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Price cuts expected as cost of oil falls
Cuts of 3ppl in average petrol prices by Christmas, with diesel down 5ppl are being predicted by the RAC following significant falls in the price of oil, and the big four supermarket groups all knocking 2ppl off their prices. The motorists’ organisation said this meant prices of £1 per litre ...
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Hydrogen station development deal
The hydrogen fuel company ITM Power has signed a deal for siting and business development of both hydrogen refuelling stations and hydrogen energy systems with Ove Arup & Partners. Arup is a leading firm of designers, planners, engineers, consultants and technical specialists working across the built environment. The collaboration will ...
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NewsRocket and feather pricing a ’myth’, fuel industry tells Fair Fuel inquiry
Representatives of key elements of the road fuels industry came out in force in London yesterday to give evidence to the All-Party Parliamentary Group for Fair Fuel for motorists and hauliers, and were unanimous in refuting claims of ‘rocket and feather’ pricing. The meeting was led by James McCartney, Conservative ...
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Fuel fraudsters told to pay back £6.9m
Three men jailed for 13 years for their part in a multi-million pound fuel and VAT fraud have been ordered to pay back almost £6.9m or face more time behind bars. Michael Wilmot, 73, led the Lincolnshire gang that was jailed in July 2014 after an investigation by HM Revenue ...
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Worker in hospital after suspected robbery
A member of staff injured in a suspected robbery at Blurton Filling Station, Stoke-on-Trent, had to be treated in hospital. Staffordshire Police said a 29-year-old man had been arrested on suspicion of robbery following an incident at the BP branded site. Police were called to the location just after 4.10am ...
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NewsCanadian giant buys Topaz
Topaz Energy Group, Ireland’s largest convenience and fuel retailer, is being taken over by the Canadian convenience and fuel retailing giant Alimentation Couche-Tard, in a deal believed to worth about €450m (£324m). The two companies have signed an agreement that will lead to the acquisition by the Canadian company of ...
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New car sales return to growth
Registrations of new cars in the UK returned to growth in November, following the first decline in 44 months in October, according to figures released by The Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT). A total of 178,876 cars were registered in the month, an increase of 3.8% over November ...
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UK reaffirms drive for zero emission cars
The Government has reaffirmed the UK’s commitment for almost all cars and vans to be zero emission by 2050 at the international climate conference in Paris this week. The UK was one of 13 international members of the Zero Emission Vehicle (ZEV) Alliance to sign a commitment to promote cleaner ...
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Diesel at lowest level for six years
November was a landmark month for the UK fuel market, according to the RAC, with both the lowest average pump price for diesel in six years and the first widespread sight of petrol being sold for less than £1 a litre since Summer 2009. RAC Fuel Watch data for November ...
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Gulf recruits seven new members
Gulf has attracted seven more independently owned forecourts to join its network with a combined annual volume of more than 20 million litres. The Gulf brand is supplied by Certas Energy, which says it is attracting an increasing number of dealers to its network in Britain, and they now total ...
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Asda opening offer below £1 per litre
Asda’s newest petrol station in Highbridge, Somerset, opened on Wednesday, December 2, with petrol priced at 99.7ppl and 103.7ppl for diesel for the first three days of business. The new unmanned eight-pump petrol station, which accepts credit and debit cards only, has been built in place of the small residents’ ...
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Tobacco tax fraudster jailed for 12 months
A Rochdale man, who tried to blame a “man in the pub” for his illegal cigarette hoard in a £57,000 tax fraud, has been jailed for 12 months. Unemployed, Andrew Longbottom, 53, of Wardle, Rochdale, was caught in 2013 by HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) officers, who discovered he had ...
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AA finds reluctance over electric vehicles
Only one in eleven AA members buying a car in the next three years would consider going electric or hybrid, according to an AA-Populus poll responded to by 27, 662 members. Of those considering changing their car in the next three years (23,067) the choices were: 50% petrol; ...
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Ad campaign against drinking and driving
The government has launched a new campaign to tackle drink driving, targeting those who do not recognise that even a small number of drinks before driving can be deadly. It urges everyone to Think! before drinking and driving. New adverts highlight how a second drink can double the chance of ...
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NewsUnsafe tankers banned as new defects found
Seventy fuel tankers that do not meet safety standards are finally going to be banned from British roads and forecourts more than two years after the problem was first reported, transport minister Andrew Jones has admitted. And he also revealed that other tankers that have been certified in the UK ...
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NewsCouple take on revamped Maxol site
The Maxol service station on the Glendermott Road in the Waterside area of Londonderry has reopened its doors to customers following an extensive refurbishment. The convenience and forecourt destination has been taken over and reopened by husband and wife Alan and Val Rodden. The station has been refurbished to include ...
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Robbers steal safe from filling station
Detectives have appealed for information after masked robbers stole a safe from a service station in Durham. The robbery happened at the Jet garage in Bowburn, Durham, at around 12.15am on Monday, November 30. A female shop assistant was at the rear of the premises when she was confronted by ...
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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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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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BOSS achieves major target
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 ...