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1. • 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

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2. • 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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3. • Knowledge Transfer Partnership Portal Now Online

   • 21/07/2010
   • ACS is pleased to announce that the online portal for the Knowledge Transfer Partnership between ACS and the University of Oxford is now online.

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4. • Home Office Takes Over Control of Alcohol Licensing

   • 20/07/2010
   • Government has confirmed that the Home Office will take over responsibility for the Licensing Act 2003, which regulates the sale of supply of alcohol in England and Wales.

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5. • Regulator Rejects Camelot Bill Payment Proposal

   • 16/07/2010
   • The National Lottery Commission has announced that it is minded to refuse Camelot’s application to provide auxiliary services.

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6. • 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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7. • Lords Committee Pass Simplified Rules for Licensing Act

   • 14/07/2010
   • The Lords Grand Committee has agreed to pass new rules to help licensees in the event of a licence holder’s death and to simplify the processes of the Licensing Act.

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8. • Treasury Outlines Plans for Alcohol Price and Tax Review

   • 13/07/2010
   • HM treasury have released further detailes of the scope of the review of alcohol pricing referred to in the emergency budget.

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9. • 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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10. • ACS Calls on Local Shops for Minimum Wage Evidence with Questionnaire

    • 12/07/2010
    • Local shops across the UK are being asked to provide the evidence needed to prove the damaging impact of future increases in National Minimum Wage.

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11. • Health Secretary Sets Out Future of Public Health

    • 07/07/2010
    • In his first speech on Public Health, Health Secretary Andrew Lansley today set out his vision for a new Public Health Service that will release all of society to work together to get healthy and live longer.

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12. • ACS Urges Welsh Government to Look Again at Display Ban

    • 06/07/2010
    • ACS has reiterated their call for Welsh Government to review the decision to implement a tobacco display ban. The Welsh Assembly Government has been consulting on the draft regulations on how the ban will be implemented in Wales.

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13. • ACS Calls on Retailers for Minimum Wage Evidence

    • 05/07/2010
    • Local shops across the UK are being asked to provide the evidence needed to prove the damaging impact of future increases in National Minimum Wage.

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14. • Government Seeks Views on Unnecessary Regulation

    • 02/07/2010
    • The Government has launched a new website which asks people to name laws which create pointless regulation and unnecessary bureaucracy which should be repealed. The new Your Freedom website at www.hmg.gov.uk/yourfreedom asks the public how they want the G

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15. • Scottish Parliament Calls An End To Three Month Jail Terms

    • 30/06/2010
    • Members of the Scottish Parliament have approved proposals to put an end to short term custodial sentences of under three months. Statistics have shown that short term prison sentences are ineffective in rehabilitating offenders

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