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Certas parent buys Esso network in Norway
The parent company of Certas Energy, the Irish conglomerate DCC plc, has reached agreement to buy Esso’s retail petrol station network in Norway for NOK2.43bn (£235m). The network is the third largest in Norway with approximately 20% of retail volumes. It comprises 142 company-operated sites (127 retail service stations and ...
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Diesel sales dip despite new car market high
Sales of diesel cars have dipped despite the UK new car market achieving a 12-year high in January, according to figures published by The Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT). It reported that 174,564 vehicles left showrooms last month – a 2.9% year-on-year uplift and the highest level since ...
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Smiths News to close down old website
Newspaper and magazine wholesaler Smiths News is urging forecourt customers who use its Connect2U website to migrate to its new online platform SNapp. Following the national rollout of SNapp Online, it is planning to close the old Connect2U website on 21 February. It says the new website boasts all the ...
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New website to help tobacco retailers with plain packs
Tobacco company Philip Morris Limited (PML) has developed an online educational and interactive website for UK tobacco retailers. The MyDrive website features videos and content to help retailers in the new era of plain packaging. The site includes video coverage of two leading UK retailers who visited Australia to learn ...
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NewsEuro Garages buys 4 sites from stricken Top 50 Indie
Euro Garages has snapped up four sites from its stricken fellow Top 50 Indie High Noon Stores. Greg Palfrey, who was appointed joint administrator for High Noon Stores on January 27, confirmed the deal with Euro Garages and said there was strong interest in the remaining sites. High Noon Stores ...
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Canadian company buys 85% of Greenergy
Greenergy, the UK’s largest supplier of road fuels, has announced that it has reached agreement for Canadian company Brookfield Business Partners to take over and invest in the business with the aim of accelerating growth. Existing Greenergy management shareholders will invest alongside Brookfield Business Partners and will retain a 15% ...
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Applegreen finance chief to leave
Applegreen has announced that its chief financial officer, Paul Lynch, has decided to leave the company. He joined Applegreen as CFO in July 2014 and was appointed a board director in August 2014. Applegreen said it will commence a process to appoint a successor immediately, and Lynch will remain in ...
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NewsEuro Garages closes deal to buy Little Chef
Euro Garages co-ceo Zuber Issa has confirmed to Forecourt Trader that the company completed a deal to buy the Little Chef chain of roadside restaurants on February 1. Little Chef was previously owned by the Kout Food Group, which bought the chain in 2013 for £15m. A spokesperson for Intervias, ...
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Two Gulf customers win cars
Certas Energy’s most recent forecourt promotion, ‘Win a Car’, designed to drive up fuel volumes, has culminated with two customers driving home in brand new Gulf-branded Fiat 500s. ‘Win a Car’ was open to over 500 Gulf forecourts nationwide, supported by hundreds of weekly spot prizes and a comprehensive promotional ...
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Chartman fun day raises cash for charities
Pyjamas, onesies and cake bakes were the order of the day for Chartman Retail’s annual charity fun day on Friday January 27. All 10 sites operated by the West Country Top 50 Indie were encouraged to raise funds for nominated charities, including Parkinsons UK, Macmillan, Devon Air Ambulance and the ...
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NewsShell preparing to relaunch V-Power fuel
Shell UK is preparing to launch the lastest version of its premium fuel V-Power in the spring. The new fuel, which features ’Dynaflex technology’ will be marketed across the media and on Shell forecourts nationwide as ’Britain’s best fuel’. V-power was originally launched in 2008, updated in 2012, and following ...
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Texaco runs promotion in Northern Ireland
Texaco customers in Northern Ireland have been offered the chance to save the equivalent of 5ppl on fuel. Running for six weeks from 1 February, customers buying fuel from a Texaco service station will receive five Star Rewards Points per litre instead of the usual one point, equivalent to 5ppl ...
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Pump prices rise more than wholesale says RAC
The prices of petrol and diesel at the pumps increased by 2ppl in January to their highest for more than two years despite the wholesale cost of unleaded staying the same and diesel reducing, according to the latest RAC Fuel Watch report. The increase follows a 3ppl rise in December, ...
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ACS warning over local authority Bill
The Government has been urged to ensure that plans to allow local authorities to keep 100% of their rates revenue are delivered in a way that promotes growth in all types of business. The call came from the Association of Convenience Stores’ chief executive, James Lowman, who was giving evidence ...
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Two men arrested after Hull burglary
Humberside Police have detained two men after they responded to reports of a break-in at Pace petrol station in Beverley Road, Hull. A spokesman said: “We were called at 3.06am today (Monday 30 January) reporting two people breaking into a petrol station on Beverley Road, Hull.” Officers attended and one ...
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Dealer fears for business after rates triple
A Jet dealer in Dundee fears he could be forced to close down by plans to more than triple his business rates. Sebastian Nonis, of Forfar Road Service Station, has been notified that his rates will rise from £15,000 to nearly £48,000 in April, and said he had been told ...
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James Hall & Co extends its Valero/Texaco deal
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 early this year. This will bring the total number of sites that are Texaco-branded to 11.James ...
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Asda’s new forecourt
Asda has been granted planning permission for a petrol filling station (PFS) at its supermarket in the centre of Gloucester after it said it hoped to bring low-priced fuel to residents of the city.The PFS will take space from the supermarket car park and will consist of six dual-sided dispensers ...
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Battery vehicles are in, while diesel is out
UK automotive executives expect that battery electric vehicles will dominate the marketplace by 2025 and predict diesel technology will be phased out, according to KPMG’s Global Automotive Executive Survey 2017.The report revealed that 62% of UK automotive executives view diesel technology as a ’thing of the past’, expecting the traditional ...
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NewsBill to require fuel receipts to show duty charged
A Bill requiring fuel receipts to show the amount of duty paid is being introduced in the House of Commons today (February 1). The changes outlined in the bill, which is promoted by FairFuelUK, would enable motorists to see how much tax they are paying to the Treasury in both ...