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Jempson’s 99.9ppl deal beats rivals
Family owned Jempson’s Supermarket at Peasmarsh in East Sussex has taken a lead on pricing as some retailers have offered petrol at less than £1-a-litre on short-term deals. HKS and Costco Bristol ran two-day offers and Asda had a three-day deal, but Jempson’s cut unleaded to 99.9ppl and diesel to ...
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Event showcases £1.1m site refurb
Jos Richardson & Son has celebrated a £1.1m refurbishment with an open day at the re-opening of its BP forecourt, Spar convenience store and Subway at York Road Garage, Escrick, between Selby and York in North Yorkshire.The official cutting of the ribbon was performed by Charles Forbes Adam, owner of ...
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MRH threatened with inquiry over Esso sites
Competition authorities have warned the number one Top 50 Indie MRH that it could face a full scale inquiry because of concerns caused by its acquisition of a tranche of 78 sites from Esso, in a deal agreed in March. The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has told MRH it ...
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NewsFirst Essar-branded site opens in UK
The first Essar-branded forecourt in the UK has opened at a site owned by Top 50 Indie HKS at Coalville in Leicestershire, and Essar says it has many more planned across the country. Essar Oil (UK) is an arm of the Indian multinational conglomerate Essar Group and owns the Stanlow ...
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Low emission vehicles keep support
The Government will continue to support the development and sale of ultra-low emission vehicles (ULEVs) the Chancellor George Osborne said in his Autumn Budget Statement. He announced continued support for uptake and manufacturing of ULEVs, with £600m capital available for investment during 2015-20. The Government aims for all new cars ...
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Costcutter rolls out social media training
Costcutter Supermarkets Group is rolling out its social media training programme to all its retailers in 2016, following a pilot programme which saw members drive increased sales. Initially focusing on Facebook, the social media training programme is aimed at equipping Costcutter Supermarkets Group’s retailers with the tools and knowledge ...
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Thieves break in to forecourt shop
Thames Valley Police is appealing for witnesses following a burglary at a service station in Buckingham. At approximately 3am on Monday November 23, offenders forced entry to the shop at the petrol station in London Road. The offenders gained entry after smashing a glass door and then continued to break ...
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Esso and BP sign reciprocal card deal
Esso and BP have agreed a reciprocal fuel card deal which will enable BP Plus fuel cards to be used at Esso sites and for Esso fuel cards to be used at BP sites, starting in 2016. There are approximately 1,200 BP forecourts in the UK, which will increase ...
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Refit and re-branding boost turnover
A Lincolnshire forecourt owner says fuel volumes have risen by more than 25% after a refit and re-branding of his site. Peter Baxter, proprietor of Ruskington Service Station, near Sleaford, recently undertook a full pumps, pipes and tanks refurbishment before re-opening in late September. With a more flexible pump layout ...
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Asda offers 99.7ppl for three days
After an independent supermarket cut its petrol to below £1 a litre on Monday, Asda has cut the price of leaded petrol to 99.7ppl for a three-day period, with diesel down to 103.7ppl. Asda had previously stated it would not be taking part in Black Friday price cutting and claimed ...
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Gulf customer wins Mini Cooper
Gulf customer Ian Jackson, who lives in Denny, Falkirk, has won the star prize in Gulf’s recent forecourt promotion, a Mini Cooper. Ian collected his new Mini Cooper, liveried in the blue and orange Gulf branding, from his local Gulf forecourt - Haugh’s Filling Station - on Glasgow Road, Denny, ...
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NewsPRA welcomes police budget decision
The PRA has welcomed the Chancellor’s announcement in his Autumn Spending Review that police budgets would be maintained. With forecourt crime costing an estimated £40m a year, petrol retailers across England and Wales have been threatened by cash-strapped police authorities that they might refuse to investigate ‘drive-offs’ and other forecourt ...
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NewsPRA welcomes police budget decision
The PRA has welcomed the Chancellor’s announcement in his Autumn Spending Review that police budgets would be maintained. With forecourt crime costing an estimated £40m a year, petrol retailers across England and Wales have been threatened by cash-strapped police authorities that they might refuse to investigate ‘drive-offs’ and other forecourt ...
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Welcome Breaks partners Ed’s Easy Diner
Motorway service provider Welcome Break has entered a partnership with retro-American diner chain Ed’s Easy Diner. The first Ed’s Easy Diner site will launch at South Mimms, located on junction 23 of the M25 in Hertfordshire, in early 2016. This will coincide with the unveiling of the new Ramada hotel, ...
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Man arrested during HMRC crackdown in Somerset
An operation to disrupt the sale and supply of illegal tobacco and alcohol in Somerset led to the arrest of one man, and uncovered more than 45,000 cigarettes and over 80 litres of spirits. Officers from HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC), working with Devon and Somerset trading standards, Avon ...
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Police release CCTV after attempted robbery
Leicestershire Police have released CCTV image of a suspect they want to question in relation to attempted armed robbery at a forecourt shop. At around 9.15pm on Saturday 31 October, a man entered the Brobot Petroleum site in Thorpe Road, Melton Mowbray. He demanded cash and threatened a member of ...
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Independent takes petrol down to 99.9ppl
Prices have been cut to 99.9ppl on unleaded and 103.9ppl for diesel at the Jet service station run by the family owned Jempson’s Supermarket at Peasmarsh, near Rye in East Sussex. The prices were introduced on Monday November 23 and director Stephen Jempson said they had not set a time ...
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Oil4Wales buys two filling stations
Oil distribution company Oil 4 Wales has bought two service stations in south Wales - the Globe Garage in Porthcawl and Maesteg 24/7. It said the deal was part of expansion plans which have recently seen the company open its sixth depot in Three Cocks, Brecon. Oil4Wales supplies fuel to ...
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BOSS total recovered tops £2m
BOSS; the British Oil Security Syndicate, has now recovered more than £2m on behalf of its members through the BOSS Payment Watch scheme, which helps retailers reduce losses from people claiming to have No Means of Payment for fuel taken. Kevin Eastwood, executive director at BOSS, said: “Being able to ...
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NewsPump prices predicted to fall
The AA and RAC are both predicting that prices at the pumps will fall in the run-up to Christmas, and could hit a new low for the year. However, while the RAC says it is likely the most price-conscious retailers may dip below £1 per litre, the AA says prospects ...