All Forecourt Trader articles in August 2013
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HMRC seizes lorry carrying fuel
A lorry carrying around 26,000 litres of fuel, suspected of having been smuggled into Scotland from Poland, has been seized by HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC). HMRC officers searched the lorry and discovered the fuel in 26 plastic tanks after it was stopped by officers from Police Scotland at an ...
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Tesco clubcard rolled out across Esso network
Exxon Mobil is rolling out the Tesco Clubcard loyalty scheme to its wider network following its introduction on the sites run jointly with the supermarket group in February. A spokesman confirmed they would be available through company-owned sites and through dealers, although some dealers had opted not to offer them, ...
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Middle East tension stoking up price rises warns PRA
The PRA has warned that fuel prices are set to rise as tension in the Middle East continues to ratchet up. The situation has prompted speculation by traders which has in turn forced the price of Brent Crude oil to a six-month high of US$115.65/barrel. The PRA says that as ...
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Sainsbury’s running 10ppl-off promotion
Sainsbury’s has announced that from today until Wednesday 4h September, customers who spend £60 or more in store will receive a coupon entitling them to 10p off each litre of fuel when they fill up at one of the retailer’s 285 forecourts. Customers who order their groceries online with Sainsbury’s ...
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Series of thefts from Suffolk petrol stations
Police are appealing for witnesses following the theft of over £1,000 worth of fuel from four petrol stations across Suffolk. The first incident happened at a petrol station in Felixstowe Road, Ipswich, between 4pm and 4.30pm on Saturday 24 August. Two men in a white transit van made off without ...
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Jail sentence for attempted robbery
Police are appealing for witnesses following the theft of over £1,000 worth of fuel from four petrol stations across Suffolk. The first incident happened at a petrol station in Felixstowe Road, Ipswich, between 4pm and 4.30pm on Saturday 24 August. Two men in a white transit van made off without ...
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Home delivery a target for many convenience stores
Nearly a quarter of convenience store owners would like to reintroduce services such as home delivery of groceries, according to a survey of 1,100 retailers. The Voice of Local Shops survey - released today by the Association of Convenience Stores - also revealed that many convenience store owners also want ...
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Suffolk forecourt marks 40,000 milestone for Subway
A Suffolk forecourt has become the 40,000th installation of the sandwich franchise Subway, which will soon celebrate its 48th year in business. The milestone site is an Applegreen petrol station in Ipswich, Suffolk. The momentous achievement for Subway - which has opened 1,761 new locations around the world since ...
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HMRC raids fuel laundering plant
A 51-year-old man had been arrested and interviewed by HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) officers after the discovery of a fuel laundering plant in County Down, Northern Ireland, yesterday. The plant, capable of producing around 250,000 litres of illicit fuel a year, was hidden in farm buildings in the Banbridge ...
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Call to honour pledge over covering up ’lads mags’
Despite a pledge by the publishers association, the PPA, that publishers of ‘Lads’ Mags’ would make modesty boards freely available to retailers, an investigation this week by the newsagents group NFRN suggests the industry reponse is patchy at best. According to the NFRN’s investigation, both Smiths News and Menzies Distribution ...
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Low use of automated car washes says BCA report
A small minority of motorists use automated car washes, with a much higher proportion using hand car wash services, according to the latest research from British Car Auctions (BCA). The BCA surveyed 625 motorists during July and found that one in three respondents said they get their car cleaned or ...
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MFG owners buy 54 petrol filling stations
The owners of Motor Fuels Group (MFG) have teamed up again to buy a portfolio of 54 petrol filling stations in a deal worth more than £50m. Aberdeen-based oil industry veteran Alasdair Locke and private equity firm Patron Capital Partners formed a joint venture, Scorpion PFS 1 Ltd, to buy ...
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Applegreen adds 18 sites
Applegreen has nearly doubled the size of its UK operation increasing its sites from 22 to 40, and is already looking for its next 10 acquisitions, according to Michael O’Loughlin, managing director of Applegreen’s brand owner Petrogas UK. He said the acquisitions were not the result of a single deal ...
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Shell Henfield reopens following lengthy closure
Shell Henfield has reopened its doors today following a lengthy closure in a derelict state, which upset the local community. The West Sussex site closed in January 2011 after routine tests discovered soil contamination prior to minor alteration works. Further tests were carried out during 2011 and 2012 and in ...
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OFT approves P&H/Costcutter deal
Palmer and Harvey and Costcutter have expressed their delight at today’s approval by the Office of Fair Trading of the transfer of the 800 Mace, Supershop and Your Store brands to Costcutter Supermarkets Group, announced on March 13. The development means the two companies, by means of a 50/50 jointly ...
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Cigarettes stolen from Norfolk petrol station
Cigarettes were stolen from a Norfolk petrol filling station yesterday after thieves smashed through a glass door. The incident happened in the early hours of Tuesday morning, shortly before 3.30am, when an unknown number of people broke into the Jet Garage on Norwich Road, Wroxham. Police said it was believed ...
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Robbers attack cashier
A 21-year-old cashier at a Lincolnshire petrol station suffered head injuries after two robbers attacked him. The robbery occurred on Monday night at the Ulceby Cross Service Station when two men entered the shop and assaulted the cashier before stealing money from the till. Police said the two attackers were ...
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PRA urges members to act over rural rebate
The PRA is urging retailers to respond to a request for evidence from the HM Treasury as the Government prepares to ask the European Commission for an extension to the rural fuel rebate scheme. The Treasury is asking petrol retailers around the UK to send them information relating to charges ...
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7,500 litres of diesel spilled in tanker rupture
It is estimated that about 7,500 litres of diesel was lost into the surrounding environment following a fuel tanker crash last Friday in south-west Wales. A Texaco-branded tanker was involved in a collision with a crane in Pembrokeshire and fire crews arrived at the scene to find its end tank, ...
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Glasgow police boost measures to tackle drive-offs
Police in Scotland are putting a renewed effort into clamping down on drive-off crime by working with fuel retailers in south east Glasgow. Police and local retailers, in conjunction with the British Oil Security Syndicate (BOSS), have operated successful BOSS Forecourt Watch schemes in the Rutherglen and Cambuslang areas for ...