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APPGCW announce virtual meeting to discuss Planning White Paper and its impact on active travel

16 Feb 2021

All ACT members are invited to join the webinars, please contact us if you'd like to attend

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Join us in urging MPs to extend business rates holiday

10 Feb 2021

Use this template to email your MP to help independent retailers survive the pandemic by delaying the return of business rates.
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Firms call for Government to reform business rates or risk a high street collapse

10 Feb 2021

Letter to Rishi Sunak signed by Tesco, B&Q, Waterstones, and members of the IRC, calls for the business rates system to be reformed to make it fairer for physical stores

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ACT meeting with business ministers: send us your questions

10 Feb 2021

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Single Use Carrier Bags Charges to potentially be increased from April

9 Feb 2021

Legislation has been laid to increase the minimum amount that retailers must charge for a single use carrier bag from 5p to 10p from 30th April 2021

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Retailers Plea to Prime Minister to Legislate Against Shopworker Abuse

5 Feb 2021

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BNPL firms to be regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority after warnings of "unseen debt"

3 Feb 2021

Buy now pay later (BNPL) firms such as Klarna and Clearpay are to be regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority after a report warned of the risk of people running into "unseen debt".
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2021-22 Scottish Government Budget Briefing

28 Jan 2021

'Exceptional circumstances require an exceptional response'
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Social Media Guide – Where should you put your efforts in 2021

28 Jan 2021

Maybe* have released a personalised Social Media Guide for 2021.
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A quick and easy guide to Click and Collect for retailers

21 Jan 2021

The following quick and easy guide to Click and Collect can be used by all retailers, even if those that don't have an ecommerce platform
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APPGCW announce virtual meeting to discuss Planning White Paper and its impact on active travel

Posted on in Business News, Cycles News

The All Party Parliamentary Group for Cycling & Walking (APPGCW) have an upcoming virtual meeting to discuss the Planning White Paper and its impact on active travel.

The meeting will take place on Friday 26th February at 10am will be co-chaired by Ruth Cadbury MP (Labour) and Selaine Saxby MP (Conservative).

Confirmed speakers include:

Lynda Addison OBE - Transport Planning Society
Lynda is Chair of the Sustainable Transport Panel of CIHT, was until the 21st March 2019 the Chair of the Transport Planning Society as well as an Adviser to The Campaign for Better Transport.

James Cullimore - Conservative Environment Network
The Conservative Environment Network is the forum for conservatives who support conservation and decarbonisation.

Christopher Martin - Urban Movement
Chris is Co-Founder and Director of Urban Strategy at Urban Movement, and a fully qualified Urban Designer and Planner, with over 15 years' experience leading complex urban projects - applying his expertise to public realm, streets and transport.

Future meetings are scheduled as below, and further information will be sent closer to these dates.

School Streets - 12th March
E-scooters - 23rd April

 

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All ACT members are invited to join in on the APPGCW webinars to learn more about each issue. Please contact the ACT if you would like to join in on the above webinar and we will pass along the the login details.

For all APPGCW Parliamentary Monitoring updates visit out website here.

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