ACS (the Association of Convenience Stores) has welcomed an announcement from the Government on plans to introduce a range of measures to tackle underage vaping.
Announced today (30th May), the measures include:
ACS (the Association of Convenience Stores) has welcomed an announcement from the Government on plans to introduce a range of measures to tackle underage vaping.
Announced today (30th May), the measures include:
The Government has published guidance to help businesses prepare for the ban on single-use plastics which is due to come into force in October.
From 1st October 2023, retailers will not be able supply, sell or offer the following single-use plastic items:
Retailers are advised to sell through existing stock before October, source alternative single-use materials and consider offering more reusable items.
ACS (the Association of Convenience Stores) has welcomed a new plan launched by the Welsh Government and Wales Retail Forum, which has been developed to build a more resilient retail sector in Wales.
Published today (19th May) the Together for Retail: a Wales Retail Forum Action Plan highlights a number of key actions, including:
Today (18th April) Scottish First Minister Humza Yousaf MSP announced that there will be a delay to the introduction of a Deposit Return Scheme (DRS), as part of a speech on his priorities for government over the next three years.
The Scottish Deposit Return Scheme was due to go live on 16th August but will now be delayed until 1st March 2024. England, Wales and Northern Ireland have also announced plans for a Deposit Return Scheme, coming into force in 2025.
ACS has welcomed the introduction of new legislation to reform the business rates system to improve the accuracy of business rates bills for local shops.
Introduced to Parliament on 29th March, the Non-Domestic Rates Bill aims to deliver on the government’s long standing commitments to increase the frequency of revaluations and make the process of business rates valuations more transparent.
New figures from the Association of Convenience Stores (ACS) have revealed that almost half (47%) of Scottish independent retailers do not know how they will approach the deposit return scheme which is due to go live on 16th August.
ACS (the Association of Convenience Stores) has welcomed the Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities’ proposed approach to updating the National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF) to make the planning system work better for communities.
ACS (the Association of Convenience Stores) is delighted to announce that Chelmsford Star Co-operative Society has joined ACS as retail members.
Chelmsford Star is a co-op society operating across mid-Essex and was first established in 1867 and currently consists of 39 food stores (Co-op Food), two department stores (Quadrant), two travel agents (Co-op Travel) and nine funeral homes (Co-op Funeral Directors).
ACS (the Association of Convenience Stores) has written to Lorna Slater MS, Minister for Green Skills, the Circular Economy and Biodiversity, calling on the Scottish Government to urgently address the challenges facing the introduction of a deposit return scheme (DRS) in Scotland later this year.
In the letter, ACS warns that there is still confusion over ‘basic operational elements’ of the scheme, such as how prices should be displayed in stores, how often collections will take place, and how long retailers will have to wait for deposit refunds.
ACS (the Association of Convenience Stores) has praised the resilience of local shops in Wales as part of the launch of the 2023 Welsh Local Shop Report.
At the launch of the report today (Tuesday 8th February) in Cardiff, members of the Senedd gathered to celebrate the role that convenience stores play in communities across Wales and emphasise the importance of local shops not just as community hubs, but also as local investors and job creators.