All Forecourt Trader articles in June 2013 – Page 3
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Analysis
Spotlight on pricing
Many in the trade have welcomed the decision by the European Commission (EC) to launch an investigation into oil price fixing, especially after the disappointment caused by the OFT’s refusal to sanction a probe into the UK road fuel market just weeks earlier.And, as the issue in question appears to ...
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Sweet truth
According to research company Mintel, the "vibrant pack designs and lively marketing messages that characterise sugar confectionery" are in contrast to the market’s sales performance. It seems all is not rosy. While price rises because of more expensive ingredients have pushed up total value sales, volume sales have fallen due ...
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New anti drink-drive campaign launched
Two thirds of UK drivers would be devastated if they lost their car according to figures published today as road mafety minister Stephen Hammond launched a new THINK! drink-drive campaign to raise awareness of the consequences of a conviction. The survey, commissioned by the AA and conducted by Populus, also ...
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Forecourt sealed off in Met Police investigation
A Texaco petrol station in Dorset has been sealed off by police as part of an operation by the Metropolitan Police Kidnap and Specialist Investigations Unit. The garage in Victoria Avenue, Swanage, was reported to have been closed down at 4pm on Sunday and was cordoned off following a police ...
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US phasing out Stage II vapour recovery
Legislation requiring petrol stations to have stage II Vapour Recovery Systems is rapidly being repealed in the US, but although the UK follows the US in many other respects, experts say it is highly unlikely the expensive requirements will be lifted here. In the US the government’s Environmental Protection Agency ...
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Trade bodies slam failure to curb tobacco smuggling
Despite the extra £25 million of funding set aside in 2011 to help tackle the smuggling of legitimate tobacco brands in the country, PRA chairman Brian Madderson said HMRC has yet to get a grip on the situation. The report from the NAO stated that HMRC failed to meet any ...
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High street c-stores hit by parking restrictions
Figures released by the Association of Convenience Stores have shown that London retailers are the hardest hit by parking regulations in the UK, and that their businesses are suffering as a result. The Voice of Local Shops survey, which polls 1,100 independent retailers in England, Scotland and Wales found that ...
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Euro Garages opts for IIS fuel pricing system
Inform Information Systems’ product, FuelsPricing.com, will be used by EuroGarages to support fuel pricing across its growing network of 100-plus retail locations. The deal will allow EuroGarages to monitor the market in real time and assist it in price decision making, enhancing its fuel pricing capabilities as the chain continues ...
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ACS urges clarity on proposed changes to shop theft law
Ministers are being urged by the Association of Convenience Stores to explain to MPs how proposals contained in the Anti-Social Behaviour, Policing and Crime Bill will not lead to fewer prosecutions of shop theft offences. The Bill, which will be debated by MPs for the first time today, contains a ...
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Tough climate puts c-store owners on minimum wage
Tough competition and rising costs mean convenience store owners are taking home less than the minimum wage in order to keep their businesses going, according to the latest figures released by the Association of Convenience Stores. The Voice of Local Shops Survey, which polled over 1,100 independent retailers across the ...
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Misplaced confidence means men less likely to seek help with driving than women
The AA Charitable Trust is urging male drivers not to ignore their driving fears after figures reveal how unlikely they are to seek help with their driving. The figures show women are more than three times as likely as men to put themselves forward for driver refresher training that the ...
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Dependence on cars at all time high says RAC
Motorists are more dependent on their cars than ever before, according to a new report from the RAC looking at changes in motoring over the past 25 years. It reports that 89% of motorists are more reliant on their cars today than they were 25 years ago and 78% of ...
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Regulation beckons for e-cigs
All nicotine-containing products (NCPs), such as electronic cigarettes, are to be regulated as medicines in a move to make these products safer and more effective to reduce the harms of smoking. The UK Government has decided that the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) will regulate all NCPs as ...
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NFDA welcomes Consumer Rights Bill
The National Franchised Dealers Association (NFDA), which represents franchised car and commercial vehicle retailers across the UK, has welcomed the draft Consumer Rights Bill. The Department of Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS) has announced proposals that aim to streamline overlapping and complicated areas of consumer law from eight existing pieces ...
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Cigarette raids linked by police
Two raids in which cigarettes were stolen from petrol stations in Derbyshire are being linked by police. In the first incident, at about midnight on Monday, three burglars prised away metal sheets to get into the Esso service station in Uttoxeter Road, Foston. They made their getaway, with a quantity ...
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Fuel pump crash closes petrol station
A Co-operative Food petrol station near Bournemouth has had to be evacuated after a car drove into one of the fuel pumps. Fire crews were called to the petrol station at 6.30 this morning after a 26-year-old female driver hit the pumps at the service station, on the westbound A31 ...
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Robbery police release pic of man
Greater Manchester Police have just released an image of a man they want to speak to about an armed robbery at a petrol station in Oldham last month. At around 9.30pm on Saturday 11 May, a man approached the kiosk at Asda petrol station on Milne Street in Chadderton in ...
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Motorcycle sales up marginally
Motorcycle sales increased slightly last month, but there is still a long road to recovery for the motorcycle market, according to Sue Robinson, director of the National Motorcycle Dealers Association (NMDA), which represents motorcycle retailers across the UK. The latest new motorcycle and scooter sales figures were up 0.5% against ...
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New trophy for Symonds
Symonds Retail, winner of Forecourt Trader of the Year 2012 and Best Forecourt Loo 2013, has now added Independent Retail Chain of the Year to its trophy cabinet following this week’s Grocer Gold Awards 2013. The glitzy event, organised by Forecourt Trader’s sister publication The Grocer, took place at London’s ...