Tag: Association of Convenience Stores

Disposable vape devices sit on a wooden bench in an array of colours.

Evapo offers fake vape advice

Vape retailer Evapo has rolled out a new initiative to help consumers spot a fake vape with fears around the rise of the illicit trade due to the incoming ban.
The latest delay to the UK DRS sees the scheme pushed back by a further two years.

Scottish convenience leaders welcome DRS delay

Scottish convenience industry leaders have broadly welcomed the delay to the UK-wide deposit return scheme (DRS), provided Westminster strives to work with businesses.
Disposable vape devices sit on a wooden bench in an array of colours.

ACS warns vape ban will fuel illicit market

The ACS has claimed that the disposable vape ban will fuel the illicit trade by ÂŁ645million should the UK Government continue with its current proposals.
SGF chief executive Pete Cheema is urging the Scottish Government to take action to combat retail crime.

Call for action on retail crime

Convenience store bosses and industry leaders have been calling on the Scottish Government to take urgent action to combat soaring retail crime.
Shopkeeper Asif Mohammad stands outside his convenience shop next to a hand written sign about energy prices.

Act on energy or shops will shut

As soaring energy costs threaten viable businesses, Scottish business owners have been sounding the alarm over electricity price hikes.

Age checks on phones

The Proof of Age Standards Scheme (PASS) has called for new age verification technology on smartphones.
rolling tobacco

Tobacco plan slammed

Proposals to raise the minimum age for tobacco sales by one year, every year, have been slammed as disruptive and impractical.
ICU age verification

Bestway signs up to technology trial

Bestway Wholesale has signed up to an innovative age verification techonology trial, running across three of its symbol stores in Leeds.

Pledge to protect cash

The Association of Convenience Stores (ACS) is backing a cash payment initiative from product review and consumer rights group Which?
2021 ACS Rural Shop Report

Rural retailers are essential

Rural shops provide a lifeline for isolated communities, according to the latest report from the Association of Convenience Stores (ACS).
Post office counter

Top PO jobs for retailers

The Post Office is on course to appoint two postmasters to its board of directors, following an open application process for non-executive director positions.
ACS local shop

Rural event goes digital

THE Association of Convenience Stores (ACS) will launch its Rural Shop Report this month in a virtual event on 23 February.
ACR Local Shop Report

ACS launches 2020 Local Shop Report

Convenience stores generated more than £44 billion in sales in the last year, according to ACS’s Local Shop Report for 2020
Cash machine

Rates win in England

RETAILERS south of the border had cause for celebration when the UK Supreme Court upheld a ruling against separate rates for ATMs
Tobacco gantry

Menthol ban is coming

From 20 May, the sale of menthol cigarettes will be prohibited in the UK
Person stealing a bottle of wine

Have your say on crime

The ACS is calling on retailers to provide information from the last 12 months for its 2020 Crime Survey