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Greenergy rolls out contactless card scheme
Fuel supplier Greenergy is rolling out a new contactless card scheme to its independent retail customers following the completion of a 10-week trial. Replacing the legacy Esso system, Greenergy said its scheme delivers significantly lower transactional costs combined with greater functionality and improved service levels. Territory manager Ronald Skimming, who ...
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Tesco car wash workers paid half minimum wage
A car wash at a Tesco store was found using Romanian workers who were paid half the minimum wage, according to a report by the BBC. The premises in Congleton, Cheshire, was operated by Waves Car Wash, which manages about 180 Tesco car washes. Waves said it closed the franchise ...
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Attempted robbery on Blackburn forecourt foiled
Lancashire Police are investigating an attempted cash in transit robbery which took place at a petrol station in Blackburn on Wednesday October 5. Police were called at about 7.30am to the Three Arches Service Station on Preston Old Road, to reports two offenders armed with a crowbar and a sledgehammer ...
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Blakemore initiatives aim to drive retail excellence
Retail excellence was the theme at this year’s Blakemore Trade Partners Spar Retail Show where the company announced a number of initiatives, including a £4m investment in AF Blakemore’s IT strategy, and a further £1.6m investment in the company’s Retail Partners Scheme. A further initiative is the creation of a ...
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Police probe aggravated burglary
Thames Valley Police is appealing for witnesses following an aggravated burglary at a Reading forecourt.The incident occurred on October 3 at the BP Garage on the A33 at about 10.30pm.Four masked men, described as being in their mid twenties, entered the garage and took an amount of cigarettes and money ...
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NewsFuel prices set to rise after Sterling plunges
A sharp fall in the value of sterling could lead to further increases of prices at the pumps, according to the RAC. During Thursday night (October 6) Sterling plunged from just over $1.26 to $1.18 before recovering to around $1.23. RAC fuel spokesman Simon Williams said: “The unexpectedly sharp fall ...
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Top 50 Indie wins national award
A site owned by Top 50 Indie Manor Service Stations has scooped a national award after a major investment and expansion. Recognising the need for greater choice for local shoppers, Oakwood Gate Costcutter in Warrington underwent a £1m investment in November 2015. The scheme doubled the size of the store, ...
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NewsEuro Garages merges to form giant group
Euro Garages has merged with the Continental operator EFR to form a group with 1,450 locations and annual turnover of about €6bn. Euro Garages and EFR will continue to operate under their own names with their current CEOs and senior leadership teams, and a new holding company named Intervias has ...
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Supermarkets driving fuel price rises
Supermarkets have put their fuel prices up faster than independents over the past month, according to the monthly RAC Fuel Watch report. It found the cost of unleaded petrol and diesel crept up for the second consecutive month in September, as a result of rising world oil prices putting upward ...
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Independent c-store investment at lowest recorded
Investment by independent convenience stores is at a record low, while investment by multiples is soaring, according to latest research by the Association of Convenience Stores (ACS). The ACS Investment Tracker found convenience stores across the UK have invested a record £210m in store improvements in the past three months, ...
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New car market continues to set records
The UK new car market reached its highest level in September on record, as buyers purchased the new 66-plate. The Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT) reported 469,696 cars were registered, up 1.6% on the same month last year. The total number of cars registered so far this year ...
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Greenergy wins award for annual report
Greenergy, which supplies and delivers fuel to Esso and Nisa sites, as well as many other forecourts, has won the Building Public Trust Award for Excellence in reporting in private business for its Annual Report. The award recognises Greenergy’s fresh approach to corporate reporting, which goes beyond regulatory requirements to ...
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JTI removes gantry after prosecution
JTI has removed a gantry from one store and withdrawn support from another as it continues its clampdown on retailers who sell illegal tobacco. On September 16 JTI removed its tobacco gantry from Pall Mall News, in Chorley, Lancashire, following action by Lancashire Trading Standards officers. The owner, Siraj Adam, ...
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CollectPlus carries 75 millionth parcel
A BP store has handled the 75 millionth parcel carried by CollectPlus, the store-based delivery and returns service.The parcel was an Amazon Return, handed in to BP Connect store in Stanmore at 12:26pm on 8 September. The store joined the CollectPlus network in October 2011 and has a customer satisfaction ...
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Rateable values revealed today
Forecourt owners in England and Wales can find out the new rateable value (RV) for their properties from today (September 30) after the Valuation Office Agency published its assessments for 2017. However, it may still be some time before they know how much their rates bill is going to be ...
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NewsPRA welcomes OPEC deal
PRA chairman Brian Madderson has welcomed news of a potential deal to limit production within the oil producers cartel OPEC, which could result in an increase in the price of oil. He cautioned that implementing any deal involving countries such as Russia and Saudi Arabia cutting production would be difficult, ...
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Car smashes into forecourt shop
A car has crashed through the front window of the forecourt shop on an Esso-branded MRH site at Coatbridge, Lanarkshire, narrowly missing a mother and her baby. The incident happened at around 12.30pm on Thursday September 29 at the Esso filling station on Coatbank Road. Witnesses described how a blue ...
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Superstation awards reaching climax
Certas Energy’s SuperStation awards culminates with its 2016 Gala Awards Dinner at Chesford Grange in Leamington Spa, Warwickshire on Thursday 6 October. Open to over 700 Certas Energy-supplied forecourts and assessed by a panel of industry specialists, SuperStation recognises and rewards the highest standards of forecourt appearance, product offering, customer ...
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Newport site wins alcohol licence
A filling station in Newport has been granted a licence to sell alcohol, but not 24 hours a day, as originally proposed. Sinclair Services applied for a licence to sell alcohol around the clock at its Corporation Road site, and objections from Gwent Police and the council’s licensing department were ...
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ACS renews call to extend bag tax
The Association of Convenience Stores (ACS) has reiterated its calls to Government to remove the exemption for small businesses on single use carrier bags in England. Under the current regulations, small businesses with fewer than 250 employees are exempt from the carrier bag charging regulations, meaning that they do not ...