Ruby Flanagan

4 days ago | bristolpost.co.uk | Ruby Flanagan

Sainsbury's has introduced a significant change to its scan and shop services in select stores as part of a new trial. The supermarket chain has altered the checkout process in a way which eliminates the need for customers to visit the traditional checkout area. Customers simply have to tap their card on the device to make a payment, after which they can print or email themselves the receipt. Shoppers can then return the handset to the designated SmartShop ports and exit the store.

4 days ago | dailyrecord.co.uk | Peter Davidson |Ruby Flanagan

The reason for the closure of the site has not been confirmedA well-known high street fashion retailer, Select, has announced the closure of its Grantham store, set to shut its doors for the final time on May 10. The budget fashion chain broke the news to customers via a heartfelt message on the branch's Facebook page, stating: "It is with a heavy heart that we tell all our lovely customers that our store will be closing. "As far as we are aware our last trading day is May 10.

4 days ago | lancs.live | Ruby Flanagan

A major high street retailer is set to introduce self-service checkouts across over 100 UK stores. Dunelm, the furniture store with a presence of over 200 outlets nationwide, disclosed this strategic move in a recent financial briefing to its investors. Dunelm aims to leverage "harnessing our operational capabilities" by implementing new self-checkout systems in more than half of its stores by the end of 2026.

6 days ago | bristolpost.co.uk | Ruby Flanagan |Catherine Shuttleworth

The government hopes the scheme will help 'clean up Britain'Thanks to a new plan to tackle plastic waste, UK households will now be paid to return their old plastic bottles to supermarkets. The government has pledged to "clean up Britain" through their new deposit return scheme for plastic bottles and cans, The Mirror reports. The scheme will allow people to drop off empty plastic waste to be recycled at collection points that will be set up across the country.

1 week ago | express.co.uk | Kieran Isgin |Ruby Flanagan

Pensioners may have to wait up to eight months for DWP payment increaseThis year, April 5, was the final deadline for making voluntary National Insurance contributions to top-up state pension payments. Pensioners could face major payment increase delays (Image: Getty Images)Pensioners are facing a lengthy wait of up to eight months for their state pension payments to increase, even after filling in their National Insurance records.