All Forecourt Trader articles in February 2014
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Dealer numbers stage a recovery
While the number of forecourts in the UK remained almost static during 2013, the number of dealer sites in the UK has increased for the first time since Experian Catalist began monitoring the figures in 2000. In its report for the end of 2013 it says the overall total was ...
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Retailers are top targets of ciminals
Government has published the results of the latest Commercial Victimisation Survey, showing that the retail and wholesale sector experiences more crime than all other sectors. The survey revealed that shop theft is the most common crime experienced by wholesalers and retailers, with 3.3 million incidents of customer theft reported in ...
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Jet enhances fuel card offer
Jet has announced a significantly enhanced fuel card offering for its network of more than 300 independently owned forecourts. As well as continuing to offer its well-established JetCard for local customers, Jet has strengthened its card offering – with Fleetone – through UK Fuels Ltd, enabling its dealers to offer ...
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Topaz one of Ireland’s best workplaces
Topaz, Ireland’s biggest fuels and convenience retailer has been recognised as one of the Best Workplaces in Ireland for the ninth time. This year Topaz claimed 13th place, in the list of the Best Large Workplaces in Ireland. The fully Irish owned and managed company was the only retailer to ...
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ACS criticises minimum wage recommendation
Convenience stores’ representatives have expressed concerns over the Low Pay Commission’s recommendation for a 3% increase in the National Minimum Wage. Addressing a committee of MPs, business secretary Vince Cable said the Low Pay Commission had recommended a 3% increase in the minimum wage, which would take the adult rate ...
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NewsFracking a ’game changer’, says Pete George as new Top 50 listing published
Fracking is a game changer and the UK’s refining model is in a period of flux with only the strongest destined to survive, Pete George, managing director of UK & Ireland marketing for Phillips 66 told the audience at last night’s Top 50 Indies dinner. He stressed the need to ...
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ACS publishes report on crime
Theft cost convenience stores £44m and has risen by 4% in the last year, according to a new report by the Association of Convenience Stores (ACS). The Crime Report 2014 sets out the impact of crime on the convenience sector and includes guidance to help retailers manage the cost of ...
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Consumers still lack faith in electric vehicles says AA
The lack of used electric cars on the market suggests many consumers still harbour doubts about the technology, despite the substantial Government grants available for buyers of the cars when new, according to the AA. While the AA’s used car portal has 1,369 ‘green cars’ in stock, hybrids make up ...
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News£4m funding package for Exelby Services expansion
Exelby Services has secured a £4m finance package from HSBC to support development of its new filling station services and truck stop on the A1(M) at Leeming Bar, North Yorkshire. Work has commenced on site and it is expected to be completed by September. The £6.5m project will create a ...
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NewsTesco to offer up to 20ppl off fuel long term
Savings of up to 20ppl on Tesco fuel will be available to Clubcard users under a scheme which the retail giant is about to launch nationally, and will run into the summer. Fuel Save has already been trialled in Wales and offers customers 2ppl off a single fuel transaction for ...
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Petrol station worker threatened with knife
Merseyside Police detectives have released CCTV images of a man they would like to speak to in connection with an attempted robbery at a petrol station on Tuesday, February 18. Officers were called to Childwall Valley Filling Station in Childwall Valley Road at around 10pm after receiving reports that a ...
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HMRC seizes illegal spirits and tobacco in Lambeth
More seizures have been made by Customs officers in a clampdown on illegal alcohol and tobacco in south London. Alcohol and shisha tobacco were seized from independent stores and café lounges in Lambeth, Streatham, and Clapham Common Southside, London, during a series of raids by HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC), ...
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Raids uncover three fuel laundering plants
Over 50 tonnes of toxic waste have been removed after three fuel laundering plants were found by HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) in the Cullaville area of South Armagh on Thursday February 20. Between them, the three plants had the potential to produce 26 million litres of illicit fuel a ...
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NewsHMRC seizes fuel at three Northern Irish forecourts
Three petrol filling stations in Northern Ireland, suspected of selling illicit fuel, were raided by HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) on Thursday February 20, and nearly 2,500 litres of fuel were seized. HMRC officers tested the fuel in the forecourt tanks and all three stations, which were in the Omagh ...
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Arrests in search for prolific fuel thieves
Police investigating a spate of fuel thefts from petrol stations in the north east have made two arrests Since Monday 6 January Humberside Police have linked 29 thefts totalling more than £3,000 of fuel. In each case a transit-style van was used to steal fuel from petrol station forecourts with ...
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ACS calls for stronger action over energy contracts
The Association of Convenience Store (ACS) has responded to the publication of two consultations from the energy watchdog Ofgem, calling for more to be done to tackle problems faced by retailers when dealing with energy companies. Ofgem has published consultations on the issues of Third Party Intermediaries (TPIs) and rollover ...
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NewsAA calls for inquiry into pump prices
The AA is calling for an inquiry into the disparity between pump prices in neighbouring areas and whether drivers in some small rural and coastal towns are being unfairly treated. Following the Office of Fair Trading’s decision not to turn its ‘Call for information on the UK petrol and diesel ...
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Man arrested after 20,000 litres of illicit fuel is seized
A 23-year-old man from Northern Ireland has been arrested after HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) seized almost 20,000 litres of suspected laundered fuel, in a load of fish, at Gladstone Docks in Liverpool. HMRC Road Fuel Testing Unit officers were checking ferry traffic arriving at the port on the morning ...
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Lorry smashes into petrol station
An articulated lorry ploughed into a Leicestershire petrol station after it was blown off the A47 road by gales late on Friday night. It crashed into one petrol pump, knocking it over, and was brought to a halt when it hit a central concrete pillar supporting the canopy over the ...
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NewsPrince William helps to save forecourt from floods
The emergency caused by flooding and further severe rain last weekend brought some unexpected help for one affected forecourt. The Gulf-branded Datchet Green Service Station near Slough had nearly been flooded earlier in the week and was facing an inundation from the River Thames when local residents volunteered their help. ...