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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
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- 06/07/2010
- ACS has reiterated their call for Welsh Government to review the decision to implement a tobacco display ban.
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- 05/07/2010
- Local shops across the UK are being asked to provide the evidence needed to prove the damaging impact of future increases in National Minimum Wage.
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- 29/06/2010
- ACS has welcomed Police Minister Nick Herberts decision to rule out a ban on mosquito devices for use in shops.
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- 22/06/2010
- ACS (the Association of Convenience Stores) has welcomed the first Budget of the new Coalition Government.
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- 21/06/2010
- Over 50 convenience store retailers based around Luton have met to discuss how to work together and with the police, trading standards, MPs and local authorities to promote vibrant stores in communities.
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- 21/06/2010
- ACS (the Association of Convenience Stores) has welcomed Governments announcement that the Low Pay Commission will consider the specific impact of the National Minimum Wage (NMW) on small firms.
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- 21/06/2010
- ACS Chief Executive James Lowman has warned Ministers not to exclude local shops and wholesalers from submitting evidence to the planned supermarket watchdog.
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- 15/06/2010
- ACS has published a Policy Briefing Book to highlight to MPs the key issues facing the convenience sector.
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- 14/06/2010
- Commentators have speculated that the Budget will include further increases in alcohol duty today, with one newspaper suggesting that the Chancellor will impose a second 5% duty rise when he delivers the emergency budget on the 22nd June.
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- 09/06/2010
- ACS (the Association of Convenience Stores) has written to new Business Secretary Vince Cable urging an urgent review of planned restrictions on tobacco display and outlining important new evidence.
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- 03/06/2010
- As the Environment Minister publishes the detail of long held plans to impose a bag tax on Welsh consumers, ACS (the Association of Convenience Stores) have expressed concerns about the impact the tax will have on local and high street shops.
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- 02/06/2010
- ACS (the Association of Convenience Stores) has warned that local shops could close if proposals announced today by NICE (the National Institute for Clinical Excellence) to limit the number of alcohol licences in a given area became Government policy.