All ACS articles – Page 15
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NewsACS welcomes sentencing Bill in Queen’s Speech
The proposed introduction of a new Sentencing Bill in the Queen’s Speech has been welcomed by the Association of Convenience Stores (ACS), and it has called for further measures to tackle the root causes of retail crime.The Queen’s Speech sets out the Government’s priorities for the coming parliamentary session. Measures ...
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Analysis
James Lowman: chief executive, ACS
We recently launched our 2019 Forecourt Report, which looks at the latest developments in the sector and how fuel retailers have been responding to these changes. One ongoing development that has been a hot topic among customers and businesses has been electric vehicles. This year’s report has shown that while ...
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NewsDebbie Robinson takes over from Patrick Sewell as ACS chair
The Association of Convenience Stores (ACS) has announced the appointment of Central England Co-operative chief executive Debbie Robinson as its new chair from November, with independent retailer Paul Stone taking on the role of vice chair.Debbie Robinson will take the place of Sewell Retail managing director Patrick Sewell as chair ...
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NewsACS report highlights forecourt sector’s benefit to community
The vital role that the UK’s 7,402 forecourt shops play in their local communities, through providing secure local jobs, providing access to essential services and taking time out of the business to support local projects, has been revealed by a new report. The 2019 Forecourt Report from the Association of ...
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NewsACS joins in fringe event at Conservative Party conference
The Association of Convenience Stores (ACS) has highlighted the serious impact that crime has on staff working in the convenience sector at a fringe event during Conservative Party conference. The event, Violence against Shopworkers: Breaking the Cycle, was hosted by the Co-operative Group and looked at how the industry, police ...
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NewsACS welcomes move to provide cash deserts with ATMs
The launch of a new initiative from UK Finance, which aims to help local communities to identify and secure appropriate access to cash and payment services, has been welcomed by the ACS.The Community Access to Cash Initiative will provide communities with the opportunity to report gaps in cash provision through ...
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NewsACS takes retail crime message to Labour Party conference
The Association of Convenience Stores (ACS) has called for more to be done to tackle the root causes of retail crime at a fringe event at the Labour Party Conference in Brighton.The event, Safer Communities, Safer Shopworkers, was hosted by the Co-operative Party and aimed to find ways to tackle ...
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NewsACS welcomes exemption option in Scottish deposit return scheme
The Association of Convenience Stores (ACS) has welcomed further detail from the Scottish Government on the proposed regulations for the introduction of a deposit return scheme, which includes plans to allow retailers to apply for exemptions.The regulations, subject to consultation and scrutiny within the Scottish Parliament, set out that retailers ...
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NewsACS highlights contribution by convenience sector to economy
A new report published by the Association of Convenience Stores (ACS) highlights the contribution the convenience sector makes to the UK economy. The 2019 Local Shop Report reveals that the 46,388 stores in the UK convenience sector currently employ around 405,000 people, generating sales of more than £40.3bn over the ...
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NewsACS calls for targeted approach to repeat offenders
The Association of Convenience Stores (ACS) has called for a more targeted approach to dealing with repeat offenders, after official figures from the Home Office show that retailers who experience crime are being targeted more often than in previous years. The 2018 Commercial Victimisation Survey shows that overall, crimes against ...
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NewsACS and SGF welcome report on Scottish cash machines
The Association of Convenience Stores (ACS) and the Scottish Grocers’ Federation (SGF) have welcomed the Scottish Affairs Committee report on Access to Financial Services which urges LINK to cancel the next planned cut in interchange fees for cash machine operators.The report makes a number of recommendations, including calls for the ...
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NewsACS joins calls for publication of report on business rates
The Association of Convenience Stores (ACS) has signed a letter alongside a group of business organisations calling for MPs sitting on the Treasury Select Committee to publish the final report of their business rates inquiry before the Autumn Budget.The Treasury Select Committee launched its inquiry into business rates in February ...
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NewsACS reminds retailers about pump labelling deadline
The Association of Convenience Stores (ACS) is reminding retailers about the upcoming fuel labelling regulations which are coming into force next month.The new regulations legally require additional labelling to be introduced on all fuel dispensers and nozzles in all UK filling stations by 1 September and aim to help drivers ...
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NewsACS supports call for business rates reform
The Association of Convenience Stores (ACS) has signed a letter alongside 50 retail organisations calling for the Chancellor of the Exchequer Sajid Javid to reform the business rates system. In the letter, retail organisations including the British Retail Consortium and Booksellers Association have called on the government to put business ...
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NewsACS calls for extension of plastic bag charge
The Association of Convenience Stores (ACS) has urged the Government to extend the plastic bag charge to small retailers as soon as possible after Defra (the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs) published figures which show that sales of plastic bags by the seven biggest retailers in England have ...
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NewsACS calls for greater protection for access to cash machines
The Association of Convenience Stores (ACS) has called for greater protection for access to cash after a report from LINK, the UK’s main cash machine network, showing that cash withdrawals from ATMs declined year-on-year across the UK’s nations and regions in early 2019. ACS highlighted the role that convenience stores ...
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NewsACS gives evidence on cost pressure to Low Pay Commission
The Association of Convenience Stores (ACS) has given oral evidence to the Low Pay Commission, detailing the impact that rising costs from wage increases have on the convenience sector and raising concerns about future wage rates. Minimum wages are expected to reach the Low Pay Commission’s target of 60% of ...
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NewsACS calls for rethink on bottle deposit return proposals
The Association of Convenience Stores (ACS) has urged environment secretary Michael Gove to re-think his support for an “all-in” deposit return scheme in England and Wales. This week Gove outlined his support for an approach that could require retailers to take back plastic, glass and metal bottles and other containers ...
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NewsACS calls for retail crime to be on agenda for policing
The Association of Convenience Stores (ACS) is urging the Government and police and crime commissioners to ensure that retail crime is on the agenda for local forces, following the publication of new figures on the levels of police funding between 2015 and 2020.The Home Office document shows that overall police ...
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Analysis
James Lowman: chief executive, ACS
As avid readers of Forecourt Trader you will, I’m sure, be aware of new fuel labelling regulations coming into force in the not-so-distant future. Just in case you haven’t, here’s the key information: there are new regulations being introduced which legally require additional labelling on fuel dispensers and nozzles in ...