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NewsMinister reveals local shop support plans at ACS conference
High streets minister Jake Berry has set out the Government’s plans to support local shops in an address to the annual ACS Heart of the Community Conference in London. The conference, held at Church House in Westminster on October 17, featured a range of speakers who shared their experiences of ...
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NewsMoto Reading voted best motorway service station
Moto’s Reading westbound services on the M4 has been named England’s top motorway services, according to a new survey by the independent transport user watchdog Transport Focus. Top 50 Indie Euro Garages bagged second place with its Rivington Service station on the M61 at Bolton, Lancashire. In a survey of ...
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NewsShell launches rapid charging service
Shell has launched an on-forecourt electric vehicle (EV) rapid charging service call Shell Recharge. The new service is now available at Shell Holloway in London, Shell Whyteleafe in Surrey, and Shell Derby, and will be launched at a further seven locations within Greater London and Reading by the end of ...
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NewsMFG introduces service to help disabled drivers
Top 50 Indie Motor Fuel Group (MFG) is adopting an award-winning app that enables drivers with disabilities to pre-book assistance with refuelling. Last month Shell won the Forecourt Trader Award for the Best Oil Company Initiative for its introduction of the FuelService app to its company owned sites, and since ...
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NewsSpar celebrates 60th anniversary with Manchester spectacle
Spar marked its 60th anniversary with a celebratory extravaganza at the impressive Manchester Central Convention Complex last weekend (October 14), which helped to raise £600,000 for the brand’s chosen charity, Marie Curie. More than 1,700 guests - including Spar retailers, suppliers and wholesalers along with their families and friends - ...
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NewsRetailers recognised at Certas Energy’s Superstation awards
The achievements of Gulf and Pace-branded retailers were recognised at Certas Energy’s annual forecourt standards competition - SuperStation - held last week at Chesford Grange in Kenilworth, Warwickshire. The event was sponsored by ID Maintenance, and attended by more than 100 people, including sponsors and industry suppliers as well ...
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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NewsCentral Convenience Stores buys Brighton forecourt
Hangleton Service Station, branded as Esso and located in the heart of the Brighton suburb of Hangleton, has been sold through specialist property adviser Christie & Co. The large forecourt site, located at the junction of Hangleton Road and Nevill Avenue, has been acquired on a leasehold basis by regional ...
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NewsShell buys electric charging providers
Shell has signed an agreement to buy NewMotion, one of Europe’s largest electric vehicle (EV) charging providers. “Today’s announcement is an early step towards ensuring customers can access a range of refuelling choices over the coming decades, as new technologies evolve to co-exist with traditional transport fuels,” said Shell’s ...
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NewsUnmanned Emo forecourt extends offer with Chopstix outlet
Emo’s first unmanned Emo Express fuel forecourt in the Island of Ireland, which opened at Belfast International Airport last month, has added a Chopstix Noodle Bar to its food offer. Richard Irvine, business development manager for Emo, said the development was “particularly exciting, not only because it is our first ...
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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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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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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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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 ...