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December Edition of Community Shop

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Published on Monday, 19 December 2011 18:12

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News Archive

  • ► 2013
    • ► May
      • • Personal Licence Holder Training Providers
      • • HEALTHY LIVING PROGRAMME - NEW GUIDANCE
      • • SGF INDEPENDENCE DEBATE
    • ► April
      • • TOBACCO DISPLAY FINGERTIPS GUIDE
      • • SGF Golf Outing 2013 - Drumoig
      • • SGF RETAIL EXCELLENCE AWARDS 2013
    • ► March
      • • SGF Response to Further Options on Alcohol
      • • SGF Reaction to the Budget 2013
    • ► February
      • • Horsemeat Further Recall Of Products
      • • Update Horsemeat in Food Products
      • • Horsemeat in Food Products
      • • Lease for Small Retail Businesses
    • ► January
      • • Community Shop December 2012
  • ► 2012
    • ► October
      • • Community Shop September 2012
    • ► August
      • • Retail conditions continue to be weaker in Scotland
    • ► June
      • • Carrier Bag Charging
      • • Report shows negligible impact of alcohol discount ban
    • ► May
      • • SGF Welcomes Government Move on 'Pasty Tax'
      • • SGF and SWA launch off-sales trade guide app
      • • SGF Responds to 50p Minimum Unit Price
      • • SGF welcomes 'sunset clause' as MUP Bill passes stage 2
    • ► April
      • • UK Consultation on Tobacco Plain Packaging
    • ► March
      • • UK Government launches National Loan Guarantee Scheme
      • • Scottish Government: "No plans to raise licensing fee"
      • • Minimum wage increase another blow for retailers
      • • Retailers paying over the odds for alcohol licensing
      • • SGF Responds to Health Committee Report on Minimum Pricing
    • ► February
      • • ONS Figures Highlight Scottish Government's Excessive Windfall From Business Rates
      • • Scottish 2012-13 Business Rates Deferral Scheme
    • ► January
      • • SGF Responds to Revised Sheffield Study
      • • SGF Responds to Finance Committee Report on Minimum Pricing
      • • SGF Responds to Trade Union Attack on the Small Business Bonus Scheme
      • • Scottish Energy and Resource Efficiency Service
      • • Unemployment figures: a "wake-up call"
      • • Scotttish Government Moves on Tobacco Display Ban
      • • Minister launches SGF healthy living programme
  • ► 2011
    • ► December
      • • December Edition of Community Shop
      • • SGF Chief Executive, John Drummond, Comments on Nielsen Figures
      • • SGF Responds to SRC Sales Figures
      • • SGF responds to 5.6% increase in business rates
    • ► November
      • • National Loan Guarantee Scheme welcome
      • • SGF Networking Event: “A Success”
      • • Retail figures demonstrate need for more support
      • • SGF responds to Minimum Pricing Bill
      • • SGF Warmly Welcomes Nisa Into Membership
    • ► October
      • • Latest unemployment figures are a warning of why there must be a national minimum wage freeze
      • • Fireworks
      • • October Edition of Community Shop
    • ► September
      • • SGF and SWA launch off-sales trade guide for independent retailers in advance of new licensing legislation
      • • SGF Calls on Government to be prepared for winter weather
      • • Website launched to offer advice on selling alcohol
      • • National Minimum Wage increase reminder
      • • Convenience Stores Support Finance Secretary’s Large Store Levy
    • ► May
      • • Crime Prevention – On-going cost for Scottish convenience industry
    • ► April
      • • SGF Conference 2011 Offers Delegates Food for Thought
      • • Minimum Wage Increase will Threaten Jobs and Investment
      • • Local Shops Support Retail Report Calling for Out of Town Store Tax
      • • Booker Premier Joins SGF
      • • SPAR Retailers from across Scotland Join SGF
    • ► March
      • • Tobacco Display Ban – New timescales welcomed but movement on display ban urgently required
      • • Tougher Action Needed on Shop Theft
      • • SGF Publishes Local Shops 2011 Election Manifesto
      • • Costcutter Retailers Join SGF
      • • SGF Annual Conference 2011 – Retailers Take Part in Unmissable Event
    • ► February
      • • High Street Decline Cannot be Ignored
      • • Martin McColl Joins SGF
    • ► January
      • • SGF Seeks Retailers Views ahead of Scottish Parliament Election
      • • Letter to the editor of The Scotsman re large retail supplement
      • • A Ban on Below Cost Sales of Alcohol Must be Workable and Credible
      • • Delay of Tobacco Display Ban Provides Opportunity to Review Policy
      • • SGF and ACS Combine Forces on Post Office Issues
  • ► 2010
    • ► December
      • • SGF Calls on MSPs to Support Protection of Workers Bill
    • ► November
      • • SGF Urges Retailers To Lobby Local MSPs on Alcohol Measures
      • • Blanket Overprovision Policies Not the Answer
      • • MSPs Vote in Support of Alcohol etc (Scotland) Bill
      • • Local Shops React to Scottish Draft Budget
      • • Legal Delay on Tobacco Display Ban Makes Review Necessary
    • ► October
      • • MSP Visits Wemyss Bay Retailer to Highlight Alcohol Awareness Week
    • ► September
      • • Licensing Act 2005 Fails to Tackle Problem Drinking Whilst Threatening to Damage Future of Small Shops
      • • Small Shops Call for UK Wide Approach to Alcohol Pricing
      • • Pricing Mechanism Required to End Below Cost Selling
