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NewsForecourt group collects funds for earthquake appeal
An appeal for funds to help the survivors of the earthquake in Nepal has been launched by South West-based Chartman, one of the Forecourt Trader Top 50 Indies. Chartman director Clive Sheppard has contacted the group’s nine forecourts about the disaster where the death toll has exceeded 5,000 and is ...
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HMRC reports 8% drop in March fuel sales
Monthly petrol sales fell 10% in March to the lowest recorded figure of 1.31bn litres, following 4% growth in February when drivers took advantage of prices 22ppl lower than the year before, according to the latest figures released by HMRC. Sales of diesel also dropped by 7% from the February ...
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NewsPolice issue CCTV in search for £30,000 fraudster
Detectives investigating a fuel card cloning scam in which £30,000 of petrol and diesel was stolen from forecourts across Birmingham have arrested a man on suspicion of plotting the fraud, and are still seeking a second suspect. The 38-year-old, from Hodge Hill, presented himself at a police station on April ...
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Fuel sales show surprise drop in March
Despite fuel prices being substantially below the level of a year ago, volume sales at stores selling automotive fuel took a surprise fall in March, according to the latest Retail Sales report from the Government’s statistics body. Figures released by the Office of National Statistics (ONS) show that sales in ...
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NewsPolice issue CCTV in search for suspect
Officers from Newcastle Local Policing Team (LPT) in Staffordshire have issued a CCTV image of a man they want to speak to in connection with theft from a fuel station. The incident happened at 3.40pm on Friday 20 March. A man entered offices at Holditch Service Station, Talke Road, and ...
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Police raid car wash in stolen cars investigation
A car wash in St Helens was one of two premises raided in an operation involving Merseyside Police, St Helens Council, the UK Border Force and Trading Standards. Local reports identified Express Hand Car Wash on Pocket Nook Street and Jackson Street Tyres on Jackson Street as the premises where ...
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NewsWelsh forecourt wins UK’s Best Forecourt Loo Award
Welsh forecourt retailer Brian Llewelyn a’l ferched, in Eglwyswrw, Pembrokeshire, was announced as the winner of the UK’s Best Forecourt Loo award at this week’s Forecourt Show held at the NEC in Birmingham. Asif Ayub, managing director of pump-top promotions specialist Fast Trak, which sponsored the competition, presented the award ...
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Esso dealer renews supply agreement with Greenergy
A long-standing Esso dealer has renewed her fuel supply agreement with Greenergy. Sieme Shoaib and her family visited Greenergy at the Forecourt Show to renew their fuel agreement for a further five years following their successful move from Esso supplied fuel in September 2014. The Shoaib family runs an Esso ...
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NewsFuel theft costing average forecourt £3,600 a year
Theft of fuel from Britain’s forecourts cost fuel retailers an estimated £31.4m during 2014 according to the latest Forecourt Crime Statistics Survey from BOSS, the British Oil Security Syndicate. Since the last BOSS survey for 2012, losses attributable to drive-offs and no means of payment (NMOP) combined have risen to ...
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Electric and hybrid cars top satisfaction survey
British drivers have voted electric and hybrid cars the best to own, according to Driver Power, an annual satisfaction survey by car magazine Auto Express. This year’s car owner survey features a hybrid car in first place and two electric vehicles in its top 10 for the first time. The ...
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Immigration charge centres on car wash
A man has appeared at Bradford and Keighley Magistrates’ court charged with being part of an operation to smuggle Iraqi illegal immigrants into the UK at a Shipley car wash. Ali Mahmood Ahmed, 37, is accused of running the conspiracy at the Pit Stop Car Wash in Valley Road with ...
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Fuel gives marginal boost to Tesco results
Fuel sales gave a marginal boost to Tesco’s performance in the UK in the last financial year, according to a disastrous set of annual results to February 28. In its report published on April 22 it revealed that overall sales in the UK were down 1.7%, compared with the previous ...
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Attendant attacked with metal pole
Detectives from West Surrey CID are appealing for information after a member of staff was attacked with a metal pole during a robbery at a petrol station in Windlesham. It occurred at 9.30pm on Thursday, 16 April, when a member of staff was cleaning the forecourt of the Esso garage ...
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Tobacco gantry removed after conviction
A West Midlands shopkeeper has had his tobacco display unit removed by Imperial Tobacco after being found guilty of selling illegal tobacco products. The company said Ari Aziz Mohammed, of UK Mini Market in Smethwick, had his tobacco display unit removed after being in breach of the conditions of his ...
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Top 50 Indie opens Hull lorry park
The first purpose-built lorry park on the A63 Westbound, at Hull, has been opened by Sewell on the go, which is ranked 23rd in Forecourt Trader’s Top 50 Indies. The £250,000 development located at the Hull West A63 Westbound branch, which has 14 designated bays for HGVs, follows a £1m ...
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NewsJet launches new c-store initiative with Spar
Jet is using the Forecourt Show 2015, running from April 20-22, as a platform to launch its new convenience initiative, a concept that will give Jet’s 350-plus dealers access to four bespoke levels of retail support. To deliver this long-term programme, Jet has entered into a five-year agreement with Spar ...
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Sewell starts major redevelopment at Maybury
Top 50 Indie Sewell on the go has begun a major refurbishment to improve its Maybury fuel and convenience store, located in East Hull. The store is being extended and comprehensively remodelled to create more space for a wider variety of produce. Work on the site is being headed up ...
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Man jailed for six years for tobacco fraud
A Ugandan High Commission worker has been jailed for six years for obtaining 28 tonnes of hand-rolling tobacco and failing to account for over £4.8m in evaded duty after an investigation by HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC). Patrick Mbogo abused privileges available to diplomats by purchasing large quantities of tobacco ...
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Police car smashes into Manchester forecourt
A police car has smashed into a Morrisons petrol station in Manchester after it lost control while responding to an emergency call-out. The accident occurred at Morrisons’ petrol station on Ashton Old Road in Openshaw on Wednesday April 15 at around 8:30pm, and ended with the badly damaged police car ...
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Camelot to refresh retailers’ lottery equipment
Camelot has announced a major refresh of permanent point of sale (PPOS) equipment across its 47,000-strong retailer estate. The five-month retail rollout – the first such overhaul in over five years – will begin in mid-July and will see retailers receiving updated PPOS, including: a refreshed National Lottery Playstation; ...