All BP articles – Page 17
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Tanker drivers tell BP ’to do the right thing’
Unite tanker drivers at Grangemouth have told BP ‘to do the right thing’ over cuts to pay and pensions and are preparing for a long battle as 72 hours of strike action started at 4am this morning (Friday, February 22). With workers manning the picket line and up to 10 ...
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HKS adds two more sites and signs BP deal
Top 50 Indie HKS Motors has completed the acquisition of two petrol stations, one on Alfreton Road in Derby and one on Saffron Lane in Leicester, backed by a £700,000 finance package from Santander Corporate & Commercial banking. The Leicester-based company now owns and operates 27 petrol stations, primarily across ...
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HKS signs new supply deal with BP
A new fuel supply deal has been agreed by HKS - number 10 in Forecourt Trader’s Top 50 Indies - and BP to continue their long-standing partnership. The agreement is for BP to supply a total of 22 HKS petrol stations, rising to 23 in April, and will include five ...
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NewsShop Doctor: BP/Mace Thatcham, Woolhampton, Nr Thatcham, Berkshire
GENERAL APPEARANCE: On the A4, almost midway between Newbury and Reading, is a BP Mace service station. It shares a spacious site with WCE self-drive vehicle hire and MERC servicing and repairs. FORECOURT: The BP/Mace-branded pole with illuminated fuel prices is not very visible approaching from Newbury, but better ...
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BP to pay $4.5bn as settlement for Deepwater oil spill
BP has announced its agreement with the US government to resolve all federal criminal charges and all claims by the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) against the company resulting from the 2010 Deepwater Horizon accident, oil spill, and response.BP will pay a total of $4.5bn – said to be the ...
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Business rate postponement a ‘shot in the foot’ for retail, says BPF
The British Property Federation (BPF) has criticised the postponement of the revaluation of business rates until 2017, labeling the decision a further blow to the country’s struggling high streets. The decision will lead to businesses continuing to pay business rates based on top of the market 2008 ...
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Euro Garages renews deal with BP
Top 50 Indie Euro Garages is to continue its long-standing partnership with BP after renewing its fuel agreement across 62 sites. BP will also convert four Euro Garages sites from Shell and brand an additional six ‘new to industry’ locations. Many of the sites will be located on key motorway ...
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BP ’fuels the future’ at London 2012 Games
BP has launched its vision for ’Fuelling the Future’ at its Hammersmith site in London to coincide with its role as official oil and gas partner of London 2012.BP is providing fuels and lubricants for the Olympic fleet of over 5,000 vehicles. Some of these will fill up with advanced ...
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NewsBP showcases its vision of future fuels as global spotlight focuses on London 2012
BP has launched its vision for ‘Fuelling the Future’ at its Hammersmith site in London to coincide with its role as official oil and gas partner of London 2012. It is providing fuels and lubricants for the official Olympic fleet of over 5,000 vehicles, some of which will fill up ...
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BP and Moto extend fuel supply deal
BP and Moto are to continue their longstanding partnership after agreeing an extension to their existing branded fuel supply deal. The agreement will see BP supply to 42 of Moto’s owned and operated locations. All the sites will be located on key motorway or major transient routes making filling up ...
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BP awards £75m supply chain contract to DHL
BP’s has awarded a £75 million contract to DHL Supply Chain to manage its the warehousing and distribution of goods for its UK convenience retail business until 2018. The contract builds on DHL’s eight-year track record for implementing efficiency improvements for BP UK Convenience Retail, aiming to achieve even ...
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BP wins ’food to go mission’ category at CTP awards
BP won the ‘Best convenience retailer for the food to go mission award’, at last night’s annual CTP Awards organised by shopper research specialist Him, held at the Tate Modern, London. Now in its 10th year the CTP awards are the only industry awards where convenience shoppers and staff ...
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Forecourt closures slow, while GB Oils tops BP on site numbers
The UK forecourt network has shrunk by less than 90 sites in the past year, according to figures released by Experian Catalist today. There are now 8,677 open forecourts, compared to 8,765 this time last year, showing that the rate of site closures has slowed slightly, as site numbers fell ...
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Slip in first quarter profits for BP
BP has reported a slip in profits for the first quarter of 2012. It made $4.8 billion in replacement cost profit – adjusted for non-operating items and fair value accounting effects – compared to $5 billion in the previous quarter.The company’s reported that the quarter’s result was impacted adversely by ...
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Hammer attack at BP forecourt
Armed robbers knocked a forecourt worker unconscious with a hammer in an attack at the Silverdale BP site in Wilford, near Nottingham, on Wednesday morning. The staff member was confronted by three men as he prepared to open the petrol station at around 4.45am. He was hit over the head ...
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Baby born at BP forecourt
A baby girl was born on a BP forecourt in Ashton-under-Lyne after her desperate parents spotted an ambulance filling up with fuel. According to the Manchester Evening News, Peter Diver was driving his wife Claire to hospital to give birth when they realised they wouldn’t make it in time. Peter ...
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Compelling offers in all departments is key to 2012 success, says BP’s Smither
Last year was a tough one for fuel and convenience retailers, and 2012 is unlikely to be much better," said Neale Smither, BP’s UK supply and retail manager, as he considered the year ahead. "Best case in 2012 would be for industry fuel demand decline to stabilise at around (1-2)% ...
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Car catches fire at BP site
BP has praised staff at its petrol station in South Mimms for acting quickly and safely when a burning car entered the forecourt in the early hours of Tuesday morning.A Land Rover pulled onto the site at the Welcome Break service area off junction 23 of the M25 with smoke ...
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BP ready for ’Call of Duty’ launch
BP is aiming to attract gaming customers into its stores by being among the first to sell Call of Duty: Modern Welfare 3, which goes on sale at one minute past midnight on Tuesday, November 8. It’s the latest in a number of games, music and film releases to ...
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NewsBP launches digital marketing platform for UK stores
BP is claiming a ’first’ with its newly launched digital marketing platform for its forecourt stores. The company says the new service – called ‘Today’s Offers’ www.bp.co.uk/offers – is the first step in using a digital platform to deliver exclusive internet-only deals to supplement the in-store offers and promotions. In ...