ACS (the Association of Convenience Stores) has taken the decision to postpone its annual Summit conference to 8th September this year, alongside the National Convenience Show at the NEC Birmingham, in response to the escalating situation around coronavirus (Covid-19).
The Government has confirmed today (March 12th) that it is moving from the contain phase to the delay phase of the action plan in response to the virus outbreak.
Summit20 was scheduled to take place at the Vox, Birmingham on March 31st alongside the National Convenience Show, which has also been postponed until later this year.
On ACS’ role in supporting members, ACS chief executive James Lowman said: “We are engaging with government and explaining the challenges our members are facing in responding to this outbreak. We welcome the measures on sick pay and delivery restrictions which will help our sector at this time. We are also working with government on guidance to help retailers, and alerting members to existing guidance, for example of food hygiene and water refills. We are collating all this information and relevant links on a single page on our web site, which members can visit to keep up to date with developments.”
ACS has advice for retailers and colleagues concerned about the impact of coronavirus online at https://www.acs.org.uk/advice/covid-19-coronavirus
For more information about the status of upcoming ACS events, contact Sarah Johnson at [email protected]
