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1. • ACS Welcomes Riot Relief Package

   • 11/08/2011
   • The voice of local shops, ACS, has welcomed the Prime Minister’s announcement of a package of measures to help communities and businesses affected by the recent riots in England.

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2. • ACS Meets with Home Secretary to Discuss Response to Disorder

   • 09/08/2011
   • ACS has called for Government to promote the message that people are more important than property in a meeting with Home Secretary Theresa May this afternoon.

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3. • Survey Launched to Investigate Impact of Unpredictable Minimum Wage Rises

   • 08/08/2011
   • Local shops across the UK are being asked to provide evidence to identify the impact of increases in National Minimum Wage.

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4. • ACS Urges Retailers to Stay Away from Counterfeit Alcohol

   • 02/08/2011
   • HM Revenue and Customs are to clamp down on stores suspected of selling counterfeit alcohol with a series of raids across the UK.

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5. • Local Shops Welcome MPs Recommendations on Grocery Adjudicator

   • 28/07/2011
   • MPs have concluded that a Grocery Code Adjudicator remains necessary to prevent abusive practices taking place in the supply chain.

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6. • Local Shops Welcome Red Tape Cuts

   • 28/07/2011
   • ACS has welcomed Business Secretary Vince Cable's announcement today that a number of retail regulations will be cut. The proposals are the first results from the Red Tape Challenge, a public consultation which asked businesses and individuals which reg

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7. • ACS Reaction to Planning Policy Statement Publication

   • 25/07/2011
   • Local shops throughout England have welcomed Ministerial assurances about the importance of the high street as they publish the National Planning Policy Statement.

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8. • DoE Proposes NI Carrier Bag Tax to Plug £4m Hole in Budget

   • 20/07/2011
   • Plans to introduce a tax on carrier bags in Northern Ireland have been dismissed as “narrow-minded” and a “risk to consumers” by the Association of Convenience Stores.

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9. • Lowman Calls for Government Action to Regenerate High Streets

   • 19/07/2011
   • ACS Chief Executive James Lowman will today call for action from the Government and the retail industry to regenerate high streets at a meeting of MPs.

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10. • Local Business Rates Retention Must Drive Long Term Sustainable Growth

    • 19/07/2011
    • ACS has welcomed the publication of a consultation from the Department for Communities and Local Government looking into how local retention of business rates could be used to drive growth at a local level.

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11. • Attack on News Margins Adds to Case for Market Investigation

    • 15/07/2011
    • ANR has renewed its call for a market investigation into the news industry after retailer margins on the Daily Mail were cut to 23.2% from 24.2% - in effect meaning that retailers will benefit by only 0.66p per copy from a 5p price rise to consumers

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12. • Local Shops Back Community Alcohol Partnerships

    • 08/07/2011
    • The successful Community Alcohol Partnerships (CAP) initiative that brings retailers, enforcers and communities together to tackle underage drinking will be significantly expanded with an increased budget.

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13. • ACS Brings Change4Life Message to Preventative Health 2011

    • 30/06/2011
    • Convenience stores are playing a crucial role in the healthy eating challenge in communities. That is the message that ACS is promoting to local authority and health professionals at the Preventive Health Conference today.

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14. • Supermarket Watchdog “Necessary and Overdue”, ACS Tells Committee of MPs

    • 28/06/2011
    • A supermarket watchdog with teeth is needed to protect consumers’ interests, ACS told an influential Committee of MPs on Tuesday (28th June).

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15. • ACS Welcomes Improvements in Sentencing

    • 23/06/2011
    • ACS has welcomed measures set out in the Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Bill as introduced to Parliament yesterday.

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