The largest high-powered electric vehicle charging station on the UK motorway network has opened today (30 April) at Motos new Rugby Services. The development, featuring 24 chargers with up to 350kW of power, is part of a wider roll out to cater for the transition to electric vehicles. The project ...

https://www.talkingretail.com/news/industry-news/uks-largest-high-power-motorway-electric-vehicle-charging-site-opens-30-04-2021/

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The Responsible Car Wash Scheme (RCWS) has launched a pilot project, funded by the Home Office, to test the effectiveness and value of introducing licensing for car wash businesses. The pilot is based on an RCWS accreditation scheme for hand car washes to ensure these businesses treat employees, ...

https://www.talkingretail.com/news/industry-news/responsible-car-wash-scheme-pilot-aims-to-prove-case-for-licensing-11-05-2021/

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Glasgow-based wholesaler JW Filshill has selected Gary Milligan as regional development manager for Edinburgh, the Lothians and Borders. Milligan, who joins from high-end pet food firm Kennelpak, previously worked for two Scottish wholesalers and has experience of the convenience retail channel. He ...

https://www.talkingretail.com/news/people-moves/jw-filshill-appoints-regional-development-manager-for-east-of-scotland-12-05-2021/

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Czech pilsner brand Staropramen is launching a 6x330ml pack to tap into the growing demand for multi-pack formats. The packs feature a matte can design encased in a recyclable cardboard sleeve. The brand said multi-pack formats are becoming more popular and the new launch is ideally placed to help ...

https://www.talkingretail.com/products-news/alcohol/staropramen-taps-into-multi-pack-trend-with-new-format-14-05-2021/

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The chocolate fixture in your store will have looked a little different for the past few weeks as the nations favourite chocolate removed the branding on 10 million of its iconic Cadbury Dairy Milk bars and replaced it with quotes of unexpected stories from older people about the lives theyve led. ...

https://www.talkingretail.com/partner-content/the-chocolate-bars-sharing-inspiring-stories-in-your-store-30-04-2021/

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Subscribbe, a wholesale ecommerce platform that will enable independent convenience stores to compete with the big supermarkets by creating a corner shop conglomerate, is to be launched. The platform, which uses a wholesale subscription marketplace model, connects manufacturers directly to ...

https://www.talkingretail.com/news/industry-news/wholesale-ecommerce-platform-aims-to-help-c-stores-compete-with-supermarkets-13-05-2021/

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Pepsi Max is kicking off an on-pack competition as part of its sponsorship of the UEFA Champions League. The competition offers shoppers the chance to win instant cash via a QR code on promotional packs, to the value of 10, 20 or 100. Promotional packs are available until the end of July in 330ml ...

https://www.talkingretail.com/products-news/soft-drinks/pepsi-max-supports-uefa-partnership-with-on-pack-competition-07-05-2021/

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Cash machines across Britain have seen transactions increase by 18%, with an extra 650m withdrawn since 12 April, new figures reveal. New data from Link, the UKs main ATM network, shows that an extra 200m was withdrawn from cash machines across the UK every week since 12 April. Link says 250 ATMs ...

https://www.talkingretail.com/news/industry-news/atm-use-up-by-18-as-lockdown-restrictions-ease-05-05-2021/

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