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Robber threatens staff with plank of wood
Police are appealing for information after a robber threatened staff at a petrol station in South Wales and stole cash. The robbery took place shortly before 8pm on Tuesday February 23 at the Wychtree Service Station in Morriston, Swansea. A man threatened staff and after taking money from a cash ...
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HMRC consults on licensing tobacco retailers
HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) has published a consultation on the costs and benefits of introducing tobacco licensing for all parts of the supply chain including retailers. The chancellor announced the consultation would take place at his Autumn Financial Statement. The UK Government is a signatory to the World Health ...
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Car makers publicise progress on emissions
The UK automotive industry is publicising its commitment to improving air quality and reducing vehicle emissions with a new consumer-facing video, launched ahead of this year’s Geneva Motor Show. The Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT) says there is widespread confusion about the advances in new car technology and ...
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Eight arrested in HMRC-led raids in Manchester
Eight men were arrested and 11 premises searched during a multi-agency operation in Manchester on Wednesday 24 February. HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) officers seized material in relation to suspected tax evasion, including 137,600 cigarettes, 73 kilos of tobacco, counterfeit cash, and four vehicles, during searches of nine retail, ...
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Phillips 66 introduces 32 new tankers
Phillips 66 has replaced 70% of its total road tanker fleet with 32 new MAN, Scania and Merc vehicles. The vehicles conform to Euro 6 emissions standards thus delivering lower emissions and improved fuel efficiency, among a number of other benefits. Mary Wolf, managing director of Phillips 66 UK & ...
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NewsTop 50 Indies hold 25% of forecourts in the UK
The companies that make up Forecourt Trader’s Top 50 Indies now account for almost 25% of the forecourts in the entire UK market. Editor Merril Boulton told an audience of more than 150 at the 2016 Top 50 Indies Dinner that between them they added 361 sites during 2015 ...
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Retailers to lobby Parliament over Sunday trading
Retailers are being encouraged to attend a mass lobby of Parliament on Monday 29 February to encourage their MPs to vote against changes to Sunday trading legislation. The mass lobby, being organised by campaign group Keep Sunday Special, will call on MPs from pivotal constituencies in the Sunday trading debate ...
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South Devon Highway opens
A new £110m bypass that is expected to carry 35,000 vehicles a day has been opened. The 3.5-mile South Devon Highway between Torbay and Newton Abbot was officially opened by roads minister Andrew Jones on 22 February. The project was completed on time and on budget and the Department of ...
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Sewell on the go supports local charity
Top 50 Indie Sewell on the go has provided support for a local charity in Hull which donates bikes for use in Africa. Since the Avenues Bicycle Project started collecting and sending bikes to the continent in 2012 the bikes had to be stored in sheds and garages across the ...
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Fuel thefts soar in Bedfordshire
Fuel thefts from forecourts almost trebled last year, according to figures released by Bedfordshire Police. A Freedom of Information request by Bedfordshire on Sunday to the police force shows that last year 603 thefts were recorded at petrol stations, compared with 219 in 2013-2014 and 200 in 2012-2013. A further ...
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NewsNFRN members back new newspaper
Members of the National Federation of Retail Newsagents (NFRN) London district have pledged their support for The New Day national newspaper ahead of its launch on Monday (February 29). Together with NFRN national president Ralph Patel (front left) and chief executive Paul Baxter (front second left), they can be seen ...
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ATM thieves cause enormous damage
Thieves have caused enormous damage to a forecourt shop in Northern Ireland as they forced the shutters and removed the door of a County Antrim petrol station to steal a cash machine. The thieves struck shortly before 2am on Friday, February 19, forcing their way into the petrol station on ...
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RAC warns motorists over insurance
The RAC has warned that many motorists could be invalidating their insurance because they have failed to inform their insurer about penalty points on their licence. Research by RAC Insurance found that nearly a fifth of motorists (18%) would not inform their insurer if they picked up penalty points while ...
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Gulf operator doubles estate
Roger Perry, proprietor of Leven Road Service Station near Beverley, East Riding, Yorkshire, has added Prospect Service Station, Ossett, Wakefield, West Yorkshire, to his portfolio, facilitated by Certas Energy. Both sites are Gulf-branded. “I had been looking for another forecourt business for two years, without success,” explained Roger. “Most ...
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Planning decision on KDRB deferred
A decision on a planning application for a knock-down rebuild (KDRB) of a service station in North Lincolnshire has been deferred due to objections by the Environment Agency. The Neal Group submitted plans to redevelop the Southbank Service Station on Ferriby Road, Barton-upon-Humber. It applied for permission for “demolition of ...
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UK company unveils hydrogen powered car
A UK company has unveiled a hydrogen powered two-seater car with a range of up to 300 miles on 1.5kg of fuel. Trials of 20 vehicles with prospective customers are proposed for later this year, and the car, called a Rasa, is expected on the market from 2018 through a ...
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NewsRobbers strike at award-winning site
Two men robbed the award-winning Parkfoot Garage, at West Malling, Kent, on Wednesday February 17, threatening staff before making off with about £1,400 in cash, cigarettes and alcohol. Police were called at around 4.40am to reports of the raid at the BP petrol station and Spar store, which is open ...
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Don’t scrap retail rate relief, urges ACS
The Association of Convenience Stores (ACS) has called on the government to outline its plan for meaningful business rates reform and reinstate the Retail Rate Relief scheme as business rates income reaches record levels. The Department for Communities and Local Government (DCLG ) released figures claiming that business rates income ...
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Irish fuel quality scheme expanded
The Irish Petrol Retailers Association (IPRA) has launched its Quality Assurance Scheme (QA) for petrol retailers in Dublin and Kildare. David Blevings, spokesperson for the IPRA, said: “We are delighted with the take-up of the QA scheme across the island with over 200 retailers taking part. The scheme offers ...
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NewsSaudi Russian deal unlikely to push prices up says PRA
The PRA has rejected suggestions that fuel prices will start to rise again as a result of a deal between the world’s two biggest oil exporters, Saudia Arabia and Russia. Yesterday (Tuesday 16 February) ministers from the two countries agreed to freeze the output of oil at current levels, in ...