All BP articles – Page 15

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    BP takes Gilbarco’s Insite360

    2015-11-13T00:00:00Z

    BP has signed a deal to implement Gilbarco Veeder-Root’s Insite360 wetstock management system across its entire UK estate of more than 300 company owned sites. Under the same agreement, BP will offer Insite360 to all of its 850-plus UK dealers as part of the standard fuel contract agreement. Patrick Forsythe, ...

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    Enlarged Rontec signs £1bn fuel deal with BP

    2015-08-06T00:00:00Z

    Rontec has signed a £1bn supply deal with BP following its merger with Snax 24.The merger formally brings together Gerald Ronson’s two fuel retailing businesses, although for the purposes of the Forecourt Trader Top 50 Indies, they have chosen a united listing since 2014, and are currently ranked third with ...

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    Low oil prices depress BP operating profits

    2015-07-29T00:00:00Z

    Continuing low oil prices have contributed to a fall in BP’s underlying profit for the second quarter of 2015 to $1.3bn. This compared with $2.6bn for the previous quarter and $3.6bn for the second quarter of 2014. However, an agreement to settle claims arising from the 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil ...

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    Rontec and BP celebrate deal

    2015-07-17T00:00:00Z

    Rontec and BP executives have celebrated the start of their new five-year deal to maintain the supply for its network of 51 BP-branded sites. The deal, which commenced on July 1 and will involve a refresh of the sites over the next few months, is based on the delivery of ...

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    George Hammond wins BP award

    2015-06-24T00:00:00Z

    A member of Forecourt Trader’s Top 50 Indies has scooped the Excellence in Customer Offer award at the BP UK Oil Awards 2015. Deal service station, part of the George Hammond plc retail group located on London Road in Deal, Kent, was recognised following its Spar store’s latest re-development, which ...

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    BP report reveals ’tectonic’ shifts in global energy production and consumption

    2015-06-12T00:00:00Z

    Significant changes in global energy production and consumption have had profound implications for prices, for the global fuel mix, and for global carbon dioxide emissions, according to the latest BP Statistical Review of World Energy.The report highlights the continuing importance of the US shale revolution, with the US overtaking Saudi ...

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    Opportunity for dealers as BP puts 13 sites up for sale

    2015-06-11T00:00:00Z

    Thirteen BP sites have been put on the market through forecourt property specialist Barber Wadlow.Adam Wadlow, director of Barber Wadlow, said he was expecting a good level of interest in the sites which are dotted across the country from Scotland down to the south coast of England.He said: "We have ...

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    BP and Spar among forecourt brands to accept Apple Pay

    2015-06-09T00:00:00Z

    BP, Spar, Costa, Starbucks, Subway, Waitrose and M&S Simply Food are the major brands on UK forecourts which will accept customer transactions using Apple Pay, when it is launched in the UK next month.Apple Pay will enable consumers to use their iphones (6, 6 Plus and Apple Watch) to make ...

  • BP puts 13 sites on the market
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    BP puts 13 sites on the market

    2015-05-20T00:00:00Z

    Thirteen BP sites have been put on the market through forecourt property specialist Barber Wadlow. Adam Wadlow, director of Barber Wadlow, said he was expecting a good level of interest in the sites which are dotted across the country from Scotland down to the south coast of England. ...

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    BP appoint former MI6 chief to board

    2015-05-15T00:00:00Z

    The former head of MI6 has joined the board of BP plc as a non-executive director. The company announced it had appointed Sir John Sawers as non-executive director with immediate effect. He spent 36 years working for the British Government in international affairs and security, and completed his five-year tenure ...

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    200th BP M&S Simply Food opens its doors

    2015-04-07T00:00:00Z

    The market town of Calne, in Wiltshire, is the location for the 200th BP M&S Simply Food store, since the partnership between M&S and BP began in 2005 at BP Hammersmith in London.The store was officially opened by the Mayor of Calne, Heather Canfer, and BP Paralympic ambassador, Richard Whitehead ...

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    BP signs supply deals with retailers

    2015-03-25T00:00:00Z

    BP has followed up its recent contract to supply more than 130 MFG sites by signing new deals with two more independent retailers. In Llanelli, a previously Esso-branded service station has been converted to BP with a signicant shop and forecourt revamp. The site, in Capel Isaf Road, is owned ...

  • 200th BP M&S Simply Food site opens
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    200th BP M&S Simply Food site opens

    2015-03-20T00:00:00Z

    The market town of Calne, in Wiltshire, is the location for the 200th BP M&S Simply Food store, since the partnership between M&S and BP began in 2005 at BP Hammersmith in London. The store was officially opened by the Mayor of Calne Heather Canfer, and BP Paralympic ambassador Richard ...

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    Carsley Group renews supply deal with BP

    2015-03-06T00:00:00Z

    BP has re-signed the Carsley Group, a Top 50 Indie company, for a further five years in a deal worth more than 45mlpa of fuel.The nine-site strong Carsley Group has been with BP since 1998.Howard Nunn, BP’s UK sales manager, said: "We are delighted to be able to continue our ...

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    Carsley Group renews BP supply deal

    2015-02-25T00:00:00Z

    BP has re-signed the Carsley Group, a Top 50 Indie company, for a further five years in a deal worth more than 45mlpa of fuel. The nine-site strong Carsley Group has been with BP since 1998. Howard Nunn, BP’s UK sales manager, said: “We are delighted to be able to ...

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    Armed robber strikes at BP site in Fife

    2015-02-04T00:00:00Z

    Police are appealing for witnesses following an armed robbery at the BP petrol station in St Clair Street, Kirkcaldy, Fife, in the early hours of Sunday 1 February. A man entered the shop at the petrol station at around 3.15am and threatened a staff member with a bladed weapon and ...

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    Auk replaces BP with Shell at Prizet sites

    2015-02-02T00:00:00Z

    Auk Ltd, an independent dealer in the North West, has signed a new supply contract with Shell at its Prizet Services sites northbound and southbound on the A591 near Kendal.Simon Hockings, one of Auk’s three directors, said: "We are very pleased with the new look of the forecourt. The Shell ...

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    BP renews membership of BOSS and Payment Watch

    2014-12-10T00:00:00Z

    BP has renewed its membership of BOSS (The British Oil Security Syndicate), the trade organisation campaigning to reduce forecourt crime, and its Payment Watch scheme for 2015. BP Oil UK operates over 320 company owned stores across the UK and has been a member of BOSS and its Payment Watch ...

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    Gulf forecourts given access to BP fuel card

    2014-12-10T00:00:00Z

    Gulf and other Certas Energy supplied forecourts have been given access to BP’s fuel card from 1 December 2014 as the company looks to drive new business to its forecourts. The deal follows shortly after an agreement was reached with Shell to make its fuel card available across the Certas ...

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    CoE challenges Shell and BP over climate change

    2014-12-05T00:00:00Z

    The Church of England has challenged Shell and BP to run their businesses in a more environmentally friendly manner. Edward Mason, the head of responsible investment at the Church Commissioners for England, said in a blogpost that it was in the process of filing shareholder resolutions on climate change at ...