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  1. ACS Reveals Widespread Abuse by Energy Companies

    Energy companies are bullying their business customers into unfair contracts and overpaying, according to a survey published today by ACS.

  2. Enter the 2012 Achievement Award and Win a Trip to Oslo

    ACS is calling on the brightest up and coming stars on both sides of the retail sector to take part in this year's Achievement Award.

  3. Book Now for the 2012 Forecourt Seminar in July

    The ACS Forecourt Seminar, to be held at the King Power Stadium in Leicester on July 5th, will give essential insights to forecourt retailers and spark the debate on the most effective ways to succeed in a difficult market.

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

    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.

  5. Becoming More Profitable and Important to Communities (Blog Post)

    So a number of Cabinet Ministers have told businesses to work harder to drive economic growth. The actual words used were a little more subtle than that, but the message was pretty clear: stop whinging and get out there exporting goods.

Latest Press Releases

  1. ACS Reveals Widespread Abuse by Energy Companies

    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

    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

    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

    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

    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).

 
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So a number of Cabinet Ministers have told businesses to work harder to drive economic growth. The actual words used were a little more subtle than that, but the message from Messrs Hague, Pickles and Hammond was pretty clear: stop whinging and get out there exporting goods and growing the economy.

The response from the business community has been pretty easy to summarise too: get the conditions right and we will drive growth, and by the way we're working pretty hard already, thanks.

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