There's just one week left to take submit your entries for the 2024 Technology and Solutions Showcase on June 4th in Manchester, with leading retailers and suppliers to the convenience sector.

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📢 National Living and Minimum Wage rates have increased. Are you paying your employees correctly? Check here 👉🏼 gov.uk/checkyourpay #checkyourpay

The Government is to create a new standalone offence for assaulting a retail worker, along with more investment in facial recognition to spot offenders and electronic tags for prolific shop thieves.

More here: acs.org.uk/news/local-sho…

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.

Read about it here: acs.org.uk/news/waste-col…

Two weeks left to be part of the 2024 Technology and Solutions Showcase on June 4th in Manchester, with leading retailers and suppliers to the convenience sector!

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The 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.

Read about it here: acs.org.uk/news/scottish-…

The 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 about it here: acs.org.uk/news/low-pay-c…

ACS chief exec James Lowman featured in this morning's Telegraph talking about the publication of the Low Pay Commission's remit this week: telegraph.co.uk/business/2024/…

The Government has set out the remit for the Low Pay Commission in 2024, confirming its intention to maintain the link between minimum wage rates and two-thirds of median earnings.

More here: acs.org.uk/news/governmen…

There's only one month to go until Conference24, and we've got an exciting line-up of speakers who will be sharing their insights and experiences in the convenience sector. Read about it here! acs.org.uk/news/only-one-…

New episode of the Local Shop Podcast is now live! Join Chris Noice Edward Woodall James Lowman for a deep dive into the regulations coming in the vaping category over the next few years and what the impact will be for retailers.

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We have 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.

To read more and view our submission, visit acs.org.uk/news/acs-warns…

Be part of the 2024 Technology and Solutions Showcase on June 4th in Manchester, with leading retailers and suppliers to the convenience sector.

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Be part of the 2024 Technology and Solutions Showcase on June 4th in Manchester, with leading retailers and suppliers to the convenience sector.

Find out more here: acs.org.uk/news/entries-n…

Looking forward to welcoming leaders in the convenience sector to the next evolution of our Top2Top networking lunch at the Bloomsbury Hotel in central London today.

Be part of the 2024 Technology and Solutions Showcase on June 4th in Manchester, with leading retailers and suppliers to the convenience sector.

Find out more here: acs.org.uk/news/entries-n…

Today, we launched the Welsh Local Shop Report, engaging with members of the Senedd on the role that convenience stores play in communities across Wales.

Read about it here: acs.org.uk/news/acs-launc…

We have welcomed the publication of the Chartered Trading Standards Institute manifesto, which calls on the Government to commit significant additional resources to support the work of Trading Standards in communities across the UK.

Read about it here: acs.org.uk/news/acs-welco…

ACS are exhibiting at the Booker Retail Show today in Doncaster, come say hi at stand D6!