All Analysis articles – Page 9
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SERVICE CENTRE: Jac Roper on GripHero gloves and the new E10 fuel
Jac looks at problems with GripHero gloves and the new E10 fuel, and how a change of name caused problems at Camelot
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PIPELINE: Turbulent September, October uncertain
A sudden fuel supply crisis in the UK and expected fallout from record-high natural gas prices on refineries made for a turbulent September in European refined products markets, and an uncertain outlook for October.
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SERVICE CENTRE: Jac Roper on rusty pumps and disappearing cash
This will be the third year running that I have reported on the continuing rusty decline of Ian Ritchie’s pumps…
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MONEY TALK: Business Rates - what now?
Nobody likes Business Rates. Some people dislike them simply because they are a tax – and any tax is to be avoided.
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FOCUS ON PROPERTY: It’s a bull market
From January 1 to the end of June, Christie & Co sold a retail business every single working day.
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SERVICE CENTRE: Was she pulling a sickie?
Jac Roper warns about treading carefully when it comes to staff absences and a reader recommends a car-wash solution
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LEGAL ADVICE: The delivery market has outpaced the legislation
Our ‘legal doctor’ Robert Botkai discusses home delivery and specifically the law surrounding the delivery of alcohol
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MONEY TALK: The brakes have come off – but how long before another lockdown?
The brakes have come off and responsibility for Covid-19 has been handed over to us – but how long before another lockdown?
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Mixed reaction since ‘Freedom Day’
It’s been a week since so-called Freedom Day, when Covid rules were relaxed and the requirement to wear a face covering in shops in England changed from mandatory to a recommendation. Forecourt Trader found that reaction to the relaxed rules is definitely mixed.
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SERVICE CENTRE: Dodgy car wash agent and the new nifty ‘fifty’
Jac Roper on a dodgy car wash agent and the new £50 note.
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MONEY TALK: And the beat goes on… MFG & Morrisons
No sooner had the news gone out that the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) had cleared the Euro Garages tie-up with Asda, than reports of a similar prospective linkage began to surface: this time in the form of a bid from the owners of Motor Fuel Group (MFG) to buy the Morrisons supermarket chain.
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TECHNICAL ADVICE: Upgrading your separator coalescing filter ahead of E10
In September 2021, the Government has confirmed the introduction of E10 petrol across all UK forecourts replacing the E5 petrol currently in use.
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MONEY TALK: Back to ‘normal’ then… or is it? But there maybe some wins for forecourts
Back to ‘normal’ then… or is it? It seems we are still a long way from those pre-Covid days, but there maybe some wins for forecourts
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LEGAL: CBD - where is the UK market right now?
Setting Covid aside for a moment, our ‘legal doctor’ Robert Botkai discusses regulation changes for the fast-growing CBD sector
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PITSTOP: Jet New North Road
Mystery motorist on a mission - Jet New North Road, Ilford, Essex
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PIPELINE: Refined products market is improving
The health of the European refined products market is steadily improving as vaccine roll-outs continue to gather pace and demand slowly returns, but plenty of hurdles remain before the industry can breathe a sigh of relief.
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SERVICE CENTRE: When you limit your liability, it sometimes brings its own liabilities
Jac Roper ponders problems with changing the status of your business; plus how an increasingly cashless society is costing retailers
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SHOP TALK: Masculinity measured by meat
Did you know it’s No Meat May? No, me neither. It’s a charity campaign challenging people to give up meat for 31 days.
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Forecourts outperform the market as Britvic report reveals pandemic winners
The forecourt sector was the fastest-growing channel in the soft drinks sector last year, according to the latest Britvic Soft Drinks Report.
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SERVICE CENTRE: A big address screw-up on the news front
Tom Dant, who is managing director of Gill Marsh Forecourts, wrote in to say: “I have a problem at one of my stores with Menzies. It’s the first time we have had dealings with them as our new site was a bit far north for Smiths News.