LEGAL ADVICE: The delivery market has outpaced the legislation
Our ‘legal doctor’ Robert Botkai discusses home delivery and specifically the law surrounding the delivery of alcohol
Mixed reaction since ‘Freedom Day’
It’s been a week since so-called Freedom Day, when Covid rules were relaxed and the requirement to wear a face covering in shops in England changed from mandatory to a recommendation. Forecourt Trader found that reaction to the relaxed rules is definitely mixed.
MONEY TALK: Back to ‘normal’ then… or is it? But there maybe some wins for forecourts
Back to ‘normal’ then… or is it? It seems we are still a long way from those pre-Covid days, but there maybe some wins for forecourts
LEGAL: CBD - where is the UK market right now?
Setting Covid aside for a moment, our ‘legal doctor’ Robert Botkai discusses regulation changes for the fast-growing CBD sector
PIPELINE: Refined products market is improving
The health of the European refined products market is steadily improving as vaccine roll-outs continue to gather pace and demand slowly returns, but plenty of hurdles remain before the industry can breathe a sigh of relief.
SERVICE CENTRE: When you limit your liability, it sometimes brings its own liabilities
Jac Roper ponders problems with changing the status of your business; plus how an increasingly cashless society is costing retailers
SHOP TALK: Masculinity measured by meat
Did you know it’s No Meat May? No, me neither. It’s a charity campaign challenging people to give up meat for 31 days.
SERVICE CENTRE: A big address screw-up on the news front
Tom Dant, who is managing director of Gill Marsh Forecourts, wrote in to say: “I have a problem at one of my stores with Menzies. It’s the first time we have had dealings with them as our new site was a bit far north for Smiths News.
PIPELINE: Hopes of European recovery are dashed
Hopes of a recovery in European products demand through the second quarter and into the summer months are being dashed by a rise in Covid-19 cases on the continent, and an increase in movement restrictions to combat the virus’ spread.
LEGAL: Prospect of plain-clothes police on licensed premises
Our ‘legal doctor’ Robert Botkai discusses the call to have plain-clothes police officers in licensed premises to help protect women
SECURITY: Be extra vigilant to prevent forecourt crime
Back in 1991, when BOSS was established, driving off from the pump without paying dominated forecourt crime.