Shop Manager
Shop Manager
Business and Enterprise
Shop Managers may manage their own independent store or run a franchise store on behalf of a retail chain. Unlike sales assistants or store managers (who usually work for a large retailer), shopkeepers will normally have overall responsibility for a store. Independent shop managers include grocers, newsagents, butchers, bakers, booksellers, florists, and antique dealers.
Personal skills
An energetic and self-motivated approach to work, the commitment and ability to work long and unsocial hours, good planning and organisational skills, a good understanding of business and finance, the ability to handle cash and keep accounts
Salary
£17,000 to £30,000 per year
Key skills
Supervisory
Organisational
Diagnostic
Business and Enterprise
- Business people and entrepreneurs work across all sectors and industries
- There are over 2.10 million registered business enterprises in the UK
- Corporate businesses represent nearly 60% of total enterprises in the UK
- Around 15% of businesses were under two years old, and 30% were under four years old
- London has the largest number of businesses followed by the South East and East regions