All Analysis articles – Page 4
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AnalysisMONEY TALK: The storm is on its way and you need to act now
Retail businesses are in danger. It may be more acute than the financial crash of 2010, and even more so than the Covid lockdowns of 2020/21.
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AnalysisPIPELINE: Rising E10 market share driving fundamental shifts
Trade in non-oxygenated gasoline blendstocks has hit record highs in Europe as the roll-out and uptake of E10 gasoline in the continent continues.
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AnalysisEDITOR’S COMMENT: Celebrating the best
It was such a joy to see the prestigious Forecourt Trader Awards back to its best in October, as we celebrated the latest line-up of amazing retailers.
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AnalysisCOMMENT: Learning from the French fuel crisis
Thousands of Brits making their way across the Channel were greeted by chaos recently at half-term. Strike action taken by French refineries saw fuel supplies tightened and forecourts across the nation facing shortages – around a third of petrol stations were completely out of supplies.
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AnalysisPITSTOP: Centra Mallusk, Mayfield Link, Newtonabbey, NI
Our mystery motorist on a mission visits Circle K-branded Centra Mallusk Service Station in Mayfield Link Newtownabbey, Northern Ireland
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AnalysisSERVICE CENTRE: The Night Porter: it has its critics
Well, it’s not really the film I’m referring to with that headline. Does your petrol station have a night hatch? I had no idea that it was such a love-hate service. But I watched an episode of Room 101 the other night.
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AnalysisSERVICE CENTRE: Supply headaches and a call to lobby your MP
An uncertainty of supply equals one unhappy retailer. I had a call from Manpreet Bawa who runs Burnpark Service Station in Kilmarnock. It operates under the Gulf banner.
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AnalysisTECH TALK: Acting responsibly in a time of drought
Although many of us have very recently started to experience occasionally biblical downpours, the situation only a month or so ago was very different indeed.
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AnalysisLEGAL DOCTOR: EV charging kit on your forecourt - leases and licences
Our ‘legal doctor’ Robert Botkai discusses having EV charging kit on your forecourt and specifically, leases and licences
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AnalysisMONEY TALK: Economic madness
Sometimes it’s really difficult to watch or read the news without thinking that we’ve gone beyond ordinary ‘reality’ and entered the weird realm of the surreal, where nothing makes sense anymore and all logic has been thrown out of the window.
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AnalysisANALYSIS: Temporary respite?
Just hours before the news broke about the death of Queen Elizabeth II, the new Prime Minister Liz Truss outlined to the House of Commons how her government intended to help consumers and businesses cope with the unprecedented surge in energy prices.
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AnalysisMONEY TALK: Could the lights go out on some forecourt businesses?
Before HRH Queen Elizabeth II passed away, there was only one story in the media that dominated everything else: the increased cost of gas and electricity predicted for the coming autumn and winter.
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AnalysisPIPELINE: A tale of two fuels
Gasoline prices in the European wholesale market have collapsed in recent months relative to crude futures, but diesel margins remain unprecedentedly high, creating a dilemma for refiners heading into winter.
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AnalysisEDITOR’S COMMENT: End of an era
The nation’s emotions were all over the place in the week leading up to this printed edition, with the very sad news of the death of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II.
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AnalysisPITSTOP: Spar Winsford, Cheshire
Mystery motorist on a mission visits the Shell-branded Spar Winsford site in Cheshire
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AnalysisMONEY TALK: Fuel cards and bunkering review long overdue
It has been a long, long wait, but at last, someone else in this industry has gone public with a call for a review of how fuel cards and bunkering/agency payment systems affect independent fuel retailers
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AnalysisSERVICE CENTRE: EV Chargers lagging behind space-age technology in the cars
Jac Roper has a cautionary tale about charging electric vehicles and news of changes at Nisa and Co-op
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AnalysisLEGAL DOCTOR: What is legal aid and how does it work?
Since Clement Atlee’s government in 1954, legal aid has been available to those involved in legal proceedings and who do not have the funds to cover the costs.
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AnalysisSERVICE CENTRE: A company this size should be more organised
It started with the measly sum of six quid. Chris and Marion Clarke traded as Marion’s Shop & Filling Station, on Rousay, the largest island in the Orkney Islands of Scotland.
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AnalysisANALYSIS: Retailers silence the critics
The government’s competition watchdog has cleared retailers of profiteering after a review of the road fuel market, but has still ordered an in-depth investigation after it found “cause for concern in the growing gap between the price of crude oil when it enters refineries, and the wholesale price when it leaves refineries as petrol or diesel”.