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South London store installs bleed control kit

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A south-east London convenience store recently installed a public access bleed control kit at its premises at the request of a customer. Harky Sahota, store manager at TJ’s Premier, Woolwich, London told Talking Retail: “One of my regular customers is an anti-knife crime campaigner and he convinced me to get one. They now have them …

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