All ACS articles – Page 10
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NewsACS urges retailers to sign up to campaign to ensure communities can access cash
The Association of Convenience Stores (ACS) is encouraging local shops to promote their acceptance of cash through the Cash Friendly Pledge.
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NewsACS welcomes tougher sentences for violent crime in Queen’s speech
Tougher sentences for violent crime was outlined in the Queen’s Speech today (May 11), as she set out the Government’s priorities for the new parliamentary session at the State Opening of Parliament.
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NewsHMRC introduces new checks to help tobacco retailers with track and trace
HMRC is this week introducing new checks on the codes that are given to businesses to help them ensure they are registered properly for the UK track and trace system.
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NewsACS calls for support for businesses as they recover from pandemic
The government has been urged to support businesses in their recovery from the pandemic in evidence provided by the Association of Convenience Stores (ACS).
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NewsACS briefs mayoral candidates on convenience market in their area
The Association of Convenience Stores (ACS) has briefed all current and prospective combined authority mayoral candidates ahead of the elections taking place on 6 May.
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NewsACS seeks retailers’ views for National Living Wage consultation
The Association of Convenience Stores (ACS) is calling on retailers to respond to its annual National Living Wage Survey.
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NewsPRA backs retail industry campaign urging customers to ShopKind
The PRA has joined a coalition from across the retail industry which has launched a campaign urging the public to treat shopworkers with respect.
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NewsACS reminds retailers about new rules on selling manufactured solid fuels and wood
The Association of Convenience Stores (ACS) is reminding convenience retailers about upcoming changes to the sale of manufactured solid fuels and wood.
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NewsACS calls for urgent action to protect retailer workers in Select Committee hearing
The Association of Convenience Stores (ACS) has called for urgent action to protect retail workers in oral evidence to the Home Affairs Select Committee on the Government’s and policing response to incidents of violence and abuse of shopworkers.
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NewsACS calls for clarity on plans for plastic bag charge in English shops
ACS has called on the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) to confirm the implementation date and communications plan for retailers ahead of upcoming changes to laws on plastic bags.
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NewsScotland to double plastic bag charge on April 1 but English increase delayed
The minimum price of a single-use carrier bag (SUCB) in Scotland will be increasing from 5p to 10p on April 1, but the timetable for a similar rise in England has still to be finalised.
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NewsACS calls for Covid-19 home testing offer to be extended to all stores
The Government has been urged to expand its Covid-19 home testing offer to all local shops after it announced its was opening it up to businesses with more than 10 employees
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NewsExpand Covid-19 home testing offer to all local shops, urges ACS
The government’s Covid-19 workplace testing should be expanded to all local shops, not just businesses with over 10 employees, the Association of Convenience Stores (ACS) has insisted.
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NewsACS reiterates call for DRS scheme to be well designed for retailers
The Association of Convenience Stores (ACS) has reiterated its call for the introduction of a deposit return scheme (DRS) that is well-designed for retailers following publication of a new government consultation.
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NewsACS calls for exemption for smaller stores from proposed recycling regulations
Small shops should be able to apply for exemption if new recycling regulations on returning bottles and cans to retailers are enacted, according to the Association of Convenience Stores (ACS).
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NewsACS calls for greater powers for trading standards to tackle illicit tobacco market
The Association of Convenience Stores (ACS) has called for tighter control over the illicit tobacco market in response to an HMRC consultation on tackling tobacco duty evasion.
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NewsPRA welcomes chancellor’s decision to maintain freeze on level of fuel duty
The PRA and the RAC have welcomed the decision by the chancellor to not raise the level of fuel duty in today’s Budget.
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NewsACS warns government’s obesity strategy will pile costs on smaller retailers
The Association of Convenience Stores (ACS) has called on the government to rethink its plans to put a £26m cost burden on around 2,000 independent retailers as part of its Obesity Strategy proposals.
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NewsMinister tells ACS he is “deeply shocked” by abuse and violence directed at shopworkers
Small business minister Paul Scully has told the Association of Convenience Stores (ACS) that he is “deeply shocked” by the abuse and violence faced by people working in local shops.
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NewsACS backs call for improvements to the card payments market
The Association of Convenience Stores (ACS) has supported proposals to improve the card payments market made by the Payment Systems Regulator (PSR).