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Local Shops Keen to Work with Government on Crime and Disorder
- 07/10/2010
- Local shops have welcomed the Ministerial commitments to improve the performance of police and the criminal justice system in tackling the crime and disorder experienced in our communities.
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Lord Mawson to Join Headline Speakers at Heart of the Community
- 05/10/2010
- Pioneering social entrepreneur Lord Mawson OBE is the latest in a host of speakers to be confirmed for this years Heart of the Community Seminar.
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Retailers Have Their Say With New Blogging Community
- 04/10/2010
- Retailers are being invited to join a new online blogging community at ACS.org.uk. The new section allows retailers to post their views on a variety of topics that affect the sector, including everything from being greener to opinions on alcohol policy.
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Minister Confirmed for Crime Prevention Forum
- 27/09/2010
- ACS is delighted to announce that Home Office Minister James Brokenshire will be speaking at the ACS Crime Prevention Forum in October.
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Local Shops Call for Competitive Banking Charges and In Branch Support
- 21/09/2010
- Local shops supply of credit finance has been stifled by banks charging unsustainable rates for overdraft facilities, cash deposits, card transactions and capital investment loans.
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Police Must Engage with Local Businesses as well as Local People
- 21/09/2010
- ACS has called on Government to ensure that businesses have a voice in the policing structure that emerges from the Home Office's planned reforms.
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Time to Train Not Right for Local Shops
- 16/09/2010
- The Time to Train rules are an unnecessarily burden on retailers and will not deliver greater training opportunities for those working in local shops argue ACS (the Association of Convenience Stores).
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Bottle Deposit Scheme Too Big, Too Complicated and Too Costly
- 16/09/2010
- ACS has responded to the CPRE report Have We Got the Bottle.
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ACS Unveils Inspiring Autumn Forum Programme
- 14/09/2010
- Convenience store retailers are being encouraged to attend three unmissable events in the lead up to the New Year designed specifically to save money, tackle crime and prevent under-age sales.
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?Animal By-Product Exemption Could Save Sector £36 Million
- 13/09/2010
- Local shops are urging Government to take the opportunity to save the sector over £36million in costs by exempting businesses from unnecessary EU meat waste rules.
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Local Shops Call for Minimum Wage Freeze
- 10/09/2010
- Two in five convenience stores have laid off or not replaced staff in the past year because of pressure of employment and business costs, reports ACS (the Association of Convenience Stores), as it calls on the Low Pay Commission to freeze the minimum wage
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ACS Warns EU of Dangers of Meddling with UK Planning Law
- 09/09/2010
- Local shops have warned the EU Commission against unnecessary meddling in national planning laws in a submission to the Directorate General for the Internal Market.
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Alcohol Licensing Changes Would be Disaster for Local Shops
- 08/09/2010
- In its response to the Home Office consultation Rebalancing the Licensing Act, ACS has warned that licensing changes would be ineffective and would cost convenience retailers at least £11million.
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Retailer Outlines Local Shop Challenges to Rochdale MP
- 03/09/2010
- Rochdale MP Simon Danczuk has met with Londis retailer Bret Mills to discuss the challenges facing local shop owners.
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ACS Responds to Age Check Criticism
- 02/09/2010
- ACS has responded to the Manifesto Club report '28 ¾: How Constant Age Checks Are Infantilising Adults' which criticises age verification policies retailers have in place.
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