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Blog Post: Rates at the Top of our Budget Wish List
Every special interest group has its budget wish list, and perhaps our call for business rates increases to be capped at 2% will be viewed in this context. What we're explaining to the Chancellor, and what many of our members are telling their MPs, is that setting business rates according to the inflation target, rather than according to last September's spike in RPI, will help deliver jobs an growth for the economy.
Here's why. We know that when our members are hit with increased costs, they don't just pass it on through…
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ACS Welcomes Portman Group Recommendations on Code of Practice
ACS has responded to a Portman Group consultation on the Code of Practice on the responsible marketing of alcohol, welcoming proposals to extend the remit of the Code.
The consultation proposes a number of measures to simplify the code. These include extending its remit to everything not covered by the Alcohol Standards Agency and Trading Standards, extending rules to ban promotions linked to all sexual activity and amending the code to ban images of people under 25 from drinks, their packaging or promotions.
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