All BP articles – Page 18

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    BP and Moto extend fuel supply deal

    2012-07-03T00:00:00Z

    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

    2012-05-18T00:00:00Z

    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

    2012-05-17T00:00:00Z

    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

    2012-05-03T00:00:00Z

    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

    2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

    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

    2012-04-26T00:00:00Z

    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

    2012-03-08T00:00:00Z

    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

    2012-01-10T00:00:00Z

    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

    2012-01-05T00:00:00Z

    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

    2011-11-01T00:00:00Z

    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 ...

  • BP launches digital marketing platform for UK stores
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    BP launches digital marketing platform for UK stores

    2011-09-07T00:00:00Z

    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 ...

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    BP reports quarterly profit of £3.2bn

    2011-07-26T00:00:00Z

    BP has announced profits of $5.3bn (£3.2bn) in the three months to 30 June as higher oil prices offset a fall in production.The figure compares with a loss of £10.3bn for the same quarter in 2010, when BP was responding to the disastrous oil leak after the fatal Deepwater Horizon ...

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    Initiatives and dealer awards at BP convention

    2011-04-28T00:00:00Z

    Graham Peacock, chief executive of the UK’s biggest independent retailer, MRH, was awarded the Long Service and Loyalty award at the recent BP dealer convention in Athens. The award was also presented to Bob and Adela Rottner (Three Springs, East End and Whittingham Road Service Station); and Lynwen and Ifor ...

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    MRH adds 10 BP sites

    2011-04-01T00:00:00Z

    The leading Top 50 indie MRH has purchased 10 former BP company-owned sites in Scotland. The company is also renewing supply contracts with BP at a further 11 locations as part of the deal.MRH managing director John Lynn said: " This acquisition package further strengthens MRH’s representation in Scotland, our ...

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    MRH adds 10 BP sites

    2011-03-25T00:00:00Z

    The leading Top 50 indie MRH has purchased 10 former BP company-owned sites in Scotland. The company is also renewing supply contracts with BP at a further 11 locations as part of the deal.MRH managing director John Lynn said: “ This acquisition package further strengthens MRH’s representation in Scotland, our ...

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    BP to sell new Nintendo 3DS

    2011-03-17T00:00:00Z

    Gaming fans can beat the rush and be the first to get their hands on the new Nintendo 3DS console and games by visiting their local BP forecourt.Customers can buy the new console and games from 99 BP Connect stores from one minute past midnight on Friday March 25, ...

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    BP names new UK company and franchise retail estate manager

    2011-03-10T00:00:00Z

    BP has named Catherine Randle as the new manager of its company and franchise retail estate in the UK, replacing Richard Harding.Randle will take over the post, running around 350 BP branded stores, at the start of April. Her appointment follows Harding’s move to Turkey to run BP’s Fuels Value ...

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    BP reports year-end losses after tragic 2010

    2011-02-03T00:00:00Z

    BP’s full-year results showed a loss of $4.9 billion, including a total pre-tax charge related to the Gulf of Mexico oil spill of $40.9bn. It also resumed payment of quarterly dividends, which were suspended in June 2010 following the disaster in April. In a press statement the company confirmed its ...

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    BP announces ’significant milestone’ in plugging oil leak

    2010-08-04T00:00:00Z

    BP announced today that it had reached a ’significant milestone’ in its efforts to permanently seal the leak at Deepwater Horizon. The company said its ’static kill’ procedure in the Gulf of Mexico had been successful, adding: "The well pressure is now being controlled by the hydrostatic pressure ...

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    BP sites reopen after Greenpeace action

    2010-07-28T00:00:00Z

    BP said today that most of the forecourts targetted by Greenpeace activists yesterday had been able to reopen. Greenpeace yesterday stopped dozens of sites in London from selling fuel while putting up signs which stated ’Closed. Moving beyond petroleum’. In a statement on it website, Greenpeace said: "50 stations have ...