All Forecourt Trader articles in January 2012 – Page 5

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    ACS seeks data for latest Retail Crime Survey

    2012-01-09T00:00:00Z

    ACS is calling on retailers from across the convenience sector to complete the 2011 Crime Survey. The survey addresses a range of issues including burglary, crime reporting, robberies and physical violence, and verbal abuse.Every year, ACS gathers information from retailers across the country to reveal the true impact of crime ...

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    Patron Capital confirms joint-venture acquisition of MFG

    2012-01-09T00:00:00Z

    Patron Capital, the pan-European institutional investor focused on property-backed investments, has confirmed its acquisition of Top 50 independent fuel retailer Motor Fuels Group Limited (MFG) in a joint venture with a new management team backed by oil industry veteran, Alasdair Locke. MFG is the fifth largest chain of independent petrol ...

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    Car catches fire at BP site

    2012-01-05T00:00:00Z

    BP has praised staff at its petrol station in South Mimms for acting quickly and safely when a burning car entered the forecourt in the early hours of Tuesday morning.A Land Rover pulled onto the site at the Welcome Break service area off junction 23 of the M25 with smoke ...

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    Topaz chief plans move to DCC

    2012-01-04T00:00:00Z

    Chief executive of Topaz, Eddie O’Brien, is to resign in order to return to an international role and take up a senior position with DCC.Topaz chairman, Neil O’Leary, has thanked O’Brien for his service with the company and wished him success in his new role: "Together with his colleagues on ...

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    Murco director moves to MFG

    2012-01-03T00:00:00Z

    Murco’s retail marketing director Jeremy Clarke is moving to the Motor Fuel Group as managing director, and taking other Murco excutives with him, including dealer sales manager Jim Mulheran. Meanwhile, Top 50 Indie Sej Sejpal said he is feeling "on top of the world" following the sale of his shareholding ...

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    Tobacco companies drop English High Court challenge on tobacco display ban

    2012-01-03T00:00:00Z

    All of the claimants challenging the English ban on displaying tobacco products in shops, including JTI UK and JTI Sweden, have notified the English High Court that they will not be continuing with their judicial review challenge. A statement from JTI UK said the decision had been taken in light ...

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    Drivers resolve to further cut back car use, claims AA report

    2012-01-03T00:00:00Z

    Petrol sales, which were down 2.4 billion litres in the first nine months of 2011 compared to 2008, look set to collapse further in 2012, according to a new report by the AA.A poll of 20,181 AA members revealed that motorists plan to cut back even more on car use ...

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    RMIP kicks off 2012 with call for fuel tax reform

    2012-01-03T00:00:00Z

    RMI Petrol has kicked off the New Year by writing to the Chancellor with a Briefing Paper urging reform of fuel tax ahead of the deferred duty increase on August 1. As detailed in the Autumn Statement on November 30, this will be 3.02 pence per litre (ppl) plus 20% ...