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Shell trials latest Kärcher automated car wash equipment at several sites
Shell has teamed up with the multinational manufacturer of cleaning machines, Kärcher, to offer customers automated car washing using the latest technology at a selection of Shell service stations.
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Invest and innovate in an electric future: James Lowman, ACS
Invest and Innovate in an electric future
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SERVICE CENTRE: Problems with an AdBlue installation; a retailer on the look out for an EV charger supplier; and Christmas is coming…
Nozzle up the spout and it’s no joke That might be a punning headline but the story is anything but funny. Danyal Shoaib got in touch from Hylands Service Station at Great Bookham in Surrey, to say that he had an issue with Tokheim (TSG) that ...
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LEGAL ADVICE: Guidance in Lockdown 2
I penned my last article for Forecourt Trader optimistic about the gradual return to the office.
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MONEY TALK: Pat on the back for petrol retailers - the unsung heroes of 2020
The petrol retailing industry should give itself a pat on the back for being among the unsung heroes on the frontline in 2020
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Service Centre: Jac Roper on taxing times and contingency plans for Brexit
We had a great puzzle over this one. As it concerns VAT it didn’t take much to confuse me – I am an admitted numpty when it comes to sums and I’ve been labelling it that Very Awful Tax for yonks.
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Service Centre: Jac Roper celebrates 25 years helping you out
Jac Roper on a rusty pump issue; password problems and cowboy rating firms
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Legal advice: Changes in working practices and what the ‘new norm’ might look like
Our ‘legal doctor’ Robert Botkai discusses changes in working practices and what the ‘new norm’ might look like
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Money Talk: Playing the ‘local’ card – and winning
New Covid-19 rules might look like they’ve put paid to sales growth, but one retailer we know is playing the ‘local’ card – and winning
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PIPELINE: Gentle recovery is now under threat
The gentle recovery in European road fuel markets realised through the summer months has come under threat as a second-wave of Covid-19 grips the continent.
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Contact with BEIS helps our cause
During the pandemic lockdown, PRA was one of the few industry trade associations to be invited to a fortnightly fuel review with the Downstream Oil Industry Forum (DOIF) and have daily contact with the Energy Resilience Unit at the Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy (BEIS).
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Service Centre: Jac Roper on passwords and contracts
What’s the password? Ismail Bhattay, who runs Mibsons Service Station in West Bromwich, has complained about constant issues with Htec. On 1st June he switched from Gulf to Green Energy (Esso) and although the process was seamless with everyone else, with Htec it was a string of ...
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Money Talk: Navigating stormy waters
It’s probably fair to say that six months ago none of us really believed that as we head into autumn the single topic dominating business in the UK would still be Covid-19 (-whatever happened to “Brexit”?).
