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Thieves break in to forecourt shop
Thames Valley Police is appealing for witnesses following a burglary at a service station in Buckingham. At approximately 3am on Monday November 23, offenders forced entry to the shop at the petrol station in London Road. The offenders gained entry after smashing a glass door and then continued to break ...
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Costcutter rolls out social media training
Costcutter Supermarkets Group is rolling out its social media training programme to all its retailers in 2016, following a pilot programme which saw members drive increased sales. Initially focusing on Facebook, the social media training programme is aimed at equipping Costcutter Supermarkets Group’s retailers with the tools and knowledge ...
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Low emission vehicles keep support
The Government will continue to support the development and sale of ultra-low emission vehicles (ULEVs) the Chancellor George Osborne said in his Autumn Budget Statement. He announced continued support for uptake and manufacturing of ULEVs, with £600m capital available for investment during 2015-20. The Government aims for all new cars ...
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NewsFirst Essar-branded site opens in UK
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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MRH threatened with inquiry over Esso sites
Competition authorities have warned the number one Top 50 Indie MRH that it could face a full scale inquiry because of concerns caused by its acquisition of a tranche of 78 sites from Esso, in a deal agreed in March. The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has told MRH it ...
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BOSS total recovered tops £2m
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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Oil4Wales buys two filling stations
Oil distribution company Oil 4 Wales has bought two service stations in south Wales - the Globe Garage in Porthcawl and Maesteg 24/7. It said the deal was part of expansion plans which have recently seen the company open its sixth depot in Three Cocks, Brecon. Oil4Wales supplies fuel to ...
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Independent takes petrol down to 99.9ppl
Prices have been cut to 99.9ppl on unleaded and 103.9ppl for diesel at the Jet service station run by the family owned Jempson’s Supermarket at Peasmarsh, near Rye in East Sussex. The prices were introduced on Monday November 23 and director Stephen Jempson said they had not set a time ...
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Police release CCTV after attempted robbery
Leicestershire Police have released CCTV image of a suspect they want to question in relation to attempted armed robbery at a forecourt shop. At around 9.15pm on Saturday 31 October, a man entered the Brobot Petroleum site in Thorpe Road, Melton Mowbray. He demanded cash and threatened a member of ...
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Man arrested during HMRC crackdown in Somerset
An operation to disrupt the sale and supply of illegal tobacco and alcohol in Somerset led to the arrest of one man, and uncovered more than 45,000 cigarettes and over 80 litres of spirits. Officers from HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC), working with Devon and Somerset trading standards, Avon ...
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Welcome Breaks partners Ed’s Easy Diner
Motorway service provider Welcome Break has entered 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. This will coincide with the unveiling of the new Ramada hotel, ...
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NewsPRA welcomes police budget decision
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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NewsPRA welcomes police budget decision
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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Gulf customer wins Mini Cooper
Gulf customer Ian Jackson, who lives in Denny, Falkirk, has won the star prize in Gulf’s recent forecourt promotion, a Mini Cooper. Ian collected his new Mini Cooper, liveried in the blue and orange Gulf branding, from his local Gulf forecourt - Haugh’s Filling Station - on Glasgow Road, Denny, ...
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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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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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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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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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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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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 ...