Tag: Association of Convenience Stores

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DRS debate rages on at Holyrood

Industry experts raise concerns with proposed scheme
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A spotlight on Scottish stores

Retailers work hard to provide vital services
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Cash crisis in Scotland

The top two areas in the UK with the highest populations, but no ATM or Post Office, are in Scotland
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Water guide for c-stores

The Association of Convenience Stores (ACS) has launched a guide for retailers who wish to offer water refills to customers.
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C-stores are a lifeline for UK

The annual Local Shop Report from the Association of Convenience Stores has highlighted the importance of c-stores amid turbulent conditions for retail .
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Health call is slammed

Outgoing chief medical officer for the UK, Dame Sally Davies, has taken heat from industry for controversial proposals aimed at curbing obesity.
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Cash still crucial for Scotland

More withdrawals than London and South East .
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Retail ‘cannot subsidise Post Office’

ACS wants government to support c-stores .
Shoplifting, violent crime and ATM ram raids are all issues facing c-stores

ACS Crime Report reveals huge cost of criminality

Crime report makes for grim reading
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Digital tax date is almost here

ACS call for a one year delay is denied
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Protection promised

THE UK Government has vowed to explore ways in which it can give additional protection to shopworkers, particularly when they face abuse in relation to age-restricted sales

Over 300 c-stores lost in last year

ACS report reveals fewer shops in Scotland
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Staying legal and protected

THE Association of Convenience Stores has worked with Trading Standards officers to create a guide for storing and selling fuel

Long-awaited rates review has arrived

THE long-awaited results of the Scottish Government review on business rates have been delivered, with some changes that could benefit retailers.

Investment falters says ACS

STORE investment levels among independent retailers have dropped, the Association of Convenience Stores has found. Its Investment Tracker survey discovered that just 13% of independent...

Jobs fall as wages rise

ACS report says 17,000 fewer are employed in c-stores HE number of people employed by the convenience retailing trade in the UK has fallen by...