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NewsCCTV pics released of drive-off man
Northamptonshire Police have released CCTV images of a man who was driving a car involved in four drive-offs. In the incident the CCTV picture is taken from, the driver of a silver MG ZR refuelled the vehicle at the BP garage on the westbound A14 near Kettering with £25 of ...
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NewsNorth Wales Police thwart thieves in break-in
North Wales Police are seeking the public’s assistance following a burglary at Pontblyddyn, Service Station, in Flintshire, at approximately 2am on Thursday May 18. Detective inspector Jackie Downes at Mold CID said: “During the break-in offenders attempted to steal a significant quantity of tobacco. “However, due to the prompt arrival ...
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NewsBusiness as usual leads to ’a good year’ for Booker
The focus on ‘business as usual’ despite the looming proposed merger with Tesco has led to a 14% rise in operating profit for Booker of £176.1m for the year ending March 24, according to its chief executive Charles Wilson. Financial highlights included group sales of £5.3bn - up 6.7%; with ...
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NewsCertas Energy appoints new head of dealer sales
Certas Energy has appointed Craig Nugent as head of dealer sales, a new position created to strengthen the company’s drive for retail growth. Nugent joins from Eastwood Park, a training facility for the healthcare industry, based in Gloucestershire, where he was business development director. Prior to that he was managing ...
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NewsACS welcomes election promises on business rates
The Association of Convenience Stores (ACS) has welcomed commitments from all the major political parties in England and Wales to reform the business rates system. Property costs are among the largest costs faced by retailers and one-in-three retailers are paying increased rates since the revaluation. Additionally, only 39 out of ...
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NewsTop 50 Indie HKS doubles its sites within M25
Top 50 Indie HKS Retail (HKS), which is headquartered in Leicester, has announced the opening of two further sites in the London area, continuing its programme of expansion. This now means HKS has four sites within the M25 and nearly 70 sites nationally. The new acquisitions have fully opened and ...
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NewsMRH pilots c-store franchise with Co-op
Top 50 Indie MRH has signed an agreement with the Co-op to pilot a new franchise convenience store at seven MRH sites across the UK. The first of the 1,000-1,500sq ft stores will open next week in Eastcote in north-west London, with the pilot running throughout the year. The pilot ...
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NewsSpar claims top spot as largest forecourt retailer
Spar says it is now the largest forecourt retailer in the UK by site numbers, following significant growth coming from multi-site retail partners in 2016, with 1,200 Spar shops on forecourts. Top 50 Indies which are partners of Spar include: MRH; Euro Garages which has rebranded many of the shops ...
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NewsMan arrested in connection with Dorset burglary
Dorset Police have arrested a man in connection with a reported burglary at a Bridport petrol station. At around 10.49pm on Wednesday May 3 officers were called to reports of a till snatch at the Esso garage in East Road. A till tray, a quantity of cash and a black ...
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NewsEnglish firms urged to shop around for water
A utilities consultancy claims businesses in England could collectively save up to £200m on their water bills, following the deregulation of the English water market, giving business owners the chance to renegotiate their existing water contracts or look to a new supplier. Utilitywise estimates that savings on water tariffs will ...
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NewsPizza Express to debut at motorway service area
Pizza Express is set to make its debut at a motorway service area in partnership with Welcome Break Group. The 88-seater restaurant will offer table service to both hotel guests and motorway service visitors at the Oxford M40 (Junction 8A) site, and is due to open in October. Further sites ...
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NewsRoadchef enhances disabled facilities
Motorway service area operator Roadchef has opened a new toilet facility for disabled customers at its Norton Canes site on the M6 Toll road. The new Changing Places facility provides customers with specialist equipment and more space than is available in a conventional disabled facility. Installed by Clos-o-Mat, the 12m2 ...
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NewsDCC reports strong growth in annual results
DCC, parent company of Certas Energy, has reported strong growth in profits and sales for the year ended 31 March 2017. Pre-tax profit this year was up 23.7% to £268.2m, compared with £216.7m the previous year, and revenue was £12,270m this year, up 17.4% on last year’s £10,448m. The company ...
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Rapley predicts more old sites will re-open
Property consultancy Rapleys LLP is predicting more former forecourt sites will be reopened after it secured the sale of a site that was closed several years ago. The former Shell site on the High Street in Coleshill, West Midlands, had been vacant for more than four years, but when Rapleys ...
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Greenergy road-loads diesel at Thames Oilport
Greenergy has begun road-loading of diesel and heating oil at Thames Oilport, giving it a supply location in the South East of England.The company said the opening of road-loading facilities is another significant milestone in the regeneration of the site, to turn the former refinery into a modern import terminal ...
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Maxol opens its largest-ever development
Maxol has opened the doors to its largest-ever development in Northern Ireland at Tannaghmore, County Antrim.In a first for Northern Ireland and the UK and a forecourt exclusive for Maxol the A26 Services has introduced Freshly Chopped, a fast-food franchise which aims to offer fresh and nutritious food ...
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New report confirms record property prices
Forecourt property values are at a record high, according to a new report by property advisors Barber Wadlow. Its Forecourt Property Value Index (calculated in association with Experian Catalist) shows values have increased by 62% since the bottom of the market, and are now at a record high, exceeding the ...
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Co-op redevelopmentLincolnshire Co-op has revealed plans for an £850,000 redevelopment of its Gibbet Nook Filling Station, on the junction of the A153 and B1192 near Coningsby.The first phase sees the site closed until Friday June 9 while underground works are carried out to replace pipes and tanks, and new pumps ...
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St Blazey chooses Gulf for five more years
Barrie Richards, proprietor of St Blazey Service Station, Cornwall has selected Gulf as his fuel brand for a further five years. The family business, which he operates with his wife Jean and son Charles, pumps 4.5mlpa and includes a convenience store, off licence and Cornwall’s premier car wash centre comprising ...
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New benchmark tool
BOSS, the British Oil Security Syndicate, has launched a new forecourt crime index to help retailers benchmark their performance against quantified national averages.To set up the index, BOSS analysed data from thousands of incidents that it has recorded as part of its Payment Watch activities since 2014. The start point ...