All Latest News articles – Page 178
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Forecourt hits the headlines for refusing customer in urgent need of toilet facilities
A forecourt in High Barnet made the news this week after refusing to let a woman with a serious bowel disease use their toilet.According to the Barnet Times, 31-year-old Suzie Ryan was on her way home from work on Monday December 12, when she realised that she urgently needed the ...
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Council backs plans to extend rural service station to show support for local businesses
PLANS to extend a service station have been approved to provide a boost to the rural economy, according to a report in the Dorset Echo.West Dorset District Council’s Planning Committee has approved plans for an extension and alterations to Owermoigne Service Station on Wareham Road, including an enlarged kiosk and ...
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Smoke signals attempted ATM robbery
Police are appealing for information about an attack on an ATM at the Co-op service station on Chesterfield Road in Duckmanton, Derbyshire, which happened in the early hours of December 14.At 4.25am a passer-by reported seeing smoke coming from the ATM. When the emergency services arrived they realised that an ...
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’Free wi-fi gang’ sentenced for £10m smuggling tax fraud
A gang of five men, who met at roadside cafes and used free public Wi-Fi to try and hide their £10 million cigarette smuggling ring, have been jailed for 16-and-a-half years. The men, from across the North West and Yorkshire attempted to import three large freight consignments of illegal cigarettes ...
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Fire destroys Fleet Services
Fire has destroyed part of Fleet Services on the M3 Southbound. Hampshire Fire and Rescue was called out last night (Wednesday December 14) at approximately 10.30pm to a severe fire in the restaurant area of the services. More than 100 firefighters from Hampshire and Surrey fought to stop the fire ...
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BOSS welcomes support from Scotland’s Crown Office Procurator Fiscal Service
The British Oil Security Syndicate (BOSS) has welcomed support from Scotland’s Crown Office Procurator Fiscal Service (COPFS) in tackling incidents of forecourt crime that cost fuel retailers an average of £3,000 per site every year.COPFS has confirmed to BOSS that offences involving theft of fuel and the fraudulent obtaining of ...
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NewsBlakemore Wholesale Distribution renews BP Partnership
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 Wholesale Distribution distribute branded food and drink products to ...
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Dover completes purchase of Wayne but has to sell off UK distribution business
Dover has completed its previously announced acquisition of Wayne Fueling Systems Ltd (Wayne). It will be integrated with Tokheim, which was acquired earlier this year.But Wayne’s small distribution business in the UK will be sold off to address the UK Competition and Markets Authority’s (CMA) concerns related to competitive overlap ...
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NewsCertas Energy chooses Bestway as preferred retail partner
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. ...
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Maxol and Aware NI shine a light on mental health for young people with special Christmas Candle
Irish forecourt and convenience retailer Maxol, has launched the Maxol and AWARE Christmas candle, which is now available at all participating Maxol sites in Northern Ireland.The perfect stocking filler, the high-quality Irish-made candle is for sale at just £4 at every Maxol station till-point with proceeds going towards Maxol’s charity ...
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Armed robbery at Esso site in Henley
Thames Valley Police is appealing for witnesses following an armed robbery at the weekend at the Esso forecourt on Reading Road, Henley. At around 4.45am on Saturday December 10, a man armed with an air rifle and a hammer entered the store, threatened the member of staff on duty, took ...
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Man armed with knife robs forecourt Subway
A man with a knife got away with approximately £400 after robbing the Esso service station on Cowley Bridge Road in Exeter.The man, thought to be in his late 30s, entered the forecourt store at around 12.50am on Monday, December 12. He headed for the Subway concession and tried to ...
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Drive-off spree teenager’s sentence appeal fails
A prolific fuel thief has had his 36-week sentence upheld on appeal at Plymouth Crown Court.Nineteen-year-old Nathan Harris stole fuel worth nearly £1,500 by driving off without paying an astonishing 24 times. In his defence, he said he was desperate and once he started he could not stop doing it.According ...
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UK shoppers set to spend £20.6bn on Christmas food and groceries
The UK grocery market is set to experience 1.2% growth over the Christmas period, with shoppers spending £20.6bn, according to forecast figures from IGD. Joanne Denney-Finch, chief executive of IGD, said: “Although our forecast indicates relatively modest growth, with overall prices lower than a year ago, this would represent a ...
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Surge in motorbike sales
Motorcycle sales grew strongly in November, with 7,644 units registered, compared with 6,821 in November 2015. Stephen Latham, head of the National Motorcycle Dealers Association (NMDA) which represents motorcycle retailers across the UK, said: “It is positive to see that the motorcycle market has come back strongly in November with ...
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Scientists claim breakthrough in electric vehicles
British scientists are claiming a breakthrough that could put electric cars on a par with their petrol and diesel equivalents both for range and refuelling times. Research by University of Surrey and Augmented Optics Ltd, in collaboration with the University of Bristol, has developed a super capacitor which they say ...
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Couple charged over Barnsley hit-and-run
A man and woman have been charged in connection with an alleged robbery at a petrol station in Barnsley, during which a cashier was hit by a car being driven off. Michelle Carr was injured after another assistant noticed that a driver had taken a lot more fuel than his ...
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Cigarette smuggler jailed after extradition
A lorry driver caught smuggling 2.9 million cigarettes into the UK, hidden under a load of half-baked mouldy baguettes, has been jailed for four years and three months after being extradited from Romania by HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC). Simion Bocan, 23, of Transylvania, Romania, was stopped by Border Force ...
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NewsMaxol pushes forecourt development spend to €30m this year
Maxol revealed it has spent €30m on forecourt development this year as McMullan Bros, the family owned company which owns the Irish forecourt group, reported pre-tax profits of €11.1m for 2015, on revenue of €569.8m. The profit figure was more than triple the €3.1m McMullan Bros reported in 2014, but ...
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Environmentalists question need for M3 services
A proposal for a new motorway service area (MSA) at junction 6 of the M3 at Basingstoke needs to be fully assessed by the council, according to environmental charity CPRE Hampshire.Moto is developing plans for MSA and has been told by Basingstoke and Deane Borough Council that an environmental impact ...