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Thousands of school children have taken part in the county’s largest youth sporting event, the SPAR Lancashire School Games county finals, held at Blackpool’s Stanley Park on Tuesday 2nd July. Enjoying glorious sunny weather, over 2000 school children took part in 15...

SPAR is launching an exciting summer campaign to boost distribution and raise awareness of the stand-out products in its own label range. For the first time ever, SPAR is running Love It & List It, a campaign to drive distribution of own label products, tying in...

James Hall & Co. have been celebrating another year of strong partnerships and continued success through the company’s annual SPAR Retailer Celebration Event.    Held at The Grand Hotel in Blackpool, James Hall & Co. hosted a weekend of family fun, designed to...

G&E Murgatroyd, James Hall & Co.’s company owned store division has raised a staggering £18,000 for Marie Curie in a busy week of fundraising for the charity’s national initiative, Blooming Great Tea Party. Dressing SPAR stores in bright sunshine yellow, teams...

Graham Eyes High Class Butchers have been named Lancashire’s Favourite Butchers in a Lancashire Evening Post poll that saw over 500 readers vote for their most loved butchery establishment. Fighting off worthy competition from across the county, Graham Eyes High Class...

SPAR UK is a proud sponsor of the British Athletics (UKA) who connect local communities through sports. SPAR activates this sponsorship at British Athletics events and online though the SPAR Sports Club. This is further supported at local community and school level by...

SPAR, the UK’s leading convenience store group, has launched an exciting social media campaign to celebrate unsung heroes within local community sport. Building on the success of 2018’s People’s Podium, this year’s campaign will run from the 13th June and offers...

James Hall & Co. are proudly supporting a 1000 mile Blind Tandem Challenge, which will see blind veteran, Craig Lundberg, and cycling partner, Callum Edge, travel from Land’s End to John O’Groats. Raising money for Blind Veterans UK and Vision Aid Overseas, Craig...

James Hall & Co. have launched a branded reusable shopping bag made from recycled plastic bottles. The bags have an RRP of £1 and will be available to purchase from SPAR shops across the North of England from mid-June. The SPAR branded rollpack shopper is made...

Staff at James Hall & Co.’s Preston depot have been taking part in a dedicated Marie Curie Donation Drive, bringing in quality clothes, shoes and handbags from home to help support vulnerable families dealing with terminal illness. The donations collected will be...

James Hall & Co. have launched a new initiative with Burnley Community Kitchen, enabling SPAR customers to support their local foodbank by collecting donations in ten SPAR stores across Burnley, Accrington and Pendle. In addition to collecting in-store donations,...

James Hall & Co have delivered hundreds of treats to the Marie Curie Hospice, Bradford to say a personal thank you to its staff in celebration of International Nurses Day on Sunday 12th May. Independent SPAR retailers Rocky Leach and Ay and Y Patel, who both own...