The Students’ Union is to take over the management of ‘The Store on Campus’ and will be relaunching a new shop in its place on 16 September.
The Students’ Union is to take over the management of ‘The Store on Campus’ and will be relaunching a new shop in its place on 16 September.
Changing the way the shop is managed will allow the Students’ Union to pass on a range of new benefits to students while still maintaining the same great level of service offered.
President, Education and Campaigns, Nayab Cheema said: “We’re really excited by this new development and what it means for our members.
“Our focus is on offering students great value while putting money back in their pockets. This means we’re getting rid of card charges and minimum spends so you’re free to pay for your shopping however you want.
“We’re also scrapping all VAT on sanitary products and absorbing this as a cost. Co-President, Welfare and Diversity, Jack Kilker, is penning a blog that explains this in more detail and why it’s really important for us as a union to do this.
“Another key point to stress is that all income generated by the shop goes directly back into the services we provide for you as your Students’ Union!”
There is also a number of changes to make the shop more accessible for students and Nayab continued: “We’ve looked at how best we can serve students living on campus and will be extending the opening hours of the shop. It’ll now be open 08:00-22:00 on weekdays and 10:00-20:00 at the weekend.
“Finally, we’re also installing a new Costa coffee machine in the shop so you’ll be able to get that much needed caffeine fix first thing in the morning.”
In response to feedback from students the shop will be introducing a series of new product ranges including budget friendly items to help reduce the cost of living on campus.
The changes will require a refit of the current shop premises which will take several days. ‘The Store on Campus’ will close at 18:00 Friday 11 September and will reopen as the ‘UnionShop’ on Wednesday 16 September.
If you have any ideas about products you’d like to see in the new shop you can get in touch with us on Twitter @SURHUL or alternatively you can contact Nayab by email.