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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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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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NewsMRH ends Co-op trial and signs Booker supply deal
MRH has agreed a wholesale supply agreement with Booker Retail Partners, and will expand its Budgens retail offer. It will also end its trial with the Co-op in January. The new wholesale supply agreement follows the recent collapse of Palmer and Harvey, with which MRH had a five-year £90m contract. ...
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NewsNew retail director at Certas Energy
After more than seven years with Certas Energy, including six as retail director, Ramsay MacDonald will formally leave the company at the end of December. He is replaced by Richard Billington, who joined Certas Energy through the Total Butler acquisition in 2013 and has successfully carried out various general manager ...
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NewsMRH partners with IONITY to roll out electric charging
MRH has announced a partnership with IONITY - a joint venture formed by leading car manufacturers which develops and implements a High-Power Charging (HPC) network for electric vehicles across Europe. It is the same organisation Shell recently announced it is working with across 10 European countries. IONITY ...
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NewsMaxol aims to raise £20,000 for charity
Irish forecourt and convenience retailer Maxol is aiming to raise £20,000 this Christmas for its charity partner Aware, which provides support, education and information to people with depression, bipolar disorder and related mood conditions, and to those impacted by these conditions. The company is donating 10p from every cup of ...
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NewsAnnual cost of crime tops £1,000 for UK forecourts
The cost of forecourt crime has risen steeply during the third quarter of 2017, according to BOSS, the British Oil Security Syndicate. The BOSS Forecourt Crime Index shows incidents of crime on Britain’s retail forecourts increased slightly in the third quarter (Q3) of 2017, but rising fuel prices created a ...
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NewsACS welcomes rate relief scheme from Welsh government
The Association of Convenience Stores (ACS) has welcomed the announcement of a permanent small business rate relief scheme and the extension of extra support for high street retailers in Wales. However, it has raised concerns about the limits being imposed on the type of business that will be eligible for ...
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NewsEuro Garages appoints manager for Italy
Euro Garages European arm EG Group has appointed a country manager to lead the strategic development of its petrol forecourt retail convenience offer in Italy. Salvatore Bianca was most recently Italy wholesales fuels manager and responsible for the Esso Italiana Wholesale business. In a 29-year professional career with Esso, he ...
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NewsArmed robbers strike at BP service station in Essex
Police officers in Essex are hunting for two people who held up petrol station staff with what is believed to be a gun during an armed robbery. The incident took place at the BP garage in The Broadway, Loughton, at approximately 10:40pm on Wednesday, December 13. They robbers had their ...
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NewsThieves set fire to forecourt ATM in attempt to steal contents
A cash machine on a forecourt was set on fire by thieves attempting to steal its contents. Humberside Police has put out an appeal for witnesses following the attempted theft by three men in Immingham. The incident occurred at the Blue Stone service station on Stallingborough Road around 3.30am on ...
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NewsPeter Hockenhull back in the game with new site
Former Top 50 Indie Hockenhull Garages (HGS) has opened a new petrol station and convenience store in South Wigston, Leicester. It is the first forecourt development for the company’s founder and chairman Peter Hockenhull, since he came out of retirement at the age of 76 to assist in running the ...
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NewsMPs set up inquiry into state of illicit trade in UK
A cross-party group of MPs has announced plans to undertake a formal inquiry into the state of illicit trade in the UK. The All-Party Parliamentary Group on Illicit Trade, which was established earlier this year, will question whether the Government’s current approach and response is fit for purpose. Matthew Offord, ...
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New improved £1m Nisa store opens in Drefach
A new 3,000sq ft Nisa shop has opened on the forecourt of Woodlands petrol station in Drefach, Carmarthenshire, in a ceremony performed by five Welsh rugby international stars.The previous 600sq ft Nisa Drefach was demolished and rebuilt from scratch. It has been fitted out to Nisa’s Store of the Future ...
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Top 50 Indie Park Garage Group renews Texaco deal
Top 50 Indie Park Garage Group has extended its relationship with the Texaco brand, renewing its existing 25-site supply agreement and adding a further three sites, previously branded Gulf."The Texaco brand and Valero’s supply offering continue to be highly successful for our business over the past five years we’ve ...
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NewsTobacco smuggler ordered to cough up £7,500 for tissue scam
A smuggler, caught unloading contraband cigarettes and tobacco hidden in the back of a lorry among boxes of tissues, had his scam blown apart by an HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) investigation. Artur Golebiowski, 38, a sales assistant of Greenford, West London, was arrested as he unloaded his stash at ...
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NewsPrice hike forecast after pipeline is shut down
Petrol and diesel prices could rise by as much as 3ppl in the run-up to Christmas, according to the RAC, as a result of a main oil and gas pipeline in the North Sea being shut for emergency repairs. The shutdown of the Forties pipeline, which is responsible for carrying ...
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Kay Group opens another new-to-industry site
Top 50 Indie Kay Group has opened its fourth new-to-industry site in two years. The new Texaco site is located in Ellesmere Port, Cheshire, and comes after The Kay Group opened a Texaco-branded new-build site in Irlam, Salford in May, which was the group’s largest development to date.Ken Kay, owner ...
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Small sites may struggle with charging, says APEA
Small forecourts will struggle to accommodate electric charging facilities because of safety and parking requirements, according to Jamie Thompson, chairman of the technical committee of the Association for Petroleum and Explosives Administration (APEA)."The government is very keen to get electric charging points on petrol stations I don’t think it’s ...
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NewsBooker wins delivery contract for Shell’s stores
Shell UK and Booker Retail Partners have signed a new three-year deal for the supply of Shell stores nationally, after the collapse of Shell’s previous delivered wholesaler Palmer and Harvey. The new agreement has already started through the Booker Wholesale estate, before moving to Booker Retail Partners network in early ...