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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 ...
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Autogas revamp provides ’fresh’ appeal
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 investment programme, ...
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Jennifer wins sales assistant awards
Forecourt sales assistant Jennifer Kerr beat off strong competition to take the top honours at this year’s Sales Assistant of the Year Awards, organised by Forecourt Trader’s sister magazine Convenience Store. Jennifer, who works for Spar Saintfield Road in Lisburn, Northern Ireland,was presented with the award at this week’s ceremony, ...
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Essar brand makes debut on HKS site
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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News in brief
E d’s welcomed Motorway service provider Welcome Break has entered into 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. Pricing service New signs showing the ...
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NWF buys supply firm
NWF Group has acquired Staffordshire Fuels, a 32mlpa fuel distribution business operating in Staffordshire and the West Midlands, for an undisclosed sum. Staffordshire Fuels was established in 1996, operates a fleet of seven tankers, and is an approved supplier of Phillips 66 fuel, branded as Jet, based near Stone in ...
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Xmas treats as Sewell re-opens South Cave
Sewell on the go is celebrating the re-opening of 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 the store five times between November 16 and December 10, 2015, will be entered ...
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Chartman hopes that can recycling will be UK-wide
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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PRA praises continued police funds
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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EG sets new Subway goal
Euro Garages has set a new target of having 175 Subway stores across its estate by the end of 2016. It made the announcement as it opened the 100th Subway on a Euro Garages site at Holtspur Service Station in Beaconsfield, Buckinghamshire. The store marks the completion of Euro Garages’ ...
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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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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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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 ...