All Forecourt Trader articles in August 2012 – Page 4
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New car sales up in July
New car sales increased again in July with month-on-month sales up 9.3% compared to the same time last year. The latest figures from the SMMT continue the upward trend seen during recent months, and also revealed a boost to private registrations of 26.4%, according to Sue Robinson, director of ...
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Drivers’ love for the car grows stronger
Drivers’ love affair with the car has grown stronger over the past 47 years, according to new research from the AA, which claims that even today most drivers love taking the car out just for a spin. A majority of drivers (55%) have taken the car out just to drive ...
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FWD warns retailers of illicit beer and wine traders
Wholesalers are warning of the rise of Beer Van Man, the latest tactic being used by organised criminals to deliver illicit beer and wine direct to unsuspecting retailers. Over the past two years members of the Federation of Wholesale Distributors have intercepted hundreds of flyers and emails offering suspiciously low ...
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One year on from riots, retailers generally positive about communities they serve
One year on from last summer’s riots, new figures suggest a broadly positive view of how retailers feel about the communities they serve, their safety and their interaction with local police. The Voice of Local Shops survey conducted by ACS (the Association of Convenience Stores) reveals that: 39% of retailers ...
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Retailers warned not to process PayPoint transactions over the phone
PayPoint has made a renewed warning to retailers not to process a PayPoint payment transaction over the phone in a bid to put a stock to fraud involving Ukash, the service that allows shoppers to use banknotes and coins to pay or send money on the internet. Retailers have reported ...
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NFRN to keep pressure up over Sunday Trading
The NFRN has vowed to keep up the pressure on the government to ensure that Sunday Trading law are not relaxed permanently after the Olympics. The promise came in the light of new evidence that shows that takings in independent newsagents’ stores have dropped since the laws were relaxed on ...
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Third-party intervention gives new life to struggling forecourt
An Essex retailer has been brought back from the brink of closure thanks to intervention from BTG Restructuring, which demonstrated to the operator’s bank and fuel supplier that if the site priced more sensibly, sustainable profitability would return.The forecourt in Colchester had suffered from supermarket competition and was trading at ...
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Gold end promotions drive sales for Londis
‘Gold end’ promotional bays at the front of store are driving “phenomenal” sales growth for Londis since their launch at the beginning of the year.In the six months since launch, keen money-off deals have run on more than 200 lines, with the highlights being Nescafe original (pricemarked £2.95) up 245% ...
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Don’t forget to vote for your Retailer Champion
Voting is underway for the Forecourt Trader and Mace Retailer Champion award – so get voting now!In no particular order, the nominees for 2012 are independent retailers Robert & Hugh Fraser of Fraser Retail; former Murco retail boss Jeremy Clarke, now managing director of Motor Fuel Group; independent retailer Darren ...
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Shell awards three-year contract to Fairbanks and Tokheim partnership
Fairbanks will partner with Tokheim as part of a three-year contract to deliver wet-stock management services to more than 3,000 Shell petrol stations worldwide. A combination of hardware and software applications will provide automatic, real-time data to a team of Fairbanks analysts, who will provide detailed statistical inventory reconciliation (SIR) ...
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Petroplus administrators reveal scale of Coryton’s financial woes
The joint administrators of Petroplus Refining & Marketing have published their first progress report on the administration.The report provides creditors with a detailed description of progress that has been made in the six months since the appointment of the Administrators and includes an estimate of the likely return for creditors.The ...
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MFG brings Costa Coffee to its network
Top 50 Indie Motor Fuel Group (MFG) has signed an agreement with Costa Express to supply its entire 48-site network with the market leading hot coffee offer.By the end of this year, 27 of MFG’s forecourts will be offering Costa Express and the rest of the network will add the ...
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Lending to businesses expected to improve as new government scheme comes into force
The government’s Funding for Lending Scheme (FLS) draw-down window is now open for the next 18 months. Starting on August 1, banks and building societies can borrow in the FLS at cheaper rates, for periods of up to four years.The Scheme has been launched to deliver credit easing to the ...
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Rise in car travel for young drivers prompts AA anti drink-drive campaign
More than one in three young drivers (35%) say they will travel further by car this summer than they did last year. This compares with 24% of 18 to 24-year-olds who will drive less, an AA Populus survey has found. Much of this mileage will be social, and will often ...
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NewsSpar Austria and Shell to boost stores by 2012
Spar and Shell Austria GmbH have struck a deal to boost forecourt stores in the country by another 50 by 2013. This year, around 30 Spar Express forecourt stores will be opened, the first in Vienna, where Spar is looking to expand its market share. The contract follows successful test ...
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