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Industry FeatureAWARDS: Forecourt Trader Awards win is second time for Tout’s family
Jonathan and Zena Tout were delighted to collect the Forecourt Trader of the Year Award 2023 for Tout’s Cleeve, matching the family’s previous win in 2008.
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Industry FeatureAWARDS: Online vote gives Rob Exelby this year’s Special Recognition Award
Winner of the Forecourt Trader of the Year Award two years ago, Rob Exelby, managing director of Exelby Services, came out top following an online vote, giving him this year’s Special Recognition Award.
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Industry FeatureAWARDS: Winning ways of the Specialist Category winners
This year’s Awards saw a great standard of entries for each of the Specialist Categories, with retailers having to adhere to strict criteria for each of the 14 different awards.
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Industry FeatureAWARDS: Skill, drive and dedication as regional winners drive up standards
In the Regional Category judges tackled a record number of retailers entering this year, as they painstakingly marked hundreds of entries for their entrepreneurial skill, initiative and dedication in running a successful business.
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Industry FeatureAWARDS: The Maxol Group scores a hat-trick at Forecourt Trader Awards 2023
Maxol, Northern Ireland’s leading family-owned forecourt and convenience retailer was showered with accolades recently at the Forecourt Trader Awards 2023 as the Group secured a trio of prestigious awards.
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Industry FeatureFORECOURT TRADER AWARDS: A winning line-up
A great time was had by all at last month’s Forecourt Trader Awards which celebrated the hard work, innovation and creativity of forecourt retailers nationwide at a glamorous awards evening held at the Park Plaza, Westminster Bridge, London.
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Industry FeatureAWARDS: Gulf emerges victorious with Best Oil Company Initiative
Victorious in a highly competitive category, this year’s winner of the Best Oil Company Initiative at this year’s Forecourt Trader Awards, was Gulf with its OOMPH + Foresite entry, with BP taking the honours for Highly Commended.
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Industry FeatureONSITE: Strong brands driving growth and prosperity at Pricewatch
The Pricewatch Group has introduced new brands to its south coast forecourts as it looks to drive up revenues across its portfolio of nine outlets.
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Industry FeatureONSITE: Spar Mallusk: Henderson’s laboratory store
Seeing is believing when it comes to Henderson’s Spar Mallusk store in Newtownabbey. We all know that Northern Ireland has a fine reputation for forecourt stores, but Spar Mallusk really is in a class of its own thanks to its status as Henderson’s laboratory store.
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Industry FeatureINSIGHT: BOSS is the ‘Watch’ word for fighting forecourt crime
Motorists not paying for fuel - whether by accident or design - has long been the scourge of the fuel retailing sector, and according to the latest figures, the overall trend is upwards.
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Industry FeatureONSITE: A Sterling performance
Gloucestershire-based Sterling Petroleum took on its first dealer forecourt in 2020 and in just three years, managing director Nakendram Piratheepan (Theepan) has built a portfolio of 10 sites with the promise of more to come.
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Industry FeatureONSITE: Pumping up the volume
Shop sales have quadrupled, and fuel sales are up 20% within a month of the opening of Karan Retail’s newly developed BP-branded site, Pumphill Service Station near Clacton-on-Sea, Essex – its first knock-down-rebuild.
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Industry FeatureAWARD WINNERS: The community Cabin
Many forecourts do good work for their local communities whether that’s having collection tins for local charities or providing prizes for local events.
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Industry FeatureTALKING HEADS: The ‘Oomph’ factor that’s growing the Gulf network
As three-times winner of the Forecourt Trader Oil Company Initiative Award, Certas Energy has established a reputation for its innovations to help give some ‘Oomph’ to its independent dealers
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Industry FeatureONSITE: Putney brings it home
As the final award was announced, there was a whoop and a cheer as MFG’s flagship site in Putney became the latest overall victor in the industry’s most prestigious annual forecourt awards.
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Industry FeatureTALKING HEADS: Recognition time for Mr Ascona
If ever you want to hear Darren Brigg’s life story, and how he came to be voted as this year’s Special Recognition Award winner, make sure you’ve got a comfortable chair!
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Industry FeatureONSITE: One year after buying 27 EG sites, PGG celebrates flagship refresh
Park Garage Group has celebrated a fantastic refresh of its site in Rushden, Northamptonshire, with a well-attended event welcoming both customers and industry guests.
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Industry FeatureONSITE: How buying a second site in the pandemic paid off for Easwaran Surean
Purchasing a freehold forecourt at the height of the Covid pandemic may not have been ideal timing, but for Easwaran Surean and his wife Sivasakthi it has proved a resounding success.
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Industry FeatureONSITE: Janagha Wafa - from war-torn Afghanistan to award-winning petrol retailer
Gulf dealer Janagha Wafa (Jan) bought Green Service Station in 2014
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Industry FeatureONSITE: Prem Uthayakumaran gives Broxbourne Service Station a new lease of life
Taking on his first independent site, Broxbourne Service Station, just as the pandemic took hold, has not dimmed the ambition of Total dealer Prem Uthayakumaran.