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Rontec’s 40 Co-op sites Rontec has completed a deal to acquire a package of 40 sites across England and Wales from the Co-operative Group, and all the stores have now transferred to Rontec following a three-month process. Giles Taylor, managing director of Rontec, commented: "As one of the leading players ...
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Texaco tempts two new recruits to switch brand
Two service stations have switched to Texaco, having both previously sold fuel under the Shell brand.Johnson’s Retail’s Pentwyn Service Station in Cardiff and Central Convenience Stores’ Verwood Motors in Verwood, Dorset, both switched to the Texaco brand in the past few months.Family-owned Johnson’s Retail has three service stations, two of ...
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Fuel shorts as BP moves to Hoyer
BP dealers nationwide have complained of sites running dry of unleaded petrol after the oil company transferred fuel deliveries to Hoyer on November 1. The problems affected sites nationwide, with dealers’ sites running dry as far south as Southampton and up to Cumbria in the North, as well as reports ...
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Dorset forecourt wins Spar award
A Spar forecourt store at Maiden Newton in Dorset has won the Best Forecourt 2016 award at the third staging of the Appleby Westward Retail Awards.Olly Andrews’ Maiden Newton store won the Best Forecourt award along with the Best Spar Brand award, while colleague Abi James won the Best Store ...
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’OK’ for Applegreen A-road site
Fast-growing Top 50 Indie Applegreen UK has won planning permission for its biggest development on the UK mainland. Its application for a 5,000sq ft trunk road service area (TRSA) on the A14 at Spaldwick, Cambridgeshire, was approved by nine votes to four by Huntingtonshire District Council’s planning committee. Applegreen’s parent ...
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New adviser for BOSS
Gary Worrow has joined the British Oil Security Syndicate (BOSS) as development adviser. He will be responsible for spearheading the development of the BOSS Electronic Reporting System (ERS) as an integrated management system that helps retailers to reduce forecourt crime.Worrow joins from BP, where for 30 years he gained considerable ...
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Forecourt Show opens 24-26 April
Make a date in your diary for 24-26 April 2017, as that’s when The Forecourt Show will take place at the NEC Birmingham, alongside National Convenience Show and Farm Shop & Deli Show, showcasing more than 600 exhibitors and brands. The Forecourt Show is already 10% bigger than in 2015, ...
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Big win for Tracie at Sales Assistant of the Year 2016
The forecourt sector has triumphed at the Sales Assistant of the Year Award 2016, organised by Forecourt Trader’s sister publication Convenience Store, with Tracie Horner, of Spar Carrowdore, in Northern Ireland, announced as the overall Sales Assistant of the Year winner during a ceremony at the Dorchester London. She had ...
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Shell forecourt development plans put on hold
Plans to redevelop a Shell forecourt at Pool-in-Wharfedale near Leeds have been put on hold after opposition from locals.According to the Yorkshire Evening Post, Shell wants to knock down the existing forecourt at Pool Road and build a much bigger shop but locals say the plans are “dangerous”.A local councillor ...
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School kids have fun as Jet dealer marks Road Safety Week
Jet dealer AW&D Hammond in Halesworth welcomed pupils from its local primary school onto its forecourt to mark Road Safety Week (November 21-25), a national initiative run by the road safety charity, Brake. More than 80 pupils aged from five to seven, who attend the Edgar Sewter primary school - ...
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Rising cost of living wage piles pressure on convenience retailers, says Low Pay Commission
The Low Pay Commission have published new analysis on the impact of the National Living Wage on businesses since its introduction in April 2016, recognising the impact that the wage rate has already had on the convenience sector. The Commission’s analysis noted that convenience stores had reported a decrease in ...
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Thief threatens staff with meat cleaver
Police have released CCTV footage of two people they want to speak to in connection with a forecourt robbery in Peacehaven on Monday evening (November 28). The footage can be seen at www.sussex.police.uk/news/witness-appeal-following-armed-robbery-in-peacehavenThe suspects walked in to Star Fuels in South Coast Road at around 11pm and demanded cash from ...
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Knife-wielding robber assaults staff
Police are looking for witnesses to an armed robbery which took place at Hatt Service Station and Post Office in Saltash on Saturday night (November 26).A man wearing a motorcycle helmet with a balaclava underneath, and holding a knife, entered the shop at around 9pm and demanded money from a ...
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Shell agrees new five-year deal with Costa Express
Costa Express has renewed its UK contract with Shell for a further five years. The signing of the contract marks five years since the partnership began in 2011, and the fifth anniversary since Whitbread acquired Coffee Nation and rebranded its machines to Costa Express. In the UK Costa Express ...
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OPEC production cut decision could push fuel prices to 120ppl says PRA
Pump prices could rise to 120ppl following the OPEC meeting in Vienna and news that production will be cut by 1.2 million barrels a day. City analysts estimate the decision will see Brent Crude heading towards US$55/barrel. Brian Madderson, chairman of the Petrol Retailers Association (PRA) said: “This producer’s accord ...
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Philip Morris shuns crooked retailers
Tobacco company Philip Morris (PML) has revealed that between December 2015 and September 2016 it excluded 43 retailers, with a further 7 exclusions pending, from its trade programs and field sales force call base in cases where stores have been found to engage in the sale of illicit tobacco products. ...
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Booths to open Texaco forecourt
A major food and drink retailer in the North West, Booths, is to add a new build Texaco-branded forecourt to its shop in Ormskirk, Lancashire, early in 2017. Its site in Ormskirk is built on the former World War II naval air station, HMS Ringtail, and has been built to ...
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NewsApplegreen to build its biggest GB site
Fast-growing Top 50 Indie Applegreen UK has won planning permission for its biggest development on the UK mainland. Its application for a 5,000sq ft trunk road service area (TRSA) on the A14 at Spaldwick, Cambridgeshire, was approved by nine votes to four by Huntingtonshire District Council’s planning committee. Applegreen’s parent ...
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Spar forecourt wins Appleby Westward awards
A Spar forecourt store at Maiden Newton in Dorset has won the Best Forecourt 2016 award at the third staging of the Appleby Westward Retail Awards. Olly Andrews’ Maiden Newton store won the Best Forecourt award along with the Best Spar Brand award, while colleague Abi James won the Best ...
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BOSS recruits development adviser
The British Oil Security Syndicate (BOSS), the independent trade organisation campaigning to reduce forecourt crime, has recruited Gary Worrow as development adviser. Worrow will be responsible for spearheading the development of the BOSS Electronic Reporting System (ERS) as an integrated management system that helps retailers to reduce forecourt crime. He ...