All ACS articles – Page 13
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NewsACS welcomes concessions on VAT on hot food and on licences for outdoor seating
The Association of Convenience Stores (ACS) has welcomed the inclusion of certain food and drink sales in the reduced rate of VAT announced by the Chancellor in his summer statement on Wednesday, and confirmation that convenience stores can go through the same process as other businesses to get licences for seating outside their store.
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NewsACS criticises government response to consultation on violence against shopworkers
A long-awaited government response to a consultation on violence against shopworkers has been criticise by then Association of Convenience Stores.
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NewsACS calls on Chancellor to help local stores in summer statement
The Association of Convenience Stores (ACS) has called on the Chancellor to use his summer statement to help local shops invest in their businesses in the future.
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NewsACS welcomes move to give Scottish shopworkers greater legal protection
The Association of Convenience Stores (ACS) has welcomed steps to give shopworkers greater legal protection form violence and abuse in Scotland.
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NewsACS welcomes ‘clarity’ for retailers as more lockdown restrictions are lifted
The Association of Convenience Stores has welcomed the “clarity and timetable towards more businesses opening”, following Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s latest announcement about the next stage of changes to the lockdown measures in England.
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NewsACS welcomes minister’s letter praising retailers
The Association of Convenience Stores (ACS) has welcomed a letter from the minister for small business, consumers and labour markets, Paul Scully, which highlights the vital and positive role that the retail sector has played during the coronavirus crisis.
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NewsACS opposes suspension of Sunday Trading Laws
A change to Sunday Trading laws would displace trade from local shops that have been keeping communities going during the pandemic, said ACS chief executive James Lowman in response to the government’s proposal to suspend existing regulations for a year to help boost the economy.
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NewsACS welcomes proposals to improve crime victims code
Proposals to restructure the government’s Victim’s Code have been welcomed by the Association of Convenience Stores (ACS). The Victims’ Code sets out the minimum level of service that victims of crime can expect from criminal justice agencies, and the Ministry of Justice has launched a consultation on proposed updates. The ...
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NewsACS survey reveals impact of lockdown on sector
The challenges faced by retailers and colleagues since the lockdown, and the changes that they have made in store to keep their communities going are revealed in findings from a survey by the Association of Convenience Stores (ACS). The ACS Covid-19 Impact Survey shows that while two thirds of convenience ...
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NewsACS reminds retailers menthol tobacco banned from next week
The Association of Convenience Stores (ACS) is reminding retailers about the upcoming ban on the sale of menthol cigarettes which comes into force in next week, despite the ongoing situation with the coronavirus outbreak.ACS advises that retailers will still be allowed to sell cigarettes described as “green” or with similar ...
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NewsACS gives evidence to two Parliamentary Covid-19 inquiries
The Association of Convenience Stores (ACS) has provided evidence to two Parliamentary inquiries which explore the impact of Covid-19 on businesses and the food supply chain, highlighting the vital role that local shops have played in feeding communities.The House of Commons Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy’s inquiry looks at the ...
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NewsACS issues retailer guidance for staff coronavirus testing
The Association of Convenience Stores (ACS) has developed a template letter that retailers can use to communicate with staff over email, post or display in staff rooms about how to self-refer for coronavirus testing, following the extension of the scheme to include all key workers experiencing symptons. ACS chief executive ...
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NewsACS welcomes laws giving greater protection to tenants
Legislation that will protect businesses against aggressive rent collection tactics by landlords during the coronavirus lockdown has been welcomed by the Association of Convenience Stores (ACS).The government will temporarily ban the use of statutory demands and winding up orders where companies cannot pay their bills due to coronavirus, to ensure ...
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NewsACS calls for change to grant so more petrol stations will qualify
The Association of Convenience Stores (ACS) is urging the Government to change the eligibility for its business grant support so it takes in more petrol filling stations. When the Chancellor announced the Retail, Hospitality and Leisure Grant to help businesses through the coronavirus lockdown, the upper threshold for eligibility to ...
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NewsACS publishes advice on how to process volunteer transactions
New guidance to help convenience retailers to support customers who are grocery shopping on behalf of others during the COVID-19 outbreak has been published by the Association of Convenience Stores (ACS). It has been developed to advise convenience retailers about best practice on offering and processing “card not present” payments ...
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NewsACS urges retailers to report unfair price hikes
The Association of Convenience Stores (ACS) has launched a new campaign this week, calling on convenience store retailers to report those who are attempting to raise prices unfairly and take advantage of consumers during the Covid-19 outbreak.ACS is urging retailers to report any instances they see to the Competition and ...
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Analysis
James Lowman: chief executive, ACS
We are living in a time of uncertainty with the ongoing Covid-19 situation, which has affected each and every one of us. Convenience stores, especially those open all hours on petrol forecourts, act as lifelines to their customers, keeping communities connected and providing vital services to those who need them ...
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NewsACS lists financial support available for retailers
The Association of Convenience Stores (ACS) has collated the business rates and cash grant support measures that have been made available for retailers in England, Scotland and Wales in response to the coronavirus outbreak.In England the funding that has been made available is: Small Business Grant Fund - £10,000 one-off ...
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NewsACS calls for key worker status for convenience store staff
The Association of Convenience Stores (ACS) has called on the Government to ensure that the UK’s 405,000 convenience store colleagues are provided key worker status so that they can carry on providing a lifeline to local communities. From Friday afternoon, March 20, schools will close and remain closed until further ...
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NewsIsolate colleagues with COVID-19 symptoms, advises ACS
Retailers should change the way they support colleagues showing the main symptons of cornovirus, according to the Association of Convenience Stores, in response to the government’s decision to move to the “delay” phase of responding to Covid-19. “If colleagues show the main symptons of a cough and a temperature, regardless ...