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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I was pleased to attend today's launch of the Association of Convenience Stores Welsh Local Shop Report 2024.

Our full response to the speech is here: acs.org.uk/news/acs-welco…

These are the commitments made by Shadow Home Secretary Yvette Cooper during her conference speech this morning, promising to get tough on shoplifting gangs.

I support local convenience stores in Sutton, Cheam & Worcester Park and the invaluable role they play in our communities. I welcome ACS Local Shop Report 2023 #MyLocalShop bit.ly/44yF9It

Today is Usdaw’s National Retail Workers Day. If there’s one good thing to come out of the pandemic it’s that more people recognise the essential role shopworkers play, especially in convenience stores that opened throughout and relied on our colleagues more than ever #NRWD23 🧵

We've had a lot of ups and downs when it comes to the introduction of DRS in the UK, with plans now pushed back to 2025... but what have we learned?

New blog from Ed Woodall (@Woodbines) outlining 9 reflections on DRS implementation so far... acs.org.uk/news/chief-exe…

We were delighted to hear from Minister for Crime, Policing and Fire Chris Philp MP at the launch of our 2023 Crime Report in Parliament today, where we explored the impact of crime on the convenience sector. The full report is available here acs.org.uk/research/crime…

Our Government Relations Director Ed Woodall (@Woodbines) talking about the launch of the Crime Report today in Parliament

The Scottish Government have suggested that they will proceed with a 'direct and efficient' route toward HFSS restrictions, leading to speculation about a mirroring of the regulations in force in England. More here: acs.org.uk/news/scottish-…

Thanks for joining me today Kim Leadbeater MBE MP

Today I hosted the Rural Shop Report event in partnership with ACS in #Westminster . There are over 17,000 rural shops and it was great to hear from Lord Richard Benyon about how local stores are an extraordinary resource in communities such as those in #NDevon .🛒

ACS, along with Federation of Small Businesses (FSB), British Beer & Pub Association and Bira have called on the Government to take action on energy contracts, with thousands of businesses at risk if nothing is done.

Details in the Guardian here: theguardian.com/business/2023/…

ACS Derides “Inadequate” Business Energy Support Package
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Businesses are struggling with prices rising and growing uncertainty. 

This is why the government is providing a £13.6bn package of business rates support, to help businesses through these tough times. 

#AutumnStatement

The #WelshRetail Forum provided an ideal opportunity to bring forward ideas to deliver not just for the industry & shoppers, but for Government’s economic ambitions & our communities.

#WRC #WelshRetail

And now we’ll hear from our Government Relations Director Ed Woodall who will be talking about the sustainability credentials that we have as a sector, the latest policy developments and what this means for local shops #HOC22

MPs also heard from retailers Amit Puntambekar and Christine from Hopes who gave them an insight into the role that local shops play in our local communities and the reality of running a convenience store

We're pleased to have been able to attend #CPC22 to speak to MPs about the opportunities and challenges that local shops face #mylocalshop

What's just happened to the UK economy? A thread on how we got here, and what's next for Liz Truss and Kwasi Kwarteng... 1/