All Forecourt Trader articles in April 2012 – Page 5
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Sign company Xmo Strata boosts health and safety strategy
Sign company Xmo Strata, which specialises in the re-branding and maintenance of signage on petrol forecourts, is adopting a sophisticated approach to root cause analysis as the next stage in its health and safety strategy.The company, which carries out UK-wide sign installation and maintenance, already has a strong reputation for ...
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Barclaycard launches new ’sticky’ contactless payment card for any mobile
Barclaycard has today launched Barclaycard PayTag, a new way for people to pay with their mobile phone. Millions of Barclaycard customers will be offered the chance to make payments with any mobile phone by simply sticking a Barclaycard PayTag to the back of their handset.Barclaycard PayTag - available at no ...
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Tanker drivers reject proposals
Tanker drivers employed by national fuel distribution companies have today (Wednesday 18 April) overwhelmingly rejected proposals tabled following six days of talks at Acas. Unite, the union representing over 1,200 tanker strikers involved in the dispute, has said that it will now seek further talks with the employers, six leading ...
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Fuel tanker drivers meet to discuss deal
Fuel tanker drivers will meet this afternoon to discuss proposals drawn up after six days of talks aimed at averting industrial action over terms and working conditions.A deal from fuel distributors was put on the table at conciliation service Acas last Friday but both sides have agreed that details of ...
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Alcohol licensing changes discriminatory, warns ACS
Planned changes to alcohol licensing rules could discriminate against small businesses and undermine growing partnerships, ACS Public Affairs Director, Shane Brennan, has warned the Local Government Association. He said: “Together the changes to alcohol licensing rules proposed mark a significant reduction in the rights of businesses that serve the local ...
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Petrol station robber gets 40 months in prison
A balaclava-clad man who robbed a petrol station in Farnborough, Hampshire before crashing into a roundabout in a getaway car has been handed a prison term of 40 months.According to a report on GetHampshire.co.uk, Guildford Crown Court heard how Aaron Bowers, 31, rushed into the staff area of the Farnborough ...
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Plain packaging consultation launched today
The Department of Health has today published its consultation on plain packaging for tobacco products in the UK.James Lowman, chief executive of ACS (the Association of Convenience Stores) said: “We welcome the opportunity of this consultation to set out the reasons why plain packs will be a major burden to ...
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AA launches guide to transform the creative thinking of Britain’s drivers
A new ’Think and Drive’ plan to transform the creative thinking of Britain’s drivers’ has been launched by the AA to coincide with the start of World Creativity & Innovation Week (April 15- 21, 2012). A recent poll of motorists by the AA revealed that when it comes to driving ...
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Talks end with proposals to avoid tanker driver strike
Hopes of an end to the threat of a tanker driver strike were raised following a statement from the conciliation service Acas announcing that a set of proposals had been reached. Conciliation talks involving the Unite union and tanker driver contractors have been ongoing for six days. These have resulted ...
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Government confirms start of consultation on plain packaging of tobacco products
The government has confirmed its consultation on the plain packaging of tobacco products will begin on Monday (April 16). In an interview with the Times, Health Secretary Andrew Lansely said the Government would pave the way for cigarette packets to be stripped of all branding. He said he was "open ...
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Jet confirms operations running ’as normal’ as Unite talks continue
ConocoPhillips has confirmed that there is currently no planned maintenance underway at its Humber oil refinery in the north east of England, and operations are running as normal. Earlier in the week Jet retailers had been alerted to a release by business news agency Bloomberg that there were plans to ...
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ACS reports alarming rise in c-store robberies
A significant increase in levels of staff theft and an alarming rise in the number of robberies in convenience stores over the past year has been revealed by the 2011 ACS Crime Survey. Over the course of 2011, the number of robberies increased by 102% from 207 to 419 in ...
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One third of drivers sing in the car when alone, says AA poll
What do motorists get up to in the car when alone behind the wheel? One third of drivers sing in the car, while 23 per cent just get lost in their thoughts, according to an AA/Populus poll of 21,408 drivers. Singing in the car seems to ...
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Fuel tanker driver conciliation talks press on
Talks aimed at finding a solution to the fuel tanker drivers dispute are continuing today, holding off threats of industrial action as Unite’s deadline for announcing a strike draws closer. Officials from the Unite union and seven distribution companies have been meeting under the chairmanship of the conciliation service Acas ...
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Nisa boosts membership with 26 more forecourt stores
Nisa has signed up 26 more forecourt stores in the past financial year, contributing to its best-ever recruitment figures.For the 2011/2012 financial year, Nisa welcomed 234 new members, equating to 487 stores, into Nisa membership.This recruitment figure is up more than 7% year-on-year and brings more than £115m of turnover ...
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Easter 2012 fuel volumes ’significantly down’
Fuel volumes over the bank holiday weekend were significantly down against the previous Easter, according to figures released by RMI Petrol today. Over the four-day Easter holiday, diesel was down by 2.9%, while unleaded volumes were 29.4% lower than Easter 2011. Super diesel was 60.7% down, and super unleaded was ...
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Rontec to sell 18 sites to Sainsbury’s
Rontec Investments is planning to sell 18 petrol stations to Sainsbury’s, which would bring the supermarket operator’s network of forecourts to 284. A Sainsbury’s spokesperson said: “The decision by Rontec to sell these sites has provided an excellent opportunity for Sainsbury’s to add to its fuel business and further extend ...
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Torex expands into new offices
Leading technology provider to the retail, convenience and fuel markets, is expanding its Convenience & Fuel Solutions (CFS) division is into new 10,000sq ft offices which will be officially opened on April 12. The new space, to be known as Innovation House, will be used by Torex CFS to ...
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Madderson slams Energy Resilience plan an ’embarrassing failure’
“The first test for the Government’s Energy Resilience plan has been an embarrassing failure with potentially serious consequences for the economy,” said Brian Madderson, RMI Petrol chairman. “When the Government created a fuel crisis and started the ’panic-buying’ spree by motorists and businesses just two weeks ...
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Fuel retailers bear the rising cost of crime
Crime on Britain’s forecourts cost fuel retailers £23.4 million in 2011, up from £22.5 million in 2010, according to figures revealed in the annual forecourt crime survey carried out by BOSS, the British Oil Security Syndicate.The main source of the estimated total loss is £16.2 million resulting from ‘drive-off’ incidents ...