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Chartman site runs Black Friday promotions
Tiverton Service Station in Devon is again embracing the annual Black Friday this November 27th with some deep one-off price cuts. The forecourt shop was recently refurbished, and now incorporates the town’s first Vaping counter, reflecting the switch away from cigarettes and into electronic vaping. Vaping tank starter kits will ...
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Autogas completes network revamp
Autogas is celebrating the completion of a major forecourt rebranding programme. The revamp was unveiled earlier this year and comprised a new brand intended to reflect the modern, clean approach to motoring that can be achieved by drivers making the switch to the cheaper fuel. As part of the £1m ...
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Murder attempt after incident at forecourt
Detectives in Scotland are investigating an attempted murder which occurred after an incident on a forecourt. They are appealing for witnesses after a man was knocked down following an argument on a forecourt in Clydebank on Tuesday 17 November. At about 11.20pm a 47-year-old man was outside the Shell service ...
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ACS calls for extension of rate discount
The Association of Convenience Stores (ACS) has responded to figures on business rate reliefs released by the Department for Communities and Local Government, calling for an extension of the business rate discount for small businesses. The figures show that local authorities granted £1,061m in relief under the Small Business Rate ...
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NewsSewell reopens site after £1.5m redevelopment
Sewell on the go is celebrating the reopening South Cave service station in East Yorkshire by offering customers the chance to “have Christmas on us”. Using its Your Rewards card, customers who spend £10 in store five times between November 16 and December 10, 2015, will be entered into a ...
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Welcome Break raises £625,000 for Children in Need
Motorway service provider Welcome Break has raised £625,000 for BBC’s Children in Need this year, thanks to the generosity of its customers and staff. Welcome Break has been a supporter of the charity for the past eight years, and the amount raised beat last year’s achievement of £575,000. This grand ...
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Garage group expands in Taunton
South West family-owned car sales group Helston Garages is expanding its foothold in Taunton following a deal steered by Colliers International. Currently located on three separate sites in the town, Helston has agreed a package with Taunton Deane Borough Council to switch its Jaguar, Land Rover and Volvo showrooms ...
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P&H merges delivery operations
Palmer and Harvey, the delivered wholesaler to many forecourts nationwide, has announced plans to merge its wholesale and direct vans sales teams, a move it says will bring increased benefits to independent retailers. Historically, there have been two separate sales operations. Palmer and Harvey’s wholesale sales offers delivery to store ...
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RAC launches comparison website for repairs
Nearly six out of 10 motorists (59%) claim to worry about hidden costs when booking their car into a garage for an MOT, service or repair. Research carried out by RAC Garage Compare found almost a quarter (24%) of those who admit to being fearful, describe themselves as being ...
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Car auction merger raises competition concerns
The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has warned that a takeover in the car auction market could cause competition concerns, and an in-depth investigation will be needed unless the concerns can be addressed. BCA Marketplace has acquired SMA Vehicle Remarketing and a preliminary investigation by the CMA found that BCA ...
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NewsPolice release CCTV after multiple fuel thefts
Hertfordshire Police have released CCTV images of a man they would like to speak with as part of investigations into multiple fuel thefts worth around £1,000 from Sainsbury’s petrol stations. Between April and October this year there have been nine offences at London Colney and three in Stevenage. On ...
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ACS backs Small Business Saturday
ACS is encouraging convenience store retailers to get involved in Small Business Saturday 2015, taking place this year on December 5th. Small Business Saturday UK is a grassroots, non-commercial campaign, which highlights small business success and encourages consumers to ‘shop local’ and support small businesses in their communities. The day ...
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NewsUnleaded dips below £1 per litre in Bristol
Unleaded petrol was on sale in Bristol for less than £1 a litre last weekend as the US warehouse club giant Costco opened its latest filling station at its branch in Avonmouth. When it opened unleaded petrol was priced at 99.9ppl, with diesel at 102.9ppl, although on Monday prices ...
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Hydrogen station reaches 1,000th refuel
The UK’s first hydrogen production and bus refuelling station in Aberdeen has reached a major milestone – its 1000th refuel. The refuelling station opened in March and provides fuel for what is claimed to be Europe’s largest fleet of hydrogen fuel cell buses running on the streets of the city. ...
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Nisa pushes EBITDA up
Nisa has reported it returned to profit in its latest half year with an EBITDA (earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, and amortisation) before exceptionals of £3.3m for the first half of 2015/16. This put the business £3.5m ahead of the same point last year, while sales volume have increased to ...
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Spar company wins consent for forecourt
Spar distributor and retailer James Hall has won planning permission to redevelop a car showroom with a petrol station, convenience store, car park and ATM at a site in North Yorkshire. Permission to redevelop Greaves Garage, on Garbutts Lane in Hutton Rudby, near Stokesley, was granted by Hambleton District Council. ...
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NewsChartman pilots recycling scheme for sector
Top 50 Indie Chartman Group has introduced aluminium can recycling facilities at its award-winning flagship Winning Post site at Haldon Hill on the A38 outside Exeter, in a pilot scheme for the forecourt sector. Chartman director Clive Sheppard said it had introduced three recycling bins to encourage more recycling on ...
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NewsForecourt owners win Bestway Awards
A forecourt shop in Leicester has won an award at Bestway Wholesale’s annual Retail Development Awards for the third year running. This year Kalpesh and Meeta Raja, who run the shop at Parker Drive Service Station in Beaumont Leys, were runners up for the best store in the entire northern ...
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ACS unveils new training package
The Association of Convenience Stores (ACS) is encouraging retailers to take advantage of a new platform to allow them to train their staff on Assured Advice. The platform, which has been developed by online learning company Bolt, will allow any ACS member to sign up to the Assured Advice scheme ...
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AA welcomes new car safety tests
The AA has welcomed European safety organisation Euro NCAP’s introduction of a new test that will check devices installed in vehicles to detect and prevent collisions with pedestrians. Many new cars now offer some form of Autonomous Emergency Braking (AEB) system that can help prevent car-to-car collisions, but only some ...