All Forecourt Trader articles in April 2005 – Page 2
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Site data reveals radical change
Up to 458 forecourts closed last year but the site numbers highlight an underlying change in structure of the petrol retailing market in the UK, according to latest figures from Catalist.Although there are discrepancies in the quoted figures – Catalist puts site numbers at the end the 2004 at 10,475, ...
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Sky TV will pay for CCTV crime clips
Crime could finally pay for forecourt traders thanks to a new, forthcoming Sky One documentary.Raw Cut TV is offering to pay £500 for clips of robberies, shop thefts, drive-offs and drunken behaviour caught on camera for an eight-part series about street crime.But series producer Steve Warr said the programme is ...
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Star’s car used in raid
A football star’s car was stolen and used in at least two late-night forecourt raids in the Glasgow area before being dumped.The Audi, owned by Celtic goalkeeper Magnus Hedman, was caught on security camera footage at Bothwell Services on the southbound M74 and the nearby Hamilton Services beside the northbound ...
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Saxon’s sticky business deal
Saxon Industries is exclusively distributing a product for looking after things in the car, around the home or in the office.Sticmatz are sticky mats that grip to virtually any clean surface, flat or curved, and hold any object placed on them – putting an end to the hunt for misplaced ...
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PRA welcome for the ‘velvet’ Budget
Fuel prices are likely to remain volatile during the spring, so the Chancellor Gordon Brown’s decision to freeze fuel duty levels until September is a wise one – especially with a general election on the horizon – according to Ray Holloway, director of the Petrol Retailer’s Association, commenting on last ...
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News in brief
THE FORUM OF PRIVATE BUSINESS is warning small companies that they should query their new business rates bill if they believe it is too high. More than 1.5 million business rate bills are dropping into firms’ letter boxes over the next few days as a result of new rateable values, ...
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Ice breaker
If you’re selling ice cream in your forecourt shop then you need to make sure people know about it. That’s the message from Andrea Taylor, trade relations manager at Masterfoods. “Consumers might not expect to find ice cream in a forecourt store so retailers need to use point of sale ...
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Blue Book published
The new edition of the ‘Blue Book’ – for the design, construction, modification, maintenance and decommissioning of filling stations, is now available. Produced jointly by the Association for Petroleum and Explosives Administration and the Service Station Panel of the Energy Institute, it costs £120 and can be ordered by calling ...
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NewsMarlboro blends in
Philip Morris is launching an extension to the Marlboro cigarette brand – Marlboro Blend 28. Marlboro Blend 28 balances Virginia, Burley and Oriental tobaccos to meet the taste preferences of UK smokers, who prefer Virginia-style cigarettes, which are smoother than American blend cigarettes. Virginia tobacco is the dominant blend ...
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Benedicks’ hard boiled plans
Bendicks is introducing two limited editions to generate increased consumer interest and drive incremental sales in the hard-boiled sweet sector.Werther’s Original Butter Mints and Campino Cherries & Cream will join the existing range of Werther’s and Campino. Werther’s Butter Mints have a rrp of 95p for a 150g pack, while ...
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Heinz spices up Beanz
Heinz is taking the next step in its ‘Bake Beanz Strategy’ with the launch of Heinz Mean Beanz, a range of spicy beans.Mean Beanz come in four flavours – sweet chilli, Mexican, tikka and jalfrezi – and each recipe is blended with up to 15 spices.Heinz launched its baked bean ...
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NewsSomerfield Essentials/Texaco, Sheaf Motors, Coal Aston, Derby
Following the news that Somerfield had purchased 140 sites from Texaco I thought I would visit an existing Somerfield/Texaco site to refresh my knowledge of their offer. Located in the village of Coal Aston on the B6056 and just off the A61 between Sheffield and Chesterfield is a Somerfield Essentials ...
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All in a name
Big brands make a big impact in all areas of consumerism, and the forecourt sector is no exception. But where brands on the forecourt were limited to the pole sign, pumps and products sold in store, recognisable names have made their way to other areas. Retailers began to realise the ...
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Watch out - jobsworth are about
Give somebody new responsibilities, new powers, and they will probably be out to prove something. Prove they’re up to it. Get results. Be a jobsworth in many cases. Unfortunately this seems to apply to a lot of trading standards officers who have been given the responsibility for ‘policing’ licensing. Most ...
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NewsBudget 2005
It shouldn’t have been a complete surprise, with a general election expected in a few weeks, that Gordon Brown’s March 16 Budget was apparently one of the shortest and quietest in living memory. It was a budget of ‘fine-tuning’ rather than any major headlines, at least as far as retailing ...
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