All Forecourt Trader articles in July 2014 – Page 2
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Retailer demand prompts hotline back to Nisa
Nisa has been swamped with retailer enquiries following the completion of its split with Coscutter, according to the company’s CEO Neil Turton. It has launched a dedicated helpline and fast-track support service to deal with more than 30 enquiries a day from retailers that Nisa claims are struggling to source ...
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Supermarket fuel volumes drop 0.9%
Total retail fuel volumes show a continuing trend of decline, PRA chairman Brian Madderson told an audience of forecourt and convenience retailers and suppliers at last week’s Forecourt Forum at the Ricoh Arena in Coventry. Madderson said he had been working more closely with the Oil & Gas Statistics section ...
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Tesco forecourt canopy blows down in high winds
Strong winds blew the roof off a Tesco Extra petrol station in Hull yesterday, according to local press reports. Witnesses near the site on Park Street, behind St Stephen’s shopping centre, heard a loud bang at around 1.15pm and looked up to see the roof crashing down onto the forecourt. ...
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NewsChicklade Service Station up for sale
Chicklade Service Station, described as a successful service station with a restaurant and convenience store, has been put on the market via Christie + Co. The newly refurbished service station fronts the busy A303 in the village of Hindon, Wiltshire. Formerly a Little Chef restaurant, the 3,166 sq ft site ...
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NewsMaxol donates €65,733 to charity
Maxol Group has presented a cheque for €65,733 to Make-A-Wish Ireland, following its announcement in April 2013 of a two-year partnership with the charity. The aim of the partnership is to support the charitable work of Make-A-Wish Ireland in granting wishes to children between the ages of 3 and ...
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NewsChartman agrees financial package to fund future development
South West forecourt operator Chartman Limited has secured a seven-figure funding package from Lloyds Bank Commercial Banking, to support its continued expansion and on-going petrol forecourt rebuild and refurbishment programme. The lending facility has been provided by Lloyds Bank’s Plymouth-based team, using funding from the Government-backed Funding for Lending Scheme, ...
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NewsRamsay reveals Certas Energy’s approach to business
A philosophy of "putting our money where our mouth is" and "using our experience to help our customers", was how Certas Energy retail director, Ramsay MacDonald, described his company’s approach to business, during a presentation at last week’s ACS/RMI Forecourt Seminar at the Ricoh Arena, Coventry. MacDonald shared the experiences ...
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NewsNew Spar forecourt store celebrates opening with public launch
A new forecourt Spar store in Pontypridd, Mid Glamorgan, has celebrated its opening in style with a public launch event. The newly developed store, Spar Treforest, on the Esso-branded forecourt owned by MRH Retail, covers 1,000 sq ft and offers a new grocery and convenience range, including food to go ...
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Thieves raid two petrol stations for cigarettes
Break-ins yesterday at two petrol stations - in Hillington and South Raynham - involving the theft of thousands of cigarettes, have been reported on the Eastern Daily Press news website. The report said thieves forced their way through the door of Hillington Petrol Station and Post Office at 2.15am and ...
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Jail for gang who set up illegal tobacco factory
A gang of men, many from the same family, who set up an illegal tobacco factory in a Doncaster house, were jailed yesterday after an investigation by HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC). In October and November 2012 the gang, led by Ronald Edwards, 62, illegally imported more than four tonnes ...
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Jet livens up the summer with new ’JET, SET, GO’ promotion
Jet has launched a ‘JET, SET, GO’ summer promotion across its dealer network to engage with customers and increase forecourt footfall. The new promotion adds to a busy schedule of marketing activity Jet is embarking on in its 60th anniversary year. The promotion launches on the back of the buzz ...
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Subway surge in Top 50 Indies forecourts
MRH, the number one company in the Forecourt Trader Top 50 Indies with 380 sites, has signed a corporate partnership deal with Subway, while another leading Top 50 Indie, Euro Garages, has reached an important landmark in its partnership with Subway.The first Subway store at an MRH site has opened ...
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Money Talk: Accountants don’t bite (unless provoked)
While many people are off enjoying their summer holidays, July and August see many accounting professionals wishing that they could extend theirs indefinitely rather than going back to the office and trying to sort out the latest ’jumble in a shoe box’ that some of their clients hand to them ...
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Analysis
James Lowman - chairman ACS
We’ve just released the results of an ambitious new project to find out what retailers, councillors and the general public think about the services on their high street. The report, called the Community Barometer, shows what people want in their local area and what they think government priorities should be ...
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Coca-Cola adds new Life to soft drinks category
Coca-Cola Enterprises (CCE) will be launching lower-calorie Coca-Cola Life in Great Britain in September. First piloted in Argentina and Chile in 2013, this will be the first time it will be available in Europe. The cola contains a third less sugar and a third fewer calories than regular cola and ...
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Spar adopts brighter energy-efficient lighting
Two hundred and 50 Spar stores across the UK have now converted their old fluorescent lighting to Nualight’s Blaze LED solution.The conversions are the first phase of a roll-out across Spar in the UK by Cross Group (specialists in refrigeration, air conditioning and energy- efficient technologies) and Nualight (specialists in ...
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Protein appeal
Protein is the next big thing in the sports nutrition category according to GSK, which has launched two new products MaxiNutrition protein bar and Cyclone milk into the fastest-growing impulse lines of the sector to capitalise on its potential.GSK is claiming a world first for the Cyclone milk ...
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Applegreen development under way
Petrogas Global, trading as Applegreen, has started work on the first two of its four motorway service areas in Northern Ireland which, when completed, will represent a total investment of £25m and the creation of 250 permanent jobs.The first two ’super service areas’ are between junctions four and five on ...
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Exhibitors put on big displays at UNITI expo
Forecourt equipment exhibitors were out in force at UNITI expo 14, the new European trade fair for the international petrol retail, fuel handling and car wash market, which took place for the first time in Stuttgart, Germany last month, attracting more than 11,000 visitors. Located in the modern Congress Center ...
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PRA blasts plain packaging
The PRA has reinforced its opposition to plain packaging for tobacco with meetings with health officials in Scotland and promises of a robust response to the Westminster government’s new consultation announced last month.PRA chairman Brian Madderson together with two members of the PRA’s Scottish Regional Committee Jamie Wood, director of ...