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NewsACS welcomes Scottish Bill to protect shop workers
The Association of Convenience Stores (ACS) has welcomed widespread support for a Bill in Scotland creating a new offence designed to protect shopworkers from violence. Over 90% of respondents to the consultation put forward by Daniel Johnson MSP supported measures to create new offences to deter harassment, abuse and violence ...
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NewsBMW to launch contactless charging in July
BMW has announced it will shortly start production on electric vehicles offering contactless charging, which it claims is a world first. The system will enable electric energy from the mains supply to be transmitted to a vehicle’s high-voltage battery without any cables – when the vehicle is positioned over a ...
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NewsCall for clarity over new proposed tobacco tracking regulations
The Association of Convenience Stores (ACS) has called for clarity from HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) with less than 12 months to go until the introduction of track and trace regulations for tobacco products. The track and trace proposals in the EU Revised Tobacco Products Directive, due be introduced in ...
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NewsTobacco smuggling bosses jailed for total of more than 11 years
Two men have been jailed for a total of more than 11 years after HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) dismantled a tobacco factory that could have swamped the UK with millions of illicit cigarettes. North London crime bosses Mariwan Fatah, 43, from Enfield, and Ali Jamal, 44, of Wood Green, ...
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NewsPlug-in car and van grants extended to October 2018
The government has announced that the Plug-in Car and Van Grant will be extended until October 2018, having previously stated it would only remain at current levels until April 2018. The scheme provides up to £4,500 towards the cost of a new electric or hybrid car and £8,000 towards the ...
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NewsSupermarket fuel prices up every day since March 26
The average prices of supermarket petrol and diesel has increased every day since the end of March, setting a record for consecutive daily rises. During that time more than 8ppl has been added to the average price at their pumps, analysis of RAC Fuel Watch data reveals. Pump price data ...
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NewsAttempted ATM break-in causes major damage to petrol station
Detectives from Leicestershire Police are investigating an attempt to break into an ATM in Castle Donington. Police were called to around 11.30pm on 22 May to a report that the thieves had attempted to break into the machine at a fuel station in Station Road. The attempt caused significant damage ...
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NewsCar wash raid uncovers minimum wage breaches
A car wash in Southport has been raided by the authorities after it was suspected of carrying out human trafficking offences. Merseyside Police officers, along with partners from Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs (HMRC), Health and Safety, Gangmasters and Labour Abuse Authority (GLAA) and Operation Sanctuary joined forces in the ...
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NewsPizza Express opens at Welcome Break South Mimms services
Motorway service operator Welcome Break is opening a Pizza Express restaurant at South Mimms services (M25 junction 23) on Friday June 8. It follows on from the opening of Pizza Express at Welcome Break’s Oxford Services in December 2017. A further three Pizza Express restaurants at Fleet, Cobham and Beaconsfield ...
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NewsEssar Oil seeks retail partner for flagship service station
Having broken through the milestone of more than 50 dealer-supplied sites, Essar Oil UK is looking to build on its retail brand by developing a leading edge, new build “Roadside Retail” location, opposite the entrance to its Stanlow Refinery in Ellesmere Port, Cheshire. The company is keen to use this ...
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NewsBP invests in batteries that could charge in five minutes
BP has announced a $20m investment in ultra-fast-charging battery start-up company StoreDot, which is developing technology that could eventually see electric vehicle (EV) charging times fall to five minutes. The investment is part of a series of deals struck by BP’s venturing arm, alongside its advanced mobility unit (AMU), supporting ...
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News83,500 more charge points needed by 2020 warns report
A new study has warned that an additional 83,500 charging points will be required in the UK by 2020 to meet demand from electric vehicles (EVs). Data science and software company Emu Analytics has published a White Paper titled ‘A Sustainable Future. Preparing for Electric Vehicles’, which reports that to ...
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NewsFormer Top 50 Indies sites set to reopen under new operator
Four sites that were operated by Top 50 Indie Javid Iqbal, and closed down suddenly earlier this month, are set to reopen under new ownership. The four Essar-branded sites were all in Stoke-on-Trent and closed without notice, amid reports the freeholder had terminated the leases, fenced them off and begun ...
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New addition for Top 50 Indie Penny Petroleum
Top 50 Indie Penny Petroleum Group has acquired two sites in separate deals through property adviser Christie & Co for undisclosed prices. Fencehouses Service Station in Houghton Le Spring, County Durham, has an unbranded forecourt shop and additional rental income from two tenants, a long-standing car sales business and a ...
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NewsCertas Energy buys technology company SNAP Account
Certas Energy has announced the acquisition of a technology provider that allows HGV operators, managers and drivers to carry out cashless transactions. SNAP Account – an end-to-end processing and payment system for HGV fleets – uses licence plate recognition software to offer fleet operators an automated payment solution, removing the ...
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NewsACS submits evidence to hand car wash inquiry
The Association of Convenience Stores (AC) has submitted evidence to an inquiry launched by the Environmental Audit Committee into the regulation of hand car washes, calling for better enforcement of existing regulations and the consideration of a licensing scheme. In the submission, ACS encourages the Environmental Audit Committee to consider ...
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Jos Richardson & Son buys Middleton Service Station
has purchased Middleton Service Station, an Esso fuel station and Londis c-store based in the village of Middleton, near Pickering North Yorkshire.Managing director Joseph Richardson said: "Middleton Service Station is in a great location and has a lot of potential. We plan to start re- development works on the forecourt ...
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Sainsbury’s Asda deal
Sainsbury’s and Asda will have more than 600 forecourts between them in their proposed merger.Their combined business will create one of the UK’s leading grocery, general merchandise and clothing retail groups, with combined revenues of £51bn. The aim is to maintain both the Sainsbury’s and Asda brands, and enable them ...
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Bathway Service Station sold to BP
Business property adviser Christie & Co has completed the sale of Bathway Service Station near Bath to BP on behalf of Flying Visit. The forecourt is located on a busy roundabout that links the A361 from Trowbridge to Frome and the A36 from Bath to Warminster, with 27,000 vehicles passing ...
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New-to-industry sites give Kay Group’s turnover a boost
Development of two new-to-industry (NTI) sites has helped Top 50 Indie Kay Group boost turnover. In its results for the year ended October 31, turnover was up 14% to £96.4m. Pre-tax profit was down, from £4m to £2.6m, but the previous year’s figure was boosted by the sale of a ...