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One week to go for old fivers as legal tender
The Bank of England has issued a reminder that it will be withdrawing legal tender status of the paper £5 note, featuring Elizabeth Fry, next Friday, May 5 2017. It is encouraging anyone who still has paper £5 notes to spend them during the forthcoming week. At the start of ...
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End of the road for Seven Ways Service Station
Seven Ways Service Station, a BWOC site in Bristol, is closing down this week due to economic reasons, after failing to find a buyer.It was up for sale as a going concern for two years, according to Michael Touzalin, who has run the site with his wife Naclye (known as ...
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Top honours for Hoyer fuel delivery drivers
Three Hoyer drivers have taken top honours in the Hoyer Petrolog Driver Of The Year Awards, 2017. The overall winner was Sion Williams (ShellFleet, Stanlow), runner up was David Young (EssoFleet, Grangemouth); while Stephen Pick (Shell Fleet, Kingsbury) came third.Hoyer Petrolog’s has 1,250 drivers in the UK, and over a ...
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NewsSentinel roll-out boosts Jet’s quality fuels offering
The premium fuels market is growing across the UK and certainly for the Jet brand, according to Graham Clout, retail sales manager at Phillips 66, speaking at this week’s Forecourt Show. “Sentinel diesel is now available across the entire UK,” he said. “It is becoming more and more important to ...
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NewsSt Blazey signs new five-year deal with Gulf
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 a retail volume of 4.5m litres and includes a convenience store, off licence and ...
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NewsGreenergy opens Thames Oilport for road-loading of diesel
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 ...
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NewsRapleys predicts more closed forecourt sites will reopen
Property consultancy Rapleys LLP is predicting more former forecourt sites will be reopened after it secured the sale of a site that had been 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 ...
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NewsIntruders spray cashier with unknown substance
Hampshire Police are appealing after intruders sprayed an unknown substance into the face of a 25-year-old female cashier at the Courtesy filling station in Romsey Road, Cadnam. The incident occurred after two men entered the petrol station’s shop at around 5.30am on Monday April 24. One man sprayed the cashier ...
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NewsNFDA calls for more electric charging points
The National Franchised Dealers Association (NFDA) is warning government and the automotive industry they will need to maintain their active encouragement for consumers to buy electric vehicles (EVs). Commenting on the results of research carried out for the NFDA, its director Sue Robinson said: “Price, charging infrastructure and battery range ...
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NewsAdditional police drafted in after armed robbery in Hull
Extra police officers were drafted into East Hull after armed robbers raided a service station and a cyclist was also attacked. The incidents began when two men entered the BP service station on Leads Road shortly after 11pm on Saturday April 22 and threatened the staff with two weapons. The ...
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NewsTop 50 Indie Chartman shortlisted for Grocer Gold award
Top 50 Indie Chartman has been shortlisted as the Retail Chain of the Year 2017 in the prestigious Grocer Gold awards, run by Forecourt trader’s sister publication The Grocer. The hotly contested national awards are popularly known as the Oscars of the Grocery Industry, and the latest recognition comes after ...
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NewsJos Richardson and Son completes £4m redevelopment
East Yorkshire-based Jos Richardson and Son will mark 125 years in business with the official opening of its new service station and truck stop development at Goole on May 5. The family-run firm owns the Glews car dealership in Goole, which is a Vauxhall, Peugeot and Isuzu franchise, and five ...
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NewsACS chief sets out its priorities for election at Summit17
The Association of Convenience Stores has set out its priorities for government ahead of the election on June 8 and called on the sector to get involved to promote the work being done by convenience store owners and their staff in communities. Speaking to industry leaders, senior retailers and retail ...
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NewsSmuggler sentenced to three years in jail
A lorry driver caught smuggling around 900 kilos of hand-rolling tobacco, a small quantity of cocaine and amphetamine, CS Gas and eight dangerous knives into the UK has been jailed for three years, after an investigation by HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC). Arpad Levente Jeddi, 47, was driving a lorry ...
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NewsForecourt property values hit record high
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) show values have increased by 62% since the bottom of the market, and are now at a record high exceeding the ...
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NewsElectric car demand could overload grid
The UK’s energy system isn’t prepared for the growing number of consumers choosing to buy small scale energy technologies such as electric vehicles (EVs), according to a new report by think tank Green Alliance. It warns that without change, just six electric cars charging in close proximity at peak time ...
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NewsTopaz introduces new fuel brand
Irish forecourt operator Topaz is investing €6m in the roll-out of a new fuel brand, Miles, across its network, according to a report in The Irish Times. Miles is the fuel brand owned by Canadian group Alimentation Couche-Tard, which acquired Topaz in February 2016. Couche-Tard has been introducing the Miles ...
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NewsMotorists back three-year MOT says SMMT
British motorists have put their support firmly behind keeping the first MOT test for cars at three years, according to the results of new research published by the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT). In a YouGov survey, when told about government plans to change the date of a ...
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NewsOne month to plain packaging warns ACS
The Association of Convenience Stores (ACS) has reminded retailers there is just one month to go until the Standardised Packaging of Tobacco Regulations and Tobacco Products Directive come into force. The one-year sell-through period for retailers to sell branded packs is coming to an end, and from May 20 retailers ...
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NewsC-store chain buys 16th forecourt
Central Convenience Stores has acquired its 16th forecourt with the purchase of Combe Martin Petrol Station in north Devon. The acquisition by the fast growing convenience store chain, which is owned by wholesaler Palmer and Harvey, takes its total estate of stores to 116. Commercial estate agent Charles Darrow sold ...