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NewsAward-winner Sewell becomes ACS chair
Forecourt Trader of the Year winner Patrick Sewell is to become chair of the Association of Convenience Stores. He will take on the chairmanship of ACS from November 1, 2016, having served as deputy chair since 2014. and will replace Palmer and Harvey group strategy and development director Paul Hagon, ...
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Yuk! Petrol pumps are more germy than a loo seat
On average, fuel pumps have more than 11,000 times more bacteria on them than a household toilet seat. That’s the shock finding from bus-travel booking website busbud.com, which collected bacteria samples from three forecourts and three charging stations in the US. A previous study conducted by the Kimberly-Clark Corporation ...
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False ‘naming and shaming’ hits Surrey forecourt’s sales
A Guildford petrol station has reported a 20% decline in sales after a member of its staff was named and shamed on Facebook following an allegation of card cloning – which turned out to be false.The incident took place on September 6, when a woman attempted to use her debit ...
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Maxol secures new supply deal on three Henderson Group sites
Leading Irish forecourt and convenience retailer Maxol has secured a contract with the Henderson Group to supply three new service stations.The stations - in Glenavy and Broughshane, County Antrim; and the Donegal Road, Belfast - increase the Maxol-branded network with the Henderson Group to a total of 25 service stations ...
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Indie retailers urge Chancellor to can sugar tax
Hundreds of independent retailers have called on Chancellor Philip Hammond to can proposals for a soft drinks tax, warning that it will devastate their businesses while failing to tackle the UK’s obesity problems.As part of the NFRN’s Day of Action against the Sugar Tax on Friday September 16, thousands of ...
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New forecourt entrant buys Holmfirth business
Newcomers to the forecourt sector have acquired the leasehold of their first forecourt - Holmfirth Filling Station in West Yorkshire. The sale of the operation to local business owners Rehan Rana & Associates was handled by property adviser, Christie & Co.The forecourt is located along Huddersfield Road, a mile from ...
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Forecourt attendant threatened with knife
Detectives are continuing enquiries and appealing for witnesses after a robbery at an Esso petrol station in Ibrox, Glasgow on Saturday September 17.The incident took place at around 5.30am when a man entered the forecourt in Broomloan Road and threatened the male member of staff with a knife and demanded ...
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Maxol to supply more Henderson sites
Maxol has secured a contract with the Northern Irish Spar distributor Henderson Group to supply three service stations. The stations, in Glenavy and Broughshane in County Antrim and the Donegal Road, Belfast, increase the Maxol-branded network with the Henderson Group to a total of 25 service stations across Northern Ireland. ...
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MacDonald hails "defining moment for industry"
Ramsay MacDonald, retail director, Certas Energy, used his address to the assembled 800 guests at the Hilton Hotel, Park Lane, for the 2016 Forecourt Trader of the Year Awards to praise the phenomenal achievement of the UK’s petrol retailers in changing the roadside face of Britain. “It feels like a ...
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NewsSewell on the go crowned Forecourt Trader of the Year
Sewell on the go South Cave in Brough, East Yorkshire, has won the top prize at the prestigious Forecourt Trader of the Year Awards, held at the London Hilton Park Lane. On a sell-out night hosted by entertainer Brian Conley, the award was presented to Patrick Sewell, managing director of ...
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Cigarette smuggler jailed for four years
A Derbyshire man, who was caught red-handed unloading more than eight million cigarettes from a shipping container that was supposed to be carrying tables and chairs, has been jailed for four years. Stewart Grainger was arrested by officers from HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) after he was caught unloading the ...
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Jet raises funds for children’s cancer charity
Jet has joined forces with the Children with Cancer UK charity to support its work to determine the causes, find cures and provide care for children with cancer. Jet’s support of the charity coincides with Childhood Cancer Awareness Month in September, a nationwide initiative which sees many charities and organisations ...
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Assistant wounded by knife during robbery
Merseyside Police is appealing for information after a staff member was wounded by a knife during an armed robbery at a service station on Thursday 15 September. At around 5am, a man armed with a knife entered Shell Service Station on Hoylake Road in Moreton. He jumped over the counter ...
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ACS welcomes Welsh rate relief extension
The Association of Convenience Stores (ACS) has welcomed the Welsh Government’s announcement that the Small Business Rate Relief scheme will be extended for 2017-18 and made permanent in 2018. Businesses with a rateable value of up to £6,000 will continue to receive 100% relief, while those with a rateable value ...
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Sales of ultra low emission vehicles soaring says DfT
Take-up of ultra low emissions vehicles (ULEVs) is soaring, according to the Department for Transport. Its latest figures show 9,657 ULEVs were registered in the UK in the last quarter (April to June), an increase of 49% on the same period last year and 253% on two years before. The ...
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Esso tiger passes away
A tiger which featured in Esso adverts during the 1990s has died aged 22. Tango was made famous when he was one of seven tigers who featured in Esso’s ‘put a tiger in your tank’ TV adverts. Since 2014 he has been living at Woodside Wildlife Park in Lincolnshire where ...
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Forecourt assistant hurt in attack
Thames Valley Police is appealing for witnesses after a forecourt worker suffered head injuries during an incident at a petrol station in Minster Lovell, Oxfordshire, on Sunday September 11. At just after 6am a customer entered the shop at Texaco Park View Filling Station on Burford Road. He detained a ...
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Tesco facing unlimited fine after fuel leak
Tesco is facing an unlimited fine after it admitted in court that it was responsible for a leak of thousands of litres of fuel that polluted a 10-mile stretch of river in Lancashire. Petrol from the supermarket’s Haslingden filling station leaked underground into Langwood Brook, a tributary to the River ...
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NewsTrio charged after ATM explosion
Three people have been charged with conspiracy to burgle after a cash machine in Denham Green, Buckinghamshire, was blown up. The men were arrested at the Shell garage in North Orbital Road, Denham Green, at about 11.40pm on September 8, after an explosion caused huge damage to the petrol station ...
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ACS calls for greater enforcement over tobacco
The Association of Convenience Stores (ACS) has called for greater enforcement action against criminals dealing in illicit tobacco products. It was responding to a report by the Chartered Trading Standards Institute (CTSI) that illicit tobacco products worth almost £1m were seized during its latest England-wide operation, an increase of 18% ...