All Forecourt Trader articles in July 2012 – Page 4
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NewsGulf adds free PRA membership to dealer package
Any dealer joining the Gulf network will now receive free RMI Petrol Retailers Association (PRA) membership as part of its support package. The arrangement is effective immediately and represents another determined effort by Gulf and GB Oils to strengthen the hand of the independent petrol retailer, says Ramsay MacDonald, Director ...
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Tesco promo offers fuel at 2008 prices
Tesco has launched an unprecedented promotion that offers motorists a saving of up to 50ppl on the forecourt.This means Tesco customers who take full advantage of the promotion can fill up their tank with petrol or diesel at prices not seen since 2008.The deal includes a number of kitchen cupboard ...
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P&H publishes latest forecourt report
Leading wholesaler Palmer and Harvey has published The Forecourt Report 2012, ‘understanding today and preparing for tomorrow’. The report predicts the future evolution of forecourts in the UK, in the short, medium and long term. The company conducted detailed consumer research (in conjunction with shopper research specialist him!) to establish ...
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Energy Secretary dismisses business concerns on energy contracts
The Association of Convenience Stores (ACS) has condemned comments from Energy Secretary Ed Davey and called for regulatory intervention to stop local shops and other small businesses being taken advantage of by energy companies. In a letter sent to the ACS, the Energy Minister refused to acknowledge the concerns of ...
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NewsDover site reopens after 10-year closure
The owners of Kent’s newest petrol station made sure they turned heads when a genuine Texas State Trooper cop car turned up to the official opening in Dover today (Monday, July 23). Dover and Deal MP Charlie Elphicke declared the site officially open and delivered his speech using the cop ...
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Retailers urged to join the fight for fairness with business rates
Retailers are being urged to take part in research that will form the basis of a challenge against the Valuation Office Agency (VOA) and the 2015 Rates Re-Valuation. Property advisors Barber Wadlow, working with the Petrol Retailers Association (PRA), is compiling a research report on the fuel retailing sector to ...
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AA report highlights young drivers at risk
The ‘perfect storm’ of circumstances surrounding drivers’ first accidents has been revealed in a new report, launched by Nigel Mansell today at the Silverstone Classic.Key findings of the report, ‘Young Drivers at Risk’, centre on a survey of motorists on the AA/Populus panel who have been involved in car crashes ...
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Fairfuel UK demands probe into oil speculation as pump prices rise
Twenty thousand supporters of the FairFuelUK campaign have joined in the call for two major investigations into the price of petrol and diesel as pump rises have started to rise again. The calls have come after a renewed surge in pump rises and continued concern that oil traders may have ...
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Welsh Assembly urged to ditch costly hygiene rating proposals
ACS public affairs director Shane Brennan has given evidence to the Welsh Assembly, urging them to abandon plans for a compulsory food hygiene rating scheme. The plans, which could cost Welsh retailers around £225,000 a year, would require all food businesses to display their food hygiene rating at the front ...
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Protestors step up demands for answers over Coryton sale
Coryton oil refinery workers and their families will be demonstrating outside the Vopak terminal in Purfleet from 10am this Saturday (July 21), demanding a public inquiry into the sale of the refinery with the loss of 850 jobs.The demonstration, organised by Unite the union, follows the sale of Coryton to ...
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ACS welcomes MPs’ rejection of unnecessary alcohol multi-buy ban
The Association of Convenience Stores has broadly welcomed the publication of the Health Committee’s report into the government’s Alcohol Strategy. MPs have called on the government to scrap plans to bring in a ban on multi-buy promotions and a sunset clause that would allow for the removal of minimum pricing ...
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New teams at Londis to help influx of retailers
Londis has set up four new store-opening teams around Britain to help new retailers to settle in and place their first order using webshop, the group’s new on-line ordering facility. The teams also offer merchandising, ranging and promotional support with a key focus on the fresh, beers/wines/spirits and impulse categories. ...
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As car ownership continues to rise, front gardens disappear
The rise in the number of vehicles and the shortage of parking spaces means millions of front gardens have been paved over to make room for cars.Figures analysed by the RAC Foundation show around 80% of Britain’s 26 million dwellings were built with a front plot.Almost a third of these ...
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Jet agrees Post Office partnership to offer cash management service
Jet has agreed a new partnership deal with the Post Office to introduce a cash management service for its dealers. A spokesman for the company explained that in the recession a growing number of customers were paying in cash for their fuel and goods on forecourts, increasing the amount of ...
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NewsBP showcases its vision of future fuels as global spotlight focuses on London 2012
BP has launched its vision for ‘Fuelling the Future’ at its Hammersmith site in London to coincide with its role as official oil and gas partner of London 2012. It is providing fuels and lubricants for the official Olympic fleet of over 5,000 vehicles, some of which will fill up ...
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RHA not surprised by suggestions of oil price manipulation
Reports that oil prices may have been another victim of price manipulation come as little surprise to the Road Haulage Association."This issue isn’t just about the motorist," said RHA chief executive Geoff Dunning. "The price of oil dictates the price we pay for all fuel types. To learn that there ...
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PRA supports press article exploring possible manipulation of oil prices
The RMI Petrol Retailers’ Association has indicated its full support for today’s (July 16) Daily Telegraph article which explored whether oil prices are open to manipulation by bankers, oil companies and traders. Brian Madderson, PRA chairman said: “PRA has been concerned for some time about the lack of transparency in ...
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NewsGreenpeace targets 53 Shell sites in London and Edinburgh
Fitfty three Shell petrol stations in London and Edinburgh have been targeted by Greenpeace in a protest against the company’s plans to drill for oil in the Arctic. Protesters plans included switching off fuel pumps, covering Shell signs with a Save the Arctic banner; positioning life-sized polar bear models on ...
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Twitter at heart of TfL plans to provide real-time road and travel updates during the Games
Transport for London (TfL) is using a range of social media and digital channels to provide real-time travel information ahead of and during the London 2012 Games. Every day of the Games will be different, with a range of venues and road events taking place across London. Real-time travel information ...
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Fuel thief put on curfew
A Welsh fuel thief has had his ban from entering every petrol station forecourt in the UK lifted – and has instead been put under curfew, is being made to do community service and has been disqualified from driving for a year.According to the North Wales Daily Post, cash-strapped 21-year-old ...