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Government Pension Plans Heap More Costs on Small Shops
- 31/08/2006
- With the Government proposing to introduce fundamental changes to the way in which people save for their retirement, the Association of Convenience Stores (ACS) is leading the response of the small shops sector.
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ACS Hits Out at Proposals to End Prison Sentences for Shop Theft
- 25/08/2006
- The Association of Convenience Stores (ACS) has reacted with dismay today at recommendations made by a Government advisory panel not to send 'shoplifters' to jail.
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ACS to Call for Local Shop Friendly Planning at Party Conferences
- 16/08/2006
- The future of local shops will be up for debate at this year's Political Party Conferences, with a series of fringe meetings organised by the Association of Convenience Stores, together with Friends of the Earth and the Co-operative Group.
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Retailers Urged to Make Voices Heard on Employment Costs
- 04/08/2006
- As the Government prepares to introduce a number of employee-friendly measures, the Association of Convenience Stores (ACS) is encouraging retailers to make sure that the concerns of employers in the convenience store sector are not forgotten.
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ACS Welcomes Report Set to End Unfair Parking Policies
- 20/07/2006
- The Association of Convenience Stores (ACS) has welcomed the UK Commission for Integrated Transport's (CfIT) report, released today, looking at how different modes of transport impact on the retail environment.
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MP Talks Shop: Supermarket Dominance "Crushing Smaller Stores"
- 18/07/2006
- Local MP Austin Mitchell showed his support for independent retailing when he popped into Ramsden's Superstore on Cleethorpes Road in Grimsby.
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Barker Review told Hands Off Planning Restrictions on Out-of-Town Supermarkets
- 06/07/2006
- The Association of Convenience stores has responded to the interim report of the Barker review of Land Use Planning.
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Sunday Trading Campaign a Big Success
- 06/07/2006
- The Association of Convenience Stores (ACS) has welcomed the announcement by the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, Alastair Darling, that following consultation the Government will not be making any changes to the Sunday Trading Act 1994.
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ANR Tells Blair Not to Listen to Publishers Claiming to Speak for Small Shops
- 04/07/2006
- The Association of News Retailing (ANR) has written to the Prime Minister to explain the views of news and magazine retailers following reports of an event where Blair was lobbied by magazine editors claiming to speak for the small shop sector.
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Shopkeepers on Front Line in Battle against Underage Smoking
- 03/07/2006
- Shopkeepers in England and Wales will be vital to a successful change in the law on the minimum purchase age for cigarettes.
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ACS Welcomes Competition Commission Statement Heralding Comprehensive Review of Grocery Market
- 15/06/2006
- The Association of Convenience Stores (ACS), the voice of over 32,500 local shops, has welcomed today's announcement by the Competition Commission of the issues it will look at in its review of the grocery market.
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ACS: Competition Commission Must Examine Market Power
- 09/06/2006
- In its opening salvo of the Competition Commission's inquiry into the grocery market, the Association of Convenience Stores (ACS) has called for the Commission to focus on the market power of the largest four superstore groups.
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David Kidney MP Listens to Local Retailer
- 09/06/2006
- Staffordshire retailer Peter Mallhi hosted a visit from local MP at his Premier store on Charnley Road.
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OFT Opinion on Newspaper Magazine Distribution Brings Retailer Choice a Step Closer
- 01/06/2006
- ANR, the news and magazines arm of the Association of Convenience Stores (ACS) has welcomed the Office of Fair Trading's publication of an opinion of the status of current supply arrangements within UK and EU competition law.
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ACS' Campaign Champions Call on MPs to Support No Change to Sunday Trading Hours
- 01/06/2006
- Following the publication of the Association of Convenience Stores' (ACS) independent critique of the Government's cost benefit analysis ACS' 160 Campaign Champions are appealing to MPs to support the maintenance of current Sunday trading restrictions.
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