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Fire fighters hose down potential arsonist
A potential arsonist on a forecourt was hosed down by fire fighters to enable police to arrest him. The incident occurred after a petrol station in Northampton was evacuated on Wednesday evening (November 4) due to a man standing by a fuel pump and threatening to harm himself. Police were ...
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ACS urges chancellor to revamp rates
The Association of Convenience Stores (ACS) has called on the chancellor to take action on business rates, employment costs and drop proposals to devolve Sunday trading rules, in its submission to the Treasury ahead of the Autumn Statement on November 25. Since the chancellor’s announcements of the introduction of a ...
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NewsNWF acquires Staffordshire Fuels
NWF Group has acquired Staffordshire Fuels, a 32mlpa fuel distribution business operating in Staffordshire and the West Midlands, for an undisclosed sum. Staffordshire Fuels was established in 1996, operates a fleet of seven tankers, and is an approved supplier of Phillips 66 fuel, branded as Jet, based near Stone in ...
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First drop in car sales for 43 months
New car registrations in the UK dropped for the first time in more than three and a half years, in October, according to the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT). A total of 177,664 new cars were registered in the month, representing a decrease of 1.1% on last year’s ...
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Morrisons in MFG site pilot
Top 50 Indie Motor Fuel Group (MFG) is to partner Morrisons with a pilot a convenience food offer in five of its forecourts. The pilot will start by the end of the year and will involve Morrisons supplying branded and own-brand food to the forecourt stores. The shops, all above ...
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Shell’s German hydrogen sites
Shell will install a nationwide network of hydrogen fuelling pumps at retail sites in Germany from 2016. The company, which opened its first hydrogen fuel station in Germany in 2011, has signed a declaration of intent with joint venture partners and Germany’s federal transport minister, Alexander Dobrindt. It will lead ...
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Mishap on Welsh forecourt goes viral on YouTube
CCTV of a customer who managed to tip her car onto two wheels while exiting a petrol station is approaching a million views on YouTube after going viral on the Internet.The incident took place at Forecourt Trader award-winning site Brian Llewelyn a’l ferched, in Eglwyswrw, Pembrokeshire, last month, and was ...
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Refiners publish fuel economy guidance
The European refining industry (FuelsEurope) has launched a “Save more than fuel” campaign. The campaign offers 10 easy tips to consumers to drive more efficiently, to reduce fuel consumption and emissions. The EU-wide campaign can be found on a dedicated website (www.savemorethanfuel.eu) and has been has been translated into 22 ...
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Tobacco duty fraudster sentenced
A man who used his furniture companies as a front to allow nearly 850,000 cigarettes to be smuggled into the UK and launder around £71,000 of taxpayer’s cash has been sentenced after an investigation by HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC). He has also been disqualified from being a company director ...
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Davis heads to MFG
Top 50 Indies forecourt operator, Motor Fuel Group (MFG) has appointed Simon Davis as its new fuel operations director. Davis, who was most recently head of sales and logistics for Harvest Energy, will be responsible for the on-going business relationships with MFG’s fuel suppliers, all fuel operations and for the ...
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Patel brothers opt for Esso/Greenergy
Brothers who own two forecourts in West Sussex, have just moved their second site to fuel supply from Greenergy with Esso branding, after the success of a similar move for their first site.Last January the Patel brothers moved fuel supply for their site in Hangleton, Hove, after 10 years with ...
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Topaz expansionTopaz is set to add 95 sites to its network after the Irish authorities approved its takeover of Esso Ireland’s fuels and convenience business in Ireland. The deal, which was agreed in December last year, involves 35 company owned service stations and 60 dealer-owned sites, taking the total network ...
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Asda puts brakes on expansion
Asda has announced a slowdown of its plans to open standalone forecourts as it re-prioritises the business to cope with the challenges facing the big supermarket groups. The group had previously set a target of opening 100 standalone forecourts by 2018 and in March this year it bought 15 sites ...
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Mad Max claims dismissed by Applegreen
Media claims that a masked biker gang rampaged over Applegreen’s forecourt site in Streatham, south London, in scenes likened to a Mad Max film, have been dismissed by Applegreen’s UK boss Michael O’Loughlin. Although some fuel and drinks and snacks were stolen he described it as “a storm in ...
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Appleby Westward winning over forecourts
Appleby Westward, the regional distribution company for Spar stores in the South West, is reporting increasing interest from forecourt retailers impressed by the experience of Top 50 Indie companies the Chartman Group and Euro Garages. The news came as the company announced its highest new store recruitment figures in ...
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ACS welcomes business rates consultation
The Association of Convenience Stores (ACS) has welcomed proposals from the Department of Communities and Local Government which aim to make the appeals system for business rates more efficient. The consultation was launched this week by High Streets Minister Marcus Jones, who claims that the plans will ensure businesses ...
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AA report praises hyper pricing policy
The AA has praised the supermarkets for keeping fuel prices low and says their policy has helped them win market share from other fuel retailers. Supermarket petrol sales between April and June this year are down only 0.2% compared to minus 4.8% for non-supermarket retailers. In its latest monthly fuel ...
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Asda cuts prices to 5-year low
Asda cut its fuel prices to the lowest level in five years, taking 2ppl off unleaded petrol and 1ppl on diesel from Monday October 26 meaning its national ceiling on prices was 103.7ppl on unleaded and 106.7ppl on diesel. It coincides with the retailer calling on the Government to maintain ...
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NewsFuel price signs introduced on M5
New signs showing the price of fuel on a section of the M5 are to be introduced between Bristol and Exeter. The move is part of a trial by Highways England designed to give drivers more information to help their journeys and to boost competition on fuel prices. Five motorway ...
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DCC completes €464m Butagaz purchase
Irish conglomerate DCC plc, the parent company of Certas Energy, has completed the purchase of Butagaz SAS, a liquefied petroleum gas business in France, from Shell for €464m (£338m). When the deal was announced in May DCC said the transaction would be its largest ever acquisition and was a ...