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MFG pilots Morrisons
The first Morrisons convenience store on a Motor Fuel Group (MFG) site has been launched in Crewe the first of five pilot stores. The shop will be branded with a new fascia, ’Morrisons Daily’ using a logo that has been trialled in two of Morrisons’ Leeds stores. It will receive ...
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Quick recovery for some service stations in pre-Christmas floods
The recent flooding in Cumbria and Lancashire has brought mixed fortunes for service stations. While some have only just been getting back into business, and others had to close for short periods at the peak of the floods, sites nearby who have been able to remain open have seen a ...
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’Rocket and feather’ a myth
Representatives of key elements of the road fuels industry came out in force in London last month to give evidence to the All-Party Parliamentary Group for Fair Fuel for motorists and hauliers, and were unanimous in refuting claims of ’rocket and feather’ pricing. The meeting was led by James McCartney, ...
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Celebratory open day
Kiln Park Service Station on Marsh Road, Tenby, in South Wales, celebrated the launch of its new Gulf branding on Thursday December 3, with a visit from an Aston Martin racing car.The Gulf-branded vehicle has 480 bhp engine producing 500 Nm torque. Customers and local residents attended the open day ...
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Topaz sold to Canadian convenience giant
Topaz Energy Group, Ireland’s largest convenience and fuel retailer, is being taken over by the Canadian convenience and fuel retailing giant Alimentation Couche-Tard, in a deal believed to worth about 450m (£324m). The two companies have signed an agreement that will lead to the acquisition by the Canadian company of ...
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Greenergy buys Royal Vopak share of terminal
Greenergy has secured deals which will further cement its position as the UK’s biggest provider of wholesale fuels in the UK. The deals with Royal Vopak involve stepping up its involvement at Thames Oilport the site of the former Coryton Oil refinery on the estuary of the River Thames ...
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Drive-off clampdown Police in South Derbyshire are clamping down on the theft of fuel and warning motorists that they could face prosecution if they drive off without paying for it. The warnings come due to a rise in drive-offs across the district. Officers from the Safer Neighbourhood teamsare visiting forecourtsin ...
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BP renews membership with BOSS
BP Oil UK Limited has renewed its membership of BOSS and its Payment Watch scheme for all its company owned retail fuel sites in 2016. BP Oil UK Limited operates more than 320 company owned sites and has been a member of BOSS and its Payment Watch scheme since it ...
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MRH makes offer to avoid inquiry
MRH has offered to sell two sites after the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) warned there were potential problems following its acquisition of 78 Esso petrol stations. In November the CMA warned the number one Top 50 Indie MRH that it could face a full scale inquiry because of concerns ...
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14 forecourt sites sold in £30.9m deal
A portfolio of 14 petrol stations has been sold to a Middle Eastern investor for £30.9m. According to Property Magazine International, investment manager Aerium sold the portfolio to Shiekh Ahmed Bin Nasser Al-Thani, who was advised by Investra Capital. The sites are let to Co-operative Group for 12 years generating ...
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Greggs reaches 100 on EG site
Euro Garages’ site at Shinfield, Reading, has become the home of the 100th franchised Greggs shop. Ilyas Munshi, commercial director for Top 50 Indie, Euro Garages, said: "We are proud of our strategic partnership with Greggs. The brand has proved to be popular with our forecourt customers and people with ...
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Prices dip below £1 as indies lead hypers
Independents beat the supermarkets by selling diesel for less than a pound per litre two weeks before the UK’s four supermarket giants followed their lead. Independent supermarket and fuel retailer Jempson’s was one of the first to dip below £1 per litre, cutting diesel to 99.7ppl on December 17. The ...
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ACS warns MPs of £925m impact of National Living Wage on c-store sector
The impact of the National Living Wage on the convenience retail sector has been spelled out to MPs by the Association of Convenience Stores (ACS), ahead of a delegated legislation committee debate on the topic. In evidence submitted to the Low Pay Commission in 2015 and to the Treasury ahead ...
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Tobacco smugglers jailed
Five men have been sentenced for their role in trying to flood the UK with illicit cigarettes, tobacco and alcohol, worth hundreds of thousands of pounds in lost duty and taxes, and attempting to launder their criminal profits. Irvin Dunn, 56, who orchestrated the fraud from behind bars, and his ...
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NewsWeak currency could push prices up warns PRA
While the low price of oil is depressing prices at the pumps, changes in the value of sterling against the dollar could cause substantial prices increases, the PRA has warned. Brian Madderson, chairman of the PRA, commented: “There has been and will be a huge volume of column inches rightly ...
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Costcutter launches value promotion
Costcutter Supermarkets Group has launched a major value campaign for its 2,600 independent store owners, which will see the traditional January promotions period spread through to the middle of March. The Love Local Deals campaign will feature Love £1 Deals, Love Half Price or Better and “killer deals” on everyday ...
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New car sales break record
UK new car registrations were at their highest level ever in 2015, topping 2.6 million units for the first time, and completing four years of consecutive growth. The market has posted increases in all but one of the past 46 months and recorded its best ever December in 2015, with ...
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"Tsunami" of drive-offs in Bradford
Police forces have revealed what the PRA has described as “a tsunami” of drive-offs in Bradford, while in north Wales there has been a sharp decline. In Bradford, West Yorkshire Police figures obtained by the Telegraph & Argus show there were 4,736 recorded incidents of motorists making off from garages ...
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Police release images of armed robbers
Detectives investigating an armed robbery in Essex have released a CCTV image of two men they want to speak to. Two men entered the Esso petrol station in Stanford Road, Grays just before 7.55am on Thursday January 7. One, who was armed with a large knife, approached the cashier, walked ...
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Armed police attend after robbery
Armed police attended a forecourt in Dorset after a man threatened staff with a hand gun. The armed robbery occurred at the Esso petrol station on Charminster Road, Bournemouth, at 2.50am on Thursday January 7. A spokesperson for Dorset Police said: “It was reported that a man, wearing a black ...