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Bestway boss warns on tobacco pricing
Bestway Wholesale’s managing director is urging retailers to maintain the RRP on cigarettes and RYO tobacco as plain packs are making their way into the trade. Following research which suggests that only 20% of retailers are sticking to manufacturers’ RRPs following the removal of price marking on tobacco packaging, Bestway’s ...
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Certas Energy launches Win a Car promotion
Certas Energy has launched a Win A Car promotion designed to drive new business to Gulf forecourts. It will run for three months, and in addition to two Fiat 500s in Gulf Racing livery, hundreds of instant prizes will also be up for grabs every week. For ease of entry ...
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NewsValero maintaining supplies despite pipeline closure
Valero says it is making good progress in repairing the major pipeline between its Pembroke refinery and its terminals at Kingsbury, Warwickshire, and in Manchester, and it has managed to maintain fuel supplies to its customers. In a statement it said: “Following the breach of Mainline Pipeline on 4th October ...
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Tobacco fraud couple receive jail sentences
A couple who masterminded a nationwide counterfeit tobacco production racket capable of robbing the Exchequer of £1m a week, have received prison sentences totalling eight years. Hua Tang Chen, 40, and Cui Wang, 32, were behind two illegal processing plants, in London and Manchester, overseeing the smuggling and distribution of ...
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Forecourt Eye teams up with Facewatch
Forecourt Eye, which helps retailers deal with non payment for fuel, is expanding its system in partnership with Facewatch, a police-approved crime-reporting system that enables sharing of CCTV footage, images and information among subscribers about suspects and repeat offenders. Forecourt Eye, working in a new partnership with Facewatch, is planning ...
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Former Tesco man to head P&H
Palmer & Harvey, the delivered wholesaler supplying many forecourts, has announced the appointment of Tony Reed as chief executive, effective immediately. P&H has also appointed Alistair Darby as non-executive director. Reed has spent 38 years in the industry working for Tesco in a number of operational roles across different store ...
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Prolific thief jailed for four years
A prolific cigarette thief, who targeted forecourt shops across southern England, has been sentenced to four years imprisonment for a string of cigarette break-ins following an investigation by Surrey Police. Jamie Channon, 37, from, Tilbury, Essex, also asked for nine other similar offences across seven counties to be taken into ...
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£35m funding for low emission vehicles
A £35m package to boost the uptake of ultra-low emission cars and scooters has been announced by transport minister John Hayes. The fresh funding commitment is intended to provide thousands more electric vehicle chargepoints on streets and at workplaces. Hayes said: “No matter what mode of transport you need – ...
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Met Police warning over Halloween biker mobs
Metropolitan Police is warning service station owners in the Capital to prepare for potential mob violence focused on forecourts over the Halloween weekend. Last year at Halloween large groups of motorcyclists swooped on forecourts stealing petrol and goods from their shops and in one case a fire extinguisher was thrown ...
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Forecourt robbers use blade to threaten cashier
Officers from West Mercia Police are appealing for information following a robbery from a petrol station owned by Top 50 Indie MRH on Sunday, 9 October. The incident happened at the BP service station at Mound Way, Madeley, Telford, at around 8.40pm, when two people entered the petrol station. One ...
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Electric vehicle group formed
Stakeholders in the electric vehicle and electricity supply industries have set up a group intended to ensure take-up is not constrained by the impact on the UK’s power grid. The new electric vehicle network (EVN) group has been launched by LowCVP (Low Carbon Vehicle Partnership) and electric power specialists EA ...
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New truck stop opens at Goole
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 ...
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Maxol sponsors mini rugby
Irish forecourt group Maxol has launched its sponsorship of the Ulster Rugby Mini Rugby Festivals for 2016-2017. The first eight dates and venues have been confirmed province-wide, and eight more festivals will be confirmed shortly that will take place at primary schools across the province, culminating in a four-day finals ...
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Motorcycle sales soar with new 66 plate
There has been strong growth in motorcycle market following the 66-plate change in September. Sales were up 17.3% with 2,359 more units registered in September 2016 compared to the same period in 2015. Stephen Latham, head of the National Motorcycle Dealers Association (NMDA) which represents motorcycle retailers across the UK, ...
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NewsApplegreen UK chief resigns
Applegreen plc has announced that Michael O’Loughlin, managing director of its UK operating subsidiary PetrogasGroup UK Limited, has resigned to return home to Ireland. He will be replaced by John Diviney, effective 1 December 2016. CEO Bob Etchingham commented: “Michael has been with the Applegreen business for 19 years and ...
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SuperStation awards name winners
Kiln Park Service Station, Tenby, has won the Best Gulf Site category at the SuperStation awards, the forecourt standards competition developed by Certas Energy. Judges said they were impressed by the impact of its roadside presence, immaculately presented forecourt and commitment to the community. Following victory, Paul Merriman of Kiln ...
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NewsPRA urges Chancellor to cut duty
With fuel prices predicted to rise by 5ppl by the end of this month the PRA is calling for a cut in excise duty. The PRA has written to the Chancellor of the Exchequer advising that the Government should support the economy in the face of such fuel cost increases ...
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London Mayor consults on emissions charge
The Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, has launched on 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 ...
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Fuel pump makers facing competition probe
A merger deal between two of the main fuel pump suppliers to the UK market is facing a full scale investigation by the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA). In June Dover Corporation agreed a deal to buy Wayne Fueling Systems for $780m, but the CMA said it has found that ...
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Hydrogen refuelling station opens in London
ITM Power has officially launched its third public access hydrogen refuelling station (HRS) and its second in London at the Centre of Engineering Manufacturing Excellence CEME, in Rainham East London. The HRS was opened to the public by Bill Williams, CEO of CEME, and Prof Roger Putnam CBE, chairman of ...