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Last Chance to Book for Conference24!

Our biggest and most exciting event of the year, Conference24, takes place next week on the 30th April at The Vox in Birmingham. We promise a great experience for all attendees, and strongly encourage anyone in the convenience sector looking to grow their business and build valuable relationships to attend.

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Two Weeks to go Until Conference24!

There’s only two weeks to go until Conference24, which takes place on the 30th April in Birmingham. This year’s event looks at serving a changing UK, providing exclusive networking opportunities, advice, valuable insights into the convenience sector, and ways to adapt to changing consumer demand.

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Local Shops Welcome Government Action to Tackle Retail Crime Crisis

ACS (the Association of Convenience Stores) has welcomed the announcement of a series of measures aimed at supporting retailers and their colleagues in the battle against violent crime and repeat offending. 

The measures announced today by the Prime Minister include: 

  • Assaulting a retail worker to be made a standalone criminal offence

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Waste Collection Rules Changing in Wales from 6th April

ACS is reminding retailers about changes to waste collection rules in Wales which come into effect from 6th April.

From Saturday (6th April), new regulations in Wales will mean that all businesses will need to arrange for the waste that they generate to be sorted into different categories and collected separately by their chosen waste collector. In practice, this means that retailers will need to have up to six different containers for the following categories of waste:

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Supplier News: Allwyn Begins Next Phase of Retail Investment with New National Lottery PPOS Rollout Trial

Content provided by Premier Club supplier Allwyn. More information about Premier Club is available here: https://www.acs.org.uk/about-us/suppliers/premier-club

Brand new National Lottery permanent point of sale (PPOS) has started hitting the walls, floors and counter tops of a small number of National Lottery retailers over the last few weeks, as Allwyn begins testing the rollout of the specially designed kit at trial stores in preparation for wider distribution.

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Pie chart displaying what existing UK disposable vape users would do after a ban is introduced

Scottish Government Confirms Further Details of Disposable Vapes Ban

The Scottish Government have published a new six week consultation on the implementation of the disposable vapes ban, expanding on the definition of a disposable vape and outlining the fines that will be issued to businesses who continue to sell and supply disposables after a ban.

The ban, which is scheduled to come into force in April 2025, is subject to separate regulations in Scotland which closely resemble those in England. Scotland are the first UK nation to provide more detail on their definition of a disposable vape, which is as follows:

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