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ACS Presses MPs for Proof of Age Culture Change
- 30/10/2008
- ACS Chief Executive James Lowman yesterday appeared in front of an influential Parliamentary committee to explain the impact of the Licensing Act 2003 on local shops.
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ANR Cautiously Welcomes OFT Newspaper and Magazine Industry Findings
- 29/10/2008
- The ANR, the news arm of ACS, cautiously welcomes the Office of Fair Trading review of the newspaper and magazine industry, which offers areas of potential opportunity for retailers in respect of magazine distribution.
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Companies to Reveal Pollution Levels in New Climate Change Laws
- 28/10/2008
- Planned new laws to tackle climate change will mean that all UK companies would be forced to reveal levels of pollution.
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ACS Calls for Political Action to Drive Ombudsman Plans
- 27/10/2008
- ACS is calling upon the Government to act on the recommendations created from the Competition Commission's (CC) investigation into the Grocery Market and has written to MPs calling for Parliamentary scrutiny.
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Crackdown on Firework Lawbreakers
- 24/10/2008
- In the run up to Bonfire Night the Government is targeting the small minority of irresponsible businesses who flout the law by selling fireworks to under 18s.
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British Shoppers Save £800 Million a Year by Supporting Local Shops
- 23/10/2008
- Over 20 million people a day now walk to their local shop; according to research commissioned by My Shop is Your Shop and Unilever's leading brands Flora and Persil Small & Mighty.
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Leading Politicians to Speak at ACS Heart of the Community Event
- 22/10/2008
- Senior representatives from all the main political parties will give keynote speeches at ACS' inaugural 'Heart of the Community' conference at the Imperial War Museum on 12th November.
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ACS Discusses Small Shop Support with David Cameron
- 21/10/2008
- ACS Chief Executive, James Lowman, yesterday attended the Conservative Party leadership's Small Business Survival Summit at the House of Commons.
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Cameron Calls for 1p Cut in National Insurance
- 20/10/2008
- Conservative leader David Cameron is calling for a 1p cut in national insurance to help small businesses during the economic downturn.
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Brown Tells Retailers to Cut Cost of Petrol
- 17/10/2008
- Gordon Brown called on petrol retailers yesterday to pass on recent falls in the price of oil to consumers by cutting the cost at the pump to about £1 a litre.
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Cadbury gets into the Carnival Spirit with a New On-Pack Promotion
- 16/10/2008
- Creating more moments of pleasure, Cadbury has announced a new carnival themed promotion that will run on-pack across key Cadbury chocolate lines from 3rd November.
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Blears Invites Ideas to Improve Local Communities
- 15/10/2008
- Communities Secretary Hazel Blears today called on councils to work closely with their residents to unearth new and innovative ideas to improve their local area and make places in which people want to live, work and raise a family.
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ACS Welcomes Increased Finance to Small Businesses
- 14/10/2008
- The three banks, Lloyds TSB, HBOS and Royal Bank of Scotland, that have received money from the Government have been told by the Chancellor to adopt a strong focus on making lending available to small businesses.
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ACS Rejects Code of Practice for Alcohol Retailers
- 13/10/2008
- ACS has rejected calls for a code of practice for alcohol retailers. Instead, ACS has called for guidance to be issued to local authorities and enforcement agencies to help them to use the full range of powers already available to them.
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Tobacco Smuggling Killing More People than Illegal Drugs
- 10/10/2008
- Tobacco smuggling causes around 4,000 premature deaths a year-four times the number of deaths caused by the use of all smuggled illegal drugs put together.
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