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1. • ACS Reveals Widespread Abuse by Energy Companies

   • 21/05/2012
   • Energy companies are bullying their business customers into unfair contracts and overpaying, according to a survey published today by the Association of Convenience Stores.

2. • ACS Tells MPs New Post Office Models Must Stack Up for Local Shops

   • 15/05/2012
   • ACS Chief Executive James Lowman has told an influential committee of MPs that Collaboration is the key to the success and sustainability of the Post Office’s network transformation programme.

3. • ACS Submits Written Evidence to Health Committee on Alcohol Strategy

   • 11/05/2012
   • ACS has highlighted the cumulative burden of new alcohol control regulations on small businesses as part of its written evidence submitted to the House of Commons Health Committee.

4. • Signs of Optimism Returning Among Local Shops

   • 08/05/2012
   • The number of local retailers considering making investments in their stores has increased, reveals a new survey conducted by the Association of Convenience Stores.

5. • ACS Calls on Revenue to Think Again on Pasty Tax

   • 04/05/2012
   • Proposals to require all businesses to charge VAT on hot takeaway food, the so called ‘pasty tax’, fail to effectively simplify new rules and should be reconsidered, say ACS (the Association of Convenience Stores).

6. • Baroness Helen Newlove to Open ACS Safer Trading Conference

   • 02/05/2012
   • Government Adviser Baroness Helen Newlove will be speaking at the ACS Safer Trading Conference on 22nd May at the Birmingham Hilton Metropole.

7. • ACS and NFRN Launch Joint Legal Challenge Against the OFT

   • 01/05/2012
   • The National Federation of Retail Newsagents (NFRN) and the Association of Convenience Stores (ACS) have launched a joint legal challenge to the Competition Appeal Tribunal, against the OFT’s decision to deny a further short review of the industry.

8. • Sunday Trading Chaos Leaves Government No Case for Permanent Liberalisation

   • 01/05/2012
   • Local shops have condemned Government actions to force through its last minute plan to liberalise Sunday trading rules for eight weeks this Summer. This was done despite concern and opposition expressed by MPs from all the main parties.

9. • Licensing Regime Gets Tougher for Local Shops

   • 25/04/2012
   • ACS (the Association of Convenience Stores) has urged retailers to check and upgrade their systems to prevent under age sales, as changes to licensing laws introduced today (25 April) increase the powers of local authorities to review or revoke alcohol li

10. • Case for Sunday Trading Liberalisation Crumbling As Lords Vote

    • 25/04/2012
    • Local shops have called on Lords to reject moves to suspend Sunday Trading restrictions as figures released by the Government fail to make a convincing case for the economic benefits.

11. • Ministers’ Commitment to High Streets Must Be Shown In Action As Well As Words

    • 23/04/2012
    • Local shops have called on Ministers to make sure their positive, pro high street changes to planning policy are properly implemented by Local Authorities.

12. • ACS Oxford Research Highlights Advantages of Being Independent

    • 20/04/2012
    • Communities and shoppers respond better to independent retailers than to major multiples, but only if they harness their advantages. This is the main conclusion of new research from ACS and Said Business School at the University of Oxford.

13. • Alcohol Licensing Changes Must Promote More Partnership Working Not Less

    • 17/04/2012
    • Speaking to the Local Government Association, ACS Public Affairs Director, Shane Brennan, has warned that planned changes to alcohol licensing rules could discriminate against small businesses and undermine growing partnerships.

14. • Department of Health Launches Plain Packaging Consultation

    • 16/04/2012
    • The Department of Health has today published its consultation on plain packaging for tobacco products in the UK.

15. • ACS Crime Survey Reveals Shock Rise in Convenience Store Robberies

    • 13/04/2012
    • The 2011 ACS Crime Survey has revealed a significant increase in levels of staff theft and an alarming rise in the number of robberies in convenience stores over the past year.