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Read MoreACS Launches 2024 Welsh Local Shop Report in Senedd
ACS (the Association of Convenience Stores) has praised the work that local shops in Wales do in their communities as part of the launch of the 2024 Welsh Local Shop Report.
At the launch of the report today (Thursday 14th March) in the Senedd (the Welsh Parliament), ACS engaged with members of the Senedd on the role that convenience stores play in communities across Wales and emphasised the importance of local shops not just as community hubs, but also as local investors and job creators.
Read MoreACS Welcomes Calls for Trading Standards to Receive Additional Resources
ACS (the Association of Convenience Stores) has welcomed the publication of the Chartered Trading Standards Institute manifesto, which calls on the Government to commit significant additional resources to support the work of Trading Standards in communities across the UK.
The manifesto sets out three priority areas for the next Government:
Read MoreACS Welcomes Focus on Retail Crime in new Police and Crime Commissioner Report
ACS (The Association of Convenience Stores) has welcomed a new report published by the Association of Police and Crime Commissioners, highlighting the ways that PCCs across England and Wales are engaging with businesses to tackle retail crime.
The report, published today, follows the publication of the Retail Crime Action Plan in 2023 which establishes how police officers should respond to shop theft and violent incidents in stores. All police forces have signed up to the Action Plan.
Read MoreACS Criticises Naïve and Inaccurate Approach to Government Assessment of Disposable Vapes Ban
ACS (the Association of Convenience Stores) has responded to the publication of regulations outlining the Government’s plans to ban disposable vapes, highlighting the huge financial impact that the ban will have on retailers.
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Read MoreBudget 2024: Local Shops Welcome Measures to Support Colleagues in Convenience
ACS (the Association of Convenience Stores) has welcomed measures announced in today’s Budget to encourage more people into working in careers like convenience by reducing the rate of National Insurance and increasing child benefit thresholds.
Read MoreACS Celebrates 10 Years of Industry Leading Assured Advice Scheme
ACS has marked a decade of support provided to members through its industry leading Assured Advice scheme, built in partnership with Surrey and Buckinghamshire Trading Standards.
Assured Advice provides one set of standards that stores can rely on when dealing with enforcement officers, whatever local authority they come from in England and Wales.
Read MoreShop Theft Record Smashed as Local Shops Face Retail Crime Crisis
The UK’s local shops recorded a shocking 5.6million incidents of shop theft over the last year, smashing the previous record of 1.1m incidents recorded in the 2023 Crime Report.
The Association of Convenience Stores’ 2024 Crime Report, released today, outlines the scale of the retail crime crisis blighting communities across the UK. The report reveals that retailers have recorded over 600 incidents of theft an hour over the last year.
Read MoreBudget 2024: ACS Call on the Chancellor to Provide More Support for Local Shops Ahead of Wednesday
With Budget due to be launched next Wednesday 6th March, ACS (The Association of Convenience Stores) are hoping to see Chancellor Jeremy Hunt provide support for retail and convenience stores by addressing rising costs in business rates, employment, and the cost of providing access to cash. In its submission ahead of Budget, ACS highlighted the importance of providing support to thousands of stores and extending retail, hospitality, and leisure reliefs to protect them from cost uncertainty from business rates in the medium term.
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