All Forecourt Trader articles in December 2015 – Page 4

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    Eurotank unveils calibration system

    2015-12-18T00:00:00Z

    Eurotank Environmental has invested in an Atex-approved 3D laser tank calibration system for mapping the internal dimensions of all underground and aboveground storage tanks. The Calibex system, manufactured by Asis Automation and Fueling Systems in Turkey, works out the angle of the tank in the ground, whether there are reverse ...

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    product news: Trebor returns to stand up campaign

    2015-12-18T00:00:00Z

    Trebor will be again encouraging consumers to stand up for their favourite mint in its TV campaign, which returns on 4th January. The campaign will highlight people’s affinity and loyalty to Trebor’s mints, and plays with the concept that mint eaters fall firmly into one of two camps: Extra Strong ...

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    product news: E-Lites unleashes new campaign

    2015-12-18T00:00:00Z

    E-Lites is back on TV from 26 December to tap into additional seasonal sales in and around the New Year. Supporting its E-Lites Curv range, which launched earlier this year, the campaign will also include press ads in national daily newspapers such as The Mirror, The Sun and Daily Star. ...

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    Plug-in car grant extended

    2015-12-18T00:00:00Z

    The government has announced a long-term extension to the plug-in car grant, backed by a £400m package to treble the number of ultra low emission vehicles (ULEVs) on Britain’s roads. The grant was due to end in March next year but its lifetime has been extended to the end of ...

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    Investment by c-store sector increases

    2015-12-18T00:00:00Z

    Investment levels in the convenience store sector have recovered slightly over the last three months after a fall in the summer. According to the Association of Convenience Stores’ (ACS) Investment Tracker, which surveys over 1,200 independent retailers and a number of multiple operators, in the three months of September to ...

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    Landmark Greggs store at Euro Garages site

    2015-12-18T00:00:00Z

    Euro Garages’ site at Shinfield, Reading, has become the home of the 100th franchised Greggs shop. Ilyas Munshi, commercial director for Euro Garages, said: “We are proud of our strategic partnership with Greggs. The brand has proved to be popular with our forecourt customers and people with busy lifestyles in ...

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    product news: Smint sponsors STV over Hogmanay

    2015-12-18T00:00:00Z

    Smint is launching a new TV sponsorship to boost awareness and drive sales in Scotland in the run-up to Hogmanay. Partnering with STV, which holds the Channel 3 licences for central and north Scotland, Smint will launch a series of 10-second and 20-second sponsorship credits between the 29th December and ...

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    product news: Kinder introduces PMPs

    2015-12-18T00:00:00Z

    Kinder is introducing a £1 price-marked format across the sharing range of Kinder Choco-Bons (69g) and Kinder Chocolate Mini (72g). The price-marked packs will be supported by a wider £3m media investment including TV, sampling and in-store activation. Levi Boorer, customer development director, Ferrero, comments: “We know that each of ...

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    £10,000 reward offered to catch robber

    2015-12-23T00:00:00Z

    The independent crime-fighting charity Crimestoppers and the Association of Convenience Stores (ACS) are offering a reward of up to £10,000 for information on a man responsible for a spate of robberies across Birmingham and the Black Country. The area has seen a total of 12 robberies committed over an eight-month ...

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    Certas Energy re-signs top 60 for year

    2015-12-23T00:00:00Z

    Gulf has secured four re-signs bringing total re-signs to Certas Energy in 2015 to about 60 sites. The resigns are: Think One, Wokingham, Berkshire; Fromebridge Service Station, Whitminster, Gloucestershire; Wild Goose Garage, Dursley, Gloucestershire; and Woodlands Garage, Smallfield, Surrey. The retention of these sites equates to ...

  • Independent cuts diesel to 99.7ppl
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    Independent cuts diesel to 99.7ppl

    2015-12-23T00:00:00Z

    An independent retailer, who hit the headlines at the start of the year after cutting petrol down to 99.7ppl, has gained more publicity after cutting diesel to 99.7ppl. Velautham Sarveswaran, who runs three Harvest-branded sites in the Midlands with his wife, Ananthi, cut prices at his sites in Birmingham, Redditch ...

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    Morrisons renews BOSS membership

    2015-12-23T00:00:00Z

    Morrisons has renewed its membership with BOSS and its Payment Watch scheme. The supermarket group began working with the BOSS Payment Watch scheme in October 2014 with the scheme operating on several forecourts throughout the UK. BOSS’s debt recovery scheme is a co-ordinated system for recovering financial losses incurred by ...

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    Floods bring mixed fortunes

    2015-12-23T00:00:00Z

    The recent flooding in Cumbria, which has again struck in several areas, has brought mixed fortunes for service stations. While some have only just been getting back into business, and others had to close for short periods at the peak of the floods, sites nearby who have been able to ...

  • Greenergy increases stake in former Coryton site
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    Greenergy increases stake in former Coryton site

    2015-12-23T00:00:00Z

    Greenergy has secured deals which will further cement its position as the UK’s biggest provider of wholesale fuels in the UK. The deals with Royal Vopak involve stepping up its involvement at Thames Oilport – the site of the former Coryton Oil refinery on the estuary of the River Thames ...

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    Knife raider strikes at Runcorn service station

    2015-12-23T00:00:00Z

    Cheshire Police are appealing for information following an armed robbery at a a petrol station in Runcorn. The incident occurred at the petrol station on Victoria Road, Runcorn, at approximately 7pm on Tuesday 22nd December. A man went to the counter where he threatened a member of staff with a ...