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Opposition to plans to change MOT period
Government proposals to extend the period before the first MOT test is needed from three to four years, have been condemned by the Retail Motor Industry Federation (RMI) and received qualified support from the RAC. The proposals, unveiled by transport minister Andrew Jones, would bring England, Scotland and Wales in ...
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Kay Group starts biggest development
Top 50 Indie The Kay Group has just started work on its largest development to date on a brownfield site at Irlam in Greater Manchester. Irlam Gateway is the third of a rolling program of new-to-industry sites and the group’s sixth development in a little over two years. The development ...
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London Mayor urged to back gas-powered HGVs
London Mayor Sadiq Khan has been urged to back gas-powered HGVs to improve air quality, by former development minister Mike Foster. Earlier this month, a Department for Transport-backed study showed that gas engines gave significant improvements in air quality over their diesel counterparts. Foster now runs a not-for-profit association working ...
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NFRN warns against Welsh tobacco register
There should be more action to combat the illicit tobacco market rather than the introduction of a tobacco register, the Health, Social Care and Sport Committee at the National Assembly of Wales has been told. Giving evidence, newsagents federation (NFRN) national president Ray Monelle, and NEC member John Parkinson, warned ...
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JTI removes gantries after prosecutions
JTI has started the year by demonstrating its commitment to help tackle the illegal trade in tobacco. During the Christmas and New Year period the tobacco company removed gantries from two stores, 6 till 11 in Ilford, and Micklefield Superstore in High Wycombe. Both stores had been prosecuted for dealing ...
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NewsForecourt gunman riddled site with bullets
A forecourt where a police officer was shot was “riddled with high velocity gunfire” which could easily have killed children who were at the service station or caused an explosion, according to senior officers. A police officer was hit by three bullets in the attack at the the Maxol filling ...
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NewsPolice officer shot twice on service station forecourt
A man has been arrested after a police officer was shot twice on a filling station forecourt in Belfast, Northern Ireland. In a statement the Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI) said: “Around 7.30pm on Sunday, 22 January, a number of shots were fired at a filling station. A police ...
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Strike threat to Morrisons fuel supplies
Morrisons petrol stations in London, the South East and East Anglia could run dry within days if a threatened strike by delivery drivers goes ahead, according to their union. A total of 19 drivers, employed by DHL Supply Chain and based in West Thurrock, who deliver petrol and diesel to ...
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Maxol revamps Moreish fresh food range
Irish family owned forecourt and convenience retailer Maxol has announced its 2017 plans for Moreish, the company’s fresh food offering, based on growing trends in the food industry and consumer feedback. This includes the launch of a new Moreish signature sandwich range with a greater focus on healthier foods, gluten-free ...
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Council to fine stationary drivers who don’t switch off engine
Westminster City Council is about to start issuing penalty charge notices to motorists who do not switch off their engines while stationary, in a bid to cut air pollution. Leaving a vehicle’s engine running (idling) while stationary for more than a minute is an offence which can result in an ...
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Certas Energy opens HGV site at Port of Liverpool
Certas Energy, working in partnership with Peel Ports Group, has opened a new state-of-the-art HGV refuelling site at the Port of Liverpool. Following 12 weeks of construction, the site will now provide diesel, gas oil and AdBlue for port users. High-speed pumps that deliver 120 litres of fuel per minute ...
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NewsGovernment dismisses call for fuel price regulator
The government has given a curt dismissal to a petition calling for an “independent pump-watch body to monitor and regulate vehicle fuel pricing”. The petition was launched on the government’s petitions website at the end of October last year by Quentin Willson and Howard Cox, founders of the FairFuel campaign, ...
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NewsPolice investigate racially aggravated assault
Avon and Somerset police have released images of a man they want to identify in connection with a series of incidents including a racially aggravated assault of a petrol station assistant. On 30 November, two men filled a car with petrol at Courtfields Service Station in Mantle Street, Wellington, before ...
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ACS calls for greater support for rural shops
The Association of Convenience Stores (ACS) has called on the government to help secure the future of the UK’s 19,128 rural shops and petrol stations in a new report. The report reveals that rural shops are often the only place where customers in their local area can get essential goods ...
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NFRN partners Imperial Tobacco to fight illegal trade
Imperial Tobacco has teamed up with the newsagents association NFRN to help educate independent retailers and UK smokers about the growing trade in illegal tobacco. Fifty thousand anti-illicit trade (AIT) packs branded with Imperial’s Suspect it? Report it! campaign are being distributed to all retailers throughout the UK during January. ...
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Euro Garages tight-lipped over Little Chef reports
Euro Garages has declined to comment on reports in The Sun that it is in advanced talks to buy the Little Chef chain of roadside restaurants. According to the newspaper, the Little Chef brand could disappear as the Top 50 Indie is likely to replace it with its partner brands ...
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NewsPolice release CCTV footage in robbery appeal
Northumbria Police has released CCTV footage in an appeal following a robbery at a service station in Newcastle. Between 6:25am and 6:33am on Wednesday, December 28, a man entered the Gulf service station on Hillhead Parkway in Chapel House and bought items. When the sales assistant opened the till the ...
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Valero extends supply deal with James Hall & Co
Spar wholesaler and retailer James Hall & Co has extended its agreement with Valero to continue selling Texaco fuel across all its Texaco-branded sites, with a new site in Threshfield, Yorkshire, due to open in early 2017. This will bring the total number of sites that are Texaco-branded to 11. ...
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Hydrogen initiative agreed at Davos
A global initiative to drive use of hydrogen has been agreed at the World Economic Forum in Davos.Thirteen leading energy, transport and industry companies launched the initiative to “voice a united vision and long-term ambition for hydrogen to foster the energy transition”.The ‘Hydrogen Council’ aims to position hydrogen among the ...
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ACS urges rethink on digital tax reporting
The Association of Convenience Stores (ACS) has welcomed a report from the House of Commons Treasury Select Committee, which calls on the Government to delay the implementation of mandatory digital tax reporting. In the report, the Committee states that the proposed timetable of April 2018 for most businesses to be ...