All Forecourt Trader articles in April 2013 – Page 5
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Motorists welcome prime minister’s duty cut comment
Motoring organisations have welcomed a comment by the Prime Minister suggesting the coalition government could scrap any further fuel duty increases for the length of the current parliament. Media reports quote David Cameron, who was out on local election campaigning, as saying he wishes to keep going with moves to ...
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Londis offers members personalised web pages
Londis claims it is the first UK convenience chain to offer retailers personalised web pages for their stores. The new pages form part of the Londis consumer website, which was upgraded last year. The new functionality allows retailers to personalise their own store page with unique store details and local ...
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Appeal for witnesses after raid
Police are appealing for witnesses to a robbery at a petrol station in Crewe where a lone assistant was forced to keep serving customers while the crooks carried out the crime. The robbery was reported by the lone nightshift worker at the Total Petrol Station, Queens Park, Victoria Avenue, Crewe, ...
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Gun pointed at assistant during robbery
A lone female assistant had a gun pointed at her and was threatened during an armed robbery at Hatton Service Station in Uttoxeter Road, Derby. The woman was left shaken but unhurt after a masked man entered the Esso service station in during a night-time raid on Thursday April 18 ...
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Rebrand boost sales in Swanley
Highway Stops Retail (HSRL) says it has achieved a 25% increase in sales at its recently acquired Swanley Service Station, following a rapid takeover. It took just four weeks to complete the necessary paperwork to finalise the purchase, confirm a new supplier and rebrand the site to Gulf. After reviewing ...
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Breakthrough in hydrogen fuel cell technology
A British company claims that a breakthrough it has made could make the introduction of hydrogen fuel cell vehicles a reality. Cost has been a barrier to the full-scale introduction of fuel, but ACAL Energy claims to have devised a cell which would cost no more than a four-cylinder petrol ...
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E. coli used to produce fuel
E. coli bacteria, which are commonly associated with food poisoning, have been genetically modified by scientists to produce fuel that is almost identical to diesel. Their research is partly funded by Shell, and they say that if the process could be scaled up, this synthetic fuel could be a viable ...
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New five pound note design revealed
Details of the design for the next five pound note have been revealed by the Bank of England Governor, Sir Mervyn King. He announced today that Sir Winston Churchill will appear on the next Bank of England banknote. The Governor made the announcement, and revealed the image of Churchill that ...
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Diesel stolen from Kent petrol stations
Thousands of litres of diesel have been stolen from two petrol station in Kent in a rash of thefts which have only taken place on Friday nights. The first occurred on the night of April 5 between 7pm and 7am the next morning, when 2,200 litres of diesel was taken ...
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Former Shell boss calls for coalitions
Coalitions between business groups and civil society are the best way to ensure governments in developing countries protect their natural resources, the former global chairman of Shell will tell the University of Brighton’s Festival of Research. Sir Mark Moody-Stuart will speak about natural resource development and developing economies at the ...
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