All Forecourt Trader articles in April 2015 – Page 7
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Product news: Smint unveils limited edition
Smint, has unveiled its new limited edition ‘Fresh to Impress’ range, available in stores nationwide this summer. Further to its ‘Design Our Cover’ competition that ran over two months last year, the three winning cover designs now feature across 300,000 packs of Smint Mint 8g. The removable covers have a ...
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Glasdon tests poster sign in hurricane force winds
Glasdon has posted a video on YouTube showing its new Advocate Poster Display Sign being tested in hurricane conditions to prove its durability and suitability for use in forecourt situations. The video shows a unit being subjected to winds of up to 82mph and it remains in position and undamaged. ...
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Product news: Orangina reinvents itself
Orangina is reinventing itself in the UK market and undergoing a complete update including: a new target consumer, positioning, visual design, range and communications. Jamie Nascimento, Orangina marketing manager, Lucozade Ribena Suntory, said it was creating and owning a brand new sector for orangina in the soft drinks category, ‘Special ...
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NewsPolice issue CCTV in search for £30,000 fraudster
Detectives investigating a fuel card cloning scam in which £30,000 of petrol and diesel was stolen from forecourts across Birmingham have arrested a man on suspicion of plotting the fraud, and are still seeking a second suspect. The 38-year-old, from Hodge Hill, presented himself at a police station on April ...
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HMRC reports 8% drop in March fuel sales
Monthly petrol sales fell 10% in March to the lowest recorded figure of 1.31bn litres, following 4% growth in February when drivers took advantage of prices 22ppl lower than the year before, according to the latest figures released by HMRC. Sales of diesel also dropped by 7% from the February ...
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NewsForecourt group collects funds for earthquake appeal
An appeal for funds to help the survivors of the earthquake in Nepal has been launched by South West-based Chartman, one of the Forecourt Trader Top 50 Indies. Chartman director Clive Sheppard has contacted the group’s nine forecourts about the disaster where the death toll has exceeded 5,000 and is ...
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Arsonist jailed for offence on forecourt
A man has been jailed for 15 months after admitting setting fuel alight on a forecourt. Daniel Lockyer was convicted of one count of arson reckless as to whether life was endangered at the MRH-owned Gulf fuel station at Egham in Surrey. Guildford Crown Court was told that Lockyer, a ...
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Two forecourts win Londis awards
Two forecourts picked up awards when Londis announced the winners of its annual Store of the Year awards. The award for the Londis Forecourt of the Year 2015 was presented to Brian and Joan Charlton of Londis Middleton Service Station, Pickering, North Yorkshire. In addition Certas Energy won the award ...
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Gulf celebrates involvement at Le Mans
To celebrate Gulf’s involvement in this year’s 24 hour endurance race at Le Mans, Certas Energy has launched an eight-week consumer promotion across its Gulf forecourts, designed to boost volumes and re-engage the motoring public with Gulf’s racing pedigree. The promotion runs at participating sites until the end of May ...
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UK leads Europe on plug-in vehicles
The UK has beaten CO2 emissions targets, with the average new car in 2014 posting CO2 emissions 4.2% below this year’s EU-wide target of 130g/km, according to a Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT) report. The annual SMMT New Car CO2 Report 2015 reveals that carbon tailpipe emissions have ...
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Londis invests in forecourts
Londis has recognised the importance of forecourts and their differences to standalone convenience stores by forming a new forecourt retail team. The team’s aim is to make Londis best-in-class for forecourts. The move was announced at the symbol group’s conference, which was recently held in London. Other changes announced included ...