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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 ...
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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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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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Forecourt Show 2017 already larger than 2015
Make a date in your diary for 24-26 April 2017, because 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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£375m additional support for ULEVs
The Chancellor, Philip Hammond, has announced £375m in additional support between 2017 and 2021 to accelerate the transition to ultra-low emission vehicles (ULEVs) in the Autumn Statement. The funding includes £150m to create a cleaner bus and taxi fleet; £80m towards electric vehicle charging infrastructure; £40m of additional support for ...
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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 ...
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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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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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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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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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Hampshire site closed after LPG leak
Fire fighters imposed an exclusion zone around a Co-op forecourt in Hampshire for the second time after a suspected LPG leak on Monday November 21. Fire crews were called to the Co-operative Petrol Station on Wellworthy Road in Lymington, just a week after the station was first closed because of ...
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PRA welcomes duty freeze in Autumn Statement
The PRA has welcomed the Chancellor’s decision to invest in road infrastructure and not to raise duty on fuel in his Autumn Statement today. PRA chairman Brian Madderson said: “In recent weeks, we have been meeting with Treasury officials to discuss the impact of a fuel duty cut and have ...
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Dealer rents site in "record time”
NTS Retail Ltd has recently completed the letting of a former BP Petrol Station in Bridgwater, Somerset, in what it describes as record time. From first inspection to legal occupation was completed in less than one week. The previous tenant was vacating and NTS Retail was able to act promptly ...