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    • ACS Reaction to Home Office Alcohol Proposals

    • 29/07/2010
    • 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? rig
     

    • 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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    • Government attempts to boost bank lending to small businesses

    • 26/07/2010
    • Vince Cable, the Business Secretary is due to unveil a joint consultation paper with the Treasury later containing options to improve cash flow to businesses. Under the proposals, banks could be made to sign up to the same type of lending agreements place
     

    • Local Authority Red Tape Watchdog Under Review

    • 23/07/2010
    • Ministers have announced that the Local Better Regulation Office, set up in 2007, is under review as part of Government?s ongoing reorganization of the workings of Government designed to cut costs and increase productivity.
     
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    • British Food Fortnight, Putting the Ooo Back Into Food

    • 15/07/2010
    • In 2012 British Food Fortnight will take place in the last week of July and the first week of August. Retailers are encouraged to start planning their promotions now and to put British food at the centre of these promotions.
     
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    • Speculation Continues Over Future of Food Standards Agency

    • 12/07/2010
    • The Food Standards Agency is to be abolished by Andrew Lansley, As part of the changes Lansley will reassign the FSA's regulatory aspects ? including safety and hygiene ? to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra).
     
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    • ACS Forecourt Seminar Gives Retailers Unique Insight Into Future

    • 09/07/2010
    • With an average of 1.1 miles between petrol forecourts, with increasingly aggressive multiple development in this sector, and with fuel margins declining over the past decade, only the best forecourt retailers are going to survive into the future.