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1. • Key MPs Asked To Act to Save High Streets

   • 25/01/2011
   • ACS has taken its campaign for an amendment to the Localism Bill to key MPs who sit on the Committee that will scrutinize and amend the new law.

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2. • ACS Demands Decision from Lansley on Tobacco Display Ban

   • 24/01/2011
   • After months of speculation on the future of the Tobacco Display Ban, ACS has written to Secretary of State Andrew Lansley demanding that an immediate announcement is made to either delay or revoke the ban altogether.

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3. • ACS Steps Up Campaign for High Streets in Ongoing Localism Debate

   • 20/01/2011
   • ACS (the Association of Convenience Stores) is calling for MPs to stand up for high streets in the ongoing debate on the Localism Bill.

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4. • Ministers Accused of Ducking Tough Decision on Below Cost Sales

   • 18/01/2011
   • ACS has hit out at Ministers' decision to define the cost of alcoholic drinks simply as tax, with no account for the cost of producing, distributing or selling the products

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5. • Loughborough MP Confident of Strong Local Shop Recovery

   • 17/01/2011
   • Nicky Morgan MP has reassured local Spar retailer Surrinder Poonian that the Governments deficit reduction plans would not impact on the Loughborough economy.

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6. • ACS Calls on MPs to Speak Up for High Streets in Localism Debate

   • 13/01/2011
   • MPs are being asked to speak up for the High Street in Monday?s Debate in Parliament on the Localism Bill.

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7. • 78 Percent of Convicted Shoplifters Reoffend Within a Year

   • 12/01/2011
   • Local shops are calling for a ‘new approach’ to tackling shop theft after Ministers revealed that 78 per cent of those convicted for shop lifting reoffend within a year.

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8. • Letter to the Scotsman, 12th January 2011

   • 12/01/2011
   • Joint letter from ACS and SGF on the proposed retail levy.

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9. • Retailers Call for Tougher Assaults Guidelines

   • 05/01/2011
   • In response to the Sentencing Council’s consultation on sentencing guidelines for assaults ACS has called for more clarity over aggravating factors and lower culpability clauses.

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10. • ACS Calls on OFT to Intervene in Latest Tesco Takeover

    • 16/12/2010
    • Local shops have warned the competition authorities not to repeat the mistakes of the past when considering whether to allow the latest Tesco takeover in the convenience store market.

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11. • Community Run Shops No Substitute for Healthy High Streets

    • 13/12/2010
    • ACS has urged Ministers to ensure that reform of planning powers in the Localism Bill, published today, do not undermine high streets.

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12. • Thousands of Retailers Yet to Claim Music Licensing Refund

    • 06/12/2010
    • Thousands of retailers have yet to claim money owed to them by music licensing company PPL. ACS and a consortium of other industry bodies were successful in securing refunds for licensees as a result of legal action earlier this year.

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13. • Local shops criticise ?superfluous? underage sales legislation

    • 01/12/2010
    • Local shops have criticised ?superfluous? underage sales legislation proposed by the Government in the Police Reform and Social Responsibility Bill. The Bill proposes increasing the maximum fine for persistently selling alcohol to children from £10,000 to

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14. • ACS Slams Ministers’ Non-Decision on Tobacco Display Ban

    • 30/11/2010
    • Local Shops have reacted angrily to the announcement today that Ministers have still not reached a decision on whether to implement the tobacco display ban. The Public Health White Paper published today further confused the matter by suggesting that Mini

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15. • Local Shops Welcome Rate Relief Proposals but Seek Clarification on Funding

    • 24/11/2010
    • Community Secretary Eric Pickles has announced plans to allow Councils flexible new powers to give rate relief to businesses such as ‘shops, pubs and post offices’.

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