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ACS issues advice over snow clearing
The Association of Convenience Stores (ACS) has advised retailers to follow the Department for Transport’s Snow Code when moving snow and ice outside their stores. Under Health and Safety law, businesses are required (so far as is reasonably practicable) to keep routes into the store free from anything that may ...
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Worker steals £450,000 from Asda petrol kiosks
An Asda worker has been jailed after she stole more than £450,000 from the company’s petrol kiosks over a four-year period. Wendy Clements, who worked in the cash office of the South Bank supermarket in Middlesbrough, discovered that the electronic records on the tills were not linked to the “smart ...
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Woman killed on Tesco forecourt
A fatal crash on a Tesco forecourt on Monday January 9 is being investigated by officers from Police Scotland. At around 7.10am, a 68-year-old woman was walking on the forecourt of the Tesco filling station, Lanark Road, Carluke when she was struck by a DAF lorry which was being driven ...
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Driverless cars will reduce delays says DfT
Driverless cars could significantly reduce delays according to a new study by the Department for Transport (DfT). The project used computer software to create virtual models of different parts of the UK road network including urban roads and a 20km motorway section. Delays and traffic flow were all shown to ...
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Auto bosses predict demise of diesel
UK automotive executives expect battery electric vehicles will dominate the automotive marketplace by 2025 and predict diesel technology will be phased out, according to KPMG’s Global Automotive Executive Survey 2017. The report findings revealed that 62% of UK automotive executives view diesel technology as a thing of the past, expecting ...
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Armed robber raids Sunderland site
Northumbria Police are appealing for witnesses after an armed robbery at a petrol filling station in Sunderland. At about 3am on Friday, January 6, a man entered the Barnes Esso service station armed with a stun gun type weapon. He threatened the cashier and demanded they handed over cash and ...
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AF Blakemore holds profits steady
AF Blakemore, the family owned food retail, forecourt, wholesale and distribution business, which celebrates its centenary in 2017, recorded annual sales of £1.31bn with pre-tax profits up from £7.59m to £7.60m for the 2015/16 financial year. Net Assets have also grown by 7.6% to £80.8m. AF Blakemore chairman, Peter Blakemore, ...
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Law firm applies for class action against VW
Harcus Sinclair UK, a law firm specialising in large group litigation, has applied for a group litigation order in claims against VW, Audi, SEAT and Skoda arising out of the Volkswagen emissions scandal. A total of 1.2 million cars in the UK are believed to have been affected. A group ...
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NewsLeaders of £2.6m fuel scam jailed
The leaders of an organised crime gang, which operated a filling station as part of a £2.6m fuel scam, have been jailed. Nine people, including the owner of a Belfast-based fuel supply company, have been sentenced for their part in the laundering, concealing and distribution of an estimated 4.5 million ...
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New-build Shell site
Shell has opened a company-owned service station on a new-to-industry site in Essex. Shell Chelmsford is open 24 hours a day with a shop that serves Shell’s Deli2go food and beverage range, and Costa Coffee Express. Other facilities include three toilets, an ATM and parking for 10 cars. Built on ...
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Kay Group welcomes WH Smith
Top 50 Indie The Kay Group has introduced a new partnership with WH Smith at the opening of its second new-to-industry site in the past 12 months at Crewe Gateway.The one-acre petrol filling station development is part of a tripartite development with Pochin’s Property and a new independent Jaguar ...
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’OK’ for EG food outlets
Euro Garages has won planning approval to build four new food outlets at its service station at the Barrow Brook Business Village off the A59 on the outskirts of Clitheroe Town Centre, in Lancashire.The application includes two 24-hour drive-thru outlets as well as parking at Barrow Business Village in Hey ...
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PRA warns of continuing price rises
Prices at the pumps have hit an 18-month high and the PRA is warning they will rise further as the effects of higher wholesale prices kick in. PRA chairman Brian Madderson said: "The wholesale costs for both petrol and diesel rose by nearly 5ppl during the month of December, due ...
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Doors closed at Top Indie High Noon
Top 50 Indie High Noon Stores has gone into administration. The South Wales convenience store chain and forecourt operator has 15 sites including 10 forecourts and was ranked 32nd in last year’s Top 50 Indies. Five of the group’s branches operate as Spar stores and a spokeswoman for Spar said: ...
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Pipeline hack charges Three men have been remanded in jail after being charged with hacking into Valero’s oil pipeline running under Pembrokeshire, and stealing thousands of litres of fuel. Romanians Constantin Dumitrescu, Iulian Neacsu and Nicolae Petre are charged with digging down to the pipeline in the village of Martletwy ...
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Fraser Group signs five-year deal with BP
BP has extended its supply agreement with Fraser Group’s six sites for another five years.Howard Nunn, BP’s UK sales manager, said: "I’m delighted that the Fraser Group and BP have agreed terms on a new supply agreement."The Fraser Group operate excellent sites with great customer offers and a passion for ...
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Blakemore in new BP deal
Blakemore Wholesale Distribution has announced a new two-year contract to supply 320 BP forecourt sites across the UK. The contract follows a successful six-year relationship between the family-owned wholesale distributor and the major oil company. The new partnership will see Blakemore distribute branded food and drink products to the BP ...
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Certas Energy decides Bestway is the Best-one
Certas Energy has reached agreement with Bestway Wholesale to be a preferred retail partner across its independent, Gulf and Pace-branded sites. The new agreement will see current and new sites being introduced to Bestway’s Best-one symbol, Xtra local Retail Club and depot network as a group retail partner of choice.Certas ...
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Premier develops two Asda stations
Two new Asda forecourts in South Wales have opened after being completed by the construction division of The Premier Group. The new sites, in Llanelli and Tonypandy, were additionally awarded to The Premier Group as part of the Asda Framework in 2016. They mark the second and third projects that ...
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MRH boosts network with Spring addition
MRH, number one in Forecourt Trader’s Top 50 Indies, has acquired Spring Petroleum which was ranked 11th in the most recent listing. Last year Top 50 Indie MRH had 452 sites and the acquisition of Spring Petroleum, which included Mercury Forecourts, adds a further 27. MRH company secretary David Hathaway ...