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PRA hails victory over rates
"A potential lifeline for small independent petrol filling stations" is the way the PRA has described the concessionary rates relief scheme announced by the Chancellor in his 2016 Budget. The PRA said small petrol filling stations (PFS) have been under intense pressure. A study it carried out with Experian Catalist ...
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Rontec sells three sites to Sainsbury’s
Sainsbury’s is planning to open three new Sainsbury’s Local convenience stores and petrol stations, after it acquired the sites from Top 50 Indie Rontec. Rontec will act as Sainsbury’’s development partner, and all three schemes have been granted planning permission. The new convenience stores and petrol stations will be located ...
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NewsOfficial opening for 500th Gulf site
The official opening of Gulf-branded Ravensthorpe Service Station Huddersfield Road, Dewsbury, was celebrated in style last week in recognition of the site becoming the 500th Gulf forecourt in the UK. In attendance on the day were the Mayor of Kirklees, Cllr Paul Kane and Mayoress Susan Bedford along with Paula ...
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NewsMRH acquires site in Worcester
The UK’s largest independent petrol station operator, MRH, has acquired Bromsgrove Service Station in Worcestershire for an undisclosed price.Colliers International represented Top 50 Indie MRH in the purchase of the newly developed filling station on the Birmingham Road from a private vendor.Anthony Keohane, of the Automotive and Roadside team at ...
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Police seek help from petrol retailers following armed robbery
Police are seeking help from petrol retailers who may have helpful CCTV footage following an armed robbery at a jewellers in Lacock, Wiltshire, last week.The incident happened shortly after 10am on Wednesday 23 March 2016 at Watling Goldsmiths in East Street. Detective Sergeant Ian Magrath said: "We now believe four ...
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NewsGerald Ronson celebrates golden milestone
Gerald Ronson, the pioneer of self-service petrol stations in the UK and chairman of Rontec today 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 Albans on ...
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RAC concerned over retailers’ fuel pricing tactics
The RAC has expressed concern that fuel retailers are using the lower diesel wholesale cost – relative to petrol – to subsidise petrol prices, or as a means of increasing their profit margin. In its latest report on fuel prices, the RAC states that rising oil prices triggered a ...
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ACS warns of impact of National Living Wage
The National Living Wage, which came into force today (1 April), will have a serious impact on the convenience store sector, the ACS has warned. For all employees aged 25 and over, the new minimum rate of pay will be £7.20 per hour. The Chancellor announced the National Living Wage ...
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New fuel card offers foolproof reminders
Foolproof, the latest fuel card trialled by The Fuelcard People, gives drivers a great way to avoid forgetting key dates. The card stores significant events, such as birthdays and anniversaries, as well as notes suggesting suitable gifts. When refuelling, a driver is reminded of the day’s important occasion and can ...
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PRA launches comprehensive online training programme
The Petrol Retailers Association (PRA) has joined forces with the Safety Pass Alliance (SPA) to offer a comprehensive online training programme for all forecourt operators and their employees. The e-learning package, developed in association with the SPA by the PRA’s technical team, Phil Monger and Ray Blake, gives employees a ...
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100th alcohol scheme launched
This week, Community Alcohol Partnerships (CAP) will launch its 100th scheme, in Biggleswade. The launch marks the introduction of Central Bedfordshire’s first CAP, as well as celebrating the success of CAPs across the country in tackling alcohol-related harm in local communities. There is growing concern around the levels of underage ...
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Major alert after incident at Texaco site
Police, paramedics and fire crews were scrambled to a major alert at the Texaco service station at Old Trafford after a member of staff was blasted with dry powder through a night pay window. The terrified member of staff thought he’d been covered with a dangerous chemical, but the emergency ...
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Hydrogen car breaks distance records
The government-backed London Hydrogen Network Expansion project (LHNE) has broken two new distance records for hydrogen fuel cell electric vehicles (FCEVs). Working together, the partners of the LHNE project have broken the record for the longest journey in the UK on a single tank of hydrogen, travelling 400 miles, and ...
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Car makers missing emissions targets
PA Consulting Group’s annual forecast of car manufacturers’ performance against mandatory EU CO2 emissions targets suggests Volkswagen, BMW, Hyundai-Kia and Jaguar Land Rover will miss their 2021 targets, leaving them facing large fines and further reputational damage. In PA’s most recent ranking of the top 13 European carmakers’ performance against ...
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Two men rob Wakefield service station
Police are appealing for witnesses after a robbery at the service station on Jacob’s Well Lane, Wakefield, West Yorkshire, in the early hours of Tuesday (29 March). It happened at 3.10am when two men forced open a door and went to the counter where a member of staff was present. ...
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NewsTrial of motorway price signs starts
Signs showing the price of fuel at up-coming motorway service stations have been introduced on a section of the M5 between Bristol and Exeter. The electronic signs will show the real-time price of fuel along the southbound carriageway of the motorway. Five motorway service stations along the route are involved ...
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Pothole problem under-reported
The AA says that research among its members underlines the extent to which road hazards such as potholes are under-reported. Nearly three quarters of AA members have swerved to avoid a pothole but only a fifth have ever reported one, new AA-Populus research reveals. A survey of 25,208 AA members ...
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£38.2m for research into ultra low emission vehicles
The winning bids for a share of £38.2m to develop plug-in cars and cut emissions have been announced by the Government. It said Formula 1 technology could soon make family cars lighter, improve fuel efficiency and help plug-in vehicles go further – as a result of one of the research ...
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Two staff hurt during Accrington robbery
Two members of staff were hurt during a knifepoint robbery at a filling station in Accrington, Lancashire. At about 9.40pm on Sunday, March 20th, two men entered the Spar store of the forecourt on Burnley Road, and one grabbed a female member of staff from behind and demanded she open ...
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Alimentation Couche-Tard buys Shell’s Danish retail arm
Canadian multinational Alimentation Couche-Tard, which recently bought Ireland’s largest convenience and fuel retailer Topaz Energy Group, has received European Commission approval for its deal to acquire Shell’s downstream retail business in Denmark, subject to divestment commitments. Completion of the acquisition is expected to occur in May 2016. It will be ...