All Forecourt Trader articles in December 2013 – Page 5

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    Labour pledges to outlaw proxy sales of tobacco for children

    2013-12-03T00:00:00Z

    The Association of Convenience Stores (ACS) has welcomed a pledge by the Labour Party to outlaw proxy sales of tobacco for children. Next Monday Baroness Angela Smith will propose an amendment to the Anti-Social Behaviour, Crime and Policing Bill specifying fines of up to £5,000 for anyone caught buying cigarettes ...

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    Certas Energy rolls out HTEC GemPAY terminals

    2013-12-03T00:00:00Z

    Certas Energy (formerly GB Oils) is rolling out new card payment terminals to its network of dealers. HTEC’s GemPAY terminals comply with the latest PCI DSS regulations and will also accept Allstar’s EMV card and the Shell and Gulf account cards. HTEC is working with Certas Energy on the roll-out ...

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    MPs call for fairer energy market for small shops

    2013-12-03T00:00:00Z

    Priti Patel MP, chair of the All Party Parliamentary Small Shops Group, has called for sweeping changes in the small business energy market to stop small shops being abused by their energy suppliers. She was speaking at the launch of a report by the group highlighting the problems in the ...

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    Beer smuggler jailed

    2013-12-03T00:00:00Z

    A lorry driver from Greater Manchester who was caught four times with illegal loads of beer smuggled from France, has been jailed for a £131,000 fraud. Simon O’Hare, 29, was stopped on four separate occasions in London, Yorkshire and Cambridgeshire by HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) investigators as he was ...

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    Transport minister in EU talks over alternative fuels

    2013-12-03T00:00:00Z

    Transport minister Stephen Hammond has made a written statement to Parliament about EU plans to encourage the development of alternative fuels infrastructure across Europe. Hammond will be attending a meeting of the EU Transport Council on December 5 and reported that alternative fuels would be on the agenda. He said: ...

  • Explosives experts called in after forecourt burglary
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    Explosives experts called in after forecourt burglary

    2013-12-03T00:00:00Z

    Seventeen houses were evacuated and explosives experts called in following a burglary at a Texaco petrol station in Warrington. Police were called to investigate a burglary at the site on Chester Road, which is currently being renovated, at 1.30am on November 30. Inside they found major damage to the roof ...