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Convenience Retailers Tell Low Pay Commission about National Minimum Wage Impact
- 02/12/2008
- An ACS delegation including independent retailers Jonathan James and Jonathan Clarke today met with the Low Pay Commission as part of the consultation on the National Minimum Wage rates for 2009/10 and 2010/11.
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Police and Public Back Policing Pledge and Cuts to Red Tape
- 01/12/2008
- Home Secretary, Jacqui Smith, today reaffirmed her commitment to cutting police red tape, strengthening local accountability and giving the public a greater say over how their communities are policed.
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Crime Statistics Revealed
- 28/11/2008
- The Ministry of Justice has released the latest sentencing statistics, which give an overview of the most frequent sanction used for each offence.
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Government Amend Proposed Duties on Alcohol
- 27/11/2008
- In the Pre-Budget Report on Monday 24 November, the Government announced that it would increase duties on tax paid on tobacco, alcohol and petrol to offset the temporary cut in VAT to 15 per cent so that prices remained broadly unchanged.
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London Councils Withdraw Shopping Bag Bill
- 26/11/2008
- London Councils has today withdrawn the London Shopping Bag Bill from parliament - but has vowed to ensure the Government delivers on its promise to dramatically reduce the number of single use shopping bags given out each year.
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Pre-Budget Fails To Make Real Impact for Convenience Retailers
- 25/11/2008
- ACS has reacted to the Pre-Budget report expressing disappointment that the Chancellor did not go further in reducing the cost burden on retailers.
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County-wide Phase of Community Alcohol Project Launched
- 24/11/2008
- A Community Alcohol Partnership (CAP), the pioneering project to curb underage alcohol sales and combat associated anti-social behaviour, is today launched in Kent.
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Crime Victims Put Off by Too Much Red Tape
- 21/11/2008
- Victims of violent crimes are put off claiming compensation by complex forms and too much bureaucracy, the Committee of Public Accounts suggest in a report today.
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McIntosh Pursues Shoplifting Bill
- 20/11/2008
- Miss Anne McIntosh, MP for the Vale of York and Prospective Parliamentary Candidate for Thirsk and Malton, is today tabling an Early Day Motion to promote support for her Shoplifting Bill.
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Small Retailers Call on Chancellor to Address Rate Burden
- 19/11/2008
- ACS has called on Chancellor Alistair Darling to take immediate and decisive action to postpone increases in business rates planned for next year.
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Mandelson Urges Workers to Know Their Wage Rights
- 18/11/2008
- Business Secretary Peter Mandelson will launch a new campaign today to help boost workers' awareness of the increased national minimum wage, as tough new penalties for employers who underpay their staff were passed by Parliament.
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Smoking Campaigners Call for Tough New Targets on Tobacco Smuggling
- 18/11/2008
- Action on Smoking and Health (ASH) have called on the Chancellor to use the Pre-Budget report to set far more ambitious targets for tackling the illegal market in tobacco products in the UK.
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Poll Exposes Britain's Intolerance of Children
- 17/11/2008
- There is an unjustified and disturbing intolerance of children in the UK according to a shocking poll commissioned by Barnardo's.
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Post Office Awarded Card Account Contract
- 14/11/2008
- The Post Office has been awarded the contract to continue providing the Post Office Card Account (POCA), Secretary of State for Work and Pensions James Purnell announced yesterday.
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Dept of Health Launches Fruit & Veg Project in North East
- 14/11/2008
- Convenience stores in the North East will be the first in England to pilot an £800,000 scheme to get the country eating more fruit and veg and reduce obesity, Public Health Minister Dawn Primarolo has announced.
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