All Jet articles – Page 5
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NewsJet site hits headlines after selling £4m scratchcard
A Hull-based Jet forecourt has been hitting national and local headlines after having sold a winning National Lottery Scratchcard. Local taxi driver Melissa Ede won £4m on a National Lottery Scratchcard purchased at Jet Sutton Road Service Station in Hull on December 30. Melissa bought the £4m Blue scratchcard from ...
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NewsJet Waltham Cross re-opens following £1m KDRB
Jet Waltham Cross has reopened following a large-scale knock down and rebuild project. Owner Mr Arulselvam (Arul) has invested close to £1 million in the site, with only the canopy and the pumps remaining from the original forecourt.The site now boasts a 2,000 sq feet Nisa Local convenience store (previously ...
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Retailer snaps up second Jet site - on tourist route
Ayrshire-based Jet forecourt owner Brian Connolly, who opened the first Jet and Spar dual-branded site, has bought a second service station, in the market town of Dalmellington, 10 miles from his first forecourt at Maybole. The new site is located on the Galloway tourist route, which runs from the A74(M) ...
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NewsJet forecourt joins in Halloween spirit with Scarecrows
A team of 25 volunteers from across Hammonds Group got into the Halloween spirit when the Jet AW&D Hammonds forecourt took part in the eighth annual Halesworth Scarecrow Festival. The team transformed an old 4x4 that was due to be scrapped into a spook-tacular Ford Model T pick-up inspired recovery ...
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NewsJet/Spar dual branding pioneer buys second site
Ayrshire-based Jet forecourt owner Brian Connolly, who opened the first Jet and Spar dual-branded site, has bought a second service station, in the market town of Dalmellington, 10 miles from his first forecourt at Maybole. The Dalmellington site is located on the Galloway Tourist route, which runs from the A74(M) ...
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NewsJet launches Marketing in a Box initiative
Jet has launched its latest Marketing in a Box initiative, with Jet dealers able to choose from seven localised summer-themed promotions aimed at boosting forecourt footfall and customer loyalty across its network. There is no cost to dealers for participating in any of the promotions. Jet introduced Marketing in a ...
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NewsJet forecourt gets in on the Scottish Rally action
JET’s Cot House Services in Dunoon was right at the heart of the action on Saturday (24th June) when it welcomed a number of rally drivers and their cars taking part in the ’Dunoon Presents Argyll Rally’, the fifth round of the ARR Craib MSA Scottish Rally Championship. As the ...
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NewsJet recruits five new sites to its network of retailers
Jet has recruited five new sites to its network spanning north-west England, South Yorkshire, East Midlands and Lanark in Scotland’s Central Belt. Joining the network are: Jubilee Garage in Egremont, Cumbria; Woodham Service Station in Newton Aycliffe, County Durham; Lion Garage in Belper, Derbyshire; Herringthorpe Valley Service Station in Rotherham, ...
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Istobal unveils new energy-efficient jet wash boiler
Istobal unveiled a new water heating system at the Autopromotec Bolonia show last month.The Spanish company displayed an aerothermal heating boiler for use in jet washes. It claims this equipment can save up to 75% power compared with electric heaters and 60% compared with gas boilers.The sustainable and efficient system ...
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NewsSentinel roll-out boosts Jet’s quality fuels offering
The premium fuels market is growing across the UK and certainly for the Jet brand, according to Graham Clout, retail sales manager at Phillips 66, speaking at this week’s Forecourt Show. “Sentinel diesel is now available across the entire UK,” he said. “It is becoming more and more important to ...
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Sentinel stands firm for Jet
Visitors to the show are invited to Stand T130 to find out about Jet’s latest developments, dealer package and network investment plans.Premium fuels will be a key focus for Jet at this year’s show, with its retail team sharing the success of Sentinel Diesel, the company’s most technologically advanced, high-performance ...
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Enhanced JetMax range suits up to 75% of cars
Jet has just launched its new enhanced JetMax range of engine oils. Stuart Cufflin, transport and retail contracts manager at the company, explains the rationale behind the enhance-ments: "We first introduced JetMax in 2009 and the products have always been popular across our dealer network, but we wanted to further ...
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Jet hails new approach to promotion as a success
Jet has hailed its recent advertising campaign as a resounding success. The fuel brand opted to take a different approach to promoting its latest “Skint?” nationwide prize draw, using a combination of bus, Facebook and online advertising, as well as Waze, a traffic and navigation app. Throughout January and February, ...
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School kids have fun as Jet dealer marks Road Safety Week
Jet dealer AW&D Hammond in Halesworth welcomed pupils from its local primary school onto its forecourt to mark Road Safety Week (November 21-25), a national initiative run by the road safety charity, Brake. More than 80 pupils aged from five to seven, who attend the Edgar Sewter primary school - ...
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Jet’s summer promotion works a treat
Fuel brand Jet is celebrating the success of its ‘Treat Yourself’ summer promotion, which saw its customers given the chance to win Amazon.co.uk gift cards every time they spent a minimum of £10 on fuel. More than £21,000 worth of prizes were given away during the promotion. All Jet dealers ...
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Jet raises funds for children’s cancer charity
Jet has joined forces with the Children with Cancer UK charity to support its work to determine the causes, find cures and provide care for children with cancer. Jet’s support of the charity coincides with Childhood Cancer Awareness Month in September, a nationwide initiative which sees many charities and organisations ...
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Jet adds seven new dealer sites
Jet has added seven new sites to its network over the past few months. Since joining, five sites have already been reimaged with Jet’s brand on canopies, stanchions and pumps, and the other two sites will be reimaged by the end of this month. In Essex, Jet welcomed Cressing Service ...
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Snacks on the go from Jet
Jet and eXpresso Plus have teamed up to launch ’Snack on the Go’, an exclusive coffee and food-to-go concept for Jet dealers. eXpresso Plus is a provider of coffee vending machines and espresso machines, offering flexible coffee-to-go, tea-to-go and food-to-go solutions for businesses across the UK. The company works in ...
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Seven additional sites expand Jet network
Jet has added seven new sites to its network over the past few months. Since joining, five sites have already been reimaged with Jet’s brand on canopies, stanchions and pumps, and the other two sites will be reimaged by the end of this month. At the point of joining the ...
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NewsJet unveils coffee and food-to-go concept
Jet and eXpresso Plus have teamed up to launch ‘Snack on the Go’, an exclusive coffee and food-to-go concept to drive forecourt footfall across Jet’s network. eXpresso Plus is a leading provider of coffee vending machines and espresso machines, offering flexible coffee-to-go, tea-to-go and food-to-go solutions for businesses across the ...