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ACS (The Association of Convenience Stores) has outlined the challenges faced by the convenience sector this year, pledging to lead the sector’s response to helping retailers navigate and tackle these challenges.
The sector has been facing increases in NIC contributions, higher business rates relief and an increased National Living wage, all announced at the Autumn Budget last year. These costs are making it more difficult for local shops to invest in serving their communities.
The Association of Convenience Stores (ACS) is reminding all retailers about the crime guidance available at ACS.org.uk, which aims to support convenience stores in dealing with crime threats and setting out strategies that are effective in detecting, deterring and tackling crime against their businesses.
ACS is reminding retailers about the Sim
The Association of Convenience Stores (ACS) would like to remind all retailers about the crime guidance available on demand, which aims to support convenience retailers in dealing with crime threats and setting out strategies that are effective in detecting, deterring and tackling crime against their businesses.
ACS (The Association of Convenience Stores) would like to remind retailers about the upcoming Simpler Recycling regulations, encouraging retailers to prepare for the changes that will come into force next week on the 31st March.
From the date of implementation, the new regulations state that businesses in England with more than 10 full time equivalent employees across the entire business that produce waste collected in customer facing bins or from their business operations must separate and present their waste to their waste collector into the following four waste streams:
ACS (The Association of Convenience Stores) is urging all convenience stores to prepare for the new Simpler Recycling Regulations, coming into force in just three weeks on March 31st.
We have updated our Assured Advice Guides for 2025, ensuring that all guides are up to date with the most relevant information and resources for retailers, especially in preparation for upcoming policy changes this year.
The Assured Advice Guides are available on the ACS website, providing detailed industry-leading information on all aspects of regulatory compliance for convenience retailing, setting out a set of approved standards that stores can rely on when dealing with compliance in store.
Assured Advice covers the following areas of compliance:
Retailers have four months left to sell through any remaining stock and prepare for the disposable vape ban coming into force on 1st June 2025.
After the ban comes into place, all vaping products that are available for sale legally in the UK must be both refillable and rechargeable, meaning that they must be intended for multiple uses.
ACS (the Association of Convenience Stores) has launched new guidance for retailers in England detailing what they have to do to stay on the right side of the law when new rules on separating waste come into force in March.
From March 31st 2025, businesses (meaning the entire business, not just one store) with more than 10 full time equivalent employees will be required to separate their waste into four different streams. Those with fewer than 10 FTE employees will have until March 2027 to comply.
The four waste streams that will need to be segregated are:
ACS (the Association of Convenience Stores) has launched new guidance for retailers in England detailing what they have to do to stay on the right side of the law when new rules on separating waste come into force in March.
From March 31st 2025, businesses (meaning the entire business, not just one store) with more than 10 full time equivalent employees will be required to separate their waste into four different streams. Those with fewer than 10 FTE employees will have until March 2027 to comply.
The four waste streams that will need to be segregated are:
