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- 09/03/2010
- Alasdair Darling, Chancellor of the Exchequer, is expected to deliver the last Budget of this Parliament later this month. Local shops have called on the Chancellor to support them to continue to serve their community and contribute to the economy.
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- 04/03/2010
- ACS has written to MPs urging them to back legislation to bring into force a Grocery Ombudsman that will be debated in Parliament on Friday.
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- 26/02/2010
- ACS has welcomed Ministerial concessions regarding the rules that will be in place when a tobacco display ban comes into force for local shops in 2013
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- 23/02/2010
- ACS (the Association of Convenience Stores) has welcomed the commitment in the Conservative Planning Green Paper to reinstate the need test and tighten up restrictions on harmful out of town retail development.
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- 19/02/2010
- ACS (the Association of Convenience Stores) has submitted a response to the Governments consultation on Post Office Banking. The consultation seeks views on whether the Post Office should expand the range of banking services it offers.
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- 17/02/2010
- Local shops have welcomed the Department for Children Schools and Families initiative to educate young people against underage drinking. The new measures include a national football tournament and money to enforce new police powers.
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- 17/02/2010
- New crime statistics gathered by ACS have shown an alarming rise in the number of robberies and burglaries over the last twelve months.
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- 16/02/2010
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ACS (the Association of Convenience Stores) has today announced a Knowledge Transfer Partnership (KTP) with the Oxford Institute of Retail Management, at Saïd Business School, University of Oxford to examine the role local shops play in the community.
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- 12/02/2010
- A consortium of businesses including ACS (the Association of Convenience Stores) today has claimed a victory for shops today after an appeal from the music licensing body PPL (Phonographic Performance Limited) was rejected by the high court.
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- 05/02/2010
- ACS has warned of the risks of weakening the powers and independence of the proposed Grocery Ombudsman, and has urged Ministers to implement faithfully the original recommendations of the Competition Commission.
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- 01/02/2010
- The latest attempts to protect Britain's high streets are set to fail, warns new research commissioned by ACS. The research suggests that high streets are becoming less diverse at the expense of supermarket developments.
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- 01/02/2010
- ACS has responded to the Department of Health's Tobacco Strategy. The Strategy outlines the Government plans to reduce the percentage of the population who smoke to 10% by 2020.
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- 29/01/2010
- ACS has welcomed new police powers coming into effect today to confiscate alcohol from under-18s and to disperse under-age drinkers from an area where they are drinking or behaving anti-socially.
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- 19/01/2010
- ACS (the Association of Convenience Stores) has reassured local shop retailers that new rules on checking ID for those under 18 are 'nothing to fear' for the overwhelming majority of the industry.
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- 13/01/2010
- Local shops have welcomed the announcement that Government will support for the Competition Commission's recommendation to introduce a Grocery Ombudsman.