All Forecourt Trader articles in February 2011
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Moto takes on Domino’s franchise
Moto Hospitality has taken on the Domino’s pizza franchise and is set to open up 43 on Britain’s motorways.The first two stores, due to open this spring, will be on the M4 at Leigh Delamare East in Wiltshire and the M40 at Cherwell Valley in Oxfordshire.Both will open during the ...
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The Sun girls to rally support for fuel duty campaign at IFFE
The Sun girls will be causing a stir at next week’s International Fuel and Forecourt Equipment Exhibition as they rally support for the national newspaper’s campaign to cut fuel duty, being run in conjunction with RMI Petrol. They will be visiting the show at the NEC from late morning on ...
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Gulf brand owner DCC to acquire Pace
DCC, the sales, marketing, distribution and business support services group, has reached conditional agreement to acquire the entire issued share capital of Pace Fuelcare Ltd, from number-one indie MRH. The acquisition of Pace is, among other things, subject to clearance from the UK Office of Fair Trading. The consideration payable ...
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Ireland’s Topaz in €6m venture with Macdonalds to build state-of-the-art service station
Topaz, Ireland’s leading convenience and fuel retailer and McDonald’s have announced details of a combined investment of €6m in a new state- of-the art service station at the Cashel interchange on the Dublin/Cork Motorway. The new services area, the first one to serve ...
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Baglan Service Station chooses Air1 to supply AdBlue
Baglan Service Station is the first service station in Wales to offer bulk dispensed AdBlue from Air1 on its HGV forecourt.The introduction of a bulk dispenser follows the successful development of AdBlue sales in canisters from the forecourt shop.Forecourt owner Catherine Cooper said: “There has been a lot of interest ...
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RMIP predicts 10ppl jump in fuel prices in wake of Libyan turmoil
Fuel prices are set to rocket by up to 10ppl in the coming months as oil prices rocket following bloodshed in Libya, according to warnings issued by RMI Petrol. Brian Madderson, RMIP chairman, said: “Following the turmoil and violence in Libya over the past couple of days Brent crude oil ...
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Shell receives offer for Stanlow refinery
Shell has confirmed it has received an offer from Essar Energy to buy its 272,000 barrel-per-day Stanlow refinery and associated local marketing businesses in the UK for a total expected consideration of some $1.3bn. In light of Essar’s offer, the two companies today signed an exclusivity agreement until April 1 ...
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More drivers ’running on empty’ as fuel prices rocket
High fuel prices have lead to a sharp rise in the number of motorists driving on empty and running out of fuel before they make it to a service station, according to a survey commissioned by roadside rescue organisation Green Flag.The survey revealed a 40 per cent increase in fuel-related ...
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AA accuses retailers of profiteering
RMI Petrol has slammed the AA’s latest claims that UK petrol retailers are profiteering from rising fuel prices, following publication of the association’s Fuel Price Report, published yesterday. The AA claims that European petrol prices have dropped in line with wholesale reductions but UK prices continued to rise to record ...
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Jet names top dealers
Jet has announced the winners of its annual ‘Aim4Success’ awards, which recognise dealers’ commitment to achieving high levels of service, safety, training and communication with their local communities.During a ceremony held in Stratford-Upon-Avon, St Blazey Service Station in Cornwall received the overall national ‘Aim4Scccess’ award, beating off stiff competition from ...
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Stick to trusted sources to avoid counterfeit stock, says FWD
Forecourt retailers with off licences should always buy their wines and spirits from reliable sources, says the Federation of Wholesale Distributors (FWD), after reports that up to a quarter of retail outlets in some parts of the country are stocking counterfeit alcohol products.Spot checks carried out by Trading Standards officials ...
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Gilbarco appoints new MD
Gilbarco Veeder-Root has promoted Dave Coombe to UK & Ireland managing director following his success in driving operational and process improvements as well as leading the successful integration of the Autotank acquisition.The newly appointed position will enable Coombe to work in accordance with Gilbarco’s ambition of focusing on developing and ...
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Fuels of the future in focus during ACS Summit11 at IFFE
The Association of Convenience Store’s annual Summit conference will run alongside IFFE this year and features a one-hour breakout session focusing on Fuels of the Future. ACS has partnered with RMI Petrol to give forecourt retailers an exclusive opportunity to debate the prospects of the sector in ...
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Fuel tax policy damaging forecourt and haulage industry
The Government’s current fuel tax policies could directly result in the Treasury missing out on up to £1.2 billion tax revenue as well as jeopardising the UK’s important and petrol forecourt and haulage industries, according to RMI Petrol. With the growing number of high ...
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Scotland’s retailers urged to prepare for new tobacco register
Tobacco retailers in Scotland are being urged to register to sell cigarettes as there are now only 50 days until the introduction of new rules for Scotland’s tobacco retailers. New legislation designed to make cigarettes less available to under 18s will take effect on October 1. Around ...
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Fuel duty stabiliser ‘not that complicated’, says FSB
The Federation of Small Businesses (FSB) has published a report that aims to dispel myths that a fuel duty stabiliser would be too complicated and expensive to implement. In the same week as fuel cost protesters lobbied the Treasury to scrap a rise in fuel duty planned for April 1 ...
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Fuel duty campaign heads for Downing Street
The campaign to scrap the fuel duty rise planned for April 1 gained momentum this week when TV presenter Quentin Willson delivered a personal letter to the Chancellor seeking the cancellation of the duty rise in April. He was accompanied by the campaign team from Fair Fuel UK which claims ...
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Survey shows grants will encourage motorists to buy electric vehicles
A month since the launch of the Plug-in Car Grants, new research from leading green car guide, TheGreenCarWebsite.co.uk has found that 40 per cent of people think that the grants worth up to £5,000 will be enough to persuade them to buy an electric car or other eligible car. The ...
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ACS delivers Budget advice on local shops to the Chancellor
The Association of Convenience Stores has set out a series of specific policy recommendations that Chancellor George Osborne can deliver for local shops in his Budget next month. ACS also reacted to the commitments made by banks following negotiations with Government about new funding for business lending. ...
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High street chains accused of motorway rip-off
High street chains have been accused of ramping up prices on motorway service areas, following a What Car? survey. Researchers shopped for seven items in the WH Smith branches of 10 service stations and found prices were between 3% and 91% higher than on the high street. They also shopped ...