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Rate of site losses questioned
The two main bodies that report on market data for the forecourt sector agree that site numbers have decreased, but differ over the scale and significance of the losses. The latest Retail Marketing Survey, conducted by the Energy Institute (EI), and published as a supplement to the EI’s April issue ...
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UKPIA publishes crisis report
The UK Petroleum Industry Association (UKPIA) has published its latest short report titled Crisis – What Crisis? which explores the shared challenges facing oil refining and other energy intensive industries in the UK. In light of the wider crisis facing UK manufacturing, the report provides a wide-angle overview of why ...
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Councils given powers for road sign revamp
New powers to remove pointless road signs that are an eyesore and distract drivers will be given to councils on Friday 22 April. According to the Department for Transport the number of road signs in England more than doubled from 2.45 million in 1993 to an estimated 4.57 million in ...
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Police probe suspected arson attack
Greater Manchester Police are investigating suspected arson at petrol station. At around 2am on Tuesday 19 April, emergency services were alerted to a fire at Cleggs Lane Service Station, Cleggs Lane, Little Hulton. The Fire Service extinguished the fire and no-one was injured. Officers attended and discovered that accelerant had ...
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Warning over alcohol licensing proposals
The Association of Convenience Stores (ACS) has raised concerns about proposed changes to the alcohol licensing regime. ACS was responding to the Public Bill Committee’s call for evidence on the Policing and Crime Bill. It warned that a proposal to no longer require alcohol licensing guidance to be scrutinised by ...
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Mitsubishi admits fuel economy deception
Fuel economy figures for more than 600,000 cars sold in Japan were falsified, Mitsubishi Motors Corporation (MMC) executives have admitted. More than two thirds of the cars, 468,000, were manufactured by MMC and supplied to Nissan Motors Corporation. The issue was uncovered when Nissan queried data supplied by MMC. The ...
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ACS calls for greater engagement
ACS chief executive James Lowman has called on the convenience sector to engage with local decision makers to establish their community credentials and make sure the economic role of local shops is understood. In his introductory remarks at Summit’16, Lowman predicted that local public health interventions on alcohol, tobacco and ...
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NewsUK dealers attend official launch of new Ultimate
UK BP dealers gathered in Berlin this week for the official launch of BP’s new premium fuel - Ultimate with active technology. The event involved 600 guests from 15 countries across Europe, scientists involved in the project, as well as a visit by chief executive Bob Dudley. Hailed as BP’s ...
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Lighting strike shuts down Morrisons site
A Morrisons forecourt in Kent was closed on Wednesday 13 April after the main store was struck by lightning. Fire fighters, along with Kent Police and ambulances, were called to the store in Ten Perch Road to investigate reports the main building had been struck twice by lightning and ...
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Sewell on the go installs defibrillators
Top 50 Indie Sewell on the go has installed potentially life-saving defibrillators in six of its 12 stores at locations across Hull and the East Riding. Patrick Sewell, managing director of Sewell on the go, said: “We have defibrillators in place at Sewell on the go in Cottingham, Chanterlands Avenue, ...
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Trade bodies oppose MOT change
Trade bodies have met with an MP to present a case against plans to increase the age before cars require an MOT. The Retail Motor Industry Federation (RMI) and Scottish Motor Trade Association (SMTA) met with Drew Hendry MP, Scottish National Party (SNP) Transport spokesperson in the House of Commons. ...
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Consultation begins on minimum wage rates
The Low Pay Commission has launched its consultation on the level of the UK’s minimum wage and National Living Wage rates for 2017-18. In the consultation, the Commission will consider the target given to it by the Chancellor of increasing wages to 60% of median earnings by 2020. The Commission ...
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Detectives investigating armed robbery
Merseyside Police detectives are appealing for information following a robbery which took place at a petrol station in Vauxhall on Monday 11 April. At around 2.10pm a man approached a security guard leaving the Spar store and garage on Great Howard Street and pointed what is believed to be a ...
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NewsKay Group adds to Texaco sites
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 month. Top 50 indie The Kay Group has been at the forefront of developing new-build sites on Brownfield land, with three new to industry schemes ...
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Greene steps down from ACS board
The Association of Convenience Stores (ACS) has announced that forecourt veteran Mike Greene, its former chairman and now the CEO of the My Local chain of convenience stores, has stepped down from its board. Greene chose to step down as both he and My Local’s trading director Neil Turton were ...
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Royal Vopak storage sites sold
A Greenergy joint venture company, Navigator Terminals, has completed the acquisition of Royal Vopak’s UK storage assets at West Thurrock on the Thames, Seal Sands at Teesside and Windmill in Barry, South Wales. It has also taken over Greenergy North Tees from Greenergy. Navigator Terminals was formed by Macquarie Capital ...
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Motorbike sales level off
Sales of motorbikes levelled off last month after strong growth at the beginning of the year. Stephen Latham, head of the National Motorcycle Dealers Association (NMDA), which represents motorcycle retailers across the UK, commented: “Following a strong start to 2016, the NMDA had high expectations that March would follow ...
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Euro Garages founders crowned leaders of the year
Zuber and Mohsin Issa, CEOs of Top 50 Indie Euro Garages, 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 ...
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NewsPRA rebuts profiteering claims
The PRA has reacted angrily to claims that fuel retailers are profiteering after rises of 4ppl in average retail fuel prices over the last month, and said dealers are doing everything they can to keep prices down. PRA chairman Brian Madderson commented: “The oil market has rebounded strongly pushing up ...
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NewsMRH site named sixth best forecourt design in the world
A site owned by Top 50 Indie MRH has been named as the sixth best-designed forecourt 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 ...