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ACS opposes Welsh tobacco measures
The Association of Convenience Stores (ACS) reiterated its opposition to proposals in the Public Health Bill to introduce a tobacco register for retailers ahead of a debate on the Bill in the National Assembly for Wales on December 8. ACS chief executive James Lowman said: “Compliance with tobacco regulations in ...
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Private equity group buys 40% stake in Moto
Private equity group CVC Capital Partners has bought a 40% stake in the motorway services provider Moto from Universities Superannuation (USS). Moto has 45 locations throughout the country with more over 6,000 staff. Tim Moss, CEO of Moto, said: “I am very pleased that such an experienced investor ...
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Gulf recruits seven new members
Gulf has attracted seven more independently owned forecourts to join its network with a combined annual volume of more than 20 million litres. The Gulf brand is supplied by Certas Energy, which says it is attracting an increasing number of dealers to its network in Britain, and they now total ...
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Diesel at lowest level for six years
November was a landmark month for the UK fuel market, according to the RAC, with both the lowest average pump price for diesel in six years and the first widespread sight of petrol being sold for less than £1 a litre since Summer 2009. RAC Fuel Watch data for November ...
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UK reaffirms drive for zero emission cars
The Government has reaffirmed the UK’s commitment for almost all cars and vans to be zero emission by 2050 at the international climate conference in Paris this week. The UK was one of 13 international members of the Zero Emission Vehicle (ZEV) Alliance to sign a commitment to promote cleaner ...
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New car sales return to growth
Registrations of new cars in the UK returned to growth in November, following the first decline in 44 months in October, according to figures released by The Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT). A total of 178,876 cars were registered in the month, an increase of 3.8% over November ...
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NewsCanadian giant buys Topaz
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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Worker in hospital after suspected robbery
A member of staff injured in a suspected robbery at Blurton Filling Station, Stoke-on-Trent, had to be treated in hospital. Staffordshire Police said a 29-year-old man had been arrested on suspicion of robbery following an incident at the BP branded site. Police were called to the location just after 4.10am ...
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Fuel fraudsters told to pay back £6.9m
Three men jailed for 13 years for their part in a multi-million pound fuel and VAT fraud have been ordered to pay back almost £6.9m or face more time behind bars. Michael Wilmot, 73, led the Lincolnshire gang that was jailed in July 2014 after an investigation by HM Revenue ...
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Robbers steal safe from filling station
Detectives have appealed for information after masked robbers stole a safe from a service station in Durham. The robbery happened at the Jet garage in Bowburn, Durham, at around 12.15am on Monday, November 30. A female shop assistant was at the rear of the premises when she was confronted by ...
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NewsCouple take on revamped Maxol site
The Maxol service station on the Glendermott Road in the Waterside area of Londonderry has reopened its doors to customers following an extensive refurbishment. The convenience and forecourt destination has been taken over and reopened by husband and wife Alan and Val Rodden. The station has been refurbished to include ...
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NewsUnsafe tankers banned as new defects found
Seventy fuel tankers that do not meet safety standards are finally going to be banned from British roads and forecourts more than two years after the problem was first reported, transport minister Andrew Jones has admitted. And he also revealed that other tankers that have been certified in the UK ...
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Ad campaign against drinking and driving
The government has launched a new campaign to tackle drink driving, targeting those who do not recognise that even a small number of drinks before driving can be deadly. It urges everyone to Think! before drinking and driving. New adverts highlight how a second drink can double the chance of ...
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AA finds reluctance over electric vehicles
Only one in eleven AA members buying a car in the next three years would consider going electric or hybrid, according to an AA-Populus poll responded to by 27, 662 members. Of those considering changing their car in the next three years (23,067) the choices were: 50% petrol; ...
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Tobacco tax fraudster jailed for 12 months
A Rochdale man, who tried to blame a “man in the pub” for his illegal cigarette hoard in a £57,000 tax fraud, has been jailed for 12 months. Unemployed, Andrew Longbottom, 53, of Wardle, Rochdale, was caught in 2013 by HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) officers, who discovered he had ...
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Asda opening offer below £1 per litre
Asda’s newest petrol station in Highbridge, Somerset, opened on Wednesday, December 2, with petrol priced at 99.7ppl and 103.7ppl for diesel for the first three days of business. The new unmanned eight-pump petrol station, which accepts credit and debit cards only, has been built in place of the small residents’ ...
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EG sets new Subway goal
Euro Garages has set a new target of having 175 Subway stores across its estate by the end of 2016. It made the announcement as it opened the 100th Subway on a Euro Garages site at Holtspur Service Station in Beaconsfield, Buckinghamshire. The store marks the completion of Euro Garages’ ...
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PRA praises continued police funds
The PRA has welcomed the Chancellor’s announcement in his Autumn Spending Review that police budgets would be maintained. With forecourt crime costing an estimated £40m a year, petrol retailers across England and Wales have been threatened by cash-strapped police authorities that they might refuse to investigate ’drive-offs’ and other forecourt ...
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Chartman hopes that can recycling will be UK-wide
Top 50 Indie Chartman Group has introduced aluminium can recycling facilities at its award-winning flagship Winning Post site at Haldon Hill on the A38 outside Exeter, in a pilot scheme for the forecourt sector. Chartman director Clive Sheppard said it had introduced three recycling bins to encourage more recycling on ...
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Xmas treats as Sewell re-opens South Cave
Sewell on the go is celebrating the re-opening of South Cave service station in East Yorkshire by offering customers the chance to ’have Christmas on us’. Using its Your Rewards card, customers who spend £10 in the store five times between November 16 and December 10, 2015, will be entered ...