All Forecourt Trader articles in August 2005 – Page 2
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Midsummer madness at Car Wash UK
Car Wash UK is running a ‘midsummer madness’ promotion on Ceccato Advant Plus rollover systems. Managing director Mike Ambrose has announced that the company is offering a new, ex-stock Advant Plus rollover car wash to the first five buyers to come forward with £21,999 – £5,500 below the normal selling ...
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Oil market buoys economy and life
The UK downstream oil industry makes a significant contribution to the UK economy and everyday life, according to the 2005 Statistical Review, published by UKPIA, the trade association representing the main oil refining and marketing companies in the UK. The review highlights the contribution as not just the supply of ...
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News in brief
TOREX RETAIL has further strengthened its offering to independent petrol and convenience retailers with the acquisition of CTN Systems – a specialist epos provider in the independent and newsagent market. The acquisition will give Torex 5,000 installations nationwide.PETROL STATIONS are urgently required for sale by business agent Christie & Co ...
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Tampering with the brakes
My piece in the July issue about police efforts to put the brakes on drive-offs brought a bit of a scoff from a retailer who runs a filling station in Plymouth but wishes to remain anonymous. He writes, via email: “If we are not careful, petrol station operators could see ...
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BP uses Nectar data to target motorists
BP has renewed its long-term agreement with loyalty card Nectar, and at the same time revealed a trial using data gleaned from the loyalty card to reward customers with appropriate vouchers.BP was one of the key founder members of the Nectar loyalty scheme when it was launched by LMUK in ...
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New retail deal for Blueheath
Delivered wholesaler Blueheath has won the contract to supply forecourt dealer Motor Fuel Ltd in a further boost to its UK forecourts network.Based in Wembley, Middlesex, the Motor Fuel group has 23 sites from Doncaster in the north to Eastbourne on the south coast, and retails a range of tobacco, ...
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NewsLittle empires = big headaches
The concept of multi-site operation is here to stay for the foreseeable future. Over the next few months we expect to see the emergence of many ‘little empires’ as some readers are offered the opportunity to take on five, six or more additional sites from their ‘parent’ oil company network. ...
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Twins for Jelly Babies
Cadbury Trebor Bassett (CTB) has extended its Jelly Babies range for the first time since the sweet’s launch in 1918. The two new lines are Milky Babies and Fruity Babies, both of which are made with natural colours, natural flavours and milk or fruit juice. Rrp is £1.50. The launch ...
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NewsApple of his eye
Such is the intensely competitive nature of today’s fuel retailing market, that you’re more likely to be saying goodbye to fellow retailers than welcoming new ones into the fold. But two years ago Mike Willman actually chose to become part of this industry when he bought a service station in ...
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Deadline looms for alcohol licensees
Alcohol licensees were up in arms as Licensing Minister James Purnell announced that the new licensing laws will fully come into effect on November 24.Independent retailer Jonathan James, who runs three forecourts in Cambridgeshire, told Forecourt Trader: “We’ve really got to push for that date to be extended. With the ...
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No more false alarms
False fire alarms cost the retail industry tens of thousands of pounds every year, which is why Call-Systems Technology (CST) has developed AlarmAlert, a system that, in trials, reduced false alarms by 90%. AlarmAlert uses a combination of communications technology and common sense. The first step is to train selected ...
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Irish battle against Tesco forecourts
A plan to step up efforts to block the development of more Tesco service stations in Ireland is being launched by the Society of the Irish Motor Industry.Objections to Tesco’s plans for service stations in Cork were recently upheld, but further plans are in the pipeline. Cyril McHugh, the SIMI’s ...
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iPod’s mini adventure
Walkers is giving away an iPod mini every five minutes of every day, throughout September.Consumers have to email or text the codes that feature inside packs of Walkers crisps to be entered into a free draw. They will receive an immediate post-draw response advising if they have won or not.PepsiCo ...
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