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NewsTwo men jailed for theft of ATM from Penny site
Two men have been jailed for a total of nine years following the theft of an ATM from Penny Petrol Station on Hull Road in the Dunnington area of York. Robert Harker, 35-years-old, of Hundens Lane, Darlington, and Asa Dominic Smith, 23-years-old, of Land Ends Road, Doncaster, were sentenced at ...
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NewsBOSS appoints new co-ordinator for Scotland
BOSS, the British Oil Security Syndicate, which campaigns to reduce crime on petrol station forecourts, has appointed John McIlhagger as the BOSS co-ordinator for Scotland. McIlhagger will be responsible for overseeing the delivery of BOSS services throughout Scotland to help reduce crime, assist retailers to recover money owed, improve the ...
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NewsEsso begins roll-out of new mobile payment app
Esso officially launched its new mobile payment app this week at MRH’s Robin Hood North Service Station on the A3 in Raynes Park, south London. The new Esso app has been live since April during its test period, and is already available on 75 sites. But it will now be ...
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NewsAK Fuel increases its Texaco estate to five
Higherland Service Station in Staffordshire is one of the latest to have made the move to Texaco, with the new addition bringing the total number of AK Fuel Limited Texaco-branded service stations to five. Ajmal Dar, Director of AK Fuel Limited, said there were a number of reasons for the ...
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NewsUKPIA agrees carbon and energy reduction plan
A joint plan has been agreed by government and the oil industry body UKPIA to reduce carbon emissions and improve energy efficiency in the oil refining sector. Work towards the agreement began in 2013, when the Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC) and Department for Business, Innovation and Skills ...
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NewsACS report shows importance of forecourts
New research from the Association of Convenience Stores (ACS) has shown the essential contribution that the UK’s petrol forecourts make to the economy, to working people, and to communities. The 2017 Forecourt Report highlights the continuing evolution of forecourts as both retailers and service providers, with stores often leading the ...
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NewsJTI removes 30th gantry for selling illegal tobacco
JTI has removed its tobacco gantry from Grover Superstore in Canterbury Avenue, Slough, following the decision taken by Slough Borough Council to revoke the store’s Premises Licence. Evidence presented to the council’s Licencing Sub-Committee by Slough Trading Standards showed repeated seizures of illegal tobacco. Charlie Cunningham-Reid, UK head of corporate ...
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NewsRobbers threaten forecourt staff and take money from tills
Police are appealing for information after the Nisa convenience store at the petrol station on Wilton Way in Eston, North Yorkshire, was robbed. The incident occurred on Saturday October 7, just after 8am, when two men walked into the shop and one of them was armed with a bladed weapon ...
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NewsKnife and crowbar used in robbery from Esso garage
Armed robbers threatened staff at a petrol station in Whittlesey, Cambridgeshire, with a crowbar and knife before making off with cash from the till. The robbery was at the Esso garage in Peterborough Road. A Cambridgeshire police spokeswoman said: “We were called at around 10.30pm on Friday, October 6 to ...
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NewsPolice commend taxi driver who tackled robbers
Nottinghamshire Police have commended a taxi driver for his bravery after two armed robbers he tackled at a Warsop petrol station were jailed for a combined ten years six months. Otis Kirby, 20, was locked up for five years and three months after pleading guilty to robbery and possession of ...
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NewsBP/M&S site opens in Southgate
Sixteen new jobs have been created with the opening of a new BP service station with M&S Simply Food on Oakleigh Road South, in Southgate, north London. The joint BP and Marks & Spencer development will offer motorists a wide range of M&S quality food alongside BP’s Wild Bean Café ...
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NewsThieves cause major damage to Tesco site to steal from ATM
West Yorkshire Police are appealing for information after an ATM at a petrol station was broken into in Dewsbury. The incident happened around 1.20am on Friday October 9 at the Tesco Express store on the Esso-branded forecourt at Wakefield Road in the Earlsheaton area of Dewsbury. The perpetrators are thought ...
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NewsFive arrests over illegal tobacco and alcohol
Five men have been arrested in Liverpool during raids linked to a suspected £100,000 tax fraud involving smuggled cigarettes, an illegal vodka factory and tax credits fraud. HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) officers visited several addresses across Liverpool and Sefton, on Tuesday October 3 as part of an investigation into ...
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NewsHKS Retail listed in Sunday Times Top Track 250
Top 50 Indie HKS Retail, part of the HKS Holdings Limited group, is a new entrant this year in the Sunday Times Grant Thornton Top Track 250 - the league table which ranks Britain’s private mid-market growth companies with the biggest sales. HKS Retail made its debut at number 103 ...
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NewsNisa board recommends £137.5m Co-op offer
The board of Nisa Retail Limited, the member-owned retail and wholesaling group, has unanimously recommended to its shareholders an offer of up to £137.5m from The Co-op Group. The offer, if successful, would bring Nisa members access to the Co-op range - including the Co-op own label - while retaining ...
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A tribute to Nick Lloyd
Family, friends and colleagues paid tribute to Nick Lloyd, former managing director of Symonds Forecourts Ltd, at his funeral in Sherborne St John, near Basingstoke, last month.He died suddenly at the age of 47, as he was embarking on new ventures in the convenience retailing sector, including a project with ...
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Essar UK plans co-owned site but slows growth
Essar UK has put the target for expansion of its retail network to 400 outlets back to five years. The news came shortly after the company revealed plans to open its first company-owned site. A spokesman said the company-owned site was a former Gulf forecourt which had been closed for ...
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Valero continues with its Supreme fuel promotion
Following the relaunch of Supreme fuel in the North West, Yorkshire and the Midlands, Valero is now running its "Save 10p per litre on Supreme Fuel" promotion across the remaining areas of its network (Wales, the South West and the South East) for six weeks. Customers who buy Supreme receive ...
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Christie helps with funds for Notts forecourt deal
Christie Finance has helped a returning client with funding to acquire their latest petrol station, located in Ravenshead, Nottinghamshire.Longdale Service Station is a long-established business with a loyal local customer base and was sold through Christie & Co. The new owners, Mr and Mrs Navanathan, already own Carter Lane Service ...
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PRA urges Chancellor not to raise fuel duty levels
The PRA has warned that the price differential between diesel and petrol is set to increase and urged the Chancellor not to penalise diesel drivers with higher duty levels in November’s Budget.PRA chairman Brian Madderson said: "The outlook for UK pump prices remains uncertain with changes to crude oil prices ...