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NewsSupermarkets fuel price rises outstrip market
Supermarkets increased their fuel prices more than the market average in December and motorists began 2018 paying the highest price for unleaded petrol since the end of 2014, RAC Fuel Watch data reveals. An analysis of fuel prices for December shows the average price of unleaded petrol increased for the ...
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NewsDrive-off service recovers loss without police
Only 5% of drive-offs had to be reported to police during a trial of a new loss recovery service by BOSS, the British Oil Security Syndicate. During the year-long trial, involving several thousand drive-off incidents, BOSS pro-actively pursuing the registered keepers of vehicles reported as driving off without making payment ...
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NewsMFG recruits Paresh Patel as its new IT director
Top 50 Indie forecourt operator, Motor Fuel Group (MFG) has announced the appointment of Paresh Patel as its new IT director. Patel has joined MFG from convenience and forecourt EPOS, payment and loyalty solutions provider HTEC. Starting with Indigo Retail as director of service in 2006, Paresh was promoted to ...
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NewsDiesel decline is pushing up greenhouse gases
New figures released today by the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT) show that carbon tailpipe emissions have risen for the first time since 1997, with new cars averaging 121.04g per km, up 0.8% on 2016. Last year, UK new car CO2 emissions fell for the 19th consecutive year ...
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NewsMPs call for 25p tax on disposable coffee cups
A cross party committee of MPs is calling for a 25p tax on single use coffee cups, and wants them to be banned if an effective way of recycling them cannot be established. A report on disposable coffee cups by the House of Commons Environmental Audit Committee said 2.5 billion ...
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NewsNew contracts help Nisa push up Christmas sales by 17.7%
An increase in the number of stores served, and a positive like-for-like performance pushed sales up 17.7% to £277m over the Christmas period (10 weeks to 31 December 2017), according to Nisa Retail. During the 10-week period there was an increase of 269 stores served, with organic growth of 106 ...
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NewsWilliam Reed acquires Pro-Retail trademark
Forecourt Trader publisher William Reed - which organises leading independent trade exhibitions including the Forecourt, National Convenience and Farm Shop & Deli shows, and also publishes The Grocer and Convenience Store - has acquired the Pro-Retail trademark from the administrators of Palmer and Harvey for an undisclosed sum. Pro-Retail was ...
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NewsCelebration of life of Cornwall Garage founder
A celebration of the life of John Murray, the founder of Cornwall Garage Group who died recently, will be held on the evening of February 21. His son Grant said all would be welcome and people can contact him by email on grant@cgg.lcbroadband.co.uk for details. John Murray had a successful ...
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NewsShell buys household utilities provider First Utility
Shell is expanding into provision of utilities to the household sector. It has signed an agreement to buy First Utility, an independent UK household energy and broadband provider. The deal is subject to regulatory and other approvals and is expected to complete early this year. In a statement, Shell said ...
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NewsPolice seeking gang who tried to steal ATM from Reading forecourt
Thames Valley Police is appealing for information following the attempted theft of an ATM from a forecourt in Reading. At around 2.20am on Saturday December 30, a group of men approached the BP Garage in Basingstoke Road, Three Mile Cross, Reading, in a dark coloured vehicle similar to a Subaru ...
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NewsACS teams with PayPoint to deliver Assured Advice
The Association of Convenience Stores (ACS) has announced a new partnership with PayPoint to make its Assured Advice programme available to all retailers via their PayPoint One platform. Retailers can access support on all aspects of regulatory compliance for convenience retailing via their device or the PayPoint website. Steve O’Neill, ...
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NewsAshford site reopens after spend of more than £2m
A new service station and Budgens store has opened in Ashford after an investment of more than £2m by local businessman Kanagaratnam Rajamenon. He took over the former petrol station and garage in Hythe Road in August, and has invested in new petrol tanks, an extended canopy and extra pumps. ...
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NewsCo-op announces plans for 100 new stores
The Co-op has has said it plans to open 100 new food stores across the UK in 2018, creating an estimated 1,600 jobs. The retailer claims it will invest more than £160m in new stores and major makeovers for a further 150 of its outlets. More than 20 new stores ...
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NewsHarvest Energy acquires Top 50 Indie Retail Fuels
Top 50 Indie Retail Fuels Ltd has been acquired by fuel brand Harvest Energy, part of the Prax Group. The acquisition was completed just before Christmas and reflects the group’s strategic objective to expand its retail footprint and brand presence across the UK marketplace. Retail Fuels Limited, owns and operates ...
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NewsMFG buys 14 sites from Golden Cross Group
Top 50 Indies forecourt operator, Motor Fuel Group (MFG), ended 2017 with another acquisition to boost its UK network. The company has acquired 14 stations from forecourt operator Golden Cross Group Limited, which follows the purchase of sites from FW Kerridge, Burns & Co. and Manor Service Stations earlier last ...
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NewsSewell on the go collects food for local foodbank
Almost 700 meals will be available to people in crisis after Sewell on the go staff and customers collected £1,000 of food to help make a difference this Christmas. Collection points were put in place at the Top 50 Indie’s stores in Chanterlands Avenue, Sutton, South Cave and Hull West ...
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NewsTesco takeover of Booker given final approval
The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has given final clearance for Tesco’s purchase of Booker. The CMA said its panel had examined all submissions received since its provisional findings last month that the deal did not raise competition concerns. Simon Polito, chair of the inquiry group, said: “We have carefully ...
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NewsEuro Garages applies for consent for KDRB of north Wales site
Euro Garages has submitted a planning application for a knock down rebuild (KDRB) of its Esso site at Connah’s Quay in Flintshire, north Wales. Plans have been lodged to demolish the Esso petrol station and Spar store on Church Road and replace them with an upgraded filling station, convenience store ...
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NewsMan arrested after car is set on fire on Kent forecourt
Police officers in Kent investigating a suspicious fire at a BP service station in Hythe have arrested a man. At around 11.55pm on Friday 15 December a car was set alight while parked at the petrol station in Seabrook Road. The blaze did not spread to the surrounding forecourt or ...
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NewsEssar Oil expands its UK retail network to 46 sites
Essar Oil (UK), which owns and operates the Stanlow Refinery, has announced record figures for the first six months of its financial year up to September 30, 2017. It also expanded its UK retail network of Essar-branded petrol stations to 42 sites in the six-month period, which has further grown ...