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One year after a £400,000 refurbishment, Hunt’s SPAR Longton has received honours as the Multiple Managed Store of the Year in the highly competitive national Convenience Awards. The award was presented to the store team at a glamourous ceremony at The Londoner Hotel...

Cumbria has the best service station in the North of England for the second successive year after James Hall & Co. Ltd secured another victory at the 2022 Forecourt Trader Awards. Following the success of SPAR Maryport in the 2021 awards, it was the turn of SPAR...

Ideas and initiatives were shared as SPAR independents from across the North of England gathered for James Hall & Co. Ltd’s annual Retailer Event. Held at the Crow Wood Hotel and Spa in Burnley, the theme of 2022’s event was ‘A Fresh Start’ and the day was split...

Leading symbol group SPAR is launching a new customer focussed initiative called ‘Spotlight’ this month, which looks to get SPAR’s best own label ranges into maximum distribution, across the entire UK SPAR estate and grow SPAR Brand to a brand worth more than £550m....

Four hundred people attended SPAR UK’s national conference which took place on the island of Gran Canaria from 4-8 October 2022. Delegates from the UK convenience retail sector travelled to Gran Canaria to have the opportunity to spend time with independent SPAR...

Growing independent forecourt operator AY & Y Patel Dewsbury Ltd has opened two new SPAR stores and service stations in West Yorkshire in association with James Hall & Co. Ltd. A £1.5m complete redevelopment of the company’s Leeds Road site in Bradford has...

G.A.P Convenience Distribution Ltd has been named as BP Supply Chain Award winner for the second consecutive year. Backing up 2021’s award win for flexible supply chain support to BP’s national network of 330 company owned service stations, the 2022 accolade has seen...

Hull University’s SPAR store has benefited from a comprehensive £150,000 refit through the support of James Hall & Co. Ltd – and the impact is already reaping positive results. Launching in time for the new academic year, the SPAR owned by the University Student...

There’s been some ghoulish goings on at Lancashire suppliers T&E Forshaw as pumpkins grown on the family farm in Tarleton have ghosted onto the shelves of James Hall & Co. Ltd supplied SPAR stores this week. James Hall & Co. Ltd plumped for T&E Forshaw...

Leading symbol group, SPAR UK, is supporting the international brand’s 90th anniversary celebrations by giving back to communities and planting 12,500 trees all over England with leading organisation One Tree Planted. The SPAR One Tree Planted campaign involves SPAR...

James Hall & Co. Ltd has enhanced its support for Preston’s Community Gateway Association by supporting the creation of a Workwear Bank. The new initiative has seen several wardrobes worth of good-quality second hand clothing donated by staff who work at the...