All Forecourt Trader articles in August 2012
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PRA calls on government to follow France in fuel price cuts
The RMI Petrol Retailers’ Association (PRA) is urging the UK government to follow France in cutting fuel prices. The French government and the major oil companies have agreed to cut fuel prices by up to 6 euro cents per litre for three months to help drivers hit by a recent ...
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Chelmsford Star Co-op buys family forecourt business
A petrol filling station and c-store business that has been owned by the same family for over 50 years has been sold to the Chelmsford Star Co-operative Society for just under £2m by property advisers Christie & Co.Jones of Chelmsford, located in the Essex county town’s Baddow Road, was owned ...
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Fuel economy boost for used-car buyers
Three-year-old cars released onto the used car market from tomorrow (September 1) will boost new owners’ fuel economy on average by 7%, saving them around £88 a year, says the AA.A new plate change on Saturday will start the release of three-year-old cars coming up to their first MOT test ...
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FairFuelUK urges government to follow French lead and cut fuel taxes to boost economy
Fuel price campaigning group FairFuelUK is calling on the government to follow France in cutting petrol and diesel prices to drive the UK economy into growth.The French government has announced extensive measures to lower the price of fuel which has reached a record 1.46 euros (£1.15). President Francois Hollande will ...
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Local shops among hardest working professionals in Britain, says ACS
Figures released from the upcoming ACS Local Shop Report have revealed that small shopkeepers are amongst the hardest working professionals in Britain, with most putting in more than 50 hours a week.The survey shows that 60% of the nation’s convenience store retailers work more than 50 hours in an average ...
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Act now to stop beer fraud, says FWD
The government must immediately tackle the growth of beer duty fraud and treat wine as a separate issue, or legitimate wholesalers and retailers will be forced out of business by illegal beer distributors, the Federation of Wholesale Distributors (FWD) has warned.The FWD has welcomed results of the Public Account Committee’s ...
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Shell opts for Nice customer-centric system
Nice Systems has announced that the retail division of Shell UK Oil Products is using the Nice Fizzback Voice of the Customer (VoC) solution to help the company take a more customer-centric approach across its retail fuel business. The solution gathers feedback in real time from various channels, with a ...
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Men jailed for forecourt raid
Two men who stole nearly £10,000 of cigarettes, alcohol and cash in an early morning raid on a petrol station have been jailed for 16 months each at St Albans Crown Court. According to the Hertfordshire Mercury, Grant Hames and Malcolm Guyton broke into BP’s Howe Green Filling Station in ...
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Torex launches one-stop shop for convenience and fuel retailers
Torex, a subsidiary of Micros Systems, has announced the launch of Torex Consumables, a new one-stop shop for business supplies provided in partnership with Premier Vanguard.From till rolls and shelf-edge labels to stationary, ink and furniture, Torex customers can now consolidate their consumables purchases into one source.Torex Consumables offers retailers ...
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Superstation contest sets standards at GB Oils
GB Oils has launched ‘Superstation’, a competition designed to improve forecourt standards and presentation while adding some fun and reward to day-to-day housekeeping.Open to Gulf, Total, Pace and all other GB-supplied dealers across the UK, Superstation will culminate with a Gala Awards Dinner on October 25 at The Belfry in ...
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Drunk teenager steals cigarettes
A drunk teenager who had been refused alcohol and tobacco at a Jet petrol station in Surrey and went on to steal cigarettes has been jailed for six months. According to www.getsurrey.co.uk, the cashier refused to serve 19-year-old Benjamin Edgecock because he appeared to be drunk. But Edgecock barged him ...
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Cashier threatened with ‘gun’
A drunken would-be robber who terrified a petrol station assistant with what she thought was a gun has been jailed for two years. Grimsby Crown Court heard that Gavin Jackson attempted the robbery at East Marsh Service Station in Grimsby on July 17. According to www.thisisgrimsby.co.uk, sales assistant Sarah Ward ...
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Botkai defends off licences on forecourts
Licensing lawyer Robert Botkai has been defending the sale of alcohol on petrol stations in a live debate on Radio Four today. Following the decision by West Yorkshire Police to oppose a forecourt retailer’s alcohol licence, the police force has indicated it wants to clamp down on forecourts selling alcohol. ...
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WashTec and BigBrother join forces on UK forecourts
WashTec UK has teamed up with Dutch forecourt security specialists BigBrother to offer state-of-the-art video monitoring capabilities tailored to the needs of UK forecourts.PumpWatch BigBrother‘s innovative system, which is widely used in Europe, records forecourt activities and attaches links to transactions such as fuel authorisations, shop sales and car wash ...
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Brits alter driving habits to save on fuel costs, says Green Flag
Nearly 14 million UK motorists have pledged to drive more economically as a direct result of high fuel costs, according to new research from Green Flag breakdown service.More than a third (39%) of all motorists will avoid behaviours like heavy acceleration and sudden breaking to help minimise their fuel consumption.The ...
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PCMS adds fuel and forecourt technology to epos system
Forecourt epos technology is undergoing a high-octane makeover to maximise potential sales within the highly-regulated fuel and convenience environment because margins on petrol and diesel have become so slim, according to John Lewis, the new convenience and fuel manager for retail software provider PCMS.Lewis, who has worked in the forecourt ...
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Colossal tax on fuel is news to half of motorists, says YouGov survey
Half of motorists do not realise that 60% of the price of fuel at the pump is tax, according to a YouGov poll for The Sun newspaper, which is supporting the Petrol Retailers’ Association and TaxPayers’ Alliance’s new forecourt campaign.Motorists were surveyed as placards showing the true cost of fuel ...
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Londis reveals new ‘holistic’ promo strategy
Londis has unveiled a new approach to its promotional planning to further enhance its offer for retailers.The new strategy will be implemented across the Londis brand and will see Londis become the first brand within the independent retail sector to instigate a shopper promotional calendar that is holistically linked to ...
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Forecourt gets off licence
The Chickenhall Service Station in Eastleigh, Hampshire has been given the go ahead to sell alcohol, despite dozens of locals signing a petition to block the move. . According to the Southern Daily Echo, the Esso station already stocks food and drink in its convenience store. An application was submitted ...
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NewsThe Sun girls help distribute TPA’s fuel tax signs
Symonds Forecourts’ site in Bristol was one of four Top 50 Indie forecourts to provide a location for The Sun newspaper’s photo shoot to publicise the Petrol Retailers’ Association and TaxPayers’ Alliance’s (TPA) new campaign highlighting the true cost of fuel duty. Page 3 girl Poppy – pictured* with Nick ...