One of Scotland’s favourite brands has recorded its biggest month of sales ever after a surge in demand across major UK supermarkets following an extended spring heatwave. Family-owned Mackie’s of Scotland reported that in April 2025 it sold 1,564,837 litres of ice cream, making it the company’s most successful month on record and surpassing
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Rebels of the coffee world bring their vibe to one of Scotland’s top shopping destinations Black Sheep Coffee is proud to announce the grand opening of its newest location at Silverburn Shopping Centre on Tuesday, April 8th. Known for disrupting the coffee scene with bold flavours and a creative store design, the new store promises
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A team of sisters who founded Puff Puff Ministry, the UK’s first-ever West African doughnut business, were invited to pitch their innovative products for a chance to win a contract to supply one of the UK’s biggest supermarkets, Aldi Stores Ltd. Their pitch will appear in the fifth episode of the second series of Aldi’s Next
(L) Oyetola Akande & (R) Olusegun Akande A leading provider of authentic African-Caribbean food products is thrilled to announce the grand opening of Pride of Africa Trade Cash and Carry. Founded by Olusegun Akande and his wife, Oyetola, this will be the first one-stop African trade cash and carry in the UK that is exclusively black owned. The UK
Left to Right: MSFM Managing Director Liam Cullen, MSFM Security OfficerMatthew Braniff and CastleCourt Centre Manager Leona Barr Northern Ireland’s biggest independent security provider and facilities management company Mercury Security & Facilities Management (MSFM) has been reappointed to provide a complete security solution to CastleCourt Shopping Centre following a rigorous tender process. CastleCourt, in the
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Fragrance-led home and lifestyle brand Fabulosa is celebrating yet another record trading year, and forging ahead with ambitious growth plans for 2024. With its vast and expanding product portfolio stretching over 14 different categories, the Cheshire-based firm is marking the close of its latest financial year (ending 31st August 2023) with a notable 17% uplift in turnover,
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The latest insights from retail analysts MRI Software show that a ‘Panic Weekend’ helped drive an annual footfall rise of +11.5% on high streets, which is the most significant rise observed since the third week of July (week 23) this year. Footfall rose by +6.5% last week from the week before across all destination types
Scotland’s largest independent specialist timber merchant, MGM Timber, has won the Ecommerce & Tech Engagement of the Year award at this year’s People in Retail Awards. Following the repositioning of MGM Timber’s 14 physical branches into omnichannel retailers, the award celebrates the success of the business’ online trading since May 2020, followed by 87% and
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Retailers across the Midlands are being offered the chance to win a free Black Friday marketing strategy from a firm that helped its clients make hundreds of thousands of pounds last year. Alphageek Digital is offering to support three businesses with their Black Friday marketing strategy; free of charge, to help give local firms a
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According to retail experts MRI Springboard, footfall across Scotland’s retail destinations rose from July to August. However the impact of this rise in the cost of living reflected in the most modest annual uplift yet Footfall performance in August confounded expectations, with a rise of +3.8% from July, following a very modest increase of just
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