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Diesel pollution affected by temperature
Pollution from many popular diesel cars is much worse when the outside temperature is cooler than 18C, new research suggests. Experts have suggested the reason is that many engine management systems switch off or reduce pollution controls in lower temperatures. Very hot and cold weather can damage engine components, and ...
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CMA acts to cut energy costs
Measures to reduce energy bills for small businesses are being introduced by the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA). In an investigation it found that many tariffs for smaller businesses are not published as they are negotiated between customer and supplier, so suppliers will now have to publish all prices ...
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Topaz wins European recognition
Topaz, Ireland’s largest fuel and convenience retailer, has been recognised as one of the Best Large Workplaces in Europe for the fourth time. However, it is the first time Topaz, which was acquired by the Couche-Tard Group late last year, has made it into the top ten. Topaz was ...
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Jet closing price gap with superstores
Supermarkets are on average charging 3.3ppl less for petrol and 3.6plp less for diesel than their rivals, according to the latest AA Fuel Price Report. It says only Jet has closed the price gap on the big four superstores, trailing them by around 1.8ppl on petrol by charging below average ...
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New UK targets for low carbon transport
The Low Carbon Vehicle Partnership (LowCVP) is aiming for 5% of the UK’s new car market to be ultra low emission vehicles (ULEVs) by 2020. The target is one of the objectives set in the latest work programme for LowCVP, a public-private partnership set up to promote use of lower ...
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NewsMaxol celebrates opening biggest service station
Maxol Group, which has a network or 230 forecourts across Ireland, has celebrated the official opening of its largest service station, Maxol M3 Mulhuddart on the N3. Maxol directors, contractors, trade partners and licensees of Mulhuddart, Donal and Liam Fitzpatrick were among 50 guests at the launch event. Since opening ...
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Award for police who tackled forecourt lighter man
Two police officers who grappled with a drunken man to prevent him from blowing up a petrol station at Yeovil, Somerset, have been nominated for a national award for their bravery. Constable Rebecca Quirk and her tutor, constable Matthew Wilson, tackled the man who was brandishing a lighter at The ...
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JTI launches app for retailers
JTI, whose tobacco brands include Benson & Hedges and Silk Cut, has expanded its digital offering with the creation of a new JTI Advance app. Designed with retailer needs at the forefront of its functionality, the app features a barcode scanner and fingerprint sign-in, a shopping list, a margin calculator ...
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ACS consults members over living wage
The Association of Convenience Stores (ACS) has launched its 2016 National Living Wage and Minimum Wage survey as part of its evidence gathering process for a submission to the Low Pay Commission. The Commission has been tasked with looking at the impact of the introduction of the £7.20 per hour ...
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NewsNissan developing electric engine that runs on ethanol
Nissan Motor Company has announced it is researching and developing an electric power system that runs on bio-ethanol. The unit uses hydrogen derived from the bio-ethanol to generate power, but unlike other car manufacturers’ hydrogen vehicles, it would not require a whole new infrastructure of hydrogen filling stations. Bio-ethanol is ...
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Robbers shut delivery man in van
Surrey Police is appealing for witnesses following a robbery at a Tesco petrol station in Leatherhead on Friday 10 June. The incident took place at the petrol station in Oxshott Road around 10.15am after a delivery lorry entered the forecourt and the driver was in the back unloading the goods. ...
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C-store market forecast to keep growing
The UK food and grocery market is forecast to grow by 10% between now and 2021, giving it a value of £197bn, according to the latest forecasts from the food and grocery research body IGD. Convenience will remain the third fastest-growing sector, according to IGD, with sales increasing 11.7% from ...
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MPs concerned over rates plan
An influential committee of MPs has voiced a number of concerns in a report into 100% retention of business rates by local councils. The Communities and Local Government Select Committee report echoed ACS concerns that local councils are not using existing discretionary rate relief powers. It also warned that Local ...
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Human trafficking raids at car washes
Essex Police arrested one man after carrying out human trafficking checks at three car wash premises in Rochford. At least six police cars were deployed at the Hand Car Wash in the the Golden Cross shopping parade in Ashingdon Road, and more cars were also seen at the Best Hand ...
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Fire fighters called to nozzle stuck in car
A family was stuck at a Hampshire service station for three hours – when a petrol nozzle got stuck in their car’s fuel tank. The family of four had to call out Hampshire Fire and Rescue Service after trying for three hours to pull the fuel nozzle from the car ...
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Diesel usage in London reaches all-time high
Efforts to deter the use of diesel cars in London appear to have failed, with their share of the market reaching a record high in 2015, according to Leonie Cooper, Labour’s London assembly environment spokesperson, who obtained the figures from the Department for Transport. With diesel vehicles being blamed for ...
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NewsUK road fuel growth highest for a decade
UK consumption of road fuel is growing at the fastest rate for more than a decade as the impact of economic growth and lower prices more than offsets improvements in vehicle efficiency. Reuters reported that Britain’s motorists consumed 36 million tonnes of motor spirit (petrol) and road diesel in the ...
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FTA concerned over future of Severn crossings
The Freight Transport Association (FTA) has called on members of the Welsh Affairs Committee to press the Government for clearer information about the future of the Severn crossings, which returns to public ownership in 2018. FTA appeared before the Welsh Affairs Committee alongside FTA member Owens Group to give evidence ...
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NewsCCTV image released in search for robber
Police investigating a robbery at a petrol station in Cowplain, Hampshire, have released a CCTV image of a man they want to speak to. Just after 2am on Friday, June 10, a man entered the Esso petrol station on London Road and threatened a member of staff before pushing him ...
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OPW buys Tokheim ProGauge
The American Dover corporation has made its third acquisition in the fuel retail sector in a month with the purchase by its subsidiary OPW of Tokheim ProGauge. ProGauge provides automatic tank gauge solutions, including a variety of tank probes, consoles, and related software and calibration services for service stations ...