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National Minimum Wage increases
From October 1 the National Minimum Wage rate increased by 20p to £6.70 per hour for employees over the age of 21 – an above inflation increase of 3%. Additionally, the hourly rate for 18-20 year old employees rose by 17p to £5.30 and for under 18s, the rate ...
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Greenergy recruits West Sussex sites
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. This January the Patel brothers moved fuel supply for their Hangleton Hove site after 10 years ...
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Spar retailers urged to ’take a fresh look’
Taking a fresh look at your business to maximise its potential was the key message at this year’s Blakemore Trade Partners Spar Retail Show, held this week at the Telford International Centre. The event encompassed a conference, dinner and trade show, with leading Spar retailers showcasing their success alongside ...
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ITM Power in deal for fleet operators
Hydrogen filling station provider ITM Power has signed an agreement with Symbio FCell and Arcola Energy to provide an integrated package of zero emission commercial vehicles, on-site fuel and after-sales support for UK commercial fleet operators. The agreement is to work together to provide fleet customers with the assurance ...
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Maxol launches charity fund raiser
The Maxol Group has launched its 2015 Wash for Wishes carwash fundraising campaign, as part of the company’s charity partnership with Make-A-Wish UK. Wash for Wishes Carwash Week runs until Wednesday 7th October, and Maxol aims to surpass the £7,500 figure raised previously. It is encouraging motorists to ...
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Esso celebrates official launch of Synergy
Esso this week marked the official launch of the new Synergy Fuels brand with a celebratory evening at London’s UnderGlobe. The event featured McClaren-Honda Formula One driver and former 2009 World Champion Jenson Button; War of the Worlds composer Jeff Wayne, and performances by dance troupe UDI, Britain’s Got Talent ...
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Appointment at Fuel Card Services
Fuel Card Services has appointed Russ Kenyon as head of group sales, as part of its strategy to continue the growth of recent years. Based in Leeds, he will oversee customer sales and retention for Fuel Card Services, The Fuelcard People, Dieselink and Bunkercard. Steve Chesworth, Fuel Card Services ...
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Armed robber jailed for 8 years
A man has been jailed for eight years for holding up a filling station in Clackmannanshire, Scotland. Mark Adair donned a balaclava and threatened a cashier with an imitation pistol at Menstrie Filling Station on 28 December, 2014. He fled with £100, but was caught by police after his ...
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1.2 million UK cars affected in VW scandal
Volkswagen has announced that nearly 1.2 million of its vehicles sold in the UK are fitted with the software behind the emissions scandal. It includes diesel-powered cars with the VW brand, Audi, Seat and Skoda as well as VW commercial vehicles. In the next few days the company ...
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Sainsbury’s launches month-long fuel deal
Sainsbury’s is launching a month-long promotion on fuel which it claims is equivalent to a discount of 5ppl. From Thursday October 1 until Saturday October 31, customers can collect 10 Nectar points for every litre of fuel purchased. This compares with the usual rate of one Nectar point per litre. ...
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NewsCertas opens redeveloped Harefield OIl Terminal
Advance Fuels, part of Certas Energy, has celebrated the formal opening its redeveloped Harefield Oil Terminal, at Uxbridge, west London. The £1m project is one of the largest developments commissioned by Certas Energy. The terminal is now the second largest fuelling facility to the west of Greater London, with ...
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UNITI expo expands capacity of venue
Extra space has been added to the capacity of next year’s UNITI expo after the space allocated for equipment exhibitors sold out. The organisers of the event, which will take place from 14 to 16 of June 2016 in Stuttgart, have added an additional hall for exhibitors from the areas ...
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RAC calls for tighter emissions tests
The RAC has called for tighter testing of emissions from car engines and on fuel economy claims following the scandal over Volkswagen’s attempt to cheat in US tests. RAC chief engineer David Bizley said: “In light of the emissions tests revelations, car buyers need to be given absolute confidence in ...
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Ram-raiders reduce garage building to rubble
Ram-raiders using a JCB digger and a forklift truck have reduced a Cambridgeshire petrol station building to rubble in a bid to steal a cash machine. The would-be thieves - four men dressed in black - struck at the service station in East Delph, Whittlesey at 02:55 on Tuesday September ...
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Thieves blow cash machine to pieces
Greater Manchester Police are investigating after thieves blew apart a cash machine on a service station forecourt, in one of two attacks on ATMs on the same night. At 3.25am on Friday 25 September, police were called following reports of a loud bang outside the Texaco-branded Partington Service Station on ...
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Two sites lose rural rebate after HMRC blunder
A filling station owner in the Yorkshire Dales is furious after his site is one of two that have had the rural fuel tax rebate scheme withdrawn. Blundering tax officials claim it was granted in error. HM Revenue & Customs has written to Aysgarth Garage and Woodhall Service Station telling ...
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Regus opens first site on M56
Regus, the workspace provider, has opened the doors to its first Regus Express location on the M56 motorway, at Chester motorway service area. The workplace is designed to cater for the needs of mobile workers, local home-based professionals and business travellers. It features a drop-in business lounge with free, secure ...
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Chartman in touch with World Cup
Top 50 Indie Chartman Group made the most of the opportunity presented by Rugby World Cup matches being played around the country.The group’s flagship Winning Post Store, at Haldon Hill on the A38 outside Exeter, was comprehensively decked out in Heineken colours to promote the drinks company’s Rugby World Cup ...
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Offer LPG cars in UK says UKLPG
Car manufacturers are being encouraged to reintroduce LPG-powered models to their UK ranges as concerns about vehicle emissions and air quality problems have grown following the scandal of Volkswagen’s fixing of emission tests. In Europe more than 17 vehicle manufacturers offer LPG-powered models, but none offers LPG variants in their ...
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in brief
Motorists are increasingly buying their fuel little and often, rather like the trend away from big shops at supermarkets in favour of top-up shopping, according to the latest report by him! research and consulting. In its Symbol Forecourt Focus, it reports increasing numbers of motorists are saying they are leaving ...