All Forecourt Trader articles in February 2014
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MFG expansion reaches 60 sites
Top 50 Indies forecourt operator, Motor Fuel Group (MFG) has grown its network to 60 sites with the acquisition of two former Shell company stations. MFG managing director Jeremy Clarke said: “This acquisition adds another two high volume stations to our network. Both stations, one in Woodston, Peterborough, and one ...
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Police seeking petrol station arsonist
Detectives are appealing for information after a fire was started deliberately at a petrol station in Hoghton, near Preston, Lancashire. Police were called to the Old Oak Service Station on Hoghton Road at 10.25pm on Sunday 19 January following a report of a blaze. It is believed somebody climbed onto ...
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BP boss speaks out on Scottish independence
The boss of BP has warned that Scottish independence could cause his company “uncertainties” and said he did not want to see Scotland drifting away. “We have a lot of people in Scotland. We have a lot of investments in Scotland. My personal view is that Great Britain is great ...
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New company takes on Petroman business
A new company has been set up to honour all contracts and maintenance agreements with Petroman Environmental Ltd and Petroman Ltd, which have been placed into liquidation due to shareholder differences. The new company, Vapour Control Systems Ltd, trading as Petroman, has been set up by Petroman founder Rodney Carter, ...
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NewsSpar to push fuel offer with new campaign from May
Spar will kick off an ambitious new retailer recruitment campaign in May to support its goal of becoming the number one entirely branded petrol-filling station solution in the UK, both by site numbers and volume. The move follows a successful trial of the dual-branded format, announced last April, with both ...
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New Forecourt Watch scheme in Oxfordshire
BOSS, the British Oil Security Syndicate, has teamed up with Thames Valley Police to introduce a new Forecourt Watch scheme to reduce crime at 38 petrol station forecourts in Cherwell and West Oxfordshire. Forecourt Watch creates a closer link between police, BOSS and retail staff to increase awareness, prevention and ...
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Surge in the value of forecourts
The number of forecourt sites that were sold or let in 2013 was less than a quarter of the previous year, but there was a 14% increase in values over the same period, according to Barber Wadlow’s Forecourt Property Market Update. It reports that there were 240 transactions involving forecourts ...
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Phillips 66 and Kinch Fuel Oils reach 30th anniversary
Kinch Fuel Oils has signed a one-year extension to its supplier contract with Phillips 66, marking the 30th year of their collaboration. Kinch Fuels is now one of the longest-standing JET-branded authorised distributors of Phillips 66. From its facility in Malmesbury, Wiltshire, Kinch Fuels distributes to a wide customer base ...
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Armed robber beaten to death
An armed robber who stole cash and cigarettes from a petrol station was caught and beaten to death by bystanders, the Star Online news website in Kuala Lumpur has reported. It said two men on a motorcycle stopped at the petrol station and the pillion rider, who carried a parang, ...
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Flooding hits Surrey petrol station’s business
A BP garage on the A22 main road in Surrey has narrowly avoided being flooded after the recent storms and has lost much of its trade after the deluge closed the highway. Sega Para, manager of the service station at Whyteleaf, said the floods had closed the road just down ...
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Moorland’s nearest petrol station open for business
The nearest petrol station to Moorland in Somerset, where residents have had to be evacuated because of flooding, has actually seen an increase in business since the start of the year. Christopher Duckworth, who manages the BP petrol station at Bridgwater, said the floodwaters were about two miles away, and ...
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MPs debate needs of independent retailers
MPs have held a debate calling on the Government to do more to support independent retailers. The debate was held at Westminster Hall where the House of Commons gives MPs the opportunity to raise issues of importance to them with Private Members’ adjournment debates. Bill Esterson, Labour MP for Sefton ...
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Planned e-cigarette restrictions extended to Wales
Plans to ban under-18s in England from buying electronic cigarettes will also apply to Wales after a vote by the Welsh Assembly. AMs backed a Welsh government motion to allow Westminster legislation bringing in the ban to cover Wales as well. Welsh health minister Mark Drakeford told AMs that e-cigarettes ...
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MP opens Fairbanks new offices
The local MP has opened the new offices of wetstock specialists Fairbanks. Rosie Cooper, the Labour MP for West Lancashire, carried out the official opening of the premises at Skelmersdale, and was shown how the company monitors forecourts across the globe. The new offices are located on the White Moss ...
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Opening of Thames Oilport months off
Hopes for an imminent improvement in supply options in the south east have been dashed after the owners of Thames Oilport announced that its opening was still months away and they could not commit to a revised opening date. Thames Oilport is a joint venture between Royal Vopak, Greenergy and ...
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Fuel laundering plant discovered in Omagh
A fuel laundering plant was discovered hidden in a shed after HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) officers searched a private address in the Omagh area of County Tyrone last Friday. Officers removed more than four tonnes of toxic waste, the by-product of the laundering process, nearly 3,000 litres of illicit ...
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iPad Mini is top prize in Best Forecourt Loo 2014
An iPad Mini and washroom maintenance kit have been announced as the prizes for this year’s Best Forecourt Loo competition, sponsored again by retail supplies specialist RS Sales and Distribution, following the successful launch of the campaign last year. Jason Tamplin, site manager of last year’s winner Budgens of Wells, ...
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Cheer we go: AG Barr’s Glasgow 2014 support
AG Barr is building on its role as Proud Supporter of the Glasgow 2014 Commonwealth Games the largest event to be held in the UK in 2014 with a raft of marketing activity designed to boost sales across the soft drinks category. The company will be investing £12m ...
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Esso sells 84 petrol stations
A deal to sell 84 service stations to two of the Top 50 Indies has been agreed by Esso Petroleum Company and ROC UK (ExxonMobil). Euro Garages has picked up 48 company-owned service stations in the Midlands and eastern England, and 36 company-owned service stations in south-west England and south ...