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1. • Ministers Move Amendments to Clarify Business Role in Neighbourhood Planning

   • 06/10/2011
   • ACS has welcomed the amendment to the Localism Bill tabled by Ministers that would prevent big businesses exploiting neighbourhood planning.

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2. • Town Centre Protections Crucial to New Planning Rules

   • 04/10/2011
   • At the third and final meeting of its conference fringe debate series at Conservative Party Conference in Manchester, ACS will call for Ministers to consider improvements to its national planning reforms that drive investment into high streets.

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3. • Local Shops Call For OFT To Investigate Magazine Supply Chain

   • 03/10/2011
   • Competition regulators must intervene to break up the newspaper and magazine supply monopoly that harms retailers and consumers, says the Association of News Retailing (ANR)

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4. • Important Legislation Changes for Retailers on October 1st

   • 30/09/2011
   • On October 1st, the National Minimum Wage is changing. The adult rate, which currently stands at £5.93 for employees 21 and over will rise to £6.08.

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5. • Welsh Carrier Bag Charge to Be Implemented in October

   • 28/09/2011
   • From October 1st, there will be a mandatory charge for single use carrier bags in Wales. All retailers will have to charge a minimum of five pence for bags that fall within the following criteria:

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6. • Lowman tells Councillors: Future of High Streets in Your Hands

   • 27/09/2011
   • At the second meeting of its conference fringe debate series at Labour Party Conference in Liverpool, ACS has urged Councillors to play a leading role in promoting sustainable high streets.

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7. • Whistlestop and Bourne Leisure Join ACS

   • 23/09/2011
   • ACS is delighted to announce that Whistlestop and Bourne Leisure have joined as members.

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8. • ACS Calls for Transparent Enforcement Procedures for Age Related Sales

   • 21/09/2011
   • ACS has responded to the Local Better Regulation Office’s consultation on Age Restricted Products and Services, calling for a transparent and consistent enforcement code of practice.

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9. • Lib Dems Must Ensure Localism Reforms Promote High Street Growth

   • 21/09/2011
   • In the first of three Party Conference fringe events last night, ACS Chief Executive James Lowman has encouraged liberal democrat activists to ensure planning reform promotes growth on the high street.

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10. • ACS Welcomes Lib Dem Pledge to Stand Firm Against Supermarkets

    • 19/09/2011
    • ACS has welcomed comments by Consumer Affairs Minister Ed Davey at Liberal Democrat Party Conference outlining the need to ?stand firm? against supermarket power by introducing a robust Grocery Code Adjudicator.

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11. • Time for a Freeze in Minimum Wage, ACS tells the Low Pay Commission

    • 16/09/2011
    • Year on year increases in the national minimum wage are holding back businesses in the convenience sector, according to evidence submitted by ACS (the Association of Convenience Stores) to this year?s investigation by the Low Pay Commission.

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12. • ACS Tells Ministers: Consistency and Fairness the Key to Effective Enforcement

    • 15/09/2011
    • Local shops suffer too often from inconsistency in the enforcement of regulation and regulators should focus on the wrong doers rather than responsible businesses.

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13. • Jonathan James to be Next ACS Chairman

    • 14/09/2011
    • ACS has announced that Jonathan James will chair the organisation from November 2011 to November 2013.

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14. • Advice for Businesses on the Default Retirement Age

    • 13/09/2011
    • Since 6 April 2011 employers have not been allowed to issue new notifications of retirement using the DRA procedure. Where notifications were issued before that date, employers will be able to continue the retirement process as long as the employee is age

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15. • ACS Party Conference Fringe: Can Localism Save the High Street?

    • 12/09/2011
    • As retailers up and down the country are battered by the economic recession, many of our high streets face a tipping point.

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