All Forecourt Trader articles in December 2016 – Page 6
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Dorset forecourt wins Spar award
A Spar forecourt store at Maiden Newton in Dorset has won the Best Forecourt 2016 award at the third staging of the Appleby Westward Retail Awards.Olly Andrews’ Maiden Newton store won the Best Forecourt award along with the Best Spar Brand award, while colleague Abi James won the Best Store ...
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Money Talk: Autumn in the wilderness
If there wasn’t really much drama around the Autumn Statement that the Chancellor delivered on the 23rd of November, there was at least a little of the flavour of pantomime: this was to be the last ’Autumn Statement’ because in future the ’real Budget’ will move to autumn; so what ...
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’OK’ for Applegreen A-road site
Fast-growing Top 50 Indie Applegreen UK has won planning permission for its biggest development on the UK mainland. Its application for a 5,000sq ft trunk road service area (TRSA) on the A14 at Spaldwick, Cambridgeshire, was approved by nine votes to four by Huntingtonshire District Council’s planning committee. Applegreen’s parent ...
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New adviser for BOSS
Gary Worrow has joined the British Oil Security Syndicate (BOSS) as development adviser. He will be responsible for spearheading the development of the BOSS Electronic Reporting System (ERS) as an integrated management system that helps retailers to reduce forecourt crime.Worrow joins from BP, where for 30 years he gained considerable ...
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Sage adds benefits
Sage, the integrated accounting, payroll and payment systems company, is partnering with Personal Group Holdings plc, a provider of employee services, benefits and employee-related insurance products, to launch a new employee-engagement product for the SME market.Sage Employee Benefits is described as a first-of-its-kind product to be integrated into Sage’s product ...
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Boost energy brand adds Protein to its porfolio
The independents’ energy brand Boost is entering a new category in January with the national roll-out of Protein Boost.The drinks come in 310ml plastic bottles, in chocolate and strawberry flavours, in cases of eight. Each bottle contains 20g of protein, no fat, no added sugar and less than 150 calories. ...
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Service Centre: Jac Roper talks about the auto-enrolment pension trap plus the worst service ever
Auto-enrolment nothing to do with cars: Anyone who knows Londis retailer Steve Vaughan (Handbridge Services, Chester) knows that he likes to pass on useful tips. In 2015 he recommended AEclipse, a company that will set up a pension scheme for you without ripping you off. (And as we all know, ...
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Forecourt Show opens 24-26 April
Make a date in your diary for 24-26 April 2017, as that’s when The Forecourt Show will take place at the NEC Birmingham, alongside National Convenience Show and Farm Shop & Deli Show, showcasing more than 600 exhibitors and brands. The Forecourt Show is already 10% bigger than in 2015, ...
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Big win for Tracie at Sales Assistant of the Year 2016
The forecourt sector has triumphed at the Sales Assistant of the Year Award 2016, organised by Forecourt Trader’s sister publication Convenience Store, with Tracie Horner, of Spar Carrowdore, in Northern Ireland, announced as the overall Sales Assistant of the Year winner during a ceremony at the Dorchester London. She had ...
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12 twists of Christmas
Coca-Cola European Partners (CCEP) is supporting retailers with 12 new festive cocktail recipes. Named the ’12 Twists of Christmas’, Schweppes has partnered with Diageo to create 12 cocktails, including Merry Mule, Sour Sleigh Ride and Mistle-Sloe Gin, tapping in to the growing trend of consumers experimenting with special drinks to ...
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Oracle service exceeds 1,000 users
LM Group Technology is celebrating after its Oracle support service exceeded more than 1,000 sites on support five months after launch.Over the past five years TLM Group Technology has grown from a small pump maintenance business into one of the leading technology companies in the convenience and fuel industry.The greatest ...