All Forecourt Trader articles in August 2015 – Page 4
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Infuser generates payback from Stage 2 vapour
Vapour Control Systems (VCS) has developed a new system to recover the fuel vapour returned from a site’s pumps by Stage 2 vapour recovery systems. The recovery systems pump a mixture of air and fuel vapour back into the tank and the new development by VCS is an infuser which ...
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Criminals ram raid Bolton forecourt shop
Greater Manchester Police are investigating after a stolen 4x4 was used to ram raid a petrol station, in Bolton. At 1.30am on, Monday 10 August, police were called to the Gulf petrol station on Harrowby Street in Farnworth, where a silver Mitsubishi Shogun 4x4 had been deliberately driven into the ...
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Stanlow Refinery wins safety award
Essar Oil UK’s Stanlow Manufacturing Complex is among the winners in the Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents (RoSPA) annual awards, for its commitment to Occupational Health and Safety. Essar Oil UK has won the Gold Award for 2015 and the Order of Distinction for 19 consecutive Gold Awards ...
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Autogas showcases benefits of LPG
LPG fuel supplier Autogas will be showcasing three LPG vehicles at the Cenex low carbon vehicle event, taking place at Millbrook, Bedford, on 9th and 10th September, highlighting the huge variety of businesses and fleets that could benefit from switching to autogas LPG. An autogas-converted Ford Focus will showcase the ...
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NewsPolice appeal over prolific fuel thief
Officers from Staffordshire Police’s Tamworth Local Policing Team (LPT) have issued CCTV images of a man they want to speak to in connection with multiple thefts from a Tamworth petrol station. Between April and August there have been 11 incidents where a man has pulled onto the forecourt of ...
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New poster in anti illicit tobacco campaign
Imperial Tobacco has launched the latest instalment in its Suspect it? Report it! anti-illicit trade campaign. The new poster depicts a ‘dodgy deal’ at a local car boot sale, a popular location for illegal tobacco transactions. One in three adult smokers purchase illegal tobacco from pubs, market stalls and car ...
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NewsACS steps up fight on Living Wage
ACS is calling on retailers to respond its National Living Wage survey 2016 to inform the convenience sector’s response to the Low Pay Commission’s call for evidence on minimum wage and the new living rates. The chancellor, George Osborne, announced that from April next year, a new living wage of ...
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Tanker fire closes M25
Firefighters took two hours to bring a petrol tanker fire under control on the M25 on Saturday August 8. Kent Fire and Rescue Service was called along with Surrey Fire and Rescue to a petrol tanker that was well alight on the Clacket Lane services slip road just before 3.30 ...
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product news: Lucozade unveils Rugby World Cup plans
Lucozade is implementing a range of plans to help retailers make the most of the Rugby World Cup this autumn, using its role as a supporter of the England, Wales, Scotland and Ireland rugby teams. As part of a £9m spend for the brand this year, the fully-integrated activity ...
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Minister opens chain of rapid chargepoints
Transport minister Andrew Jones visited the Eden Project in Cornwall on 6 August to open the first rapid plug-in car chargepoint at the site, part of 16 being installed across Devon and Cornwall in summer 2015. The public will be able to use the new infrastructure to charge their plug-in ...
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Cars sales continue record run
New car registrations continued their record-breaking run of increases, with their 41st consecutive month of growth in July. The Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT) reports that 178,420 cars were registered in July – an uplift of 3.2% on the same month last year – while registrations in 2015 ...
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product news: Cadbury Dairy Milk Oreo shapes up
Mondelēz is introducing a new shape for its Cadbury Dairy Milk Oreo countline bars and adding a new 185g tablet. The Cadbury Dairy Milk Oreo countline, launched last August, will be changing the shape of its countline bars from next month, bringing it in line with the rest of ...
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UK leads Europe as alternative fuel vehicle sales soar
Demand for alternative fuel vehicles is soaring across Europe, with the UK leading the way with the biggest year-on year increase in the EU’s major markets. Alternative fuel vehicle (AFV) registrations rose by 17.4% across Europe in the second quarter of 2015, according to the European Automobile Manufacturers Association (ACEA), ...
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ACS claims case for Sunday Trading is flawed
Figures released by Government as part of a consultation on changes to Sunday Trading regulations have been dismissed as out of date and misleading, by the Association of Convenience Stores (ACS). In the consultation, Government uses the following statistics to justify its decision: Benefits equivalent to £1.4bn a year: ...
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NewsAsda cuts diesel to 108.7ppl
Asda has announced a new round of price cuts on fuel with 2ppl off diesel and up to 1ppl off unleaded petrol from Saturday August 8, and this was swiftly matched by Sainsbury’s. Asda’s new national price cap on diesel will be 108.7ppl, its lowest price since early 2010. Unleaded ...
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Cashier avoids jail for role in £30,000 scam
A garage cashier has avoided jail for his part in a fuel card cloning scam in which £30,000 of petrol and diesel was stolen from forecourts across Birmingham. Khaled Abdulkawi cloned at least 46 cards at the Esso Falcon Service Station, Halesowen, and passed them to accomplices who topped up ...
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NewsCashier avoids jail for role in £30,000 scam
A garage cashier has narrowly avoided jail for his part in a fuel card cloning scam in which £30,000 of petrol and diesel was stolen from forecourts across Birmingham. Khaled Abdulkawi cloned at least 46 cards at the Esso Falcon Service Station, Halesowen, and passed them to accomplices who topped ...
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Analysis
Shop Talk - Tracy West
I’ve always been a bit fascinated by the Graze craze. You know, those boxes of delicious but healthy snacks that get sent direct to consumers’ homes or desks. I’ve often been tempted to fill out a coupon for a free trial but haven’t ever got to round to it, but ...
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Salt sellers
The UK is Europe’s biggest crisp and snacks market, worth £2.2bn a year with us consuming 100 packets of crisps per person per year (Nielsen data). It’s little wonder then that the new flavours and new formats keep coming. The big news recently has been the launch of cracker-type crisps ...
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Rugby shirt promo
As a supporter of the England, Wales, Scotland and Ireland rugby teams, Lucozade Sport is launching a host of activity to cash in on the popularity of rugby thanks to the Rugby World Cup.An on-pack promotion, running now until October 31, will give away official England, Scotland, Ireland and Wales ...