All Analysis articles – Page 6
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PIPELINE: AdBlue supply returns and prices fall in April
A string of European urea plants restarted AdBlue production in late March, after being taken off line owing to record high natural gas prices.
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MONEY TALK: A little sympathy for the Chancellor... anyone?
It’s not very often that anyone feels sympathy for a Chancellor of the Exchequer (and I’m not talking about the latest headlines!); but even the most hard-hearted observer ought to have just a little for Rishi Sunak following last month’s Spring Statement.
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SHOP TALK: Cashing in on Easter
I always thought us Brits were world leaders in queuing and if there was ever an Olympic queuing event, we would easily take Gold. However, now I am wondering if we are becoming world leaders in scaremongering and panic buying.
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TECH TALK: Consultation on low-carbon fuels strategy is a welcome step for the industry
Some of you may have seen the Government’s recent call for ideas on the Low Carbon Fuels Strategy. A welcome step for the forecourt industry as it shows policy makers are looking at wider options.
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SHOP TALK: Making Mother’s Day
It’s Mother’s Day on Sunday March 27 and what makes this year’s event even more special is the fact that it’s the first one since 2019 that we’ll be able to celebrate properly.
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SERVICE CENTRE: Food, fuel, flowers; and advice on fraud
Why is it that people get sniffy about the quality of food available at forecourts? And their flower arrangements? There still seems to be plenty of prejudice around.
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MONEY TALK: Just when you thought it couldn’t get worse…
It would seem that ’Covid’ has disappeared from the news in the past few weeks even more rapidly than it arrived more than two years ago – although some experts are quietly warning that this might be only a temporary relief, until the next variant arrives.
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TECH TALK: Hydrogen - fuel for the future
In recent times, the attention of leaders from almost every country across the globe has been focused on the rising fear of climate change and its devastating effect on the environment and the livelihoods of many generations to come.
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LEGAL: What is your solicitor on about? A guide to ‘legalese’.
One of the things that makes legal language hardest to understand is its unusual words and terms. These confusing legal terms are known as ‘legalese’; a language in and of itself, that is used by those in the legal sphere.
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SERVICE CENTRE: What do customers think of E10? Lots of complaints about mpg...
What do your customers think of E10? I recently noticed a new thread trending on my local Nextdoor site. Lots of people were complaining that they are getting fewer miles per gallon with E10 fuel.
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ANALYSIS: A crash of cash - Chancellor’s loss of fuel duty income
The Chancellor could face losing almost a third of the revenue he gets from fuel duty from cars before the end of the decade because of the move to green motoring, the RAC Foundation has warned.
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PIPELINE: Margins firm as Russian spectre looms
The European refined products market has entered the new year in a much stronger position than last, as markets begin to return to some normality in 2022 and ‘endemic’ has rapidly become the phrase du jour.
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MONEY TALK: Forecourts are an easy target - fuel pricing is too complicated for some
You know that feeling: you’re watching the news and they cut to pictures of a forecourt and a voiceover starts describing how pump prices haven’t fallen, despite apparent falls in crude oil prices a few days earlier.
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SHOP TALK: Spreading the love this Valentine’s Day
This year Valentine’s Day (February 14) falls on a Monday which is definitely not the most romantic night of the week, however you can bet that many couples will still take the time to celebrate.
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MONEY TALK: Forecourt crime - nobody is listening
As if there wasn’t enough bad news around already as we head into 2022: Covid restrictions; inflation over 5%; consumers expected to be somewhat cash-strapped; and to top all of that forecourt crime is now costing forecourts nearly £100m per year.
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SERVICE CENTRE: Jac Roper on small print and war of the brands
Jac Roper warns about the ‘average clause’ in any insurance policy; and Co-op versus Nisa - the war of the brands
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Gregg’s accounts for one in ten food to go occasions, says latest Lumina report
Gregg’s has replaced McDonald’s as the dominating brand in the food to go sector, with a 10.7% share of occasions, according to the Lumina Intelligence UK Food to Go market report 2021.
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PITSTOP: Beaconsfield services
Mystery motorist on a mission - G Group/ Asda Extra Special, Beaconsfield, Bucks
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FOCUS ON: The EPOS boost to business
The data you can get from a modern epos system can help boost your business.