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Tobacco smuggling duo jailed
Two smugglers who plotted to flood the North East with a shipment of four million illicit cigarettes have been jailed after an HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) investigation revealed their scam. Brian Storey, 28, of Ryhope, was stopped by Border Force officers at the Port of Dover after arriving ...
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FTA welcomes roadworks restrictions
The Freight Transport Association (FTA) says a new Government ban on long stretches of roadworks on motorways could reduce delays and cut costs for HGV operators. Transport secretary Patrick McLoughlin has told Highways England to introduce tough new rules for contractors to prevent motorists getting stuck in lengthy queues. ...
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Robber with hammer strikes at Slough site
Thames Valley Police is appealing for information after a robbery at a service station in Slough. Shortly before 9.30pm on Sunday September 20, a man entered the shop at the BP petrol station in Farnham Road and demanded cash while threatening a male shop worker with a club hammer. ...
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Shell opens new to industry site in Suffolk
Shell has commenced trading at a new to industry company operated site at Barton Mills in Suffolk. Located on the busy Fiveways Roundabout on a section of the A11 to Thetford which has recently seen completion of upgrades to a dual carriageway, the site provides a retail offer for both ...
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First public access hydrogen refuelling station opens
The UK’s first public access hydrogen refuelling station has been opened by energy storage and clean fuel company ITM Power at the Advanced Manufacturing Park, just off the M1, Junction 33 in South Yorkshire, funded by InnovateUK. During the event ITM Power also announced an agreement to deploy a ...
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Two men jailed for armed robbery at petrol station
Two men have been jailed for taking part in an armed robbery at a Bradford petrol station, but a cashier who was accused of being part of the plot was cleared. Former soldier Kane Harrison, 22, and 23-year-old Anthony Davey, were involved in a plot to steal £30,000 from ...
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Shell boss cannot see when low prices will end
Royal Dutch Shell chief executive Ben van Beurden has told the BBC that a recovery in the price of oil is hard to foresee. Speaking on BBC Radio 4’s Today programme, he said: “It is a very, very volatile business in terms of supply and demand. The oil price ...
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Industry praised for pursuit of excellence
The petrol retailing industry was praised for its relentless pursuit of new opportunities, innovation and service excellence at the Forecourt Trader of the Year Awards. Ramsay MacDonald, retail director of the event’s principal sponsor Certas Energy, told a sell-out audience that the Forecourt Trader Awards are the UK’s premier ...
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NewsGloucester Services wins Forecourt Trader of the Year
Gloucester Services has become the first motorway site to win the top prize at the prestigious Forecourt Trader of the Year Awards, held at the London Hilton Park Lane. On a sell-out glittering night hosted by TV celebrity Alexander Armstrong, and with a space-themed backdrop, Laurence King, managing director of ...
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Petrol volumes fall despite 14ppl price drop in a year
UK petrol consumption has fallen compared with a year ago, despite it being 14ppl cheaper. UK fuel consumption figures released by HM Revenue and Customs show that petrol consumption flat-lined at around 1.475 billion litres a month from May to July. This is lower than last summer when petrol averaged ...
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Applegreen sales up 16% for half year
Applegreen has revealed sales up 16% to €517m in its first set of results since its flotation in June. For the six months ended June 30 it also pushed up EBITDA (earnings before interest, tax, depreciation and amortisation) up 42% to €10.7m. During the period it also added 23 sites ...
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Government figures wrong protests ACS
Figures released by Government as part of a consultation on changes to Sunday Trading regulations have been dismissed as out of date and misleading, by the Association of Convenience Stores (ACS). ACS chief executive James Lowman said: "Every figure that the Government has put forward to justify the case for ...
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Diesel’s price advantage is being eroded
Diesel’s undercutting of petrol may be short-lived if recent trends continue. Plummeting prices in July sent diesel below petrol for the first time in 14 years, and by mid-August the price differential had stabilised at around 3ppl, but a flurry of petrol price cuts in the week before Forecourt Trader ...
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First site opens after Jet’s deal with Spar
The UK’s first Jet and Spar dual-branded site has opened following the April launch of a new convenience partnership between fuel brand and the symbol group. Jet Maybole in South Ayrshire is the first in a number of Jet sites that have chosen to take up the dual-branding offer. The ...
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UK leads Europe in alternative fuel vehicles
Demand for alternative fuel vehicles is soaring across Europe, with the UK leading the way with the biggest year-on year increase in the EU’s major markets.Alternative fuel vehicle (AFV) registrations rose by 17.4% across Europe in the second quarter of 2015, according to the European Automobile Manufacturers Association (ACEA), while ...
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Hydrogen Toyotas arrive in the UK
The first hydrogen powered Toyota Mirai cars have arrived in the UK for their official launch this month. Toyota is billing the Mirai as the world’s first mass-produced fuel cell saloon, and is launching it in selected European markets the UK, Germany and Denmark where a hydrogen fuel supply and ...
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Tax experts back retailers over vapour recovery
Tax experts have strongly supported the case for fuel retailers to receive refunds for fuel removed by oil company’s vapour recovery equipment during deliveries. The case is argued by the Chartered Institute of Taxation (CIOT), the leading professional body in the UK concerned solely with taxation, in its response to ...
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Londis prepares for carrier bag levy
Londis has developed dedicated in-store pos displays to prepare retailers and shoppers in England for the carrier bag levy. From Monday 5 October, as part of the Government’s policy to reduce waste, a minimum 5p charge for single use carrier bags comes into force in England for retailers with over ...
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Cashier involved in card scam is spared prison
A garage cashier has narrowly avoided jail for his part in a fuel-card cloning scam in which £30,000 of petrol and diesel was stolen from forecourts across Birmingham.Khaled Abdulkawi cloned at least 46 cards at the Esso Falcon Service Station, Halesowen, and passed them to accomplices who topped up their ...