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NewsPrison officer fined for supplying counterfeit tobacco
Imperial Tobacco has assisted Devon and Cornwall Police in securing the conviction of a prison officer who was attempting to smuggle counterfeit tobacco into HMP Dartmoor. Daryl Keenan, from Paignton, was arrested and charged in October last year after a routine staff search while entering HMP Dartmoor – a ‘smoke ...
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NewsProlific thieves convicted for stealing from forecourt shops
Two prolific shoplifters who targeted forecourt shop in St Albans and Borehamwood have both been sentenced to eight weeks in prison. Justin Sycamore, aged 38, and Simon Speer, aged 34, appeared Hatfield Remand Court on Monday, May 8 after pleading guilty to a number of thefts from shops in both ...
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NewsCertas rolls out cleaner diesel at Port of Liverpool
A state-of-the-art 24-hour HGV fuel station at the Port of Liverpool will become the first port in the UK to offer Shell GTL Fuel – which is claimed to be a cleaner alternative to conventional diesel fuel. Certas Energy, working in partnership with Peel Ports Group, opened the state-of-the-art site ...
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NewsLondon Transport tenders for hydrogen buses
Transport for London (TfL) has launched a tender for the bulk procurement of hydrogen fuel cell buses. Working in partnership with three other UK cities - Aberdeen, Birmingham, Dundee - TfL is inviting potential suppliers of fuel cell buses to join a framework for the supply of single and double ...
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NewsTaxi LPG conversions plan to tackle air pollution
Retrofitting black cabs to run on liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) is being considered as a key solution for confronting the UK’s air quality crisis, as part of the Government’s draft air quality plan which was published last week. As part of the new plan, being consulted on until June 15, ...
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NewsKay Group secures fourth new-to-industry site
Top 50 Indie The Kay Group has secured planning permission for its fourth new-to-industry site in 12 months. Work on Ellesmere Port Service Station, which will include the company’s first Costa Drive-Thru, is scheduled to start in June after the opening of a forecourt at Irlam, the group’s third new-to-industry ...
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NewsBrokers predict sales of diesel cars will decline
Nearly a third of brokers expect sales of diesel cars to decrease this year following media scares, according to a survey by Paragon Car Finance. Asked what impact recent calls for action on diesel vehicles would have on the market in 2017, 29% stated they expect a decrease in sales. ...
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NewsShell and BMW design new hydrogen dispenser
Shell and a BMW Group subsidiary, Designworks, have collaborated in the launch of a new hydrogen dispenser that is radically different to pumps for other road fuels. Oasis is a dispenser concept that departs from the “H” or “L” shaped fuel dispensers presently on the market. It introduces a new ...
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NewsRobbers leave explosives attached to cash machine
A “suspicious device” found attached to a cash machine on a forecourt in Stalybridge, Greater Manchester, is believed to have been put there by robbers trying to blow it up. Police were called to the Gulf Petrol Station on Huddersfield Road at 6.55am on Tuesday May 9. The site was ...
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NewsCharges after queuing police spot suspicious activity
Two men have been charged with making off without payment, after police officers refuelling their patrol car spotted suspicious activity at the petrol station. As the two officers queued for their petrol at Leeds Road, Tadcaster, North Yorkshire, just after 3pm on Friday May 5, a number of men were ...
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NewsOil 4 Wales invests £200k in Maesteg revamp
Fuel supplier and forecourt owner Oil 4 Wales has reopened its service station at Maesteg in South Wales after a £200,000 redevelopment. The major redevelopment saw a total redesign of the shop, including upgrading of tills, a bespoke state of the art wine section, and a full deli and bakery ...
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NewsMotorcycle sales down 16% in April
April marked a 16% decline in motorcycle sales with only 10,365 bikes registered – compared to 12,343 bikes put on the road in the same period last year, according to the latest Motor Cycle Industry Association figures for motorcycle registrations. Commenting on the figures, Stephen Latham, head of the National ...
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New car sales slump 20% following ’quiet’ April
New passenger car registrations fell by nearly 20% in April, with a total of 152,076 units registered, according to the latest figures released by the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Trading (SMMT). Year-to-date the market is still higher than last year by 1.1% with a total of 972,092 cars registered ...
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NewsMaxol opens largest-ever forecourt 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, fast-food franchise, whose mission is to offer fresh and nutritious food ...
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NewsSupermarkets unleash a flurry of fuel price cuts
All the major supermarkets have announced price cuts at the pump, just as the RAC has released its latest report claiming that the drop in the price of oil and jump in the value of sterling should give retailers a chance to pass on savings. Morrisons led the announcements, followed ...
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NewsScary result of Chartman team-building exercise
Motorists visiting the Winning Post Service Station on Exeter’s Haldon Hill are currently being entertained by a collective of scarecrows produced by each of the south west’s Chartman-owned stores. The exercise was a project aimed at team building within and between the stores. Company director of the Top 50 Indie ...
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Certas Energy appoints new finance director
Steve Little has joined Certas Energy as its new finance director with a brief to develop improvements across the business and add value to its domestic and commercial customers.Previously, Steve spent eight years at Houghton International, a speciality chemical company headquartered in Philadelphia, which focuses on metalworking fluids. At Houghton, ...
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NewsGloucester site added to Euro Garages portfolio
Euro Garages has acquired another forecourt in the south west - Churcham Garage, Gloucester. Specialist business property adviser, Christie & Co brokered the sale of the site, an established forecourt business in Churcham, Gloucester on behalf of Jamshad Karupamveetil of Milecross Ltd. Jamshad acquired the petrol station, which at the ...
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ACS calls on Ofgem to include local shops in proposals to limit back-billing
ACS has called on energy regulator Ofgem to ensure that local shops and other small businesses are included in proposals to limit back-billing of electricity and gas. Currently, suppliers have signed up to voluntary agreements to only back-bill domestic consumers for a maximum of 12 months. Ofgem is looking at ...
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Shoplifting on the rise, says ONS
An 8% rise in recorded shoplifting incidents has been revealed in the latest figures released by The Office for National Statistics (ONS) for the year ending December 2016 in England and Wales.The figures show that there were approximately 358,235 incidents of shop theft in 2016, which is over 25,000 more ...