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.
SERVICE CENTRE: Problems with newspaper vouchers and smelly smokers
Jac Roper looks at how a newspaper voucher returns envelope problem gets resolved; plus advice on how to deal with a smelly smoker
E10 PETROL: The introduction of E10 and your wider forecourt strategy
Mark Griffiths, head of business development, Adler and Allan, supplier of environmental risk services, explains the maintenance impact of E10, and how the grade changes could affect your wider site operation.
SHOP TALK: March 14 - the Mother of all occasions
There’s good news and bad news when it comes to Mother’s Day, which this year falls on Sunday March 14.
MONEY TALK: The big boys in the playground
Naturally, the business and financial news in most of the media has continued to be dominated by Covid.
SERVICE CENTRE: An unhappy fuel supply ending
An unhappy fuel supply ending for Glasgow-based retailer