The NFRN provides a powerful voice for independent news retailers and convenience stores in the media. See below for our latest press releases. We welcome media enquiries on all issues affecting our members in the UK and Ireland.
For all press enquiries please contact Anne Bingham, Head of Communications, on 07879 646842 or email anne@nfrn.org.uk
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NFRN in the News:
Help for Hobbies
Industry charity NewstrAid has launched a funding scheme to help parents with a newstrade connection who are struggling to cover the costs of their children’s pastimes. The Help for Hobbies Children’s Recreation Fund offers up to £250 per child towards the costs...
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€30m boost for Irish postmasters
The Fed has welcomed the news that postmasters in Ireland will receive €30m of government funding over the next three years. In an announcement made today (June 1), Eamon Ryan, minister for the environment, climate, and communications, and the minister of state with...
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Maximise your News sales over Platinum Jubilee Weekend
With the Bank holiday less than 48 hours away and the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee celebrations being the biggest spectacle of the year, the opportunity for extra sales in your community has never been stronger! Newspaper sales are expected to grow throughout this period,...
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New blow to hard-pressed retailers as Reach...
The Federation of Independent Retailers (the Fed) has expressed deep dismay at the decisions by Reach and News UK to accompany...
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McColl’s administration scare incites calls for government...
A senior Fed official has warned that more government action is needed to prevent the collapse of more retailing groups after McColl’s went into administration but was then saved by Morrisons in the eleventh hour this morning (Monday, May 9). Speaking to Channel 4...
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Kinder update from the Food Standards Agency
The Food Standards Agency (FSA) are urging retailers to make sure that they have removed all Kinder products linked to an outbreak of salmonella from their shelves. The details of the recalled products can be found in the table below. Product details: Product names...
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