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.
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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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.
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.
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.
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.
There’s only two months left till Conference24, our biggest event of the year. Taking place on the 30th April at The Vox, Birmingham, this event will host a variety of panels and discussions where you can understand and navigate the changing fluctuations of consumer behaviour, build relationships, and network with leading experts and leaders in the convenience sector. You will also get the chance to hear from four leading independent retailers as they share their experience over the past year and how they’ve adapted over the past year to meet customer expectations.
