The Association of Convenience Stores has warned the Home Affairs Select Committee that organised gangs are operating in plain sight in communities, stealing from shops on a massive scale and running dodgy shops with illicit products as part of a network of wider serious criminal activity.
The Association of Convenience Stores has warned the Home Affairs Select Committee that organised gangs are operating in plain sight in communities, stealing from shops on a massive scale and running dodgy shops with illicit products as part of a network of wider serious criminal activity.
ACS has welcomed a significant victory in the battle against the illicit trade today as the Government announced 12 month closure orders for businesses found to be selling illicit products.
Existing powers allow premises to be closed for up to six months, but the Government note that businesses can often reopen before investigations have concluded, allowing criminal activity to resume and creating additional burdens for local authorities, police forces and the courts.
ACS has welcomed a significant victory in the battle against the illicit trade today as the Government announced 12 month closure orders for businesses found to be selling illicit products.
Existing powers allow premises to be closed for up to six months, but the Government note that businesses can often reopen before investigations have concluded, allowing criminal activity to resume and creating additional burdens for local authorities, police forces and the courts.
The Association of Convenience Stores has launched a new campaign aimed at getting tougher sanctions for rogue traders.
The ‘Stop Rogue Traders’ campaign highlights the scale of the problem facing communities, signposts existing resources for reporting illicit activity, and calls for action from Government to get rogue traders off the streets.
As part of the campaign, ACS is calling for key changes to policy, further funding and stronger powers to help Trading Standards tackle the problem, including:
The Association of Convenience Stores has launched a new campaign aimed at getting tougher sanctions for rogue traders.
The ‘Stop Rogue Traders’ campaign highlights the scale of the problem facing communities, signposts existing resources for reporting illicit activity, and calls for action from Government to get rogue traders off the streets.
As part of the campaign, ACS is calling for key changes to policy, further funding and stronger powers to help Trading Standards tackle the problem, including:
The Association of Convenience Stores has launched a new campaign aimed at getting tougher sanctions for rogue traders.
The ‘Stop Rogue Traders’ campaign highlights the scale of the problem facing communities, signposts existing resources for reporting illicit activity, and calls for action from Government to get rogue traders off the streets.
As part of the campaign, ACS is calling for key changes to policy, further funding and stronger powers to help Trading Standards tackle the problem, including:
The Association of Convenience Stores has launched a new campaign aimed at getting tougher sanctions for rogue traders.
The ‘Stop Rogue Traders’ campaign highlights the scale of the problem facing communities, signposts existing resources for reporting illicit activity, and calls for action from Government to get rogue traders off the streets.
As part of the campaign, ACS is calling for key changes to policy, further funding and stronger powers to help Trading Standards tackle the problem, including:
ACS welcomed new Government action to strengthen enforcement against rogue traders and organised crime operating on high streets across the country.
The Home Office has set out new measures to back responsible retailers, including a £30m package to tackle criminal activity linked to high street businesses.
Local shops have welcomed new laws that aim to reset the narrative on retail crime and back colleagues who have been the victim of attacks.
Measures introduced today as part of the Crime and Policing Act include:
