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🛍️ There's one week to go until #ShopKind week 🛍️

ACS is proud to support the @ukhomeoffice's ShopKind week which is taking place next week from 9-15 November 2026.

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📢 MAJOR CAMPAIGN WIN FOR LOCAL SHOPS 📢

Your voice has been heard. We called on the Government to act on business rates and they've listened.

The relief threshold will be raised from £12,000 RV to £18,000 RV, taking thousands of small shops out of paying rates altogether.

We gave evidence to a select committee on entrepreneurship earlier today in Parliament, raising concerns from retailers about the cost of doing business, and one simple message for the Chancellor at the Budget... raise the SBRR threshold from £12,000 RV to £18,000 RV #Budget2026

In response to reports that the headline rate of the National Living Wage will reach £13.20 in April, ACS has called for a more restrained approach to future minumum wage increases.

The cost of trading is reaching critical levels. Here are three things we want from the Chancellor on Wednesday to support the convenience sector.