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Ronson’s golden milestone
Gerald Ronson, the pioneer of self-service petrol stations in the UK and chairman of Rontec, last month celebrated 50 years in roadside retailing. He marked the golden milestone at a lunch attended by long-serving colleagues, family, industry giants, suppliers and business partners. Ronson launched his first petrol station in St ...
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Sewell on the go raises funds for Macmillan
Top 50 Indie Sewell on the go has announced a partnership with Macmillan Cancer Support in a bid to raise at least £1,000 for the charity. From Thursday, May 5 to Friday, May 13, 15 pence will be donated from every hot drink sold by the East Yorkshire forecourt operator, ...
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Thumbs-up for Parkfoot as film showed at NCS
David Charman’s award-winning BP site in Kent was the focus of a seminar at the Retailer Hub at last month’s National Convenience Show at the NEC in Birmingham. In a presentation entitled ’Making a customer stop and shop’, Blake Gladman, HIM’s research and insights director, showed extracts from interviews ...
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Sainsbury’s profits and sales falter
Sainsbury’s convenience store business is growing even though the overall business faltered with underlying profit and group sales including VAT for the year to March 12 both down. Underlying profit before tax fell 13.8% to £587m, compared with £681m the previous year, and underlying group sales including VAT were £25,829m, ...
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Delivery at Thames
Thames Oilport has taken receipt of a diesel shipment for the first time since the closure of the Coryton refinery. It is the first in a series of diesel shipments to be stored on site.Coryton had supplied 20% of London and the South East’s fuel but its owner Petroplus collapsed ...
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Fuel sales up despite trend of decline
New Government data shows a surge in demand for road fuels. Diesel sales were up by 7.9% in the month to 14 March, compared with the same period last year, and petrol sales increased by 5.6%, despite a long-term trend of decline, and overall sales of both fuels, including commercial, ...
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NewsHydrogen makes debut at UNITI expo
Hydrogen will be a major focus for the first time at a leading trade fair for the retail petroleum sector in Europe. At UNITI expo in Stuttgart, H2 Mobility Deutschland will be presenting for the first time, and with it the service station technology for deliveries, storage, refuelling, and payment. ...
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MRH renews supply deal with P&H
The UK’s largest independent forecourt group MRH has renewed its supply agreement with delivered wholesaler Palmer and Harvey. The new contract, which is worth in excess of £90m a year, will run for five years and involves Palmer and Harvey delivering MRH’s full in-store offer, including chilled and frozen products ...
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Topaz launches lego initiative for charity partner
Topaz, Ireland’s largest fuel and convenience retailer, has announced its support for ‘The Lego Exchange’, a new initiative that is raising funds for its charity partner, the Jack & Jill Children’s Foundation, through unwanted Lego donations to fund home nursing care for sick children nationwide. The retailer is calling on ...
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Shell has unveiled a low-carbon prototype car in a bid to demonstrate that internal combustion engines can be part of the solution to urban environmental problems.The ultra-light city car’s low-cost, low-carbon construction uses the kind of weight reduction and aerodynamics found in Formula One racing to minimise emissions and energy ...
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Armed robber strikes at Scottish forecourt
An armed robber threatened a member of staff at a Scottish petrol station before making off with a three-figure sum of money. The man entered the BP station in Milngavie Road, Bearsden, at about 5:30pm on Sunday and threatened the staff member with a weapon. He was white, about 6ft ...
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Welcome for growth in alternative fuel vehicles
Growth in sales of alternative fuel vehicles (AFVs) both in the UK and Europe has been welcomed by the National Franchised Dealers Association (NFDA). AFV registrations figures released by ACEA (European Automobile Manufacturers’ Association) show AFVs have been continuously performing well since last year and totalled 154,795 units in the ...
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Kay Group agrees Texaco deal on new site
The Kay Group has signed a deal with Valero for the Texaco brand to supply its latest new- build forecourt, which is due to open next monthTop 50 indie The Kay Group has been at the forefront of developing new-build sites on Brownfield land, with three new-to-industry schemes under development, ...
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ACS calls for consistent local enforcement
The Association of Convenience Stores (ACS) has called on the Government to go further in its Red Tape Review to ensure that local authorities are consistent in their approach to enforcement, as well as removing the costly and unnecessary burdens experienced by licensed retailers. In the submission, ACS welcomes the ...
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Issa brothers win NACS accolade
Euro Garages co-CEOs Zuber and Mohsin Issa have won a prestigious award presented by NACS (National Association of Convenience Stores) in the US. They have been have jointly named the 2016 NACS Insight European Convenience Industry Leader of the Year, and the award will be presented at the Convenience Summit ...
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MRH site 6th best in world for design
A site owned by Top 50 Indie MRH has been named as the sixth best forecourt design in the world. The accolade was awarded by London-based DesignCurial magazine, which drew up a top 10 of the world’s best forecourt designs.MRH St Paul’s, in Birstall, Leicestershire, was ranked sixth, and was ...
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VIPs at grand opening of 500th Gulf site in UK
The official opening of Gulf-branded Ravensthorpe Service Station at Huddersfield Road, Dewsbury, was celebrated in style last week in recognition of the site becoming the 500th Gulf forecourt in the UK. In attendance on the day were the Mayor of Kirklees, Cllr Paul Kane and Mayoress Susan Bedford along with ...
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MPK sources £14m to fund growth plans
MPK Garages, which is ranked tenth in Forecourt Trader Top 50 Indies, has received a £14m funding package to pursue its growth plans, which could nearly double the size of its estate. The business plans to acquire additional forecourts and refresh parts of its existing estate to capitalise on the ...
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e-cigarettes can save lives say doctors
The Royal College of Physicians has published a new report concluding that e-cigarettes have the potential to save millions of lives and that doctors should encourage smokers to take up vaping instead. The new findings follow last year’s report by Public Health England (PHE), which found that e-cigarettes are around ...
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Most motorists reject driverless cars
More than 65% of motorists want to retain the right to drive even though driverless cars are coming, two new pieces of research released by IAM RoadSmart – formerly the Institute of Advanced Motorists. It conducted an independent survey of 1,000 British motorists and a separate poll among its 92,000 ...