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Policeman hurt trying to prevent drive-off
A motorist has been arrested after a West Midlands Police officer was knocked down on a petrol station forecourt as he tried to stop a suspected fuel thief. Officers were called to the BP garage in Stratford Road, Shirley, at around 1am on Friday August 12 by staff reporting a ...
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RMI to extend training provision
The Retail Motor Industry Federation (RMI) is planning to open two new training academies, in the North and South of England, to increase the provision of MOT training for garages. The RMI has received increasing demand for training from garages across the UK since opening up the RMI Academy of ...
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VOA launches web service
Owners and managers of petrol stations can now register online for free with the Valuation Office Agency (VOA) to get a reminder email when their new draft rateable value is online. The VOA is currently updating the rateable values of all non-domestic properties in England and Wales. These new rateable ...
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£2m fund to improve journeys
A £2m fund to allow councils to capitalise on emerging technologies and deliver better journeys for motorists has been launched. Local authorities have been invited by the Department for Transport to apply for a share of the money to develop projects to enhance journeys. Proposals include using technology that will ...
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ACS welcomes sentencing proposals
The Association of Convenience Stores (ACS) has welcomed proposed changes to the way that magistrates deal with alcohol-related offences. It was responding to proposals in the Sentencing Council’s consultation on guidelines for alcohol sale offences. The consultation looks at the guidance that magistrates are provided when deciding on the appropriate ...
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NFRN calls for action over illicit tobacco
A trade organisation representing independent retailers has called for a concerted effort to tackle the illicit tobacco market once and for all as a new report has shown that a 71% of smokers admit to buying smuggled products. NFRN chief executive Paul Baxter said: “We are appalled that non UK ...
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Seven additional sites expand Jet network
Jet has added seven new sites to its network over the past few months. Since joining, five sites have already been reimaged with Jet’s brand on canopies, stanchions and pumps, and the other two sites will be reimaged by the end of this month. At the point of joining the ...
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NewsPSNI postpones controversial drive-off pilot
The Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI) has postponed a scheme to make petrol station owners responsible for tracing drivers who do not pay, after a storm of criticism. Letters were sent to petrol stations in two districts – Lisburn and Castlereagh, and Ards and North Down – in July ...
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NewsPSNI "gives green light" to forecourt crime
There has been a storm of criticism for the Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI) after it told petrol station owners they would be responsible for tracing drivers who do not pay. Letters were sent to petrol stations in two districts – Lisburn and Castlereagh, and Ards and North ...
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Lorry drivers seeking healthy food
Roadside service stations are failing to meet demand from lorry drivers for healthy foods, according to research by the RAC. Finding a healthy snack while out on the UK’s road network every day is seen as one of the biggest frustrations facing commercial drivers, with 41% of firms saying lorry ...
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Roadchef opens fourth Spar store
Roadchef has opened a new Spar store at its Tibshelf motorway services area (MSA) on the M1 between junctions 28 and 29, following an investment of £800,000. The addition of a Spar to the Tibshelf MSA follows openings at the company’s Sedgemoor, Northampton and Strensham sites in recent months. The ...
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Fraudster convicted over £3,246 fuel card scam
A man who stole £3,246.27 worth of fuel from service stations in the West Midlands, has been convicted of six fraud offences. Zia Ul-Haq of Falmouth Road in Hodge Hill used cloned fuel cards to purchase thousands of pounds worth of fuel from six forecourts in the Birmingham area. A ...
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Park Garage Group holds annual cricket day
Park Garage Group, the family-owned business currently ranked 7th in the Top 50 Indies, recently held its annual cricket day at Addiscombe Cricket Club, East Croydon, for suppliers, staff and commission operators. Six teams competed with teams sponsored by suppliers Bestway, Valero, Ginsters and Certas Energy. The six-a-side limited overs ...
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NewsFirst Asda finished in multi-site project
The first completed Asda filling station, in a multi-site project for the supermarket retailer, has been handed over by the construction division of fuel engineering company The Premier Group. The site, at the retailer’s East Retford store in Nottinghamshire, has been completed as part of a new contract with Asda, ...
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Essar UK extends downstream with new deal
Essar Oil (UK), which owns and operates the Stanlow Refinery at Ellesmere Port, has signed its first agreement for the direct supply of aviation fuel to a commercial carrier, with a major deal having been agreed with Emirates airline at Manchester Airport. Emirates flies three times daily from Manchester to ...
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Delivery driver robbed on Sussex forecourt
Sussex Police are appealing for witnesses to a robbery on the forecourt of Sainsbury’s service station at John MacAdam Way, St Leonards on Sea, at 7.30 am on Monday 25 July. The robbery occurred as the driver of an Iveco eight-tonne truck was in the rear of this vehicle preparing ...
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Tesla to sever final tie to service stations
Tesla is reported to be working on plans to sever the last links between filling stations and customers who own its electric cars. Owners can already charge their cars at home, removing the need to refuel at filling stations, and now, according to US website Electrek, it is trialling a ...
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Thames Oilport increases storage
Thames Oilport has announced that it plans to expand the amount of tankage to be used for diesel storage, bringing into use a further 56,000 cbm of tankage from the first quarter of 2017. This is additional to the 175,000cbm of tankage which came into use in April 2016 and ...
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NewsMFG buys second Top 50 Indie in a week
Motor Fuel Group (MFG) has agreed to purchase fellow Top 50 Indie operator Roadside Group, just four days after announcing the signing of an agreement to purchase the Bolton-based Top 50 Indie Synergie Holdings. Roadside Group operates 10 stations throughout the north-east of England, with its flagship forecourt being located ...
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ACS issues guide on local engagement
High streets minister Andrew Percy has welcomed new guidance for convenience store retailers on engaging with different local decision makers in their area. The guidance, released by the Association of Convenience Stores (ACS), aims to support convenience retailers in understanding the shift toward more local decision making, give them the ...