All Forecourt Trader articles in June 2010 – Page 4
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Total helps HGVs go green with AdBlue
Total UK is now offering AdBlue HGV additives from a pump dispenser on five of its UK forecourts. All HGV vehicles are required by law to meet the environmental requirements of the Euro 5 standards on polluting. To meet this green requisite, AdBlue is used in the Selective Catalytic ...
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Shell invests in biotech company
Shell has announced it has bought a stake in US biotech company Virent Energy systems, starting a joint technology programme looking to convert plant sugars directly into diesel. The oil company said it had been conducting a joint research and development effort to make biogasoline from plant sugars with Virent ...
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Jonathan James calls for action over planning rules
Jonathan James has urged the government to oppose more out of town supermarket forecourt deveopments. The former Forecourt Trader of the Year is concerned over plans to build a 25,000 square foot store with forecourt about 200 yards from his Slade End Service Station in Chatteris, Cambridgeshire. Fenland District Council ...
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GreatGas launches fuel card
Great Gas Petroleum (Ireland) Ltd, the Irish owned fuel supplier – part of the DCC Group which owns GB Oils Ltd – has launched the GreatGas FuelCard, designed to offer motorists a faster, more convenient and cost-effective way to pay for their fuel. The GreatGas FuelCard allows cardholders to ...
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BP and Texaco’s fuel card deal goes live
The deal that brings together the UK’s two largest branded networks to create wider fuel card acceptance for car and van fleets is now live. BP PLUS cardholders can now use 1000 Texaco sites and Texaco’s The Business Card holders can use 1200 BP forecourts. This means that ...
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TomTom agrees new two-year sponsorship deal with Amscreen
Portable navigation system provider TomTom has extended its contract with digital signage specialist Amscreen for an additional two years. Following on from the initial deal in October 2009, TomTom’s HD Traffic will continue to be the exclusive provider of live traffic feeds across Amscreen’s forecourt network, providing millions of motorists ...
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Motor Fuels Group expands network
Motor Fuel Group has added two more BP sites to its network. The Top 50 Indies retailer has bought Loxford Service Station in Ilford, Essex, and Wednesbury Service Station in the West Midlands. The sites were bought from BP and had an M&S shop offer – both stores have since ...
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US retailers fear BP boycott over oil spill
US fuel retailers have expressed concern that calls for boycotts over the BP Gulf oil spill could harm their businesses. Retailers have reported that they have been coming under increasing pressure as consumer groups have asked people not to buy fuel from BP filling stations in the US. BP has ...
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NICE proposals threaten forecourt stores
Forecourt stores could be under threat if proposals announced by (the National Institute for Clinical Excellence) NICE to limit the number of alcohol licences in a given area became Government policy. James Lowman, chief executive of the Association of Convenience Stores, said: “Artificial limits on the number of licences allowed ...
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We’re preparing to buy not sell, stresses MRH (GB)
MRH (GB), the UK’s biggest independent fuel retailer, has vigorously denied a recent story in the Daily Telegraph which claimed the company was "about to change hands for an estimated £300m", and that PricewaterhouseCoopers had been retained to manage the sale. The story also suggested that Tesco was the most ...
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A sad day as Bentley’s Garage closes after nearly a century
One of the UK’s last remaining petrol stations that offered a pump attendant service has closed after nearly 100 years in business. The pumps were turned off at Bentley’s Garage in the seaside town of Exmouth, Devon, last week, with the owners blaming competition from the supermarkets and EU rules ...
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