Only six days remain to book your place at a landmark retail event taking place in Dublin – Ireland’s Convenience Retailer Summit. Global superstars of convenience retail are heading to Ireland for the event on 6 September to give the local industry a major boost. Hundreds of Irish retailers, store owners, and head office executives in the retail trade have ...

The chief executive of Ireland’s largest business organisation has said the UK Government’s Brexit policy puts party political concerns ahead of “rational economic considerations”. Danny McCoy’s robust comments came in response to a Position Paper in which the UK Government outlined proposals appearing to rule-out a physical border with the Republic after Brexit. The paper, published on 16 August, discusses a range ...

Ireland should go a step further than the UK, pledging to ban the sale of petrol and diesel cars and vans by 2035, according to a Fine Gael TD. Dublin North-West representative Noel Rock said Ireland should “aim higher” after the UK Government outlined anti-pollution plans that will outlaw fossil fuel only cars and vans by 2040. Deputy Rock also urged the Irish ...

Ireland should go a step further than the UK, pledging to ban the sale of petrol and diesel cars and vans by 2035, according to a Fine Gael TD. Dublin North-West representative Noel Rock said Ireland should “aim higher” after the UK Government outlined anti-pollution plans that will outlaw fossil fuel only cars and vans by 2040. Deputy Rock also urged the Irish ...

Due to the unprecedented demand, a special Early Bird rate to attend Ireland’s Convenience Retailer Summit is now available until August 8. The move provides an extra week for those wishing to take advantage of the sensational Early Bird offer, giving you access to Ireland’s most exciting retail conference and trade exhibition at an incredible price. Huge numbers of the ...

  Suresite has confirmed its involvement in Ireland’s Convenience Retailer Summit and 2017 Awards, which will culminate with a gala awards evening at The Clayton Hotel in Dublin on 6 September. An Ireland and UK leader in compliance and risk management, wetstock management and card services to the fuel and convenience industry, Suresite will be exhibiting at the Summit and ...

It’s time to drop everything and book now for Ireland’s Convenience Retailer Summit. Just one week remains to take advantage of the sensational Early Bird offer, which ends on August 2, giving you access to Ireland’s most exciting retail conference and trade exhibition at an incredible price. Huge numbers of the region’s best retailers, decision-makers, and key symbol group leaders have ...

A group representing Irish retailers has urged Tanaiste to halt a spate of increases in business costs. The meeting between RGData and and Minister for Jobs, Enterprise & Innovation Frances Fitzgerald followed a recommendation by the Low Pay Commission to increase the minimum wage by 30c an hour would, benefiting up to 150,000 workers. The increase brings the minimum wage ...

UK motorists have just 24 years remaining to buy petrol or diesel cars and vans, as the Government outlined anti-pollution plans that will outlaw fossil fuel versions of the vehicles by 2040. The plans follow French President Francois Macron’s commitment to remove his country’s polluting vehicles in a similar timeframe. The announcement comes amid a wave of commercial activity in ...

Inver is to keep its current trading name after its acquisition by British fuel distributor Greenergy. Inver Energy Limited announced last week the sale of the company’s total share capital to Greenergy, which includes 100% of Inver Energy (UK) Limited, Inver’s UK subsidiary, along with its 50% share of the Atlantic Fuel Supply Company  Limited and its oil terminal in Foynes. ...

Applegreen has taken another bold step into the US market, acquiring a forecourt retail operation in South Carolina. The Irish forecourt retailer said it reached agreement to acquire the Brandi Group, based in the city of Columbia, for €4.7 million ($5.4 million). The deal will also see Applegreen enter a long-term lease on the company’s property assets, worth €61.5 million ...

Brexit’s implications for the Irish and Northern Irish retail sector will be a significant talking point at a landmark conference taking place in Dublin on September 6. Ibec CEO Danny McCoy is to lead a discussion with some 500 retailers on the cross-border implications of Brexit during Ireland’s Convenience Retailer Summit this autumn. The 6 September event, taking place at ...