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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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NewsCo-op to invest £850,000 in site
Lincolnshire Co-op has revealed plans for an £850,000 redevelopment of its Gibbet Nook Filling Station, on the junction of the A153 and B1192 near Coningsby. The first phase will see the site closed from Monday April 24 to Friday June 9 while underground works are carried out to replace pipes ...
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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 ...
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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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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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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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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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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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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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NewsACS gears up for general election
The Association of Convenience Stores (ACS) has outlined issues it would like to see addressed in political parties’ manifestoes, after Prime Minister Theresa May announced plans to hold a General Election on June 8. ACS chief executive James Lowman said: “The election will be an opportunity for all parties to ...
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NewsHampshire forecourt adopts new Murco image
White Horse Service Station in Middle Wallop, Hampshire, has become the latest Murco dealer station to adopt its new image. The new image was provided as part of a re-signing package. Jim Mulheran, fuels director at Motor Fuel Group and responsible for the Murco brand, commented: “We are delighted that ...
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NewsCloning device found on Asda pump
Police in Hull have warned drivers to check their bank accounts after a suspected card cloning device was found at a pay at pump machine on an Asda forecourt. The device was found at the pay at pump machine on pump ten at Asda Kingswood on Thursday April 13, and ...
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NewsCashpoint attacked at Top Indie’s site
Police are investigating after part of a cashpoint machine was stolen from the Esso garage, owned by Top 50 Indie MRH, at The Street in Great Barton, Suffolk. Officers were alerted around 3.45am on Wednesday April 19, to reports that a group of people appeared to be pulling out the ...