All Forecourt Trader articles in April 2010 – Page 4

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    Shadow Ministers urged to support retailers over Business Rates

    2010-04-08T00:00:00Z

    RMI Petrol has been keeping up the pressure over Business Rates by asking MPs to support the independent petrol retailing sector, including Conservative MP Justine Greening, Shadow Minister for London. The organisation’s chairman Brian Madderson contacted the MP for Putney, Roehampton and Southfields regarding the controversial rates revaluation, calling for ...

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    Number of cars on road drops for first time since WW2

    2010-04-08T00:00:00Z

    The number of cars on UK roads has fallen for the first time in 64 years, according to research by the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT). The SMMT said this was "bucking the upward trend which has traced a year-on-year rise in the vehicle parc since the Second ...

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    Shoppers in favour of keeping Sunday Trading laws

    2010-04-07T00:00:00Z

    The Association of Convenience Stores (ACS) has warned that an overwhelming majority of the public do not want to see a relaxing of the current Sunday Trading laws. In a poll commissioned by the ACS, 76% of those asked said that they wanted the Sunday Trading laws to stay the ...

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    Brulines buys ELS

    2010-04-07T00:00:00Z

    Brulines Group plc this week announced it had completed the acquisition of Energy Level Systems Ltd (ELS), the UK distributor of OPW Fuel Management Systems tank gauging solutions based in Market Harborough. The real time monitoring systems and data management services company bought ELS from Astoncrest Consultants Limited. According to ...

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    Future of forecourts: 2020 vision

    2010-04-07T00:00:00Z

    The future of forecourts is green, with offers of alternative energy, high levels of service – and the fuel pumps tucked away round the back of the shop. That’s according to the 2020 Vision report from brand and design consultancy Circle, which gives an outline of how it sees the ...

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    Tobacco display ban update

    2010-04-01T00:00:00Z

    The debate over the government’s proposal to ban tobacco displays in shops continued to rage this week with Earl Howe formally objecting to the Tobacco Advertising and Promotion (Display) (England) Regulations 2010. Earl Howe called for the regulations to be annulled – these regulations provide the detail behind the tobacco ...

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    April Fuels Day

    2010-04-01T00:00:00Z

    It may be April 1, but Brian Madderson of RMI Petrol is not fooled by the government’s attempt to bury the extent of today’s tax-induced fuel price increases and lay the cause at retailers’ doors. He has encouraged retailers to display notices on their counters showing how tax rises on ...

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    Alvern seals nozzle deal with Waitrose and Co-op

    2010-04-01T00:00:00Z

    Waitrose and The Co-operative have partnered with Alvern Media, the forecourt media specialist, to offer 89 new advertising sites. The new sites will carry the government’s Change4Life campaign which encourages consumers to lead a healthier lifestyle. The new partnerships with Waitrose and The Co-operative increase Alvern Media’s national forecourt ...

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    Jonathan James starts £1.85m revamp

    2010-04-01T00:00:00Z

    Jonathan James has finished the first phase of a £1.85m project to upgrade several of his sites in Cambridgeshire. Jonathan, operations director at retailer James Graven & Sons, said work had just finished on the refit at his site in Ely which is being used to launch a new-look Budgens ...