All ACS articles – Page 23
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Engage with new commissioners urges ACS
The Association of Convenience Stores (ACS) is calling on convenience retailers to engage with their newly elected Police and Crime Commissioners and work with them on raising the profile and importance of crime against their businesses, especially on the issue of penalties for shop theft offences. Ahead of the elections ...
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ACS calls for consistent local enforcement
The Association of Convenience Stores (ACS) has called on the Government to go further in its Red Tape Review to ensure that local authorities are consistent in their approach to enforcement, as well as removing the costly and unnecessary burdens experienced by licensed retailers. In the submission, ACS welcomes the ...
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Issa brothers win NACS accolade
Euro Garages co-CEOs Zuber and Mohsin Issa have won a prestigious award presented by NACS (National Association of Convenience Stores) in the US. They have been have jointly named the 2016 NACS Insight European Convenience Industry Leader of the Year, and the award will be presented at the Convenience Summit ...
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ACS calls for support for rural stores
The Association of Convenience Stores (ACS) has responded to a Department for Communities and Local Government consultation on rural planning, calling on the department to ensure that the planning system supports the growth and retention of rural convenience stores. The submission notes that over a third of stores are based ...
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ACS calls for greater engagement
ACS chief executive James Lowman has called on the convenience sector to engage with local decision makers to establish their community credentials and make sure the economic role of local shops is understood. In his introductory remarks at Summit’16, Lowman predicted that local public health interventions on alcohol, tobacco and ...
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Greene steps down from ACS board
The Association of Convenience Stores (ACS) has announced that forecourt veteran Mike Greene, its former chairman and now the CEO of the My Local chain of convenience stores, has stepped down from its board. Greene chose to step down as both he and My Local’s trading director Neil Turton were ...
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ACS welcomes energy market proposals
The Association of Convenience Stores (ACS) has welcomed proposals to end rollover contracts in the energy market and ensure that small businesses are provided with competitive quotes for their gas and electricity. It was responding to the Competition and Market Authority’s consultation on its energy market investigation. The investigation, which ...
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Analysis
James Lowman - ACS chief executive
The March 2016 Budget is likely to be remembered by the general public for what ended up not happening, notably the review of benefits to the disabled. It may also be remembered for the announcement of the levy on companies selling sugary drinks. I may be a cynic, but I ...
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ACS warns of impact of National Living Wage
The National Living Wage, which came into force today (1 April), will have a serious impact on the convenience store sector, the ACS has warned. For all employees aged 25 and over, the new minimum rate of pay will be £7.20 per hour. The Chancellor announced the National Living Wage ...
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New NMW will hit investment warns ACS
The Association of Convenience Stores (ACS) has warned that increases in the National Minimum Wage rate for people aged 24 and under will reduce investment and job creation by local shops. The government has accepted and published recommendations by the Low Pay Commission for the following minimum hourly wage ...
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ACS slams Osborne over Sunday trading claim
Claims made by Chancellor George Osborne about the link between online shopping and Sunday trading have been shown to be wrong and misguided by new polling, according to the Association of Convenience Stores (ACS). Polling of more than 2,000 consumers in January 2016 showed that two thirds of consumers had ...
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Don’t scrap retail rate relief, urges ACS
The Association of Convenience Stores (ACS) has called on the government to outline its plan for meaningful business rates reform and reinstate the Retail Rate Relief scheme as business rates income reaches record levels. The Department for Communities and Local Government (DCLG ) released figures claiming that business rates income ...
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ACS slams bid to justify Sunday trading change
Government attempts to justify relaxing Sunday trading regulations have been ridiculed by the Association of Convenience Stores (ACS), and it has called on MPs to reject the proposed change. The Department for Business (BIS) published its response to the consultation on liberalising Sunday Trading, but the ACS said it had ...
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Analysis
James Lowman - ACS chief executive
In the summer of 2015, ACS launched one of its biggest ever campaigns in opposition to changes to Sunday Trading regulations announced by the Chancellor in his July Budget. We lobbied hard to ensure that the issue was front-of-mind for MPs, and as a result of the campaigning work, a ...
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ACS warns MPs of £925m impact of National Living Wage on c-store sector
The impact of the National Living Wage on the convenience retail sector has been spelled out to MPs by the Association of Convenience Stores (ACS), ahead of a delegated legislation committee debate on the topic. In evidence submitted to the Low Pay Commission in 2015 and to the Treasury ahead ...
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ACS urges simplification of business rates
ACS has called on the Government to ensure that the business rates appeals system is simple and accessible for retailers. It was responding to the Department for Communities and Local Government (DCLG)’s consultation on proposed changes to the business rates appeals system, which was launched in November by high streets ...
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ACS opposes Welsh tobacco measures
The Association of Convenience Stores (ACS) reiterated its opposition to proposals in the Public Health Bill to introduce a tobacco register for retailers ahead of a debate on the Bill in the National Assembly for Wales on December 8. ACS chief executive James Lowman said: “Compliance with tobacco regulations in ...
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ACS calls for extension of rate discount
The Association of Convenience Stores (ACS) has responded to figures on business rate reliefs released by the Department for Communities and Local Government, calling for an extension of the business rate discount for small businesses. The figures show that local authorities granted £1,061m in relief under the Small Business Rate ...
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ACS backs Small Business Saturday
ACS is encouraging convenience store retailers to get involved in Small Business Saturday 2015, taking place this year on December 5th. Small Business Saturday UK is a grassroots, non-commercial campaign, which highlights small business success and encourages consumers to ‘shop local’ and support small businesses in their communities. The day ...
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ACS unveils new training package
The Association of Convenience Stores (ACS) is encouraging retailers to take advantage of a new platform to allow them to train their staff on Assured Advice. The platform, which has been developed by online learning company Bolt, will allow any ACS member to sign up to the Assured Advice scheme ...