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Sainsbury’s is rated favourite fuel retailer
Sainsbury’s has become the UK’s preferred petrol retailer with 52% of those surveyed choosing it for its exceptional service and experience, according to an independent study by consumer intelligence firm, Market Force Information. A survey of 5,900 consumers in June 2015 asked participants to evaluate petrol-retailers on the experience delivered, ...
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Euro Garages secures new finance deal
Euro Garages has agreed a new finance package with a syndicate of banks to support its deals to acquire 172 sites from Esso and Shell, which were announced in March and April Mohsin Issa, managing director of Euro Garages, said: "Our new financial arrangement marks a milestone moment for Euro ...
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Phase two plans for Cornwall Services
Cornwall Services has marked its first birthday by confirming phase two of the service station development, with construction planned to commence early next year.This will include a 70-bed hotel with restaurant, tourist information centre, dedicated dog walking area and an outdoor picnic/play area.The service station, which includes an MRH forecourt, ...
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Chance to vote for your champion
It’s time to start voting for this year’s Retailer Champion, the special award supported by the principal sponsor of the Forecourt Trader Awards, Certas Energy. From a list of six nominations, you can vote for the person you think is blazing a trail in the forecourt retailing industry. Go to ...
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Campaign to keep Sunday trading regs
The Association of Convenience Stores (ACS) and the National Federation of Retail Newsagents (NFRN) have called on members to write to their MPs explaining the negative impact that proposed changes to Sunday Trading regulations would have on their business and asking them to raise the issue with the Prime Minister." ...
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Spar forecourt growth A Rontec forecourt store in Slough has become the 100th new Spar store supplied by Blakemore Trade Partners since the start of its 2014/15 financial year. Blakemore Trade Partners has also begun to fulfil its Spar contract with Euro Garages, so far servicing eight sites, but by ...
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HMRC introduces new kit in fight against illicit fuel
HMRC has started the roll-out of new road-side fuel-testing equipment across the UK to tackle the trade in illicit diesel. It will be used to check fuel both at the roadside and on dealers’ forecourts. Treasury minister Damian Hinds visited Belfast and Newry as HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) unveiled ...
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Enlarged Rontec signs £1bn fuel deal with BP
Rontec has signed a £1bn supply deal with BP following its merger with Snax 24.The merger formally brings together Gerald Ronson’s two fuel retailing businesses, although for the purposes of the Forecourt Trader Top 50 Indies, they have chosen a united listing since 2014, and are currently ranked third with ...
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Sunderland site robbed
Police are appealing for information after a robbery at a petrol filling station in Sunderland. At around midnight on Thursday, July 30, a man went into the BP petrol station in Pennywell and demanded staff hand over cash from the till. A cashier handed over a small amount ...
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TV show seeking footage from petrol stations
One of the latest TV shows is looking for contributions from fuel retailers. Caught on Camera: Britain Sees Red is a light-hearted show about situations caught on camera in which people lose their cool. Leticia Meruvia, who works on the show, said: “There are a variety of cases in which ...
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Raid uncovers fake vodka
An illegal alcohol factory, containing 130,000 litres of potentially toxic fake vodka, worth £1.7m in unpaid duty, was uncovered in an industrial unit in Widnes on Friday, 31 July. During a joint operation HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC), Cheshire Police and trading standards officers seized: 130 x ...
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Consultation starts on Sunday Trading changes
The Department for Business and the Department for Communities and Local Government have published a full consultation on plans to allow local authorities and metro mayors to increase the hours that larger shops can open on Sundays. Association of Convenience Stores chief executive James Lowman said: “By pressing on ...
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Robbers burn down forecourt shop
Robbers set fire to a petrol filling station shop at Spaldwick in Cambridgeshire after smashing their way in with an axe. There was a lone male member of staff working at Spaldwick Service Station, and the shop was closed, when the attackers struck at around 3.30am on Monday August 3. ...
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Car tax changes will increase emissions warns AA
Take-up of low emission vehicles is likely to be much lower due to a change in the car tax, according to a survey of AA members. Almost three out of every five AA members (59%) who responded say there will be little or no incentive to buy low CO2 ...
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NewsRAC reports 5ppl drop in diesel prices for July
The average price of diesel at the pumps fell 5ppl last month, according to RAC Fuel Watch data. The motoring organisation’s latest report shows that at the start of the month diesel was 120.63ppl, but by the end it had dropped almost 5p to 115.74ppl. On Wednesday July 29, the ...
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Tobacco smugglers jailed
The driver of a coach and his only passenger have each been jailed for 12 months, after 900kgs of raw leaf tobacco was found hidden behind a false wall inside a shower in the vehicle they were travelling in. Uldis Krievkalns, 50, and Vilnis Skunstins, 54, were intercepted by Border ...
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NewsSainsbury’s voted UK’s favourite petrol retailer
Sainsbury’s has become the UK’s preferred petrol retailer with 52% of those surveyed choosing it for its exceptional service and experience, according to an independent study by consumer intelligence firm, Market Force Information. A survey of 5,900 consumers in June 2015 asked participants to evaluate petrol-retailers on the experience delivered, ...
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Consultation starts on living wage
The Association of Convenience Stores has urged the Low Pay Commission to fully consider the impact of the national living wage on local shops and other businesses after a consultation was published seeking views on the issue. The Commission’s consultation asks for views on the future rate of the National ...
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Jet celebrates Silverstone involvement
Jet is celebrating its second year as the Official Fuel Partner of Silverstone Classic, which took place from 24 to 26 July 2015. This year marked the 25th anniversary of the world-famous motoring festival and Jet’s involvement was greater than in 2014. Despite the unwelcome British weather, the event ...
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Certas donates carrier bag money to charity
Certas Energy has donated £1,677 from the sale of plastic bags at its 21 company owned filling stations across mainland Scotland (during October 2014 to April 2015), to the Stroke Association in Scotland. In October 2014, the Scottish Government took a stand against litter with the introduction of a ...