Figures from the Crime Survey for England and Wales, published today, show that shoplifting offences have increased by 37% (to 430,104 offences) compared with the year ending December 2022 (315,040 offences), and is the highest figure since current police recording practices began for the year ending March 2003.
The data follows the last release of figures from the Crime Survey for England in Wales in October 2023, which showed a 25% increase in theft on the previous year.
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Read MoreACS (the Association of Convenience Stores) has given evidence to the Home Affairs Select Committee, highlighting the human impact of crime on local shops and the challenges retailers face when reporting crime to the police.
Read MoreThere’s only two weeks to go until Conference24, which takes place on the 30th April in Birmingham. This year’s event looks at serving a changing UK, providing exclusive networking opportunities, advice, valuable insights into the convenience sector, and ways to adapt to changing consumer demand.
Read MoreACS (the Association of Convenience Stores) has welcomed the announcement of a series of measures aimed at supporting retailers and their colleagues in the battle against violent crime and repeat offending.
The measures announced today by the Prime Minister include:
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:
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Brand new National Lottery permanent point of sale (PPOS) has started hitting the walls, floors and counter tops of a small number of National Lottery retailers over the last few weeks, as Allwyn begins testing the rollout of the specially designed kit at trial stores in preparation for wider distribution.
Read MoreThe 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:
Read MoreThe Low Pay Commission have published a new consultation as part of its evidence gathering process on the impact of minimum wage rates ahead of its recommendations to the Government later this year.
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