1. Associates & Employees

Local shops ‘making difficult decisions’ due to rising employment costs

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Convenience retailers have called on the Low Pay Commission to consider the impact of rising employment costs on hard-pressed local shops. In an oral evidence session at the Low Pay Commission in London today, the Association of Convenience Stores (ACS) outlined the mounting pressure facing…

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