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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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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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Certas launches California holiday promotion
Certas Energy has launched a promotion for customers at Gulf service stations offering them the chance to win a holiday in California. Customers buying £25 worth of fuel at a participating Gulf forecourt until 31 January 2016 can enter by sending transaction details online or via text. Ramsay MacDonald, retail ...
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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 ...
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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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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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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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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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14 petrol stations sold for £30.9m
A portfolio of 14 petrol stations has been sold to a Middle Eastern investor for £30.9m. According to Property Magazine International, investment manager Aerium sold the portfolio to Shiekh Ahmed Bin Nasser Al-Thani, who was advised by Investra Capital. The sites are let to Co-operative Group for 12-years generating rent ...
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Supermarkets cut petrol to 99.9ppl
The four major supermarket groups have cut their petrol prices to below £1 per litre, with Morrisons, Tesco and Sainsbury’s also following Asda’s lead in introducing a price ceiling on petrol across their entire estates. The latest skirmish in the price war was sparked by Asda which announced that it ...
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Samurai sword used in robbery attempt
Police have arrested two men after an attempted robbery with a Samurai sword at a County Durham petrol station. The Bells Hill Service Station on the A690 at West Rainton was sealed off by police officers following the incident, which happened at about 2.50am on Wednesday December 9. A Durham ...
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Cap introduced on card fees
The Association of Convenience Stores (ACS) has welcomed the introduction of a cap on the fees that banks charge retailers for accepting debit and credit cards. The new rules state that interchange fees will be capped at 0.3% for credit card transactions and 0.2% on debit card transactions. ACS chief ...
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NewsPRA slams RAC price claims
The wholesale price of petrol has risen by over 1.3ppl since the start of this week, making the RAC’s claims that prices of £1 per litre will be commonplace by Christmas increasingly unlikely. This was the message from the PRA, which said the supermarkets cutting their prices to 99.9ppl for ...
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Floods close filling stations
A number of filling stations have been forced to close by the flooding that has occurred in Cumbria and Lancashire. There were reports that Shell Hardwick Circus, Sainsbury’s and Tesco in Carlisle had all been flooded, while a site owned by Top 50 Indie Hills Group and AUK’s Prizet Services ...
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Esso switch sparks volume growth
A County Durham dealer says moving his site to supply from Greenergy with Esso branding has helped to increase sales volumes by 22%. In January 2015, Ian Atkinson’s Ouston Service Station moved fuel supply from Jet after being with the group for more than 15 years. He said ...
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Private equity group buys 40% stake in Moto
Private equity group CVC Capital Partners has bought a 40% stake in the motorway services provider Moto from Universities Superannuation (USS). Moto has 45 locations throughout the country with more over 6,000 staff. Tim Moss, CEO of Moto, said: “I am very pleased that such an experienced investor ...
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ACS opposes Welsh tobacco measures
The Association of Convenience Stores (ACS) reiterated its opposition to proposals in the Public Health Bill to introduce a tobacco register for retailers ahead of a debate on the Bill in the National Assembly for Wales on December 8. ACS chief executive James Lowman said: “Compliance with tobacco regulations in ...
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Four arrested in tobacco fraud swoop
Three men and a woman have been arrested by HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) in connection with an investigation into a suspected £500,000 tobacco smuggling fraud. HMRC, accompanied by officers from Norfolk Police, Immigration Enforcement and trading standards, searched three business addresses, two private addresses and a storage unit in ...
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NewsAston Martin highlights new Gulf branding
Kiln Park Service Station on Marsh Road, Tenby, in South Wales, celebrated the launch of its new Gulf branding on Thursday December 3 with a visit from an Aston Martin racing car. The vehicle, which is branded Gulf, has 480 bhp engine producing 500 Nm torque. Customers and local residents ...
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Jet wins Co-op supply deal
Jet has been chosen as the fuel supplier for a new Co-operative forecourt and food store that opened on 3 December in Earlston in the Scottish Borders. The 3,700sq ft convenience store and 16 nozzle Jet filling station replaces the Co-operative food’s former outlet in the town. The site, which ...