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Drivers less concerned about cost of fuel
Drivers are more concerned about the cost of car insurance than they are about expenditure on fuel, according to the RAC Report on Motoring 2016. Almost half (46%) of the 1,714 motorists surveyed for the report said their insurance costs have increased since last year compared with 34% who said ...
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11 million smuggled cigarettes seized
Border Force officers at the Port of Felixstowe have made their largest ever seizure of smuggled cigarettes.The attempt to smuggle more than 11 million cigarettes into the UK was thwarted after customs officers became suspicious about a container’s cargo.It was supposed to be full of polymer resin, but instead officers ...
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Spar wholesaler opens new site
A new Shell petrol station and Spar supermarket in Southport, Merseyside, is being opened by G&E Murgatroyd, the retail arm of Spar’s northern England wholesaler James Hall. The store is on the former Duerdens car showroom on Roe Lane, and is due to open at 7am on Thursday September 29, ...
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Sewell on the go raises funds for Macmillan
Sewell on the go, which last month won the Forecourt Trader of the Year Award, has launched a fund-raising drive for Macmillan Cancer Support. From September 29 to October 2, 15 pence from every hot drink sold in any of its 12 stores will be donated to the charity. ...
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Police pursuit ends in forecourt smash
A high-speed police chase in the West Midlands ended when the car being pursued crashed into a wall at a service station. West Midlands Police chased a BMW after it failed to stop for officers in the Washwood Heath area at around 4.15am on Thursday September 22. The pursuit ended ...
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Car wash development plan withdrawn
Plans to develop a car wash business on the site of a former petrol station at Wilmslow, in Cheshire, have been withdrawn. Shines applied to change the use of the Kings Arms Service Station site, on Alderley Road, which has been left vacant after the previous buildings were demolished. The ...
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Armed robbers steal cash and cigarettes
Cash and cigarettes were stolen during an armed robbery from a service station in Lancashire. The incident occurred just after midnight on Sunday September 25 at the BP service station on County Road, Ormskirk, when two men wearing face coverings entered the store and demanded cash and cigarettes. One offender ...
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NFDA concerned over mileage altering
A survey of 1,000 drivers by NFDA (National Franchised Dealers Association) Trusted Dealers has found that almost two thirds (57%) of motorists surveyed did not know how to check if their vehicle’s odometer has been altered, and the majority (57%) said they were worried about buying a car that had ...
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ACS warns over rates proposals
The Association of Convenience Stores (ACS) has called on the Department for Communities and Local Government to ensure that small businesses do not lose out as a result of plans to allow local authorities to keep 100% of their business rates income. Under the proposals, local authorities will be incentivised ...
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Jet’s summer promotion works a treat
Fuel brand Jet is celebrating the success of its ‘Treat Yourself’ summer promotion, which saw its customers given the chance to win Amazon.co.uk gift cards every time they spent a minimum of £10 on fuel. More than £21,000 worth of prizes were given away during the promotion. All Jet dealers ...
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Contactless hastens cash decline
Cash was used for less than half of all retail transactions across the UK in 2015 according to the British Retail Consortium’s (BRC) annual payments survey, published this week. The report looks at the methods of payment UK shoppers are using when buying goods in store and online, how this ...
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Newly opened forecourt burgled twice in two nights
Police are investigating after a Nottingham forecourt was burgled twice in two nights – just four days after the site opened.Police said a silver or grey VW Golf was used in both break-ins at the Lenton Boulevard Service Station in Lenton Boulevard, Lenton.In the first incident – overnight between 9.20pm ...
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Red Bull robber
A would-be robber tried to steal from a Dagenham forecourt store armed with a can of Red Bull.According to a report in The Sun, which includes CCTV images of the incident, the man jumped over the counter then used the can to hit the forecourt assistant around the head. After ...
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Gulf site’s ATM blown up
An ATM at the Gulf Service Station on Huddersfield Road in Stalybridge was blown up in the early hours of September 22. According to the Manchester Evening News, the cash machine was blown off the wall shortly before 4am on Thursday morning. In the newspaper report, it said that police ...
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NewsAward-winner Sewell becomes ACS chair
Forecourt Trader of the Year winner Patrick Sewell is to become chair of the Association of Convenience Stores. He will take on the chairmanship of ACS from November 1, 2016, having served as deputy chair since 2014. and will replace Palmer and Harvey group strategy and development director Paul Hagon, ...
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Yuk! Petrol pumps are more germy than a loo seat
On average, fuel pumps have more than 11,000 times more bacteria on them than a household toilet seat. That’s the shock finding from bus-travel booking website busbud.com, which collected bacteria samples from three forecourts and three charging stations in the US. A previous study conducted by the Kimberly-Clark Corporation ...
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False ‘naming and shaming’ hits Surrey forecourt’s sales
A Guildford petrol station has reported a 20% decline in sales after a member of its staff was named and shamed on Facebook following an allegation of card cloning – which turned out to be false.The incident took place on September 6, when a woman attempted to use her debit ...
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Maxol secures new supply deal on three Henderson Group sites
Leading Irish forecourt and convenience retailer Maxol has secured a contract with the Henderson Group to supply three new service stations.The stations - in Glenavy and Broughshane, County Antrim; and the Donegal Road, Belfast - increase the Maxol-branded network with the Henderson Group to a total of 25 service stations ...
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Indie retailers urge Chancellor to can sugar tax
Hundreds of independent retailers have called on Chancellor Philip Hammond to can proposals for a soft drinks tax, warning that it will devastate their businesses while failing to tackle the UK’s obesity problems.As part of the NFRN’s Day of Action against the Sugar Tax on Friday September 16, thousands of ...
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New forecourt entrant buys Holmfirth business
Newcomers to the forecourt sector have acquired the leasehold of their first forecourt - Holmfirth Filling Station in West Yorkshire. The sale of the operation to local business owners Rehan Rana & Associates was handled by property adviser, Christie & Co.The forecourt is located along Huddersfield Road, a mile from ...