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1. • Keystore and Manor Service Stations Join ACS

   • 01/09/2010
   • ACS has recruited two more major players in the convenience industry into membership - Keystore and Manor Service Stations.

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2. • Evidence Based Approach Key To Coherent Alcohol Tax Review

   • 31/08/2010
   • Local shops have urged Ministers to focus on the evidence about the proven benefits of any action before making changes to the alcohol tax regime.

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3. • Brecon MP to Tackle Recycling Rates after Retailer Plea

   • 26/08/2010
   • Brecon MP Roger Williams is to ask Powys County Council to do more to help businesses with recycling waste after meeting with local retailer Carol Skinner at Londis, Senny Bridge.

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4. • ACS Welcomes Drop in Youth Smoking Rates

   • 18/08/2010
   • ACS has welcomed research published today that shows a drop in youth smoking rates and has repeated calls to stop the tobacco display ban.

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5. • Cameron 'Irresponsible' Over Minimum Pricing Support

   • 12/08/2010
   • ACS has criticised David Cameron’s support for local minimum alcohol pricing. The Prime Minister made the comments in an interview with the Manchester Evening News.

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6. • ACS Launches Stop The Display Ban Campaign

   • 09/08/2010
   • ACS has today launched a nationwide retailer campaign to Stop the Tobacco Display Ban.

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7. • ACS Warns of Carrier Bag Chaos

   • 06/08/2010
   • ACS has submitted a response to the draft regulations on introducing a charge for single use carrier bag in Wales, urging the Welsh Government to not to create chaos for retailers and consumers by rushing through the charge and by setting it too high.

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8. • Supermarkets Should End Misleading Job Creation Claims

   • 03/08/2010
   • Local shops have called on the supermarkets to stop using misleading claims about job creation to create local support for their development proposals.

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9. • ACS Welcomes Supermarket Watchdog

   • 03/08/2010
   • Government will bring in a Grocery Code Adjudicator (GCA) to oversee the relationship between supermarkets and suppliers from as early as next year.

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10. • Pickles Announced as Keynote Speaker for Heart of the Community Event

    • 02/08/2010
    • ACS is pleased to announce that the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government Eric Pickles is confirmed as the keynote speaker at ACS’ Heart of Community event.

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11. • ACS Backs London Assembly Cornered Shops’ Report

    • 28/07/2010
    • An influential report, ‘Cornered Shops’, published today by the London Assembly has highlighted the importance of local shops to communities across the Capital. ACS Chief Executive James Lowman said: “the London Assembly has made an important and timely

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12. • ACS Reaction to Home Office Alcohol Proposals

    • 28/07/2010
    • ACS has reacted to the Home Office consultation on proposals to reform the Licensing Act and to introduce a ban on the below cost sale of alcohol. The consultation proposes new powers for local authorities and a significant erosion of licence holders? r

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13. • ‘Government Lending Ambitions are Vital and Must Effect Real Change’

    • 27/07/2010
    • ACS (the Association of Convenience Stores) has welcomed the Ministerial commitment to improving record on bank lending and called on Ministers to engage with the real day-to-day problems faced by retailers. Ministers unveiled the consultation on bank l

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14. • ACS Urges Welsh Government to Look Again at Display Ban

    • 06/07/2010
    • ACS has reiterated their call for Welsh Government to review the decision to implement a tobacco display ban.

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15. • ACS Calls on Retailers for Minimum Wage Evidence

    • 05/07/2010
    • Local shops across the UK are being asked to provide the evidence needed to prove the damaging impact of future increases in National Minimum Wage.

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