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ACS urges simplification of business rates
ACS has called on the Government to ensure that the business rates appeals system is simple and accessible for retailers. It was responding to the Department for Communities and Local Government (DCLG)’s consultation on proposed changes to the business rates appeals system, which was launched in November by high streets ...
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NewsSupermarkets follow indies diesel price cuts
More than a fortnight after independents began selling diesel for less than a pound per litre the UK’s four supermarket giants have followed their lead. Independent supermarket and fuel retailer Jempson’s was one of the first to dip below £1 per litre, cutting diesel to 99.7ppl on December 17. The ...
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Knife raider strikes at Runcorn service station
Cheshire Police are appealing for information following an armed robbery at a a petrol station in Runcorn. The incident occurred at the petrol station on Victoria Road, Runcorn, at approximately 7pm on Tuesday 22nd December. A man went to the counter where he threatened a member of staff with a ...
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NewsGreenergy increases stake in former Coryton site
Greenergy has secured deals which will further cement its position as the UK’s biggest provider of wholesale fuels in the UK. The deals with Royal Vopak involve stepping up its involvement at Thames Oilport – the site of the former Coryton Oil refinery on the estuary of the River Thames ...
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Floods bring mixed fortunes
The recent flooding in Cumbria, which has again struck in several areas, has brought mixed fortunes for service stations. While some have only just been getting back into business, and others had to close for short periods at the peak of the floods, sites nearby who have been able to ...
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Morrisons renews BOSS membership
Morrisons has renewed its membership with BOSS and its Payment Watch scheme. The supermarket group began working with the BOSS Payment Watch scheme in October 2014 with the scheme operating on several forecourts throughout the UK. BOSS’s debt recovery scheme is a co-ordinated system for recovering financial losses incurred by ...
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NewsIndependent cuts diesel to 99.7ppl
An independent retailer, who hit the headlines at the start of the year after cutting petrol down to 99.7ppl, has gained more publicity after cutting diesel to 99.7ppl. Velautham Sarveswaran, who runs three Harvest-branded sites in the Midlands with his wife, Ananthi, cut prices at his sites in Birmingham, Redditch ...
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Certas Energy re-signs top 60 for year
Gulf has secured four re-signs bringing total re-signs to Certas Energy in 2015 to about 60 sites. The resigns are: Think One, Wokingham, Berkshire; Fromebridge Service Station, Whitminster, Gloucestershire; Wild Goose Garage, Dursley, Gloucestershire; and Woodlands Garage, Smallfield, Surrey. The retention of these sites equates to ...
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£10,000 reward offered to catch robber
The independent crime-fighting charity Crimestoppers and the Association of Convenience Stores (ACS) are offering a reward of up to £10,000 for information on a man responsible for a spate of robberies across Birmingham and the Black Country. The area has seen a total of 12 robberies committed over an eight-month ...
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Landmark Greggs store at Euro Garages site
Euro Garages’ site at Shinfield, Reading, has become the home of the 100th franchised Greggs shop. Ilyas Munshi, commercial director for Euro Garages, said: “We are proud of our strategic partnership with Greggs. The brand has proved to be popular with our forecourt customers and people with busy lifestyles in ...
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Investment by c-store sector increases
Investment levels in the convenience store sector have recovered slightly over the last three months after a fall in the summer. According to the Association of Convenience Stores’ (ACS) Investment Tracker, which surveys over 1,200 independent retailers and a number of multiple operators, in the three months of September to ...
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Plug-in car grant extended
The government has announced a long-term extension to the plug-in car grant, backed by a £400m package to treble the number of ultra low emission vehicles (ULEVs) on Britain’s roads. The grant was due to end in March next year but its lifetime has been extended to the end of ...
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Inquiry into business rates changes
The Association of Convenience Stores (ACS) has welcomed the announcement of a Communities and Local Government Select Committee inquiry into the Government’s proposals to devolve rate setting powers to local authorities. The inquiry will examine the Government’s proposals to allow local authorities to retain 100% of the full stock of ...
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Autogas welcomes new clean air zones
Autogas has welcomed plans announced by the Government for the introduction of five Clean Air Zones in Birmingham, Leeds, Nottingham, Derby and Southampton. The zones are designed to help improve air quality and bring the UK into line with EU nitrogen oxide targets, and the proposals will not affect private ...
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NewsAA accuses refiners of profiteering
Refiners and commodity market players are being accused of profiting at the expense of retailers and consumers by not passing on the full benefits of lower oil prices. According to the AA, over the past three weeks the average weekly oil price has fallen 11.8%, from $44.1 a barrel to ...
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Morrisons pilot on MFG site opens
The first Morrisons convenience store on a Motor Fuel Group (MFG) site has been launched in Crewe. The store is the first of five pilot stores which are planned for MFG sites. The shop will be branded with a new fascia, ‘Morrisons Daily’ using a logo that has been trialled ...
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EU emission relaxation rejected by MEPs
The European Parliament’s environment committee has rejected proposed new EU standards for diesel car emissions, arguing that they are not strict enough. The MEPs approved a resolution saying that the proposal to raise diesel car emission limits for nitrogen oxides (NOx) by up to 110% as part of the introduction ...
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Derbyshire Police clampdown on drive-offs
Police in South Derbyshire are clamping down on the theft of fuel and warning motorists that they could face prosecution if they drive off without paying for fuel. The warnings came after a rise in drive-offs across the district. Officers from the Safer Neighbourhood teams are visiting forecourts in the ...
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Congestion charge waived for hydrogen van
ULEMCo, a company championing the use of ultra-low emission hydrogen fuelled vehicles, has won a 100% Congestion Charge discount for a Ford Transit it converted to dual fuel. A converted 2.2L Ford Transit was tested and found to meet Transport for London (TfL) requirements for a 100% discount based on ...
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NewsRAC calls for diesel price cuts
The RAC is urging supermarkets to cut their diesel prices to those of petrol, or even below, because wholesale prices of diesel are 3ppl less than petrol. It warns that if they don’t “they are in danger of being seen to take the country’s 11m diesel car drivers and Britain’s ...