ACS (the Association of Convenience Stores) is supporting Usdaw’s petition calling on the Government to introduce legislation to protect shopworkers from violence and abuse.
Launched today (19th August) the House of Commons petition ‘Protect Retail Workers from Abuse, Threats and Violence’, urges the Government to introduce legislation to create a specific offence for abusing, threatening, or assaulting a retail worker.
ACS (the Association of Convenience Stores) is working in partnership with Alzheimer’s Society to host a number of online awareness sessions to create more Dementia Friends in the convenience sector.
More speakers have been announced for the convenience and local shop sector’s pre-eminent political event, the ACS Heart of the Community conference!
This year’s conference will take place virtually on 13th October, bringing together convenience retailers, industry experts and senior policy makers to explore how the latest political agenda and legacy of Covid-19 will impact convenience store businesses now and into the future.
Book your place at ACS’ unmissable annual conference taking place on 9th September 2020.
Summit20 will be taking place as a virtual immersive event with three main sessions:
1. Leading experts will explore the future of the industry, asking how we can support colleagues working in stores, and what the food offer of the future looks like.
2. The launch of the 2020 Local Shop Report, featuring insights from retailers on what the report says about their businesses.
ACS (the Association of Convenience Stores) is working in partnership with Alzheimer’s Society to host a number of online awareness sessions to create more Dementia Friends in the convenience sector.
ACS (the Association of Convenience Stores) has pledged to work with the government and local authorities to make sure the planning system works for communities and the retailers who serve them. ACS’ comments come with the launch of a major consultation seeking views on proposals to reform the planning system in England to streamline and modernise the planning process.
Launched today (6th August) the ‘Planning for the Future’ white paper focuses on transitioning from a case by case discretion-based planning system towards a rules-based system.
Bookings are now open for the convenience and local shop sector’s pre-eminent political event, the ACS Heart of the Community conference!
This year’s conference will take place virtually on 13th October, bringing together convenience retailers, industry experts and senior policy makers to explore how the latest political agenda and legacy of Covid-19 will impact convenience store businesses now and into the future.
Book your place at ACS’ unmissable annual conference taking place on 9th September 2020.
Summit20 will be taking place as a virtual immersive event with three main sessions:
1. Leading experts will explore the future of the industry, asking how we can support colleagues working in stores, and what the food offer of the future looks like.
2. The launch of the 2020 Local Shop Report, featuring insights from retailers on what the report says about their businesses.
ACS (the Association of Convenience Stores) is reminding retailers about its 'Retailer Services Checklist', a resource that stores can use to work with councils to provide support to the vulnerable customers living in their communities.
Retailers can fill in the ‘Retailer Services Checklist’ with details about the products, services and support that they have available for their customers, particularly those who may be more vulnerable or who are self-isolating.
ACS (the Association of Convenience Stores) has responded to a consultation from the Department for Transport which sought views on bringing forward the end to the sale of new petrol, diesel and hybrid cars and vans from 2040 to 2035.
In its submission, ACS called on the Government to do more to provide fuel retailers with support to introduce EV charging points and connections to the National Grid.
