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Retailers urged to check alcohol suppliers
From April 1 retailers that purchase alcohol from a UK wholesaler will need to ensure they have been approved by HMRC. The Alcohol Wholesaler Registration Scheme (AWRS) will require retailers to check that their wholesalers are HMRC-approved by checking the Unique Reference Number (URN) on their invoices. Retailers will be ...
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NewsApplegreen reveals third English motorway plan
Top 50 Indie Applegreen has revealed plans for a third motorway service area (MSA) in mainland Britain, at junction 33 of the M1 between Sheffield and Rotherham. Last August it launched a consultation with residents for an MSA near junction 4 of the M42, and a month later it approached ...
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Axe-wielding raiders break in to forecourt shop
Police are investigating after a gang of axe-wielding masked raiders smashed their way into a Cambridgeshire petrol station and stole £4,000 of cigarettes The men, who used an axe to smash through a glass door at the BP service station in Bluntisham on Monday March 27, were recorded on CCTV. ...
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Booker Group reports increased sales
Booker Group, which supplies Londis, Budgens and Premier stores as well as running cash and carries across the UK, has reported strong growth in non-tobacco sales in its latest trading update, but tobacco sales were sharply down. For the 12 weeks to March 24, group non tobacco sales rose by ...
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BP Plus Fuel Card extended to Esso sites
BP’s reciprocal fuel card acceptance agreement with Esso is now live, offering BP Plus Fuel Card customers the opportunity to fill up at Esso-branded sites throughout the UK. There are now more than 630 Esso forecourts (excluding Esso Tesco Alliance sites and Esso Euro Garages sites) in the UK which ...
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National living wage hitting smaller businesses
Smaller businesses have been disproportionately affected by the national living wage in the past year, compared with their larger counterparts, according to an assessment by the Low Pay Commission. The report shows that both the number of people and the number of hours worked have fallen over the last year ...
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Uber to invest in rapid chargers in London
Taxi firm Uber has announced plans to invest in a network of rapid chargers in London after a pilot scheme involving electric vehicles (EVs). A six-month trial of EVs by at least 50 Uber drivers in London found that there is enthusiasm to continue operating the vehicles but frustration at ...
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NewsKent forecourt completes £1.3m redevelopment
A Kent forecourt owner has just completed a £1.3m investment in his business, despite plans by BP to build a service station and drive-thru McDonald’s 50m from his site. Simon Privett, who runs Tollgate Service Station, just off the A2 at Gravesend, had been a BP dealer since 1999, but ...
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Oakley Service Station celebrates 50th anniversary
Oakley Service Station in County Durham has run a fuel giveaway promotion to celebrate its 50th anniversary in business and its 20th anniversary as a Jet-branded forecourt. To mark the occasion the Jet forecourt ran a week-long free fuel giveaway, when ten Golden Tickets each worth £50 in fuel were ...
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Two staff taken to hospital after attack
Two members of staff were taken to hospital after being assaulted during an attempted robbery at the Esso Service Station in Mayfield Road, Cross in Hand, East Sussex. At around 3.10am on Saturday March 25 two men entered the store, one armed with a large knife and the other carrying ...
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Co-op filling station reopens after makeover
Central England Co-operative has reopened its refurbished petrol filling station at Haddon Road, Bakewell, in Derbyshire, after a £235,000 makeover of its convenience store. The changes have included the introduction of new fixtures and fittings including pioneering energy efficient refrigeration and LED lighting technologies to minimise environmental impact. Haddon Road ...
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Knife man threatens cashier during robbery
Detectives are appealing for witnesses following a robbery at a petrol station in Thetford, Norfolk. The incident happened at the BP petrol station on the A11 shortly after 9pm on Saturday night March 25, when two men approached the petrol station. One man stood at the door while the other ...
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Investment by c-store retailers falling
Investment in the convenience sector has fallen over the last quarter as retailers prepare for the impact of the business rates revaluation and upcoming increases to employment costs, according to the Association of Convenience Stores (ACS). In its latest survey it found that between December and February, convenience retailers invested ...
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Police hunt for failed robber in Tamworth
Staffordshire Police are appealing for witnesses following an attempted robbery at a petrol station in Tamworth. A man wearing dark clothing walked into the Jet garage in Lichfield Street, Fazeley, and demanded money. The man wore plastic shoe-covers, as well as gloves and a plastic bag as a mask. The ...
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Imperial terminates support for six tobacco fraudsters
Imperial Tobacco has terminated sales support for six retailers and ended their involvement with its trade partner programme Ignite following illegal tobacco-related convictions. Where the retailers were found to have an Imperial Tobacco gantry, it has also been removed. The tobacco manufacturer released details of the six affected retailers. Surja ...
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Essar refinery donates £3,000 to local school
Essar’s Stanlow refinery has donated £3,000 to Archers Brook SEMH Residential School Charitable Trust in Ellesmere Port, after reaching a safety milestone. The refinery recently achieved a record breaking safety target of three million hours without a recordable injury; a first in the site’s 60-year history. Essar’s Let’s Give programme, ...
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NewsTesco cuts 2ppl from petrol and diesel prices
Tesco stole a march on its major supermarket rivals this morning by announcing it is to cut the cost of petrol and diesel by 2ppl at all of its petrol stations this afternoon. If the usual pattern is followed Asda, Morrisons and Sainsbury’s will announce similar fuel price cuts within ...
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Application to build service station near Newport
A developer has applied for planning permission for a service station on the A41 near Newport in South Wales. The filling station, a drive-through Costa Coffee, KFC and a 40-bay lorry park is planned for land off the junction of the A41 and A518 at Chetwynd Aston roundabout. The petrol ...
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Certas Energy revamps digital platforms
Certas Energy has retained Manchester-based creative agency Lda, to work in partnership with it as the strategic and development lead across all Certas Energy’s digital platforms, both public and non public facing. MediaCity-based Lda is providing Certas Energy with strategy, content, creative and tech, to develop a new digital presence ...
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Euro Garages opens new to industry site at Chorley
Top 50 Indie Euro Garages has opened another new to industry site which includes a Sainsbury’s Local store as part of its partnership with the supermarket group. Euro Garages announced a deal with Sainsbury’s for six pilot stores in October and earlier this month opened its seventh Sainsbury’s Local as ...