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ACS welcomes business rates proposals
The Association of Convenience Stores (ACS) has welcomed recommendations from the Department for Communities and Local Government for a more transparent, streamlined appeals process for the business rates system. The proposals came in the ministry’s response to a consultation on reforming business rates. ACS chief executive James Lowman said: “We ...
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NewsCentral Convenience Stores adds to forecourt estate
Oval Motor Company, an established forecourt business in Bradford-on-Avon, has been sold by the Bristol office of specialist business property adviser Christie & Co to Central Convenience Stores for an undisclosed sum. The site, previously owned by Heritage Automotive, is situated close to Bradford-on-Avon train station and golf course to ...
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Two fuel laundering plants discovered
Police and HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) officers have uncovered two fuel laundering plants in Northern Ireland. They were discovered at Draperstown, County Londonderry, last week, but details of the operation have just been released. A police spokesperson said: “While on regular patrol on Wednesday, June 29th, police officers along ...
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Pret a Manger opens first motorway outlet
Foodservice chain Pret a Manger is set to launch its first motorway service shop. The new branch will open its doors at the end of the summer at South Mimms Services on Junction 23 of the M25 in Hertfordshire, as part of a trial partnership with service station operator Welcome ...
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Plug-in grant for motorbikes still in pipeline
The Department for Transport (DfT) has responded after The National Motorcycle Dealers Association (NMDA) contacted it about concerns that the promised plug-in motorcycle grant scheme had still not been delivered. In March 2015 under the Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government, the then business minister Matthew Hancock announced that motorcycles ...
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156,000 litres seized in HMRC investigation
Two men have been arrested in connection with a joint investigation by HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC), the Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI) and the Revenue Commissioners, into the importation and distribution of suspected illicit fuel. HMRC officers seized 26,000 litres of oil at a fuel supply company in ...
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New car sales at record levels
The UK new car market grew by a steady 3.2% in the first six months of the year, according to figures released by the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT). It achieved the highest half-year sales recorded with 1,420,636 new cars registered so far in 2016. Growth was reported ...
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Many retailers still in dark over tobacco changes
A third of retailers have still not heard of the EU Tobacco Products Directive legislation, according to research from delivered wholesaler Palmer and Harvey. It also reported that retailers believed 75% of their customers were not aware of the new legislation. EUTPD2 will limit pack sizes to a minimum of ...
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Falling cost of oil dampening pump price increases
Wholesale fuel prices have only risen very slightly as a result of the pound weakening after the UK voted to leave the EU, according to the latest fuel price report from the RAC. It said average prices of petrol and diesel at the pumps, reported by Experian Catalist, have increased ...
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New standard for hydrogen dispensing published
New safety standards for fuel stations dispensing hydrogen have been published by the International Organisation for Standardisation. ISO/TS 19880-1:2016 recommends the minimum design characteristics for safety and, where appropriate, for performance of public and non-public fuelling stations that dispense gaseous hydrogen to light duty land vehicles such as fuel cell ...
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New funding for low emission freight vehicles
Transport minister Andrew Jones has announced £19m funding to help freight industry cut vehicle emissions and unveiled an accreditation scheme. The money will help fleets of commercial vehicles access the latest in innovative low and zero emission vehicle technologies. The funding will be available for applications from small local delivery ...
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NewsReport reveals growing importance of forecourts
A new report released today by the Association of Convenience Stores (ACS) has revealed the essential part that petrol forecourts play in the UK retail landscape. The 2016 Forecourt Report has shown that UK consumers are increasingly flocking to their local petrol station to refuel themselves and their families, not ...
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Nearly one in 10 Brits admit to filling up their car with fuel and driving off without paying
The scale of drive-offs has been highlighted in new Freedom of Information data obtained by Confused.com from police forces across the UK, which reveals that motorists committed 25,560 fuel thefts in 2015 alone.According to the findings nearly one in 10 (8%) of drivers admitted to filling up their car with ...
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Truck’s cooling runs on thin air
Sainsbury’s says it has become the first company in the world to introduce a refrigerated delivery truck cooled by a liquid nitrogen powered engine, which will eliminate all emissions associated with refrigeration. Supplied by cooling technology specialists, Dearman, and its partners, the zero-emission cooling unit replaces the traditional diesel engine ...
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Snakes alive… on a forecourt
It’s true that you can find most things you want at many forecourts and their stores nowadays, but those visiting Waitrose’s petrol station in Cheltenham earlier this week got much more than they bargained for. That’s because a Royal python was found slithering on the ground.A local man who spotted ...
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Maxol announces AWARE as new charity partner
Maxol, the Northern Ireland-based forecourt and convenience retailer has announced mental health charity AWARE as their new charity partner.The aim of the partnership, which will run until at least the end of 2017, is to promote positive mental health in communities across Northern Ireland. It will support the range and ...
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Planning committee to visit proposed Asda forecourt site
Asda’s plans to add a forecourt to its Tonypandy supermarket in the Rhondda have so far attracted three letters of objection and a petition with 229 signatures. According to Walesonline.co.uk, this has led to members of Rhondda Cynon Taf council’s planning committee deciding to do a site visit on Monday, ...
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Circle K boosts its European presence
Canadian convenience and forecourt operator Alimentation Couche- Tard (known as Couche-Tard) has bought 23 sites comprising 11 full-service fuel stations with convenience stores and 12 automated fuel stations from Sevenoil Est OÜ and its affiliates in Estonia. The deal via Couche-Tard’s wholly-owned indirect subsidiary Circle K Eesti AS, is expected ...
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ACS wants more from Ofgem
ACS is calling on Ofgem to introduce a TPI (third party intermediaries) Code of Practice following publication of the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) final report on reforms to the energy market. The CMA’s two-year investigation recommended a range of changes to make both the domestic and non-domestic energy markets ...
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NewsBusiness as usual after Brexit
As the dust settles after the EU Referendum, forecourt retailers have been taking stock – and most seem to be taking a ‘business as usual’ approach. Jonathan Tout, managing director of award winning Tout’s Budgens, said his company had ambitious growth plans and Brexit would not alter those. “In the ...