McColl's
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| Public limited company | |
| Traded as | LSE: MCLS |
| Industry | Retailing |
| Founded | 1973 |
| Headquarters | Brentwood, Essex, England |
Number of locations | 1,387 stores (as of April 2017)[1] |
Key people |
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| Revenue |
 £932.2 million[2] |
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£23.6 million[2] | |
| Subsidiaries | Martin McColl Ltd |
| Website | mccolls.co.uk |
McColls Retail Group is a British convenience store and newsagent operator, trading under the trading names McColls (for convenience stores), Martins (newsagents and variety stores) and RS McColl for stores in Scotland.[3][4] McColls also operate post offices in one third of the estate, making them the largest post office operator in the United Kingdom.[5]
The company was floated on the stock market in January 2014.[6][6]
In July 2016, wholly owned subsidiary, Martin McColl Ltd, announced it would acquire 298 stores from the Co-operative Group Limited (subject to CMA approval) for £117 million.[7]
Criticism
After a number of robberies in Wirral, in which a manager was knocked out, Mccolls was fined £150,000, and ordered to pay £78,000 prosecution costs in November 2014, for failing to protect its staff.[8]
References
- ↑ http://www.mccolls.co.uk/our-business/locations.aspx
- 1 2 https://www.mccolls.co.uk/media/15704651/preliminary_results_2015_2020_monday_29022016.pdf
- ↑ Addy, Rod. "TM puts c-stores under single McColl's fascia".
- ↑ "McColl's - Our History".
- ↑ "McColl's - Did you know?".
- 1 2 Wood, Zoe (27 January 2014). "McColl's top managers in line for £180m fortune from flotation". The Guardian.
- ↑ "Acquisition of 298 stores from the Co-Op - RNS - London Stock Exchange".
- ↑ Stewart, Gary (2014-11-14). "McColls newsagents fined £150,000 for failing to protect staff in Wirral". liverpoolecho. Retrieved 2016-12-16.