All Forecourt Trader articles in December 2012
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Motorists urged to check tyres
Drivers are being urged to check their tyres as they prepare for the festive period, one of the busiest times of year on the roads, and for potentially hazardous winter weather conditions.Stuart Jackson, chairman of not for profit group TyreSafe, said: “Just a few simple tyre checks can make all ...
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AA finds fewer potholes
A local authority campaign to clear up potholes has improved UK roads, according to a ‘Streetwatch’ survey by the AA, but they still found an average of 6.25 per mile.Participants in the survey were asked to walk a route in their local area for around 60 minutes – typically covering ...
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Phillips 66 roadshow introduces brand
A nationwide roadshow to introduce Phillips 66 to its trade customers after the split of ConocoPhillips has been attended by more than 200 distributors and dealers. The roadshow visited eight well-known venues across the UK, with a specially designed double-decker bus serving as a mobile meeting room for customers to ...
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Intake buys two sites
Up-and-coming forecourt operator Intake Developments has acquired two new sites, taking its total of forecourts to eight, as well as one standalone convenience store. The Sheffield-based company has bought sites at Breton near Barnsley, and at Stubley, near Dronfield, which is midway between Chesterfield and Sheffield. Intake director Fiona Campbell ...
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Sykes sells forecourt business
One of the highest profile figures in the forecourt industry has sold his business. Paul Sykes, who was managing director of award-winning Shaws Petroleum, has sold the company to Midlands Co-operative Society for an undisclosed sum. Sykes was unable to comment on the deal, but a spokesperson for Midlands Co-operative ...
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Retailers more pessimistic about future
Retailers are less optimistic about their prospects for the year ahead than at any time this year, according to a new survey by the Association of Convenience Stores. The ‘Voice of Local Shops’ survey, which tracked local shop owners throughout 2012, found that when asked about their business in November, ...
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M5 service station approved
The development of a £40m service station on the M5 motorway at Brookthorpe in Gloucestershire has moved a step closer following approval of revised plans for the scheme. Stroud District Council’s Development Control Committee gave the go ahead for the alterations to the original proposals, including modifications to the design ...
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Supreme sites
scotland: up to 2.5mlpa Auld Brig Service Station was gutted and redeveloped into a state-of-the-art forecourt last spring, and just six months’ later won the Best Scotland Site award. Located on a busy road connecting Alloa and Sterling in Clackmannanshire, the new site offers Gulf fuels, Londis c-store, a ...
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Veno’s revisits TV
Veno’s is back on TV this winter with the return of the ’She knows, he knows’ ad featuring the talking parrot, which was first aired last year.This latest run starts on December 3 and continues through to January 14 on ITV1 nationwide. According to Nielsen Scantrack data, Veno’s is the ...
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WashTec strengthens security at Queenborough
Top 50 Indie George Hammond has installed WashTec Security Systems’ full CCTV-based monitoring system at its forecourt in Queenborough, Kent. Powered by Big Brother, a Dutch CCTV specialist, the system captures images from cameras located throughout the site and links them with the fuel transaction. As images are tagged together ...
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Profits rise for Symonds
Forecourt Trader of the Year winner, Symonds Forecourts, has reported a very solid performance in its latest accounts. Turnover has increased to £35m a year-on-year increase of 19%.After operating expenses and interest, the company returned a net profit before tax of £197,370 a year-on-year increase of 114%.Managing director ...
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Restrictions for off-trade
If proposals outlined in the consultation on delivering government’s policies to cut alcohol fuelled crime and anti-social behaviour are enacted, forecourt stores licensed to sell alcohol and those seeking new licences or variations to existing licences will be impacted, licensing solicitor Robert Botkai has warned.The government is proposing to introduce ...
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New site
Independent forecourt group Fraser’s Retail has opened a new-to-industry site in Marlborough, Wiltshire, and quickly changed the fuel-buying habits of local motorists after selling 120,000 litres of fuel in the first week.Budgens of Marlborough took 17 weeks to develop from a brownfield location and comprises a BP-branded forecourt, Budgens store, ...
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Yazoo targets mums
Yazoo flavoured milk is currently targeting mums with advertising in popular women’s magazines including Closer, Heat and Take a Break. There is also poster advertising nationwide.
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Lovely lines
Swizzels Matlow has launched its Love Hearts Valentine’s Day collection, which includes a limited edition heart-shaped tin and an ’I Love You’ tube of sweets.
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New promo kicks off
Limited edition cans of Kick Energy drink feature a promotional tie-in with Ubisoft’s Far Cry 3 video game. The activity gives consumers a chance to win a tropical island adventure in Thailand. Using QR code technology, consumers who scan the code on the can with their smartphone are taken directly ...
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Petrol stations are home of snacking
Forecourt shops are the home of snacking for the UK’s peckish drivers, new research from Palmer and Harvey has revealed. Compared with regular c-stores, petrol stations sell two-and-a-half times as many sandwiches, one-and-a-half times as many savoury slices, 13% more confectionery and nearly double the number of energy drinks.The analysis ...
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Happiness link to shops
A new report exploring the links between how happy people are with where they live and the shops and services in their area has been published.The ’Local Services, Happy Places’ report, commissioned by the Association of Convenience Stores (ACS), found that having the day-to-day essentials available within a 10-minute walk ...
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Those golden years
You’d need a book to properly relate the life of the colourful character that is Peter Hockenhull, managing director of Leicestershire-based Top 50 Indie Hockenhull Garages. He has a great many stories to tell after 50 years in the fuel retailing business and that’s before you get onto his forays ...
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A flavour to savour
Pipers Crisps has launched its first-ever meat flavour chorizo. All the company’s flavours are sourced from carefully selected artisan producers. The chorizo comes from Yorkshire where specialist farmer and butcher, Chris Wildman, rears rare-breed pigs to make Kirkby Malham Chorizo.This is the first new flavour to be introduced by ...