All Awards articles – Page 13

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    Best site Manager - torex

    2013-03-07T00:00:00Z

    There are lots of things that make a successful forecourt manager but attention to detail is one of the main ones, says Jason Tamplin, who manages Symonds Forecourts’ Budgens of Wells in Somerset, the overall winning site in the 2012 awards. "You have to run the business like it’s your ...

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    Best Forecourt Loo 2013

    2013-02-25T00:00:00Z

    Never mind how slick your convenience offering is, do you know that toilets are the number one irritant to customers when it comes specifically to the forecourt shop, according to Palmer and Harvey/Him! research?To try and turn this rather unsavoury view into something more positive, Forecourt Trader, in conjunction with ...

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    Style and substance

    2013-02-08T00:00:00Z

    Beauty is always in the eye of the beholder but there’s no disputing the stunning design of Brobot Petroleum’s flagship Southern Gateway site in Corby, Northants. Indeed so stunning is the entire site, that it picked up the Best Design and Development accolade at last year’s Forecourt Trader of the ...

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    Master stroke

    2013-02-08T00:00:00Z

    west country & wales: 2.5mlpa plus Budgens of Wells in Somerset is not a forecourt to rest on its laurels. Having been named Forecourt Trader of the Year 2012 after scooping the award for Best West Country & Wales site in the 2.5mlpa plus category, as well as the manager ...

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    Best customer service

    2013-01-14T00:00:00Z

    Customer service at Red Tiles Service Station in Durham, which came out on top in the Best Customer Service specialist category, is all about personal attention and interaction with shoppers, says area manager Tony Middleton. The site is located on the outskirts of Durham close to a couple of villages ...

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    Supreme sites

    2012-12-17T00:00:00Z

    scotland: up to 2.5mlpa Auld Brig Service Station was gutted and redeveloped into a state-of-the-art forecourt last spring, and just six months’ later won the Best Scotland Site award. Located on a busy road connecting Alloa and Sterling in Clackmannanshire, the new site offers Gulf fuels, Londis c-store, a ...