All Forecourt Trader articles in December 2014
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NewsCompetition authority gives MFG ultimatum over Murco deal
MFG says it is keen to engage with the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) to avoid a full merger investigation after it raised a concern over MFG’s takeover of Murco’s retail business. The CMA said MFG had the chance to avoid a full merger investigation if it could offer a ...
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Armed duo rob Rossendale filling station
Police are appealing for information following an armed robbery at a petrol station in Rossendale, Lancashire, on Monday 22 December. At shortly before 9.50pm, two men wearing balaclavas entered the Spar shop at the Shell Garage on Burnley Road armed with knives. They leapt over the counter and threatened the ...
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Government promises £6bn to repair roads
A record £6bn will be spent on tackling potholes and improving local roads between 2015 and 2021, transport secretary Patrick McLoughlin announced today (23 December 2014). The investment amounts to £976m a year, enough to fix around 18 million potholes across the country. It is the first time councils have ...
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NewsAA dismisses prospect of petrol below £1 per litre
The AA has dismissed suggestions by rival motoring organisation the RAC that petrol could fall below £1 a litre in the New Year, but said the crash in fuel prices over the past month is the third largest it has recorded. In its latest monthly fuel report the AA said: ...
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EQUIPMENT NEWS: Tokheim launches new lining system
A new system for lining fuel station tanks was presented by Shell at the APEA (Association for Petroleum and Explosives Administration) conference. Tokheim is working in partnership with the manufacturer of the Unmanned Bag Lining System and is the authorised installer. UK operations manager Andy Wallace explained that what has ...
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PRODUCT NEWS: Nisa completes Heritage label update
Nisa’s own-label Heritage range has undergone label changes to ensure they all comply with the new Food Information Regulation (FIR). From this month, all of Nisa’s rebranded new-world Heritage products, incorporating Heritage Pantry, Heritage and Heritage Gourmet, will be in line with the FIR guidelines. The overall Heritage rebrand and ...
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Independent claims lowest fuel prices
An independent operator who runs three filling stations in the West Midlands believes he is currently selling the cheapest fuel in the UK. Since Monday Velautham Sarveswaran, who runs the Harvest branded forecourt at Alcester Road, Redditch, as well as at Alcester Road South, Maypole, and at Abelwell Road, Walsall, ...
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Thieves steal CCTV system from car wash
Thieves who targeted a car wash in Derby took the site’s CCTV system as part of their haul. Derbyshire Police are appealing for information after a break-in between 6.20pm on Friday, December 12 and 8.30am on Saturday, December 13 at the UK Car Wash on Chequers Road near to the ...
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Cigarettes stolen from Tesco forecourt in break-in
Police are appealing for witnesses after a large amount of cigarettes were stolen from a Tesco fuel station in Whaley Bridge, Derbyshire. Three men forced open shutters to the kiosk area at the site in Buxton Road, before breaking through the door. They then stole a large number of cigarettes ...
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PRODUCT NEWS: Bestway extends own brand range
Bestway Wholesale has added a new zero sugar variant to its own label stimulation drink range. Best-in Zero Sugar Stimulation Drink is a new-formulation carbonated fruit energy drink which is low calorie and contains no sugar. Nick Brown, category manager for the Best-in family of products, commented: “Zero sugar soft ...
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NewsCCTV film of armed robbery released by police
Sussex Police are appealing for witnesses to a knife point robbery at a service station in Petworth, West Sussex. At around 7.45pm on Monday (December 15) at The Flower Bowl Garage in London Road, a man walked into the garage with a knife and a baseball bat. He threatened the ...
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Harvest adds new recruit to retail team
Harvest Retail has recruited Lee Slater to its expanding retail team as dealer business manager for Scotland. Lee has held senior roles within the industry and first joined the sector in 2004 with Tokheim UK. In his new role he will be responsible for looking after existing key strategic accounts ...
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EQUIPMENT NEWS: Fairbanks adds to leadership team
Fairbanks, the global fuel management service provider, has announced that Tony Mills is joining the business to deliver their global sales and marketing strategy. Tony Mills will join the Fairbanks leadership team which includes joint managing directors Steve Jones and Bob Conlin. Bob said “We are committed to growing the ...
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ACS welcomes consultation on e-cigarettes
ACS has welcomed a consultation from the Department of Health on introducing age restrictions for the purchase of electronic cigarettes. The proposed regulations would: Make it an offence to sell nicotine inhaling products (such as e-cigarettes) and related products to anyone under the age of 18 years; Extend ...
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NewsMinister admits 130 unsafe tankers still in use
About 130 fuel tankers that do not meet safety standards are still in use on British roads and forecourts more than a year after the problem was first reported. In a written statement to Parliament in October last year, transport minister Robert Goodwill reported that 230 fuel tankers, about 12% ...
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Two arrested after 70,000 cigarettes seized
Two people were arrested in connection with the seizure of over 70,000 cigarettes and three kilos of hand-rolling tobacco by HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) on Tuesday December 16. HMRC officers searched private and commercial premises at Ballymena and Ballymoney, in County Antrim, Northern Ireland, where they seized 12,020 suspected ...
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Knifepoint robbery in Lancashire
Lancashire police has released CCTV images of a man they would like to speak to following a knifepoint robbery at a service station. At around 9.30pm on Sunday (November 14), a lone man has entered CS Service Station, known locally as Mr C’s, on Helmshore Road, Haslingden, with a large ...
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PRODUCT NEWS: Coco-Cola sponsors Rugby World Cup
Coca-Cola has announced its sponsorship of Rugby World Cup 2015 after agreeing a deal with Rugby World Cup Limited (RWCL) to become the official soft drink, sports drink and water supplier at next year’s tournament. Caroline Cater, operational marketing director at Coca-Cola Enterprises, said: “Rugby World Cup 2015 looks set ...
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Certas Energy strengthens retail team
Certas Energy has strengthened its retail team with the appointment of Ian Welch and Gary Conway, both former employees of Harvest Energy, as it continues to expand its Gulf branded network across the UK. “We are delighted to bring Gary and Ian into the Certas Energy family,” said Ramsay MacDonald, ...
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Topaz confirms purchase of Esso’s Irish retail business
Topaz Energy Limited has confirmed the reports that began circulating in Ireland last week that it is buying Esso’s retail business in the Republic. Under the agreement, the Topaz parent company, Kendrick Investments Limited, will purchase the shares of Esso Ireland Limited and its wholly owned subsidiaries, Ireland ROC Limited ...