShopKind Week and National Week of Action puts retail crime and abuse in the spotlight

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#RetailCrime #StopRetailAbuse #ConvenienceRetail @ACS_LocalShops @UsdawUnion @retail_trust @BusinessCrimeUK

Welsh government to ban sale of energy drinks to under 16s

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#EnergyDrinkBan #WelshGovernment @ACS_LocalShops

Convenience channel growth forecast by IGD to shift beyond tobacco, reaching £54.9bn by 2031

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#ConvenienceChannel @fromIGD

Co-op Group and @TheSouthernCoop merger gets CMA approval

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#MergerUpdate #ConvenienceRetail @coopuk

A quarter of UK adults now stockpiling food and drink, @Barclays research shows

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#FoodStockpile #ConvenienceRetail

‘Shop owners are working people too’, @biraofficial tells Treasury

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#ShopOwners #RetailSupport

Progress on facial recognition standards welcomed by @ACS_LocalShops

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#FacialRecognition #ConvenienceRetail

Independent retailers star in @allwynuk ‘Local Retail Champions’ billboard campaign

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#IndependentRetailers

Cadbury filled eggs return in time for Easter 2027 head start

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#CadburyEggs #EasterTreats #ConvenienceRetail @CadburyUK

Post Office welcomes announcement of new government investment

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#PostOffice #GovernmentInvestment @PostOfficeNews

Trading Standards welcomes ‘closure of loopholes’ as new tobacco and vape laws take effect. @elfbar_official calls for retail licensing system.

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#TradingStandards #TobaccoAndVapesAct #ConvenienceRetail @CTSI_UK

Certified reverse vending machines (RVMs) for deposit return scheme announced. Move welcomed by @TheFed_Online

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#ReverseVendingMachines #DepositReturnScheme

New national campaign from @HITTraining challenges retail businesses to ‘Commit to Youth’

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#CommitToYouth #YouthOpportunities #ConvenienceRetail #RetailJobs

Budget reaction: Business rates threshold rise a major win for local shops?

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@ACS_LocalShops @kpmguk @EposNow @fromIGD @the_brc @UsdawUnion @biraofficial @ParkerWalshUK
#BusinessRates #LocalShops #BudgetReaction #Budget2026

East of England Co-op and iSqueeze launch UK’s first self-serving smoothie machine

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#SmoothieMachine #ConvenienceStore @EoECoop @iSqueezejuice

London convenience store owner Kaual Patel's portrait painted by royal artist as part of Coca-Cola campaign

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@CocaColaEP @CocaColaGBNews #CocaCola #ConvenienceRetail #PortraitArt

Budget must stop rising costs feeding inflation, says @the_brc

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#Budget2026 #ConvenienceRetail @NielsenIQ