There’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:
Read MoreContent provided by Premier Club supplier Allwyn. More information about Premier Club is available here: https://www.acs.org.uk/about-us/suppliers/premier-club
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.
Read MoreContent provided by Connect supplier Chirp-Protect. More information about Connect can be found here.
Chirp-protect has been helping UK convenience stores to combat the increasing rise in shoplifting. As well as the clear financial impact, incidents of theft are also affecting staff wellbeing. One recent success is Neil's Premier in Peterborough:
Read MoreACS has responded to the publication of the Low Pay Commission’s new remit for 2024, calling for the LPC to have more discretion over wage recommendations to account for economic shocks and changes in the labour market and business confidence.
Read MoreThere’s only one month to go until Conference24, our biggest event of the year. Taking place on Tuesday April 30th at the Vox in Birmingham, this is a must-attend for anyone in the convenience sector looking to grow their business, build valuable relationships, and gain exclusive insights into changing consumer habits and how to respond to these going forward. This will be our biggest Conference yet, and we’ve got an exciting line-up of sponsors this year which includes Mondelez Snack Display, Coca-Cola Enterprise Partners, and One Stop.
Read MoreACS (The Association of Convenience Stores) has called on the Government to focus on effective enforcement to deal with the huge illicit trade in vapes that will receive a £645m boost if disposable vapes are banned next year.
In response to the Government’s short consultation on the proposals to ban disposable vape devices from April 2025, ACS has highlighted a number of fundamental issues with DEFRA’s own impact assessment on the ban, warning that it has significantly underestimated the losses that will be felt by retailers.
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