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- 03/09/2010
- Rochdale MP Simon Danczuk has met with Londis retailer Bret Mills to discuss the challenges facing local shop owners.
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- 02/09/2010
- ACS has responded to the Manifesto Club report '28 ¾: How Constant Age Checks Are Infantilising Adults' which criticises age verification policies retailers have in place.
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- 01/09/2010
- ACS has recruited two more major players in the convenience industry into membership - Keystore and Manor Service Stations.
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- 31/08/2010
- Local shops have urged Ministers to focus on the evidence about the proven benefits of any action before making changes to the alcohol tax regime.
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- 26/08/2010
- Brecon MP Roger Williams is to ask Powys County Council to do more to help businesses with recycling waste after meeting with local retailer Carol Skinner at Londis, Senny Bridge.
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- 18/08/2010
- ACS has welcomed research published today that shows a drop in youth smoking rates and has repeated calls to stop the tobacco display ban.
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- 12/08/2010
- ACS has criticised David Camerons support for local minimum alcohol pricing. The Prime Minister made the comments in an interview with the Manchester Evening News.
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- 09/08/2010
- ACS has today launched a nationwide retailer campaign to Stop the Tobacco Display Ban.
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- 06/08/2010
- ACS has submitted a response to the draft regulations on introducing a charge for single use carrier bag in Wales, urging the Welsh Government to not to create chaos for retailers and consumers by rushing through the charge and by setting it too high.
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- 03/08/2010
- Local shops have called on the supermarkets to stop using misleading claims about job creation to create local support for their development proposals.
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- 03/08/2010
- Government will bring in a Grocery Code Adjudicator (GCA) to oversee the relationship between supermarkets and suppliers from as early as next year.
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- 02/08/2010
- ACS is pleased to announce that the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government Eric Pickles is confirmed as the keynote speaker at ACS Heart of Community event.
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- 28/07/2010
- An influential report, Cornered Shops, published today by the London Assembly has highlighted the importance of local shops to communities across the Capital.
ACS Chief Executive James Lowman said: the London Assembly has made an important and timely
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- 28/07/2010
- ACS has reacted to the Home Office consultation on proposals to reform the Licensing Act and to introduce a ban on the below cost sale of alcohol. The consultation proposes new powers for local authorities and a significant erosion of licence holders? r
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- 27/07/2010
- ACS (the Association of Convenience Stores) has welcomed the Ministerial commitment to improving record on bank lending and called on Ministers to engage with the real day-to-day problems faced by retailers.
Ministers unveiled the consultation on bank l