      • • Tobacco display ban – blurring the edges between legitimate and illicit trade
      • • Small Shops Welcome Committee Rejection of Under 21 Off-Sales Ban
      • • Small Shops Disappointed at Outcome of Tobacco Display Judicial Review
    • ► August
      • • SGF Comment on Alcohol Commission Report
    • ► July
      • • SGF Urges MSPs to Consider Alternative Pricing Mechanisms to Address Alcohol Problems
      • • SGF Asks Retailers for Evidence on the Impact of the National Minimum Wage
      • • SGF Makes Case Against Inflexible Tobacco Regulations
    • ► June
      • • SGF Welcome Small Business Focus in Minimum Wage Review
      • • SGF Comments on Emergency Budget
    • ► May
      • • SGF Hopes Coalition Government Will Ensure Economic Recovery
      • • Small Shops Support a Ban on Below Cost Selling of Alcohol as an Alternative to Minimum Pricing
    • ► April
      • • Alcohol Bill Requires More Clarity
      • • Tobacco Display Ban – Draconian and Expensive
    • ► March
      • • SGF Conference 2010 Proves to be a “Winning Formula”
      • • Scottish Government Funding Supports Phase 4 of the SGF Healthy Living Programme
      • • SGF Links with Supermarkets at Scottish Grocery Retailers Forum
      • • Drummond Gives Evidence to MSPs on Alcohol Bill
      • • SGF Supports Youth Commission’s call for Greater use of Proof of Age Card
      • • SGF Comments on the Budget
      • • Minimum Wage Rise Increases Pressure on Local Shops
    • ► February
      • • Small Shops Welcome Increase in Small Business Bonus Scheme Thresholds
      • • Grocery Suppliers Code of Practice Welcome
      • • Scottish Grocers’ Federation Comment on Launch of Scottish Labour Alcohol Commission
      • • Business Rates Relief Welcomed by Small Shops
      • • Small Shop Representative Gives Evidence to Finance Committee on Alcohol Bill
      • • Small Shops Support Continued Use of Voluntary Initiatives to Tackle Obesity
      • • SGF Responds to UK Government Post Office Banking Consultation
    • ► January
      • • Conservatives Support Creation of Grocery Ombudsman
      • • SGF Welcomes UK Government Announcement on Grocery Ombudsman
      • • Costs of a Tobacco Display Ban Remain Unanswered
      • • Tobacco Display Ban Decision Damaging for Small Shops
  • ► 2009
    • ► December
      • • Chancellor Rejects Retailers Pleas Over 17.5% VAT Reinstatement
      • • Top Class Speakers Lined Up for SGF Annual Conference
    • ► November
      • • Tobacco and Primary Services (Scotland) Bill Proceeds to Final Stage
      • • Alcohol Bill Requires More Detail
    • ► October
      • • Retailers and MSPs Support Alcohol Awareness Week Together
      • • MSPs Visit Stores to Learn About Responsible Retailing
      • • Supporting Scotland’s Food Industry
    • ► September
      • • Alcohol Bill Must be Put on Hold
      • • Tobacco Report Echoes SGF Call for Proxy Purchasing to be Criminalised
      • • SGF Fights on Against Tobacco Display Ban
    • ► August
      • • SGF Urge Retailers to Rally Against a Tobacco Display Ban in Scotland
      • • Licensing Chaos as Deadline Approaches
    • ► July
      • • SGF Anger Over Personal Licence Debacle
      • • SGF Welcomes Success of Voluntary Initiatives to Reduce Use of Plastic Carrier Bags
      • • Grocers Concerned Government Action on Personal Licences Does Not Resolve Training Issue
      • • SGF to represent retailers at Holyrood Smoking Conference
    • ► June
      • • Existing Measures to Reduce Youth Smoking Are Working
    • ► May
      • • National Minimum Wage – Not the time for an increase in costs
      • • Scottish Grocers Federation Tell MSPs that Plans to Ban the Display of Tobacco in Shops are Not Supported by Compelling Evidence
      • • Trade Bodies Unite to Urge Statutory Grocery Ombudsman
    • ► April
      • • Scottish Grocers’ Call for Tougher Action Against Black Market Tobacco
      • • Budget Offers Little Business Boost for Small Shops
    • ► March
      • • Alcohol Framework Devastating for Small Retailers
      • • Scottish Grocers Support Bag Re-Use Campaign
      • • SGF Welcome Government Re-think on Alcohol Plans
    • ► February
      • • SGF Welcomes Government Support for Town Centres
      • • Illegal Cigarettes Partnership Must Address All Aspects of Black Market
      • • SGF Community Store Campaigner Discusses Implications of Tobacco Display Ban with Local MSP
      • • Scottish Grocers’ Federation Disappointed with Scottish Government Bill on Tobacco Control
      • • New Licensing Regulations Cost Scottish Convenience Store Industry in Excess of £16 million
    • ► January
      • • New Finance Schemes Must Ensure Banks Support Convenience Retailers
      • • Town Centre Fund Essential for High Street Future

News

  • May 2013

    • Personal Licence Holder Training Providers
    • HEALTHY LIVING PROGRAMME - NEW GUIDANCE
    • SGF INDEPENDENCE DEBATE
  • April 2013

    • TOBACCO DISPLAY FINGERTIPS GUIDE
    • SGF Golf Outing 2013 - Drumoig
    • SGF RETAIL EXCELLENCE AWARDS 2013
  • March 2013

    • SGF Response to Further Options on Alcohol
    • SGF Reaction to the Budget 2013
  • February 2013

    • Horsemeat Further Recall Of Products
    • Update Horsemeat in Food Products
    • Horsemeat in Food Products
    • Lease for Small Retail Businesses
  • January 2013

    • Community Shop December 2012


 


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