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Forecourt attendant threatened with knife
Detectives are continuing enquiries and appealing for witnesses after a robbery at an Esso petrol station in Ibrox, Glasgow on Saturday September 17.The incident took place at around 5.30am when a man entered the forecourt in Broomloan Road and threatened the male member of staff with a knife and demanded ...
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Maxol to supply more Henderson sites
Maxol has secured a contract with the Northern Irish Spar distributor Henderson Group to supply three service stations. The stations, in Glenavy and Broughshane in County Antrim and the Donegal Road, Belfast, increase the Maxol-branded network with the Henderson Group to a total of 25 service stations across Northern Ireland. ...
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MacDonald hails "defining moment for industry"
Ramsay MacDonald, retail director, Certas Energy, used his address to the assembled 800 guests at the Hilton Hotel, Park Lane, for the 2016 Forecourt Trader of the Year Awards to praise the phenomenal achievement of the UK’s petrol retailers in changing the roadside face of Britain. “It feels like a ...
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NewsSewell on the go crowned Forecourt Trader of the Year
Sewell on the go South Cave in Brough, East Yorkshire, has won the top prize at the prestigious Forecourt Trader of the Year Awards, held at the London Hilton Park Lane. On a sell-out night hosted by entertainer Brian Conley, the award was presented to Patrick Sewell, managing director of ...
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Cigarette smuggler jailed for four years
A Derbyshire man, who was caught red-handed unloading more than eight million cigarettes from a shipping container that was supposed to be carrying tables and chairs, has been jailed for four years. Stewart Grainger was arrested by officers from HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) after he was caught unloading the ...
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Jet raises funds for children’s cancer charity
Jet has joined forces with the Children with Cancer UK charity to support its work to determine the causes, find cures and provide care for children with cancer. Jet’s support of the charity coincides with Childhood Cancer Awareness Month in September, a nationwide initiative which sees many charities and organisations ...
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Assistant wounded by knife during robbery
Merseyside Police is appealing for information after a staff member was wounded by a knife during an armed robbery at a service station on Thursday 15 September. At around 5am, a man armed with a knife entered Shell Service Station on Hoylake Road in Moreton. He jumped over the counter ...
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ACS welcomes Welsh rate relief extension
The Association of Convenience Stores (ACS) has welcomed the Welsh Government’s announcement that the Small Business Rate Relief scheme will be extended for 2017-18 and made permanent in 2018. Businesses with a rateable value of up to £6,000 will continue to receive 100% relief, while those with a rateable value ...
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Sales of ultra low emission vehicles soaring says DfT
Take-up of ultra low emissions vehicles (ULEVs) is soaring, according to the Department for Transport. Its latest figures show 9,657 ULEVs were registered in the UK in the last quarter (April to June), an increase of 49% on the same period last year and 253% on two years before. The ...
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Esso tiger passes away
A tiger which featured in Esso adverts during the 1990s has died aged 22. Tango was made famous when he was one of seven tigers who featured in Esso’s ‘put a tiger in your tank’ TV adverts. Since 2014 he has been living at Woodside Wildlife Park in Lincolnshire where ...
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Forecourt assistant hurt in attack
Thames Valley Police is appealing for witnesses after a forecourt worker suffered head injuries during an incident at a petrol station in Minster Lovell, Oxfordshire, on Sunday September 11. At just after 6am a customer entered the shop at Texaco Park View Filling Station on Burford Road. He detained a ...
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Tesco facing unlimited fine after fuel leak
Tesco is facing an unlimited fine after it admitted in court that it was responsible for a leak of thousands of litres of fuel that polluted a 10-mile stretch of river in Lancashire. Petrol from the supermarket’s Haslingden filling station leaked underground into Langwood Brook, a tributary to the River ...
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NewsTrio charged after ATM explosion
Three people have been charged with conspiracy to burgle after a cash machine in Denham Green, Buckinghamshire, was blown up. The men were arrested at the Shell garage in North Orbital Road, Denham Green, at about 11.40pm on September 8, after an explosion caused huge damage to the petrol station ...
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ACS calls for greater enforcement over tobacco
The Association of Convenience Stores (ACS) has called for greater enforcement action against criminals dealing in illicit tobacco products. It was responding to a report by the Chartered Trading Standards Institute (CTSI) that illicit tobacco products worth almost £1m were seized during its latest England-wide operation, an increase of 18% ...
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NewsNew fiver enters circulation
The Bank of England’s first polymer note – the new £5 featuring Sir Winston Churchill – entered circulation on Tuesday, September 13. It has printed 440 million ’new fivers’ which will begin to be available from many cash machines and bank counters across the UK. The new £5 note is ...
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Euro Garages gains green belt planning permission
Planning approval has been given to Euro Garages for the development of a new petrol filling station and convenience store on green belt land, on Wrexham Road to the north of Chester and in close proximity to Chester Business Park. Cheshire West and Chester Council granted permission for the development, ...
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Rontec wins for Subway
Top 50 Indie Rontec has been identified as Subway’s best franchisee in the world (in the 26-49 stores category) at the business’s 2016 Summer Franchisee Leadership Conference Awards which were held in Chicago. The award is based on a number of factors including compliance, sales and store growth. The accolade ...
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Kenworth Ltd opens its fourth Nisa Local store
Kenworth Ltd, a family-run forecourt operation, has opened its fourth Nisa-branded site.Like Kenworth’s other sites, Chilton Service Station in County Durham is a new-build project developed by the company, and features a four-island, eight-pump forecourt and a 2,000sq ft Nisa store.Joan Raw, director of Kenworth Ltd, said the company had ...
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Insight into Platts pricing at forthcoming PRA event
The Autumn section of the PRA ’Live & Local’ events re-commence later this month, with the first meeting taking place at the Wrest Park Mansion in Bedfordshire on September 22.Speakers will include Andrew Bonnington - director, strategic market engagement for Europe and Africa at Platts. He will provide insight into ...
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News in brief
Certas Energy has moved from its regional office in Egham, Surrey, to The Switch, a newly refurbished suite of offices situated in Slough. Certas Energy becomes the first company to sign up with this nine-storey landmark which has undergone an extensive refurbishment, including a remodelled reception and entrance canopy. Appointment ...