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Bradford opening
The official opening of Top 50 Indies AY&Y Patel’s new flagship site Lister Arms in Bradford took place last month. The event was attended by Shell UK’s retail general manager David Moss, and followed a complete knock-down-rebuild. The site features a six square pump format with Shell standard and V-Power ...
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Costcutter launches brand transformation
A Welsh forecourt will be one of six convenience outlets trialling the new Costcutter Supermarkets Group brand announced last month. The brand transformation is called Shopper First, which the company describes as "the most important announcement in our 30-year history".Six stores will go live with a pilot of the new ...
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News in brief
Inquiry may be avoided A merger deal between two of the main fuel pump suppliers to the UK market may avoid a threatened full-scale inquiry by the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA). The CMA said there were reasonable grounds for believing that one of the proposals for the merger, or ...
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New car market remains strong
New passenger car registrations rose 1.4% in October with 180,168 units, according to the latest figures from the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT). Year-to-date the market is still higher than last year, a total of 2,330,663 units have been registered."The retail motor industry has demonstrated its resilience since ...
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RAC urges Chancellor to keep freeze on fuel duty as fuel prices rose faster in October
The RAC has called on the Chancellor to maintain the freeze on fuel duty in the forthcoming Autumn Statement, because of the continuing volatility of fuel prices. The price of petrol rose more in October than at any time since February 2013, with diesel rising at the fastest rate since ...
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First phase complete as Glews truck stop opens
Jos Richardson & Son has opened a new truck stop just off junction 36 of the M62 at Goole, East Yorkshire.The new facility has a 60-bay overnight parking space for HGVs complete with security lighting, barrier entry and WiFi. The seven-lane HGV fuelling station is a one stop shop with ...
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Emissions consultation
The Mayor of London has launched a consultation on proposals to levy an emissions surcharge (ES) on the most polluting vehicles in the capital next year.The ES will be an additional daily £10 supplement to the Congestion Charge payable by owners of older, more polluting, vehicles that drive in the ...
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Euro Garages in merger with EFR
Euro Garages has merged with the Continental operator EFR to form a group with 1,450 locations and an annual turnover of about 6bn. Euro Garages and EFR will continue to operate under their own names with their current CEOs and senior leadership teams, and a new holding company named Intervias ...
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Sainsbury’s pilot on six EG sites
Euro Garages is trialling a partnership with Sainsbury’s, starting with the opening of a Sainsbury’s Local store at its flagship Beehive site in Blackburn. The store, the first of six Euro Garages sites in a pilot scheme, opened on Thursday October 20 and will be operated by the Top 50 ...
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The perils of parking in a supermarket
Supermarket car parks are the worst places for vehicle damage, according to RAC Insurance. In a survey of 1,464 RAC members carried out in August, more than a third (35%) of drivers reported that they had experienced damage at least once and 31% said they had had it happen on ...
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ACS warns on introduction of new £1 coin
The Association of Convenience Stores (ACS) has warned that the introduction of a new £1 coin in March 2017 could cause disruption and confusion in stores if the changes are not properly communicated to retailers. It has been confirmed that the new coin will be introduced in March 2017 and ...
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New Spar store at M25 services
Motorway service area (MSA) operator Roadchef has announced the opening of a new Spar store at its Clacket Lane site on the M25 between junctions 4 and 5. The Spar store adds to an MSA that already includes a McDonald’s, WH Smith, Costa Coffee and Fresh Food Cafe. Clacket Lane ...
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NewsForecourts avoid Halloween biker gang carnage
Forecourts have escaped the kind of criminal behaviour which marked Halloween last year, despite a number of “ride out” events in the capital and in Leeds and Birmingham. Last year motorbike gangs swarmed across several forecourts in London, stealing petrol and other goods, and the Metropolitan Police Service had warned ...
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NFDA calls for mileage fraud to be outlawed
The National Franchised Dealers Association (NFDA), which represents commercial vehicle and franchised car retailers across the UK, has welcomed a government consultation on mileage fraud. NFDA director Sue Robinson said: “Mileage fraud is a huge problem for the UK and urgent action needs to be taken. We are pleased to ...
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Volvo cautious over reaction to driverless cars
A driverless car manufacturer fears British road users may try to bully their vehicles or take advantage of their safety systems. The Observer newspaper reports that a Volvo executive said its first self-driving cars to be tested on British roads will be left unmarked so that other drivers will not ...
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HMRC seizes tobacco in West Yorkshire
An operation to disrupt the sale and supply of illegal tobacco and alcohol in West Yorkshire uncovered more than 132,000 cigarettes, 49 kilos of hand-rolling tobacco and 52 litres of alcohol, all believed to be illicit. Officers from HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) visited 37 retail premises across Leeds, Bradford ...
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Valero reopens major pipeline
Valero’s major pipeline between its Pembroke refinery and its terminals at Kingsbury, Warwickshire, and in Manchester, is operational again, after repairs that have taken a month to complete. The breach was discovered early last month and repairing it involved closure of the main A48 near Nantycaws, Carmarthenshire, in both directions ...
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Two arrested over 11,000 litre diesel thefts
Staffordshire Police have arrested two men in Burton on suspicion of stealing more than 11,500 litres of diesel. The police force reported that the arrests were the result of an intelligence-led operation concerning thefts of diesel from sites in the town. On 24 October, 2,064 litres of diesel fuel was ...
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ACS uges strong minimum wage enforcement
The Association of Convenience Stores (ACS) has called for strong enforcement against minimum wage avoidance after estimates than more than 360,000 jobs could be paid less than the limit. The Office for National Statistics reports that there are an estimated 362,000 jobs which pay less than the minimum National Minimum ...
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Pump maker merger may avoid inquiry
A merger deal between two of the main fuel pump suppliers to the UK market may avoid a threatened full-scale inquiry by the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA). In June Dover Corporation agreed to buy Wayne Fueling Systems for $780m, but the CMA said it has found that the merger ...