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Storm damaged road reopens
The storm-damaged A591 in Cumbria was reopened today (Wednesday 11 May) by Environment Minister Rory Stewart. The road suffered extensive storm damage in December’s storms and Highways England worked with Cumbria County Council on the project to repair a four-mile stretch of the road, which links Grasmere to Keswick. The ...
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Jet extends Silverstone Classic sponsorship
Jet is gearing up for its third year as the Official Fuel Partner of Silverstone Classic. This year’s event is set to take place from July 29-31. Following the success of its original three-year sponsorship deal, Jet has announced that it will extend its role as the Official Fuel ...
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NewsMinister backs potential of hydrogen
A government minister has predicted hydrogen vehicles will make a huge contribution to the UK’s commitment to greener transport. Opening a new hydrogen refuelling station in London, Transport Minister Andrew Jones said: “We are committed to making all cars and vans zero-emission by 2050, and hydrogen vehicles have a huge ...
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McColl’s adds to Gulf estate
McColl’s Retail Group is moving an additional forecourt over to its estate of Gulf-branded sites. The group, which operates more than 1,350 UK convenience stores, has a portfolio of seven forecourts, five of which are Gulf-branded. A sixth, a 2.5mlpa forecourt in Norwich Road, Roughton, Norwich, will move from Murco ...
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Engage with new commissioners urges ACS
The Association of Convenience Stores (ACS) is calling on convenience retailers to engage with their newly elected Police and Crime Commissioners and work with them on raising the profile and importance of crime against their businesses, especially on the issue of penalties for shop theft offences. Ahead of the elections ...
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NewsOil increases pushing pumps prices up
RAC Fuel Watch data for April shows the second consecutive month of price rises at the pumps as a result of a 25% increase in the cost of a barrel of oil from $36.51 to $45.49, leading to the highest price since 10 November 2015. The report says the escalating ...
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NewsPark Garage Group signs shop supply deal with Bestway Wholesale
Top 50 Indie Park Garage Group has signed an exclusive distribution agreement with Bestway Wholesale. The group is currently ranked seventh in the Top 50 Indies and operates 48 sites under the Park and Shop fascia across England and Wales. Sunil Tandon, managing director of Park Garage Group, said: “As ...
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Food and drink industry backs Brexit
A majority of the food and drink industry plan to vote “out” in the Brexit referendum in June, despite fearing their business will suffer if the UK leaves the EU. This is the result of an exclusive survey of food and drink professionals, conducted by Forecourt Trader’s publisher William Reed, ...
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NewsPark Garage Group signs exclusive distribution agreement with Bestway Wholesale
Top 50 Indie Park Garage Group has signed an exclusive distribution agreement with Bestway Wholesale. The group is currently ranked seventh in the Top 50 Indies and operates 48 sites under the Park and Shop fascia across England and Wales. Sunil Tandon, managing director of Park Garage Group, said: “As ...
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NewsPark Garage Group signs exclusive distribution agreement with Bestway Wholesale
Top 50 Indie Park Garage Group has signed an exclusive distribution agreement with Bestway Wholesale. The group is currently ranked seventh in the Top 50 Indies and operates 48 sites under the Park and Shop fascia across England and Wales. Sunil Tandon, managing director of Park Garage Group, said: “As ...
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ASA upholds complaint against Asda advert
Asda has had a complaint against it for misleading advertising upheld by the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA). The complaint occurred after the retailer put the price of a product up substantially for just one day and then “cut” the price in a promotion that was more expensive than it had ...
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Phillips 66 sponsors Royal Albert Hall concert
Phillips 66 is sponsoring a high-profile children’s concert at the Royal Albert Hall. The ‘AC Academy Does the Royal Albert Hall’ on 14 June is a ground-breaking concert, which is being organised by Warwickshire-based music and education charity Armonico Consort in partnership with the Royal Albert Hall. It will involve ...
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New car registrations up 2% in April
New car registrations in the UK were up 2.0% in April, according to figures published today (May 6) by the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT). Car registrations totalled 189,505 – the most in April since 2003, when 194,312 new vehicles were sold. The SMMT reported that as in ...
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Over 2,100 police misfuellings in five years
There have been more than 2,100 cases of police officers putting the wrong fuel in cars since 2011, according to an investigation by Auto Express. It found police forces in the UK have spent nearly £400,000 in the last five years on repairing their fleets after officers filled patrol cars ...
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Ronson’s golden milestone
Gerald Ronson, the pioneer of self-service petrol stations in the UK and chairman of Rontec, last month celebrated 50 years in roadside retailing. He marked the golden milestone at a lunch attended by long-serving colleagues, family, industry giants, suppliers and business partners. Ronson launched his first petrol station in St ...
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Sewell on the go raises funds for Macmillan
Top 50 Indie Sewell on the go has announced a partnership with Macmillan Cancer Support in a bid to raise at least £1,000 for the charity. From Thursday, May 5 to Friday, May 13, 15 pence will be donated from every hot drink sold by the East Yorkshire forecourt operator, ...
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Thumbs-up for Parkfoot as film showed at NCS
David Charman’s award-winning BP site in Kent was the focus of a seminar at the Retailer Hub at last month’s National Convenience Show at the NEC in Birmingham. In a presentation entitled ’Making a customer stop and shop’, Blake Gladman, HIM’s research and insights director, showed extracts from interviews ...
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Sainsbury’s profits and sales falter
Sainsbury’s convenience store business is growing even though the overall business faltered with underlying profit and group sales including VAT for the year to March 12 both down. Underlying profit before tax fell 13.8% to £587m, compared with £681m the previous year, and underlying group sales including VAT were £25,829m, ...
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Delivery at Thames
Thames Oilport has taken receipt of a diesel shipment for the first time since the closure of the Coryton refinery. It is the first in a series of diesel shipments to be stored on site.Coryton had supplied 20% of London and the South East’s fuel but its owner Petroplus collapsed ...
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Fuel sales up despite trend of decline
New Government data shows a surge in demand for road fuels. Diesel sales were up by 7.9% in the month to 14 March, compared with the same period last year, and petrol sales increased by 5.6%, despite a long-term trend of decline, and overall sales of both fuels, including commercial, ...