Book your place at ACS’ biggest annual conference, taking place at the Vox in Birmingham on 26th April.
This year’s conference will explore how convenience stores are separating themselves from the competition right now and look ahead to the future at what the sector could look like in 2030.
Confirmed speakers include:
The UK’s local shops are fighting back against the torrent of crimes committed against them by investing a record £246m in crime prevention measures over the last year.
The 2022 Crime Report, published today by the Association of Convenience Stores, shows that on average, each store in the convenience sector spent over £5,000 on crime prevention measures including security staff, CCTV and intruder alarms.
ACS is highlighting the importance of women working as colleagues, store owners and leaders in the convenience sector to celebrate International Women’s Day today (March 8th).
There are currently over 392,000 people working in the convenience sector, 70% of which are women. Working in the convenience sector is secure, local and flexible, especially for those who have childcare commitments or are caring for other family members.
ACS has set out its recommendations to the Chancellor ahead of the Spring Statement later this month, calling on the Government to support local shops with rising costs and the looming reintroduction of business rates bills.
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ACS (the Association of Convenience Stores) is calling on people working in local shops to provide their views on employment in the convenience sector as part of its annual Colleague Survey.
Now in its seventh year, the ACS Colleague Survey is designed to:
Book your place at ACS’ Crime Seminar and Security Showcase taking place on 8th March at London’s Vue Cinema in Leicester Square.
ACS’ 2022 Crime Report will be launched at the Crime Seminar and will provide the definitive picture of retailers’ experiences of crime in the last year, including levels of shop theft, verbal and physical abuse and an all new section on cyber-crime in the sector.
Kit Malthouse, Minister for Policing and Crime has been confirmed to provide a message to the seminar.
Confirmed speakers include:
There’s just two weeks until the start of the 2022 Convenience Leadership Programme, a course run in partnership between ACS and Surrey Business School, University of Surrey.
The course has been designed for area managers, buying teams, independent retailers, sales and market research specialists, and consultants to develop their expertise in convenience retailing.
Students successfully completing the programme will have:
