All ACS articles – Page 34
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NewsACS to launch car wash action group
A new group which will tackle the threats surrounding the traditional car wash industry is to be launched this month by the Association of Convenience Stores, Forecourt Trader has learned.Fighting on behalf of responsible car wash operators, its main challenges will be the threat from illegal car ...
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Curb rogue washers says ACS
Greater enforcement of existing car wash regulations is being demanded of the government by the Association of Convenience Stores. Chief executive, James Lowman, said: "There needs to be greater enforcement against rogue operators who regularly flout environmental and health and safety laws."His comments follow the huge growth of unregulated hand ...
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ACS ’relieved’ at ECJ duty ruling
Following the European Court of Justice’s announcement ruling against allowing consumers to buy alcohol and cigarettes at lower duties from other countries, the Association of Convenience Stores (ACS) has welcomed this decision but called for the Government to act on the UK’s unsustainable duty rates policy. The ECJ ruled that ...
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ACS names new chief executive
The Association of Convenience Stores (ACS) has announced the appointment of James Lowman as chief executive. He will take up his new appointment on November 1st, taking over from retiring chief executive David Rae.Lowman, 31, who will leave his current role as director of public affairs, joined the ACS in ...
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ACS wants to hear your views
Forecourt retailers are being urged to voice their concerns about rising employment costs, as the government prepares to introduce a number of employee-friendly measures.The Association of Convenience Stores is running a campaign focusing on the potential impact of extending paid holidays, introducing compulsory employer pension contributions and any ...
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NewsACS challenges water restrictions
Drought Orders could have a devastating impact on forecourt businesses unless there is some dispensation made for car washes, says the Association of Convenience Stores, which is arguing the case against Thames Water on behalf of retailers. The water company has applied for a Drought Order covering London and ...
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ACS chief to retire
David Rae is to retire as chief executive of the Association of Convenience Stores by the end of 2006, after five years at the helm. The search for a replacement will begin following a board meeting on 16 May.Rae has recently steered ACS to success in winning an interim OFT ...
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NewsACS calls for help with fighting fund
The Association of Convenience Stores (ACS) has warned that independent fuel retailers will need to raise their game to survive as it launches a fighting fund to stave off the march of the supermarkets. With the Office of Fair Trading (OFT) expected to publish an interim verdict on whether or ...
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ACS slams test schemes
The Association of Convenience Stores has pledged to fight on behalf of retailers, following evidence of aggressive test purchasing practices by police and trading standards officers in Essex and Liverpool. ACS chief executive David Rae said: “Test purchasers should not be allowed to lie about their age, and they should ...
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NewsACS seethes as Tesco gets OFT go-ahead
The Office of Fair Trading has cleared Tesco’s acquisition of 21 former BP/Safeway forecourts from Morrisons.
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ACS fuels review
The Association of Convenience Stores is using hypermarket fuel pricing as evidence of below cost selling as part of its wider evidence to the Office of Fair Trading calling for a review of the grocery market.By setting the average selling price of the four major supermarkets – Tesco, Sainsbury, Asda ...
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Top ideas at ACS conference
Delegates who attended this year’s ACS conference left Warwickshire bursting with new ideas and increased confidence about how to work with their customers, staff and suppliers to make their business a cut above the rest, according to chief executive David Rae. Motivational speaker Martin Hayward set the tone by urging ...
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ACS offers advice amid Sudan 1 chaos
Retailers have had a major headache on their hands since the warning announcement this month from the Foods Standards Agency about food products containing Sudan 1. Many have complained that not enough information has been forthcoming from official sources – but there has been plenty of speculation in the media ...
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ACS fights for fairer post office contracts
The Association of Convenience Stores has lodged a complaint to the Office of Fair Trading in its battle for fairer contacts between the Post Office Ltd and subpostmasters.Described as a “ground-breaking complaint”, it could signal an end to the charges by Post Office Ltd on National Lottery commission and to ...
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ACS calls for support in bid for regulation
The Association of Convenience Stores has called for independent retailers to sign up to membership in a bid to create a stronger voice in the battle for fair regulation in the grocery market.The move comes as ACS urges the Government to introduce safeguards for the whole grocery sector following Sainsbury’s ...
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NewsACS campaign tackles planning
Retailers across more than 40 constituencies are poised to kick-start the first Association of Convenience Stores ‘Campaign Champions’ campaign by lobbying their local MP on the issue of planning.Campaign Champions has received a brief from the ACS outlining the Government’s proposed changes to current planning laws and the implications for ...
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NewsACS votes to axe ’big four’ grocers
The big four multiple grocers have been excluded from membership of the Association of Convenience Stores following a vote at an extraordinary general meeting held during its Blackpool conference last month.At the meeting, members voted for a special resolution proposing an amendment to the ACS constitution regarding membership criteria. The ...
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ACS focus on crime
Forecourt Trader Award-winning retailer Jonathan James gave an entertaining speech at the ACS Conference about how he was attacking crime proactively in his stores, so he is not seen as a ‘soft target’ by criminals. He was asked to do the presentation on a newly introduced ‘Independents Day’ – separate ...
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We need industry safeguards, says ACS
The Association of Convenience Stores has renewed its call for safeguards for the whole of the grocery industry in the wake of another purchase of a convenience store chain by a superstore giant.Last month J Sainsbury purchased the 54-store Teesside-based Bells Stores group, a move which the ACS believes should ...