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UK car makers distance themselves from emissions scandal
The UK car makers trade association has tried to reassure British motorists following the scandal in the US where Volkswagen had admitted it cheated in emission tests. In a statement the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT) said: “The UK automotive industry understands the concerns consumers may have following ...
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NewsAsda cuts unleaded price below diesel
Two months after supermarkets cut diesel prices below unleaded petrol Asda has been the first to restore petrol’s position as the cheaper fuel. Effective from today (Wednesday 23rd September) Asda is cutting the price of unleaded by 2ppl, making its national price cap105.7ppl on unleaded while diesel remains at 107.7ppl. ...
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Greenergy appoints new head of dealer and independent retail
Greenergy has announced the appointment of Andrew Cannell as the company’s new head of dealer and independent retail. The new role has been created in order to provide continued focus on growth and innovation for customers.Cannell joined Greenergy as a territory manager in September 2014 when Greenergy became the fuel ...
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Welcome Break invests £1.7m at services
Motorway service operator Welcome Break has just completed a £1.7m refurbishment of the Days Inn Milton Keynes hotel at its Newport Pagnell site, located between junction 14 and 15 of the M1. The site, which was the first service station accessible to all traffic in the UK, also received ...
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NewsGloucester Services wins Forecourt Trader of the Year
Gloucester Services has become the first motorway site to win the top prize at the prestigious Forecourt Trader of the Year Awards, held at the London Hilton Park Lane. On a sell-out glittering night hosted by TV celebrity Alexander Armstrong, and with a space-themed backdrop, Laurence King, managing director of ...
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Industry praised for pursuit of excellence
The petrol retailing industry was praised for its relentless pursuit of new opportunities, innovation and service excellence at the Forecourt Trader of the Year Awards. Ramsay MacDonald, retail director of the event’s principal sponsor Certas Energy, told a sell-out audience that the Forecourt Trader Awards are the UK’s premier ...
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Shell boss cannot see when low prices will end
Royal Dutch Shell chief executive Ben van Beurden has told the BBC that a recovery in the price of oil is hard to foresee. Speaking on BBC Radio 4’s Today programme, he said: “It is a very, very volatile business in terms of supply and demand. The oil price ...
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Two men jailed for armed robbery at petrol station
Two men have been jailed for taking part in an armed robbery at a Bradford petrol station, but a cashier who was accused of being part of the plot was cleared. Former soldier Kane Harrison, 22, and 23-year-old Anthony Davey, were involved in a plot to steal £30,000 from ...
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First public access hydrogen refuelling station opens
The UK’s first public access hydrogen refuelling station has been opened by energy storage and clean fuel company ITM Power at the Advanced Manufacturing Park, just off the M1, Junction 33 in South Yorkshire, funded by InnovateUK. During the event ITM Power also announced an agreement to deploy a ...
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Research undermines Sunday trading plans
Research conducted for the Association of Convenience Stores by independent think tank the Social Market Foundation has found that the Government has failed to apply the family test to its plans to liberalise Sunday trading regulations. The family test was introduced in 2014 by the Prime Minister, who launched guidance ...
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Pair raid Wrexham service station
North Wales Police are appealing for information after a service station near Wrexham was robbed in the early hours of Saturday morning (September 12). The incident happened at around 3.30am at the Esso Service Station in Rhostyllen. Two men in their late twenties, one armed with a hammer, made off ...
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Motorway services safety slammed
Too many motorway service areas are a mess of conflicting signs, worn-away road markings and bewildering road layouts, according to a survey by the Road Safety Markings Association (RSMA). The survey assessed the external layout of 85 motorway service areas, including two criteria for pedestrians: amenity (are walkways in place); ...
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Synergy rolled out to dealers
The roll-out of Esso’s new Synergy forecourt and fuel branding has continued with its first appearance on a dealership supplied by Greenergy under its branded wholesaler agreement with Esso. Shailesh Parekh said his Midland Link site in Birmingham had been an Esso forecourt for nearly five years and was coming ...
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NewsRAC claims on diesel security rejected
Greenergy has reassured the industry about the security of diesel supplies after the RAC warned there is a possibility that pumps in the UK could run out of diesel because of the growing reliance on imports. The RAC pointed to UK’s increasing need to import diesel as diesel demand has ...
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Chargepoint chain opens
Transport minister Andrew Jones visited the Eden Project in Cornwall on August 6 to open the first rapid plug-in car chargepoint at the site, part of 16 being installed across Devon and Cornwall this summer.The public will be able to use the new infrastructure to charge their plug-in cars in ...
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Robbers steal cashbox on forecourt
A cash box has been stolen after a security worker was threatened at a service station in Middleton, Greater Manchester. At 2.25pm on Monday 14 September, the worker got out of the van after parking at Middleton Service Station on Oldham Road and she was approached by two men. One ...
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Cashier involved in card scam is spared prison
A garage cashier has narrowly avoided jail for his part in a fuel-card cloning scam in which £30,000 of petrol and diesel was stolen from forecourts across Birmingham.Khaled Abdulkawi cloned at least 46 cards at the Esso Falcon Service Station, Halesowen, and passed them to accomplices who topped up their ...
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Londis prepares for carrier bag levy
Londis has developed dedicated in-store pos displays to prepare retailers and shoppers in England for the carrier bag levy. From Monday 5 October, as part of the Government’s policy to reduce waste, a minimum 5p charge for single use carrier bags comes into force in England for retailers with over ...
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Tax experts back retailers over vapour recovery
Tax experts have strongly supported the case for fuel retailers to receive refunds for fuel removed by oil company’s vapour recovery equipment during deliveries. The case is argued by the Chartered Institute of Taxation (CIOT), the leading professional body in the UK concerned solely with taxation, in its response to ...