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Space to Change ‘first’ for Cornwall Services
One of Britain’s newest forecourts has become the first location of its type in the UK to install a new concept in disabled toilets. Cornwall Services, on the busy A30 trunk road near Bodmin, has opened a Space to Change assisted wheelchair-accessible toilet in its main building. Visitors needing ...
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Oh what a night!
On June 14, Phillips 66 and Jet proudly sponsored a ground-breaking children’s concert at the Royal Albert Hall, where 2,000 children from mainstream and special needs schools united to perform on stage for a night to remember. The ‘AC Academy Does the Royal Albert Hall’ was organised by ...
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Payback time for tobacco smuggler
A Lancashire man caught smuggling cigarettes and tobacco into the UK has been ordered to pay back £240,000, of which £90,000 must be paid within three months, or he will face a further 18 months in jail. Peter Robinson and his son, Adam, both of Rossendale, were jailed in ...
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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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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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NewsFuel prices rising after Brexit vote
Wholesale fuel prices could rise by 2-3ppl tonight (June 24) following the Brexit vote in yesterday’s referendum, PRA chairman Brian Madderson has warned. By mid morning sterling had recovered from a low of $1.30 to about $1.35, and he said that at this level the wholesale increase would be 2-3ppl, ...
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Forecourt Trader of the Year wins RIBA award
The winner of the 2015 Forecourt Trader of the Year Award has received further accolades, this time from the Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA). The Gloucester motorway service station on the M5 has won an RIBA National Award for its designer Glenn Howells Architects, and the owners Westmorland won ...
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Sewell on the go raises funds for Macmillan
A promotion by Top 50 Indie Sewell on the go has raised £1,265.26 for Macmillan Cancer Support, as it marked the start of its partnership with the charity. The East Yorkshire forecourt operator donated 15 pence from every hot drink sold in all of its 12 stores from May 5-13, ...
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Speculation that Greenergy could be sold
Speculation that Greenergy could about to be sold has been sparked by a report from business news outlet Bloomberg. Quoting anonymous sources, it claimed Greenergy had hired ING Groep to advise it. The report also said that the process is at an early stage and the company may decide against ...
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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 ...