All Forecourt Trader articles in December 2012 – Page 2
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Congestion charge avoidance is key selling point for used car sales
New figures show that cars which are exempt from London’s congestion charge are actually worth more when sold second-hand as drivers look for ways to avoid additional taxes on their motoring. Regular drivers in the capital also have to find anything up to £2,400 per year to cover the congestion ...
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Promotions influence many meal decisions
More than half of shoppers (52%) often change their meal plans based on which products are on promotion at the supermarket, according to the latest research published today by IGD ShopperVista.The research also shows that it is better-off families and young people who are most likely to make changes to ...
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Caravan owners rejoice as poll knocks them off ’most hated road user’ top spot
Owners of caravans are celebrating after a recent poll shows that they are no longer the most hated people on the road, according to new research by specialist insurance company caravaninsurance.com. "After several years holding this dubious and unwanted distinction, they’ve been dislodged by farmers driving their tractors, that most ...
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Families sell cars to pay for Christmas
Many families are considering selling a car in order to pay for Christmas and New Year bills, recent poll figures have shown.The survey, carried out by new vehicle sales website buymycar.com has found that some people would be prepared to sell their second car in order to buy presents and ...
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Money Talk: Forecourt pay rates rose 1.1% to September 2012
There are several ways of trying to establish ’average’ pay rates in an industry or area. You can ask employers what they pay their staff or you can ask employees what they receive. Or you can do what we’ve been doing every year since 1998 examine the payroll data that ...
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A ’power talk’ gets Adrian buzzing about new ideas
The alarm goes off at 5.30am amazingly most mornings I wake up just before it. Between then and 8am is usually a whirlwind of activity in our house. I usually go for a run over the years my weight increased slowly without me paying too much attention. My son one ...
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Loyalty action plan
Mobile marketing agency Sponge has released a 10-point action plan outlining how retailers need to evolve their loyalty programmes to connect with smartphone-enabled shoppers. The plan is part of a new white paper which explores how the mobile channel can re-energise loyalty schemes, changing retailers’ approach to gaining customer allegiance ...
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Service Centre: Help and advice from Jac Roper
Stand off at the pumps Tony Barlow, whose business trades as Local Service Stations in beautiful Shrewsbury, had an adventure at the pumps one Saturday that you could all do without. He says: "Just after opening up, a small white lorry pulled up to the diesel pump and the driver ...
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Merril Boulton: Parliamentary affairs
It’s been a busy month around the Houses of Parliament for our sector, with most of the activity targeting this month’s Autumn Statement. The proposed fuel duty rise has been the focus of much of the attention, with calls for its postponement coming from several different directions most notably, of ...
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best site with a licence to sell alcohol - sponsored by heineken
Trading in a village location with an industrial estate nearby, Carlton Village Service Station in Barnsley, South Yorkshire, won its Best Site With a Licence to Sell Alcohol Award for the comprehensive range of beers, wines and spirits it sells. Manageress Iris Naylor says it’s the take-home beers that are ...
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Doom alert if fuel duty rise not cut
Failure to cancel the 3ppl fuel duty rise planned for January will exacerbate tough trading conditions in the forecourt sector, according to independent retailers as they anxiously await the outcomeof the Chancellor’s Autumn Statement.David Cox, who runs Spar Saintfield in Lisburn, County Antrim, said: "Volumes are down and margins have ...
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Share and share alike
Sharing packs offer forecourt retailers a great sales opportunity, according to PepsiCo convenience director Mat Cooke. "In forecourts, the crisps and snacks category is worth £44.8m (Litmus total forecourt data) and sharing packs account for 12% of these sales. "Consumers increasingly view forecourt stores as a convenience outlet to do ...
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Alpeco installation
Alpeco has supplied and installed a new bottom-loading skid at County Oils’ depot in Sutton Weaver near Runcorn, Cheshire. Retention of the existing top load bay was critical so County Oils could continue using two older mini tankers that could not be adapted for bottom loading. The new three-arm loading ...
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Shine appeal
P&G is launching Aussie Miracle Shine designed to appeal to consumers wanting full, shiny hair. Products include shampoo, conditioner and three-minute miracle deep treatment.
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Autogas champions LPG as its network grows
Shell Fradley in Staffordshire and Shell Birchington in Kent have become the latest two forecourts to introduce Autogas LPG. And with the fuel duty debate raging, Autogas is championing more affordable motoring by reminding drivers and businesses how much money they could save by converting to LPG. Paul Oxford, business ...
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Autumn meltdown
There’s been a great deal of activity in the run-up to this month’s Autumn Statement as various organisations plead their cases, with cancellation of January’s fuel duty rise at the top of the agenda.In an open letter to Minister for Business and Enterprise, Michael Fallon MP, PRA chairman Brian Madderson ...
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Petroman vapour recovery system wins award
Petroman Environmental has won the Association of Petroleum and Explosive Administration’s (APEA) 2012 Environmental Protection & Improvement Award for its vapour management recovery system. The system, which was the prize in a recent Forecourt Trader reader offer, is said to save an average service station 4,000 litres of retained vapour ...
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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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Unexpected biscuit
Bahlsen is celebrating its partnership with a new film The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey with a new product range and promotion.Bahlsen Hobbits are oatmeal biscuits made with wholemeal flour. There are two varieties: oatmeal and chocolate oatmeal.The on-pack promotion gives consumers the chance to win an exclusive private ...
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