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OtherLEGAL DOCTOR: Passing on the family business – what the new business property rules mean for you
The clock is now ticking for forecourt owners who want to protect more than £1 million of qualifying property for when new business property rules come into effect in April 2026.
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OtherMONEY TALK: How to spot a fake HMRC message
Scam alert. It is the time of year that the HMRC sends out emails to remind directors of businesses to fill out their self-assessment tax returns. It is also the time of year that scammers try to get in on the act, with fake messages attempting to steal your personal details and money, warns industry commentator Jan Mikula.
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ArticleLEGAL DOCTOR: Legal insights into buying or selling a forecourt business
The forecourt property market is as buoyant as ever, with quality sites snapped up quickly. David Emery, a partner at law firm Winckworth Sherwood, walks us through the main legal considerations for both buyers and sellers thinking of taking the plunge.
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NewsProtest as forecourt cashpoint said to provide sufficient banking facilities for town centre
A petition has been created after a cashpoint at a filling station in Ellon, Aberdeenshire (population 10,000) was deemed sufficient to serve the town centre.
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AnalysisMONEY TALK: Forecasting on the impact of the last Budget
As we hit the season for making profit and loss projections, forecourt operators need to be prudent and to look to spread the burden of increased costs across shop categories, rather than fuel, advises industry commentator Jan Mikula.
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NewsMONEY TALK: The only people to really benefit from real time fuel price notifications will be app and website developers
It didn’t take very long into the new year for politicians to make themselves look either desperate for popularity or just plain silly, with their proposal to force fuel retailers to share price changes within 30 minutes.
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AnalysisMONEY TALK: The storm is on its way and you need to act now
Retail businesses are in danger. It may be more acute than the financial crash of 2010, and even more so than the Covid lockdowns of 2020/21.
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Equipment NewsVolumatic launches money-counting scale upgrade - CountEasy 2
Eighteen years after the launch of money-counting scale CountEasy, Volumatic has revealed its latest upgrade - CountEasy 2.
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AnalysisMONEY TALK: A shortage of diesel could make prices jump even higher
Back in March, when I wrote that pump prices of £2 a litre could be expected very soon, even a few close friends and colleagues told me that I was a pessimist and/or alarmist.
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AnalysisMONEY TALK: Switch it off, or turn it down.
It seems that no sooner had the government boldly declared that there would be no windfall tax on energy suppliers, they decided that there would be something called an ’energy profits levy’ on energy suppliers, intended to raise £15bn for the Treasury.
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AnalysisMONEY TALK: A little sympathy for the Chancellor... anyone?
It’s not very often that anyone feels sympathy for a Chancellor of the Exchequer (and I’m not talking about the latest headlines!); but even the most hard-hearted observer ought to have just a little for Rishi Sunak following last month’s Spring Statement.
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NewsNational Minimum Wage and National Living Wage increase from today
Increased pay rates come into operation today for workers on the National Minimum Wage and National Living Wage.
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NewsHockenhull Garages acquires four sites in the Midlands from EG Group
Award-winning Top 50 Indie Hockenhull Garages (HGS Leicester Ltd) has bought four sites from EG Group after securing a six-figure funding package from HSBC UK.
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NewsUK fuels launches ‘money-saving’ fuel card to help fleets manage rising costs
UK Fuels has launched a money-saving fuel card in response to rising fuel prices.
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AnalysisMONEY TALK: Forecourts are an easy target - fuel pricing is too complicated for some
You know that feeling: you’re watching the news and they cut to pictures of a forecourt and a voiceover starts describing how pump prices haven’t fallen, despite apparent falls in crude oil prices a few days earlier.
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AnalysisMONEY TALK: Forecourt crime - nobody is listening
As if there wasn’t enough bad news around already as we head into 2022: Covid restrictions; inflation over 5%; consumers expected to be somewhat cash-strapped; and to top all of that forecourt crime is now costing forecourts nearly £100m per year.
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NewsACS welcomes 'landmark agreement' by major banks to ensure long-term cash availability
A landmark agreement reached between the major retail banks to share services, ensuring long-term cash availability across the UK, has been welcomed by James Lowman, chairman of the Association of Convenience Stores.
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AnalysisMONEY TALK: The Amazon vs Visa row over credit card fees is interesting…
When two of the biggest beasts in the retail jungle square up to each other in a very public way, everyone around takes notice.
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NewsPayPoint partners with Youlend to offer flexible funding to retailers
PayPoint has teamed up with YouLend, an embedded business finance company, to provide eligible PayPoint retailers with flexible funding offers that allow them to pay back their finance as they earn from card sales.
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NewsRetailers need to end card-only payments, say Volumatic
Cash handling solutions provider and manufacturer, Volumatic, is calling on retail and forecourt businesses to support cash as the spending limit on contactless cards rises to £100.