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Knifeman threatens woman customer on forecourt
Lancashire Constabulary has released CCTV images of a man it would like to speak to after a woman was threatened with a knife as she got into her car at a petrol station in Burnley. The incident happened at around 6pm on Wednesday 10 February after the victim, a 22-year-old ...
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Certas parent reports strong profits
DCC plc, the international conglomerate that owns Certas Energy, has reported strong growth in profits for the third quarter of its financial year. In its statement said that group operating profit in the third quarter ended 31 December 2015 was very significantly ahead of the prior year, with excellent growth ...
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Competition body probes supermarket deals
The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has issued a statement saying that contrary to speculation in the media, it is not contemplating banning supermarket buy-one-get-one-free deals and special offers. It explained: “Rather, the CMA responded to a super-complaint from Which? in April 2015 and is currently working with businesses to ...
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Minister claims strong backing for electrification
There is near uniform agreement in government that vehicle electrification is the way forward to reduce emissions, according to Oliver Letwin, Cabinet Office minister for government policy. He was responding to questions from the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (EFRA) Select Committee. Letwin was invited to address the committee following ...
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Attempted robbery in Hampshire
Police in Hampshire are appealing for witnesses following the attempted robbery of a service station in Park Gate, Fareham. A man wearing a balaclava and carrying a blue carrier bag entered Locks Heath Service Station, on Bridge Road, at 3.30am on February 10. He approached the female shop assistant and ...
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HKS recruits former BP retail director
Former BP retail director Graham Sims has been appointed non-executive chairman of HKS Holdings to lead a new accelerated investment, growth and development strategy. HKS, which will be ranked sixth in the new Top 50 Indies published later this month, is owned by the Thakrar family and Graham commented: “I ...
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NewsFormer Esso retail boss Karen Dickens to join MRH as CEO
MRH (GB) has announced the appointment of Karen Dickens as chief executive officer of the company with effect from the 1st of March 2016. Karen has previously held a number of senior managerial positions within ExxonMobil Corporation, both in the UK and abroad, in a career spanning 29 years; her ...
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Bungling ram raiders steal empty ATM
A 27-year-old man has been arrested after a ram raid at the BP garage on the A134 in Sudbury, Suffolk, where a cashpoint machine was stolen. Suffolk Police were alerted around 2.40am on Tuesday 9 February, to reports of a ram raid at the premises on the Chilton Industrial Estate. ...
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Armed robber wields baseball bat
Avon and Somerset Police are appealing for information following an armed robbery at a petrol station in Taunton. The incident happened on Saturday February 6 at the Texaco petrol station on Wellington New Road shortly after 1.10pm. A man entered the petrol station shop and demanded that the woman behind ...
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Woman dies after forecourt collision
A woman has died and a man is seriously ill in hospital after a minor collision at a service station on the A27 near Lewes in East Sussex on Sunday February 7. Police said minor damage was caused to a blue Toyota Aygo and a silver Renault Kangoo with French ...
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ACS slams bid to justify Sunday trading change
Government attempts to justify relaxing Sunday trading regulations have been ridiculed by the Association of Convenience Stores (ACS), and it has called on MPs to reject the proposed change. The Department for Business (BIS) published its response to the consultation on liberalising Sunday Trading, but the ACS said it had ...
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NewsForecourt canopies battered by Storm Imogen
Forecourts took a battering in the 90mph winds of Storm Imogen with several having to close because of damage to their canopies. In Cheddar Valley, the Simply Fresh/BP site at Weare had to close at 1pm on Tuesday after the wind ripped a panel off the underside of the canopy. ...
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NewsSupermarkets’ share of fuel market falls
Growth in the supermarkets’ share of the UK fuel market stalled in 2015 for the first time in more than 15 years, even though they added 40 new sites last year. The latest data from Experian Catalist shows their market share in 2015 was 43.8%, fractionally down on the 43.9% ...
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Tanker driver not guilty over Tesco contamination
A man has been found not guilty of contaminating fuel which caused dozens of breakdowns for customers of a Tesco service station in Dorset. Prosecutors at Basildon Crown Court claimed a tanker driver, Jeffrey Wheeler, removed diesel from a tanker and replaced it with non-road fuel diesel in Essex at ...
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Positive vibes at Shell’s dealer conference as investment strengthens brand
Retailers are signing up to Shell in the UK because of the growing strength of the brand, which follows the company’s aspiration to be the number one global fuel retailer, according to David Moss, Shell UK’s general manager, retail. Addressing a large audience of dealers at the company’s annual conference ...
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Gunman robs Bracknell forecourt
Thames Valley Police is appealing for witnesses following the robbery of a petrol station in Bracknell. Shortly after 1.30am on February 3 a man entered the Esso garage, in Downshire Way, Priestwood. He removed what was appeared to be a firearm from his pocket, before demanding cash from a member ...
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Licence appeal wins costs
A forecourt retailer has won an extension to his alcohol licence and, unusually, a substantial contribution to his costs from the council, after he appealed against its refusal. Solicitors Winckworth Sherwood represented Mohan Samy, owner of Tudor Lodge Service Station, Middlesbrough, in an appeal against a decision by Middlesbrough ...
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Eight arrested over £3m fuel fraud
Men from Merseyside and Manchester have been arrested and 55,000 litres of fuel seized, as part of an investigation by HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) into a suspected fuel smuggling fraud worth an estimated £3m in evaded tax. HMRC officers searched one business and four domestic addresses in Knowsley, Liverpool, ...
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Car sales highest in January for 11 years
New car registrations in January in the UK climbed 2.9% compared with the same month in 2015, and were the highest in January for 11 years at 169,678 units. Private and business buyers drove this growth with demand for new cars up by 8.2% to 73,061 and 5.0% to 6,716 ...
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Service station provides village post office
A Yorkshire village post office has transferred to the local service station after the existing postmaster retired. Richard Horseman ran the post office in Strensall village near York for 28 years and when he announced his retirement, retailers Maggie and Pete Wilson stepped forward to save the service. The new ...