Opinions
2 minutes of your time: David Lonsdale
As Scotland undertakes to reform its business rates system, the Barclay Review offers key insight into how that...
The consolidation plot thickens
It’s always the way. Just as SLR is going to press a new story breaks and the editorial...
What next as McColl’s hooks up with Morrisons?
The dull moments in local retailing are few and far between these days – but wasn’t it always...
DRS would be ‘ineffective’, placing ‘unnecessary burdens’ on sector
ACS Chief Executive James Lowman supports sister organisation SGF’s view that the proposed Deposit Return Scheme would be...
If the Scottish government wants DRS, let them pay for it
One of the most galling challenges of working in the local retailing industry is that we so often find ourselves...
Is franchising the future of local retailing?
For many years it’s been fascias and symbols; now it’s franchises. Following One Stop’s lead, in the very...
2 minutes of your time: Gary Winter
As part of its plans to turbo charge its Collect+ service, PayPoint has appointed Gary Winter to the...
Vital to put impact of drinks bottles and coffee cups in context
Jane Bickerstaffe, Director of the Industry Council for Research on Packaging & the Environment, explains why it’s critical...
The tide is most definitely rising
For all that it’s a logistical nightmare to carry out, the on-the-road judging for the SLR Rewards provides...
2 minutes of your time: Paul Cheema
Sent from Coventry to judge the SLR Rewards, the successful retailer and Association of Convenience Stores board member...