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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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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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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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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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NewsMaxol announces winners in its 2016-2017 excellence awards
Irish forecourt and convenience retailer Maxol has announced the winners of its 2016- 2017 Excellence Awards, which recently took place at the Quinta Do Lago resort in Portugal. The scheme promotes and rewards excellence in retail standards, customer experience, and community engagement, throughout its network of service stations across the ...
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NewsACS raises concerns over new tobacco directive for the EU
The Association of Convenience Stores (ACS) has raised concerns about the costs and administrative burdens that new Track and Trace proposals on tobacco could have on the convenience sector. The EU Revised Tobacco Products Directive aims to introduce a method of tracking the sale of legitimate tobacco products through the ...
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Sewell adds outdoor launderette to site
Top 50 Indie Sewell on the go has introduced an outdoor launderette for customers at its Chanterlands Avenue site in West Hull. Prices range from £2 to £8 and there are two options for washes, which means customers can wash and dry duvets and large items, as well as everyday ...
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NewsSainsbury’s rolls out app for disabled customers
An award-winning app that enables drivers with disabilities to pre-book assistance with refuelling is being rolled out at Sainsbury’s filling stations. 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. Adopting the system ...
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Applegreen funds further growth through share issue
Applegreen says it is well placed to invest in further growth opportunities after it raised 46.9m (£41.1m) with a new placing of shares. The placing shares represent approximately 10% of the company’s issued share capital prior to the placing.Commenting on the placing, CEO Bob Etchingham said: "We are delighted to ...
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NewsCertas Energy unveils shortlist for SuperStation awards
The SuperStation awards, Certas Energy’s initiative designed to drive-up forecourt standards across the UK, has announced its finalists for 2017 ahead of its Gala Awards Dinner, which will take place at Chesford Grange, Warwickshire on Thursday 12 October. Now in its sixth year, SuperStation is open to around 700 Gulf ...
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The two biggest indies buy out smaller groups
The two biggest companies in the Top 50 Indies both acquired other groups during September.Motor Fuel Group (MFG) expanded its network to 422 stations with the completed acquisition of four stations each from FW Kerridge and Burns & Co, and an exchange of contracts with fellow Top 50 Indie Manor ...
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NewsWholesalers urge CMA to block Tesco-Booker deal
Seven of the UK’s leading wholesalers have written a joint letter to the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) urging it to block the Tesco-Booker merger. The managing directors of Bestway, Bidfood, Confex, Landmark, Spar, Sugro and Today’s co-signed a letter, which was submitted to the CMA as part of its ...
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NewsBP reappoints DHL Supply Chain to manage logistics
DHL Supply Chain has been reappointed by BP to manage its UK logistics operations for its shops for an additional three years, making in excess of 92,000 deliveries a year to BP’s company owned forecourts across the country. The contract extension will see DHL continue to support BP’s UK fuels ...
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human trafficking campaignA campaign by the Scottish Government against human trafficking and modern slavery is highlighting that many unscrupulous hand car wash operations are involved. In Aberdeen screen cleans were offered at the Golden Square Car Park as part of the campaign to draw attention to the different industries in ...
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Certas Energy buys its first three forecourts in England
Certas Energy has bought forecourt sites in England for the first time in a deal that will see 13mlpa of retail volume moving to Gulf from Texaco.It has struck a deal with Petromex Forecourt Services to acquire two sites, Millbrook Way in Preston and Canal Head in Ulverston, with a ...
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NewsSales of new diesel cars decline for sixth month
Plummeting sales of new diesel cars helped push the UK new car market to its sixth consecutive monthly decline in September, down 9.3% to 426,170 new units registered, according to figures released by the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT). Diesel car sales were down 21.7%, while petrol cars ...
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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 ...
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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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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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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 ...