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product news: Philip Morris launches smoking alternative
Philip Morris (PMI) has launched IQOS in the UK with the opening of a store in central London. IQOS is an electronic device that heats specially designed tobacco sticks at temperatures well below combustion levels. As it heats but does not burn tobacco, IQOS generates a flavourful vapour containing nicotine, ...
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Police call in for drink during armed raid
Police foiled an alleged armed robbery at a Sheffield petrol station after calling in for a drink. A man wearing a balaclava and armed with a hammer jumped over the counter at City Road Service Station and grabbed bags of cash at around 12.20pm on Wednesday 30 November. But police ...
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ATM blown up on forecourt
Northamptonshire Police is appealing for information after thieves blew up a cash machine on a forecourt in Wellingborough Road, Rushden. The attack happened at the Texaco Garage in the early hours of Monday, 28 November, when the offenders used a gas cylinder to cause an explosion, which damaged the cash ...
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Pump maker merger may result in sell-off
Details of a deal, which may head off an investigation into the merger of two major petrol pump suppliers, have been disclosed by the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA). In June Dover Corporation agreed to buy Wayne Fueling Systems for $780m, but the CMA said it has found that the ...
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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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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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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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’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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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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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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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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in brief
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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Leicester couple celebrate double win
Husband and wife team Kalpesh and Meeta Raja, who run a forecourt shop in Leicester, are celebrating after winning an award at Bestway Wholesale’s annual Retail Development Awards for the fourth year running.And they added to this success with an award for another convenience store they took over last year.The ...
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Shell hydrogen plan kicks off at Cobham
The commissioning of the first hydrogen refuelling station (HRS) at a Shell site is under way following delivery of the electrolyser and buffer tank to the Extra Motorway Service Area at Cobham, in mid November. The HRS will open to the public in early 2017. As the work started ITM ...
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Morrisons pilot with Rontec
Morrisons is planning to pilot a convenience food offer in 10 petrol station shops owned and managed by Top 50 Indie Rontec. Four Morrisons Daily shops will open before Christmas and a further six in January. They will be up to 3,000sq ft in size, and will sell branded and ...
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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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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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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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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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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 ...