All Forecourt Trader articles in February 2012 – Page 5
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Vapour recovery deadline for Scotland looms
Getting an environmental permit for petrol vapour recovery processes has been made easier for Scottish petrol stations, who have until the end of the month to register.A set of standard rules, with clear guidance on quantities and requirements, has been issued by the Scottish Environment Protection Agency (SEPA) and can ...
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Active selling pays off for Fraser Retail
Top 50 Indie Fraser Retail’s Spar-branded forecourt store in Lower Earley, Berkshire sold 322 Cadbury Snowman selection packs in seven days after store development manager Nick Fraser, site manager Louise and her staff took part in an active selling workshop run by Capper & Co.Nick had spoken to Steve Holcombe ...
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Hydrogen study launch
A ground-breaking project to ensure the UK is well-positioned for the rollout of hydrogen fuel cell electric vehicles has been launched.The UKH2Mobility programme aims to analyse in detail the specific UK case for the introduction of hydrogen fuel cell electric vehicles; review the investments required to commercialise the technology; and ...
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Hudson leaves Jet in restructure
Jet’s retail marketing manager Patrick Hudson is leaving ConocoPhillips after nearly 28 years with the company including 10 years in his current role.Following a consolidation of Jet’s UK sales and marketing teams restructuring its sales organisation into national and regional teams Lindsey Grant has taken on the ...
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Year of forecourt growth for Londis
Londis has hailed 2011 as its most successful year for growth within its multi-site accounts business, with a number of forecourt operators signing up to the symbol group last year.Paul Courtney, Londis sales director, said a total of 65 new stores, owned by major multi-site operators, opened under the Londis ...
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Petrogas expands its network in the UK
Top 50 Indie Petrogas is growing its UK network with the acquisition of seven freehold and leasehold sites from Shell, and disposed of two sites to Shell in the same deal.The investment will increase the number of Petrogas UK sites to 23 by the end of January 2012. New site ...
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Convenience still holding its own
Despite the strains on the consumer purse, the increasing high-street presence of small-format supermarkets and the summer’s social unrest, the independent convenience retail sector continued to hold its own in 2011, says Christie & Co’s Business Outlook 2012.According to the report, which uses average price information derived from retail transactions ...
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chris Hunt
An early Christmas present from UKPIA was the publication of our study ’Fuelling the UK’s future the role of our refining and downstream oil industry’. Amid the gloom, there are some positive messages about the future but trying to make an investment case for major investment in UK refining, ...
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Kenny Webster shocked over threat to Calanike
Director of Calanike Retailing Kenny Webster has said he is "absolutely furious" about Allied Irish Bank’s (AIB) shock decision to place the company in receivership while putting his drinks business Sangs into administration."To say that this has come as a shock is more than an understatement," said Kenny. "Allied Irish ...
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Coryton supplies in limbo as Petroplus goes bust
The government has been urged to step in to ensure continuation of fuel supply from Petroplus’ oil refinery in Coryton, Essex, which supplies 20% of the UK’s road fuels.While administrators PriceWaterhouseCoopers arranged for deliveries from the refinery to be resumed albeit at less than 50% capacity it is understood ...
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in brief
Total signing for GB OilsThe Gibbs Garages sites at Woodstock and Banbury have re-signed with the Total brand and six others are in the pipeline as dealers warm to GB Oils’ style of operation, according to Jenny Lockwood, national accounts manager of GB Oils’ Retail Division. "After a ...
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ConocoPhillips builds bridges with its Jet dealers as tanker driver strike continued
Jet has responded to negative feedback about its alleged failure to plan for the anticipated Wincanton tanker driver strike by opening up communications with dealers.More than 120 oil tanker drivers launched seven days of strike action at three ConocoPhillips fuel terminals in Immingham, Warwickshire and Stockton-on-Tees on January 24 in ...
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Subway sets sights on 600 new stores by 2015
Subway has set out ambitious plans to increase the number of stores in the UK and Ireland to 2,000 over the next three years, with non-traditional locations such as forecourts leading the growth. There are currently more than 1,500 Subway stores in the UK and Ireland, which is almost a ...
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