ACS is reminding retailers about changes to waste collection rules in Wales which come into effect from 6th April.
From Saturday (6th April), new regulations in Wales will mean that all businesses will need to arrange for the waste that they generate to be sorted into different categories and collected separately by their chosen waste collector. In practice, this means that retailers will need to have up to six different containers for the following categories of waste:
The Scottish Government have published a new six week consultation on the implementation of the disposable vapes ban, expanding on the definition of a disposable vape and outlining the fines that will be issued to businesses who continue to sell and supply disposables after a ban.
The ban, which is scheduled to come into force in April 2025, is subject to separate regulations in Scotland which closely resemble those in England. Scotland are the first UK nation to provide more detail on their definition of a disposable vape, which is as follows:
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:
ACS have welcomed the Financial Conduct Authority’s (FCA) proposals to ensure that banks and building societies consider reasonable cash access services and has repeated its calls for a review of interchange fees.
These services are essential for the convenience sector – over 50% of store transactions are still conducted using cash, 40% of shops currently host ATMs, and 23% still house post offices. With banks and building societies facing closures across the UK, convenience stores have become ever more essential for the public to access their money and use essential services.
ACS (the Association of Convenience Stores) is encouraging colleagues working in the convenience sector to complete the 2024 Colleague Survey, and be in with a chance of winning one of 10 £100 shopping vouchers.
Taking place on 31st January at the King Power Stadium in Leicester, the ACS/PRA Forecourt, Power and Convenience Conference is a must-attend event for anyone interested in fuel retailing, the challenges facing convenience and petrol retailers and the opportunities for growth in the future of the forecourt sector.
ACS (the Association of Convenience Stores) is calling on convenience retailers to take part in the 2024 Crime Survey and share their experiences of retail crime over the past 12 months.
The survey explores the impact and scale of crime across the convenience sector, looking at the number of incidents experienced and the steps that retailers have been taking to try and reduce crime in their stores, such as investment in crime prevention measures.
DEFRA (the Department for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs) has published a new consultation looking at reforms to electrical waste regulations to increase recycling levels.
ACS (the Association of Convenience Stores) is calling on convenience retailers to take part in the 2024 Crime Survey and share their experiences of retail crime over the past 12 months.
The survey explores the impact and scale of crime across the convenience sector, looking at the number of incidents experienced and the steps that retailers have been taking to try and reduce crime in their stores, such as investment in crime prevention measures.
Taking place in Birmingham on 5th March 2024, ACS’ Safe and Responsible Retailing Conference is a new event that will explore key responsibility issues affecting the convenience sector and launch ACS Crime Report 2024 alongside guidance on retail crime prevention. The conference provides retailers with the chance to learn how to keep colleagues safe, discuss how to ensure they are trading and prepare for new vaping and tobacco policies.
The event will be split into three insightful sessions:
