All Forecourt Trader articles in August 2016 – Page 5
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NewsShop Doctor: In the surgery this month - Sewell on the go South Cave A63 East Yorkshire
LOCATION: South Cave is a village, approximately 12 miles from Hull. This Sewell on the go site is just off the busy A63. Forecourt: It’s a very impressive drive into the site with the pole sign featuring BP, Costa Express, Subway and Nectar points. There’s another big sign with the ...
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Southern c-store chain buys its 85th branch
A filling station has become the 85th branch of Central Convenience Stores after it was acquired by the Palmer and Harvey-owned southern c-store chain. The deal was struck after West Country commercial property specialists Charles Darrow was tasked by Central Convenience Stores to find more businesses in the area for ...
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Acquisitions for Applegreen and Platinum Retail
Top 50 Indies Applegreen and Platinum Retail have both added to their estates through acquisitions. Applegreen bought Central Garage (Bos) Ltd in Burnham-on-Sea, Somerset, for an undisclosed sum, in a sale handled by specialist business property adviser, Christie & Co. The forecourt was owned and operated for more than 30 ...
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Adande commissions refrigeration test rooms
The Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA) and the Conservative MP for the local Waveney constituency, Peter Aldous, were among the guests of honour at the official opening of Adande’s new refrigeration test rooms, at Barley Way, Lowestoft, on Friday 8 July.After unveiling the state-of-the-art research ...
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P&C Services adds new division and boosts team
P&C Services has launched a new division and has strengthened its management team.The new division will support the need for fire safety services, following completion of the BAFE SP203 for fire management, detection and alarms, Life Safety Fire Risk Assessment FPA and NEBOSH certification.The new division Mechanical and ...
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BP agrees logistics deal with Hoyer
Hoyer has entered into a long-term agreement with BP to provide bulk fuel transport and logistics services throughout the UK. The move is part of an overhaul of BP’s fuel storage, handling and transport services in the UK as it focuses on building "an industry-leading downstream business". Hoyer will be ...
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All change
The wet-stock management market in the UK is in a state of flux after a flurry of takeovers by US companies resulted in the prospect of the two biggest players, Vianet and Fairbanks, as well as Tokheim ProGauge, all being owned by the same American company. The first deal took ...
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HMRC wins appeal on duty deferment
A landmark tax verdict that would have benefitted many smaller dealers in the forecourt sector has been overturned after HMRC won an appeal, but the tax expert who fought the first case believes there is still room to fight (see News Extra, p10). The case centred on a bid by ...
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Wrigley’s bid to boost in-car gum consumption
Wrigley is unlocking new consumption occasions and huge category growth potential across its Extra and Airwaves’ portfolios with the launch of an innovative in-car gum holder. After identifying in-car consumption as a clear growth opportunity, Wrigley has developed the holder, which is tailored to conveniently keep bottles of Extra and ...
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Merril Boulton: Duty-bound
Something of a blow for those pursuing the case for duty deferment, is last month’s overturning of a landmark tax verdict that could have brought a significant cashflow boost to many retailers (see News page 4, and News Extra, page 10). It was just a year ago that Brobot Petroleum ...
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Service Centre: Jac Roper on forecourts boycotting The Sun and how to build a business
Total eclipse of The S*n: That’s not my headline it belongs to Liverpool. There is currently one helluva campaign going in the Speke area in Liverpool to boycott The Sun newspaper. If you want to see some colourful comments have a look at the public Facebook group called Total eclipse ...
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Fibrelite brand update
Fibrelite has launched new branding. The manufacturer of composite manhole covers, believes it is time to update its branding to reflect its new market positioning on a global scale as part of OPW and Dover, while maintaining its commitment to innovation.Fibrelite has led the way in composite technology since 1980 ...
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Money Talk: Brexit means business as usual... for now
It seems like a very long time since June 23. Yet as this is being written, the new Prime Minister is still making the last appointments of her new government team and everyone else is still grappling with the possible consequences of the referendum result. So it was quite interesting ...
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News in brief
The RAC has accused fuel retailers of using Brexit as an excuse for not cutting prices and urged them to reduce unleaded and diesel at the pumps, in the wake of falling oil and wholesale fuel prices. It asserts that the oil price is the biggest factor determining UK fuel ...
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Game on for Red Bull
Red Bull is launching a limited-edition gaming four-pack to leverage its biggest eSports event, Red Bull 5G. Red Bull 5G offers consumers the chance to compete in five of the biggest games: Hearthstone, League of Legends, Project Cars, Rocket League and Street Fighter. The winners of the national finals will ...
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Analysis
Peter Harding: business development director Htec
This month I’d like to cover self checkouts. There are basically three types. Card only, as the name suggests, is a unit that only accepts debit and credit cards. These units can be pole-mounted or shelf-mounted. They’re a much lower cost unit than a traditional self checkout as seen in ...
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Calor extends LNG network with Moto
Calor is partnering motorway services operator Moto Hospitality to launch two new publicly accessible liquefied natural gas (LNG) refuelling stations, bringing the total on UK roads up to nine.Both stations will be based at Moto’s Donnington Park and Grantham service stations on the M1. Calor is leasing the land from ...
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Chris Hunt: UKPIA director general
The implications and effects of the nation’s decision to leave the European Union will take some time to unravel, and for the UK’s negotiations over ’Brexit’ to begin. At this stage, attempting to predict a future relationship model among the five or so potential ones generally being presented by political ...
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Day in the Life: Ian Taylor
Just as no two Spar stores are the same, no two days in my job are the same, either! As head of retail at Spar, my role isn’t office based. In any given week, I could have to travel from Manchester to Northern Ireland, to Scotland to Exeter, then a ...
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EG recruits two senior executives
Euro Garages has made two key appointments to its senior management team to further its ambitions of international growth. Imraan Patel has become first group general counsel and company secretary, and Michael Hughes been appointed group chief financial officer. Patel has joined the executive board and has ultimate responsibility for ...