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Tobacco smugglers hit with confiscation orders
The ringleader of a gang that used an airline’s staff discount travel programme to smuggle cigarettes through UK airports has been handed a confiscation order for £348,705. HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) found that flight attendant Dennis Connolly, 44, of Southport, had organised over 130 smuggling trips for himself and ...
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Oil company veteran linked with Morrisons c-store bid
Oil company veteran Mike Greene is heading the proposed acquisition of Morrisons’ M Local stores, according to press reports. Greene, who headed Jet’s retail offer and also worked with Shell during his career, is said to be leading a team to launch a new convenience chain, backed by Greybull Capital, ...
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ACS report highlights value of high streets
New research released by the Association of Convenience Stores (ACS) has revealed how the public, retailers and local councillors feel about their high streets. The Community Barometer shows that convenience stores and post offices were seen to be the services which had the most positive impact on their local community, ...
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NewsSupermarkets cut 2ppl off unleaded petrol
Unleaded petrol prices are being cut by 2ppl across supermarket forecourts, but the price of diesel, which has plummeted 9ppl in the past month, has remained unchanged. After Asda announced it was cutting unleaded petrol by 2ppl today (August 21), Tesco rapidly responded with a cut with effect from 1pm, ...
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Health report says e-cigs help reduce smoking
E-cigarettes are around 95% less harmful than tobacco, do not act as a gateway to smoking and they can help smokers quit cigarettes, a report by government health body Public Health England has concluded. It found that about one in 20 adults use e-cigs and they were used almost ...
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Footballer charged over collision with petrol pump
A Premier League footballer crashed his car into a petrol pump on a Shell forecourt and hit a cyclist while over the drink-drive limit, it has been alleged. Everton midfielder Darron Gibson, who has played 25 times for the Republic of Ireland, was reportedly driving a black Nissan Skyline ...
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NewsEsso Synergy branding rolls out to dealers
The roll-out of Esso’s new Synergy forecourt and fuel branding has continued with its first appearance on a dealership supplied by Greenergy under its branded wholesaler agreement with Esso. Shailesh Parekh said his Midland Link site in Birmingham has been an Esso forecourt for nearly five years, and he has ...
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NewsArmed robber raids Dudley filling station
Police have released CCTV images following an armed robbery at a Dudley petrol station on Thursday August 13. The robbery took place at the Shell petrol station on Brettell Lane, Brierely Hill just before 8.30pm. A man, described as Asian around 5’8” tall and wearing a zip up ...
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Car wash set alight in Scotland
Police in Midlothian, Scotland, are hunting for five males after a car wash was set on fire in the early hours of Sunday August 16. Fire crews from Dalkeith and Newcraighall rushed to the blaze at Tesco Hardengreen, after reports were received at around 4am. They said they ...
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Toyota about to launch hydrogen cars in UK
The first hydrogen powered Toyota Mirai cars have arrived in the UK ahead of their official launch next 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 ...
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Asda sales slump by 4.7%
Asda has unveiled its second quarter financial results for 2015, posting a 4.7% fall in like-for-like sales for the 11 weeks to June 30. President and CEO Andy Clarke described the quarter’s number as “disappointing, but a short-term picture”. He said: “We continue to navigate a steady course ...
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Motorbike sales rising
Significant growth in motorbike sales in July have been welcomed by Stephen Latham, head of the National Motorcycle Dealers Association (NMDA), which represents motorcycle retailers across the UK. “It is extremely positive to see that the motorcycle market has continued to grow, with dealers reporting a 14% increase in ...
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Keep Sunday Special steps up opposition
Keep Sunday Special has launched a campaign to keep the Sunday trading laws. In a letter to the Prime Minister, a wide range of Keep Sunday Special supporters have highlighted how a change to current Sunday shopping hours contravenes the Prime Minister’s own family friendly policy agenda launched last ...
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Robber strikes at Lincolnshire forecourt
Lincolnshire police are appealing for information and witnesses after a robbery at a petrol station in Saxilby on Thursday 13th August. At 07:08 a man wearing a balaclava and carrying a knife entered the Otters Bridge Filling Station on Gainsborough Road and demanded money from the female member of ...
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National Lottery expanding into more sites
Camelot, operator of the National Lottery, will be providing retailers who have Scratchcard only terminals the opportunity to sell tickets for National Lottery draw-based games, such as Lotto and EuroMillions, through their current terminals from early next year. Retailers will be able to sell the expanded range of games ...
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MOT change proposals criticised
Bridgestone’s managing director Robin Shaw has warned roads will be more dangerous if proposals to change MOT testing laws on new cars go ahead, and has urged the government to have a rethink. In his position as Bridgestone’s north region managing director – as well as chair of the ...
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NewsGovernment to trial roads that will wirelessly charge electric cars
Electric and hybrid vehicles would have no need to stop and charge during long distance journeys if a new initiative by the Highways England is successful. It has announced that trials to equip roads to charge electric and hybrid vehicles wirelessly as they travel along them are to take ...
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Applegreen adds noodle bar
Applegreen has opened a Chopstix Noodle bar at its site at Jobstown, in the suburb of Tallaght, in the Republic of Ireland, taking the total on Applegreen sites to five. The opening means there are now 51 Chopstix Noodle Bars across the UK and the Republic of Ireland. ...
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Criminals ram raid Bolton forecourt shop
Greater Manchester Police are investigating after a stolen 4x4 was used to ram raid a petrol station, in Bolton. At 1.30am on, Monday 10 August, police were called to the Gulf petrol station on Harrowby Street in Farnworth, where a silver Mitsubishi Shogun 4x4 had been deliberately driven into the ...
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Stanlow Refinery wins safety award
Essar Oil UK’s Stanlow Manufacturing Complex is among the winners in the Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents (RoSPA) annual awards, for its commitment to Occupational Health and Safety. Essar Oil UK has won the Gold Award for 2015 and the Order of Distinction for 19 consecutive Gold Awards ...