Budget cuts could force tens of thousands of street lights in Northern Ireland to be switched off this winter. Roads minister Danny Kennedy issued the warning as his department faces a £15 million cut, leaving it unable to pay ...
Tags: Street Lights, Lights, Lighting
In June, shopper numbers in Northern Ireland were 11.8% higher than a year ago, up on the 9.2% rise in May 2014, reports the Northern Ireland Retail Consortium-Springboard Footfall Monitor. Northern Ireland continues to have the highest ...
Tags: Furniture, Furnishing, Economy
Footfall in June was 0.7% down on a year ago, down on the 0.2% fall in May and below the three-month average of a 0.3% decline, according to the British Retail Consortium-Springboard Footfall Monitor. Footfall on the high street was 1.7% ...
Tags: Furniture, Furnishing
Spa is rolling LED lighting out across 250 stores across the country. The 250 stores are part of a major roll-out across Spa outlets in the UK by the Cross Group, specialists in refrigeration and energy efficient technologies, and food ...
Tags: LED Lighting, Lighting, LED
Footfall in May was 0.2% down on a year ago, marginally down on the 0.1% fall in April and below the three-month average of a 0.6% increase. Footfall on the high street was 0.9% down on the previous year for May, up on April’s fall of ...
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Retail footfall in May was 0.2% down on a year ago, marginally down on the 0.1% fall in April and below the three-month average of a 0.6% increase, reports the latest BRC/Springboard Retail Footfall Monitor. The report found that footfall ...
Tags: Furniture, Furnishing, Home Products
Packaging company Huhtamaki Molded Fiber Europe has expanded its Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) Chain of Custody (CoC) certification to include its complete operations in Europe. To confirm conformance to the FSC Reclaimed Standard ...
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According to the BRC, footfall in April was 0.1% lower than a year ago, down on the 1.8% rise in March. High streets reported the largest decline, falling 1.4%, substantially down from the 2.6% rise in March while shopping centres ...
Tags: Furniture, Furnishing
Irish furniture importer and wholesaler Annaghmore Agencies has updated its entire fleet of delivery vehicles. Branded with Annaghmore's unique corporate identity, the company has introduced four new MAN Lorries and seven new 45ft SDC ...
Tags: Auto Parts, Transportation, vehicle, delivery vehicle
The packaging of Bartex’s Red Army Vodka has breached alcohol responsibility rules for its association with violence and aggression. A complaint, submitted by the Independent Complaints Panel of the Responsible Retailing Code of ...
Tags: Vodka, Alcohol Marketing Rules
Recyclable plastic packaging that will save more than a million eggs from going to waste each year has been successfully trialed by Tesco. At the moment Tesco's free range eggs are sold in pulp cartons and if an egg breaks in transit it ...
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ShopKeep POS, the cloud-based point of sale system designed by a retailer, announced it has reached 10,000 customers and is expanding both in the U.S. and internationally with two new locations. “We are excited to open an office ...
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The National Skills Academy for Retail (NSAR), in partnership with the Association of Town and City Management (ATCM) are to launch the new Digital High Street Skills Programme at the Future High Street Summit which takes place in the ...
Tags: New High Street Skills Programme, NSAR, ATCM, partnership
Helen Dickinson, British Retail Consortium Director General, said: "More shoppers were out and about in January, with a solid 1.6 per cent in overall footfall across the country. It’s good news for retailers and it helps to explain ...
Tags: UK Retailers, Footfalls
Some of the fastest-moving tides in the world could meet half of Scotland's power needs. A new study finds that an island channel called the Pentland Firth has the potential to realistically generate 1.9 gigawatts of power—nearly ...
Tags: Metallurgy, Mineral, Energy