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Assistant attacked at Hythe service station
Witnesses are being sought following a report of an attack on a member of staff and a robbery at a service station in Hythe. Kent Police is investigating the incident in which the victim, a man aged in his 50s, was working in a petrol station in Seabrook Road when ...
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Applegreen offers free coffee in safety drive
Applegreen and the Road Safety Authority (RSA) in the Irish Republic and have teamed up to help drivers to combat the effects of driver fatigue over the May Bank Holiday Weekend by providing free cups of coffee to drivers at Applegreen service stations around the country. This is the fourth ...
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Retail has highest crime rate of all business sectors
Figures released as part of the Home Office’s Commercial Victimisation Survey have found that one in five premises in the retail and wholesale sector were victims of shop theft over the last year, with the sector having the highest crime rate of any sector surveyed. The survey states that wholesale ...
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NewsLPG cited as a solution to air quality problems
UKLPG, the trade association for the liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) industry, has welcomed the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee’s (EFRA) inclusion of LPG as part of a range of alternative fuel options described in its report on Air Quality. The Committee’s report calls for new clean air zones in ...
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Police investigate defibrilator theft
Police in Northern Ireland are appealing for information after a defibrilator, which is worth £1,500, was stolen from Rosevale Petrol Station in Newtownards, in the early hours of Saturday morning (April 23). Police posted a message about the theft on the Police Service for Northern Ireland (PSNI) Ards Facebook ...
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MRH renews five-year supply deal with Palmer and Harvey
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 instore offer, including chilled and frozen products ...
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Supermarkets clean up promotions
The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has asked a number of supermarkets to review their promotions and agreed specific changes with Asda. The CMA has worked with supermarkets and Trading Standards Services to ensure that shoppers can have more confidence they are getting a good deal. Which? raised concerns about ...
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Forecourt winner at Pro-retail Awards
Palmer and Harvey has used its Pro-Retail show to unveil a new loyalty scheme which will enable customers to earn up to an extra £2,000 a year, and to reveal the winners of the Pro-retail Awards. The loyalty scheme, called SIRCLE, focuses on core products and promotions that shop owners ...
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Alcohol fraudsters jailed
A criminal gang caught red-handed with bundles of ‘dirty’ cash, part of £15m made from selling alcohol illegally in the UK, has been jailed for a total of 19 years. Investigators from HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) found that the criminals, from Kent, West Sussex and Essex, laundered large amounts ...
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Diesel leak after oil pipe drilled
West Midlands Police are investigating a diesel spillage which they believe was caused when an oil pipe was drilled to access fuel. Diesel was spilled onto Forge Lane near Sandwell Valley Country Park, threatening to contaminate local parkland and leading police to close nearby roads. Forge Lane was closed between ...
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MFG signs supply deal with Booker for 300 stores
Top 50 Indies forecourt operator Motor Fuel Group (MFG) has signed a new shop supply agreement with Booker Retail Partners (BRP), commencing on July. Some 300 of MFG’s 374 station network will start to be supplied by BRP from this date and, at the same time; a major rebranding programme ...
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NewsMPK Garages secures £14m funding for growth
MPK Garages, which is ranked tenth in Forecourt Trader’s Top 50 Indies, has secured a £14m funding package to pursue its growth plans, which could nearly double the size of its estate. With the investment, the business plans to acquire additional forecourts and refresh parts of its existing estate to ...
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NewsDemand for road fuels surges
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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Immigration officers raid car washes
Raids by immigration officers on car washes in Hounslow, west London, found 20 people who were suspected of working illegally. Three suspected illegal immigrants from Albania were arrested and 17 more Eastern Europeans could face deportation for allegedly breaching European Union working regulations at the premises in Isleworth and Cranford. ...
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Shell unveils prototype petrol car of the future
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 ...
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Welcome Break opens first Ed’s Easy Diner
Welcome Break has opened its first Ed’s Easy Diner site, at the South Mimms service station located at J23 of the M25 near Potters Bar. The refurbishment represents an investment of about £1m by the company, and has created 29 jobs. The diner is described by Welcome Break as a ...
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Metal bar used in hold up
A robber got away with cash from the till after raiding a service station in the Dunsville area of Doncaster, South Yorkshire. The incident happened at about 7.50pm on Saturday 16 April when a man walked into Barriecars petrol station in High Street and threatened staff. He is described as ...
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Robber runs away in Dewsbury
West Yorkshire Police are appealing for witnesses after a robbery at a petrol station at Ravensthorpe, in Dewsbury. The incident happened in the early hours of Wednesday 20 April at Ravensthorpe Petrol Station, on Huddersfield Road. A man threatened the employee behind the counter, asking for cash from the till, ...
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Diesel cars all exceed emissions limits in tests
All the diesel vehicles tested by the UK government exceeded emissions limits in real driving conditions, but it found no evidence of car manufacturers, apart from the VW Group, fitting devices to defeat the approved emissions test programme. Today (21 April) the UK government published its research into emissions levels ...
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ACS calls for support for rural stores
The Association of Convenience Stores (ACS) has responded to a Department for Communities and Local Government consultation on rural planning, calling on the department to ensure that the planning system supports the growth and retention of rural convenience stores. The submission notes that over a third of stores are based ...