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    • ACS Welcome Positive Agenda of New Coalition Government

    • 20/05/2010
    • On the day that the Prime Minister and Deputy Prime Minister published the Coalition Agreement setting out their policy platform, ACS (the Association of Convenience Stores) has pledged to work with the new Government to help implement its agenda
     
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    • Osborne Reveals Date for Emergency Budget

    • 17/05/2010
    • The Chancellor of the Exchequer, George Osborne has announced that an Emergency Budget will take place on Tuesday June 22. The budget will reveal how the Government plans to make £6billion in spending cuts this year.
     
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    • Lowman Hits Out at 'Ridiculous' ID Scheme Criticism

    • 14/05/2010
    • In his latest blog post, ACS Chief Executive James Lowman has slammed Guardian writer Josie Appleton's comment piece on ID card schemes as "ridiculous" and has defended retailers as being "absolutely right to have strict proof of age policies".
     
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    • Change4Life In-store Packs Now Available for Retailers

    • 11/05/2010
    • Following the Department of Health?s expansion of its Change4Life program to stores in key areas across the country, ACS is providing Change4Life Point of Sale packs to retailers at cost price to help grow sales of fruit and vegetables in store.
     
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    • Dee Patel Wins 2010 Community Heroes Award

    • 06/05/2010
    • Woodbridge retailer Dee Patel has emerged victorious as the 2010 Community Heroes Award winner and took away the £1000 prize at the annual ACS Summit in Birmingham.
     
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    • Retailers Across the Country Count Down to Summit 10

    • 04/05/2010
    • Summit is ACS' flagship event and the biggest and best event of its kind in the convenience sector. This year's event will take place on May 5th at the Birmingham Metropole and promises to be even better than last year.
     
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    • Australian Government Announces Move to Introduce Plain Packaging

    • 29/04/2010
    • The Australia Government has announced plans to require tobacco products to be sold in plain packaging. The rules, which would take effect 1st July 2012, would ban tobacco companies from including logos, text or colourful images on cigarette packets.