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Drivers go ’wild’ at BP
Motorists using the BP service station near Gatwick airport in West Sussex are fuming after being sent fines of £150 for parking on the forecourt for more than 20 minutes - especially as marketing for the Wild Bean Café encourages them to stop for a break.A spokesman ...
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NewsShop Doctor: SNAX24/BP, Willbridge, Bristol
For some time I’d wanted to visit a Snax 24 and while driving from Bath to Bristol on the A431 recently, I was able to make a ’stealthcheck’ at a site in Willsbridge.General Appearance: The Snax 24/BP branded site is large and has a clearly-signed entrance and exit.To one side ...
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BP plans move back to Buncefield
BP is planning to resume its operations at the Buncefield oil depot next year following last December’s massive fire.Spokesperson Sheila Williams said the company was currently working on site to empty fuel tanks and examine them for damage. The BP part of the terminal was furthest from the blaze.Any operations ...
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BP launches ’carbon neutral’ scheme
A new scheme to enable any driver to voluntarily reduce their impact on climate change has been launched by BP. Called targetneutral, motorists can calculate the cost of the annual C02 reduction required to make their vehicle carbon neutral – about £20 a year - by logging on to www.targetneutral.com. ...
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NewsBP first with Pegasus
BP is trialling the UK’s first Ceccato Pegasus car wash at a flagship site in Oxford.Supplied by Car Wash UK, the Italian manufacturer’s sole UK agent, the new machine has been installed at BP’s Woodstock Road site.Shaking hands on the deal, Karl Meakins, (pictured right) project manager at Global Alliance, ...
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NewsShop Doctor: Keystore/BP - Clerkenleap Service Station, Broomhall, Worcester
With competition increasing each year it has never been more important for retailers to demonstrate that customer service is ingrained in every part of their business. With this in mind, I was keen to see if the recently re-opened Clerkenleap Service Station at Broomhall, Worcester was applying this philosophy.The co-branded ...
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NewsCoryton for sale as BP targets bio fuels
BP is selling its last remaining UK oil refinery - Coryton, in Essex - so it can invest more in its other European refineries so they remain "top class assets".The refinery processes 172,000 barrels a day and BP chief executive John Manzoni described it as a "well-placed and profitable refinery ...
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NewsInnovation the key to BP staying ahead
BP is driving innovation in the forecourt c-store sector in the face of tough competition, said Andy Davis, BP Retail’s trading director, at last month’s annual ACS conference - now rebranded as Summit 2006 - in Birmingham, attended by nearly 300 delegates."We own almost 400 stores, BP demands a return ...
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BP’s Simply Food pilot voted top by shoppers
BP’s partnership with M&S Simply Food has led to success in the Convenience Tracking Programme Awards where it was voted as the Best Forecourt Retailer following a poll of 27,000 shoppers across 30 retail chains.Runners up in the category were Esso on The Run and Texaco.The BP/M&S Simply Food format ...
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NewsBP trials ’high-spec’ Ultimate on six sites
An ultra-premium fuel aimed at private motorsports enthusiasts has been launched on selected BP sites. Ultimate 102 costs around £2.42 a litre and is said to be the highest octane fuel available on UK forecourts.Launched on six trial sites in the South East, the unleaded fuel meets the same high ...
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NewsCar Wash UK to service more BP sites
Independent forecourt maintenance services provider, Car Wash UK, has shaken hands on a deal that will significantly increase the number of sites it services for BP.Tim Wood, UK valeting manager of Global Alliance, which provides build and maintenance engineering for BP, confirmed that Car Wash UK would be taking on ...
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NewsShop Doctor: The Co-op, BP forecourt, Romsey, Hampshire
Just outside Romsey, on the Dorchester to Guildford A31, is a forecourt with a Co-op c-store and BP fuels. The Co-op is part of the Southern Co-operatives, a regional society that operates some 90 convenience stores of which only two have a forecourt.Forecourt: The total site is fairly long but ...
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BP and M&S deny roll-out of Simply Food on 300 sites
BP and M&S have dismissed as ‘speculation’ national press reports that the Simply Food partnership is set to be rolled out to up to 300 forecourts nationwide. Launched at BP’s Hammersmith site in October, the joint venture is currently being piloted in eight forecourts around the UK. However, both companies ...
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Big Oil agreement for BP dealers
Big Oil Associates has signed an agreement with BP Oil UK to provide the BigOil.net service to all BP’s independent fuel retailers. Under the five year agreement BP will provide BigOil.net services to all their new and existing independent fuel retailers. The BigOil service will provide dealers with daily fuel ...
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NewsShop Doctor: Bellini’s BP Ilkeston, Derbyshire
The multi prize-winning Bellini’s supermarket and BP forecourt is situated on the busy main road between Ilkeston and Heanor and opposite the Ilkeston Community Hospital.Forecourt: The Bellini’s reputation goes before it and I was looking forward to visiting the supermarket. But first – the forecourt. The overall site is not ...
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NewsBP Connect takes the franchise route
BP Retail has launched a franchise trial of its BP Connect and Wild Bean Café. The first two sites are Crow Orchard Connect in Wigan and Maynestone Connect in Ashton under Lyne. Both are now operated by Wembley-based Motor Fuel Limited. The company is run by S Sejpal and S ...
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NewsShop Doctor: BP M&S Simply Food, Hammersmith
Can 1 + 1 = 3? Yes, I am certain it can. For example, when two enterprises come together the result may well be greater than the some of the original two parts.Would this be the case at the pilot BP/M&S Simply Food site at Hammersmith? Well, I went to ...
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NewsBP link with M&S
BP has launched a new partnership with Marks & Spencer Simply Food at its Hammersmith forecourt. The pilot scheme, which is being rolled out at eight UK sites, will see a selected range of M&S fresh food, ready meals, sandwiches, wine, flowers and basic groceries being sold alongside multi-branded impulse ...
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Shop Doctor: BP Georgetown, Didcot, Oxon
Over the years I’ve heard much about the prize-winning Fraser Group, and its role in the Lakeside Group, and thought it high time I visited one of its sites. So I travelled to Georgetown, Didcot, south of Oxford. This Spar store/BP forecourt site has recently been revamped and seems ideally ...
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Honeywell eyes up BP
BP has chosen Honeywell Video Systems to supply all CCTV equipment for its co-owned forecourts in the UK. Over the next 18 months all 400 BP-owned sites will be upgraded, on a priority basis, to the Honeywell digital video recorder (DVR).The Honeywell HRHD 16-way multiplexing DVR was trialled for four ...