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PRA slams claims of profiteering
The PRA has reacted furiously and accused the RAC of an alarming lack of research after it claimed retailers are profiteering on diesel and taking high margins because much of the diesel sold goes to business users who are less price sensitive. RAC fuel spokesman Simon Williams said: "It’s hard ...
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Raising cash for RNIB
Rontec’s Shop’ N Drive chain is aiming to raise up to £1m for the national sight loss charity RNIB after it chose it as its first-ever charity of the year.The money will be raised by customers, in a scheme which allows them to ’top up’ their credit or debit card ...
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Lego’s mini cars get a spring clean
A car wash in Marlow, Buckinghamshire, had an unusual commission when nearby Legoland decided that the miniature cars in its driving school needed a spring clean.Jim Platt, chairman of car wash, forecourt and car dealership Platts, explained: "Legoland contacted us and asked whether they could put them through our car ...
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Pumps destroyed in forecourt car smash
wo men escaped with minor injuries after a crash that destroyed petrol pumps at a filling station in Hythe, Kent.One of the men was filling up his car at Palmarsh Filling Station on Monday morning, March 23, when another car skidded off the A259 Dymchurch Road and collided with his ...
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Esso rolls out new branding for fuel under Synergy label
Exxon Mobil is rolling out a new site image for its UK service stations along with new branding for its fuels. The move is a development of the company’s Synergy Fuel Programme and involves the installation of new ’Synergy Fuels’ imaging at sites. All the new signage is located at ...
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Call for rates to be waived on ATMs
The PRA has joined the ATM Industry Association (ATMIA) in calling for ATMs to be exempt from business rates. PRA chairman Brian Madderson sees business rates exemption as a crucial matter. He said: "The economics of running petrol forecourts are very fragile. That is why thousands have closed in the ...
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200th BP M&S Simply Food opens its doors
The market town of Calne, in Wiltshire, is the location for the 200th BP M&S Simply Food store, since the partnership between M&S and BP began in 2005 at BP Hammersmith in London.The store was officially opened by the Mayor of Calne, Heather Canfer, and BP Paralympic ambassador, Richard Whitehead ...
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Euro Garages to buy 104 sites from Esso
Agreement to sell 201 sites to three Top 50 independent retailers has been confirmed by Esso Petroleum Company and ROC UK (ExxonMobil). The long-awaited decision, following a strict bidding process, means Euro Garages Ltd has taken the lion’s share with 104 sites; followed by MRH (GB) Ltd with 78; and ...
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UKPIA welcomes report into future of fuels
A report into the future options for transport energy has been welcomed by UK Petroleum Industry Association (UKPIA). The Transport Energy Task Force, established by the Department for Transport and the Low Carbon Vehicle Partnership (LowCVP) in September 2014, this week published its final report. The group, comprising a wide ...
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Sawn-off shotgun used in forecourt robbery
A sawn-off shotgun was used in a robbery of a petrol station in Wigan on Monday March 30. Police have issued CCTV footage of the robbery at the Texaco service station store on Manchester Road, Astley, Wigan, just after 5.30am. The thief walked into the store and pulled out a ...
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Hydrogen refuelling station planned for London forecourt
A hydrogen refuelling station is to be built on a London forecourt of an un-named “major global fuel retailer”, with proposals for a further roll-out. ITM Power, an energy storage and clean fuel company, revealed the plans as it announced that it had been awarded a total of £2.89m by ...
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HMRC dismantles illicit tobacco plant
More than 412 kilos of raw tobacco has been seized and a suspected illicit tobacco factory dismantled near Preston by HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC). The tobacco was found in various stages of processing during searches of a business premises in Hutton by Lancashire Police on Thursday (26 March). The ...
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Service stations help convict NHS fraudster
CCTV from three service stations helped to convict an NHS blood donor carer who has been jailed after he used the service’s ‘mobile surgeries’ as a front to steal almost £60,000 in fuel. Terence Jones, from Eddis Road in Kitts Green, pretended to be refuelling donor vans at three ...
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Texaco retailers card charges reduced
Texacoretailers have been benefiting from reduced Merchant Service Charges (MSC) after Valero, which markets fuel in the UK under the Texaco brand, restructured its agreement with its acquirer. The reduction, which came into effect in January 2015, has been possible after Visa introduced lower cross border rates between European countries, ...
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NewsCertas Energy sponsors Forecourt Trader of the Year Awards
Certas Energy, the largest supplier to independent forecourts in the UK, is the new principal sponsor of the prestigious Forecourt Trader of the Year Awards which take place in September at the Hilton Hotel on London’s Park Lane. Established in 1996 to reward excellence in the petrol retailing sector, the ...
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New guidance on alcohol licences for garages
Changes to licensing regulations include good news for petrol stations, according to solicitors Winckworth Sherwood. The biggest change is the abolition of the requirement to renew personal licences, with effect from April 1. This is a result of the Deregulation Act 2015, which has just been given Royal Assent, and ...
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HMRC raids illegal tobacco plant
A tobacco-processing machine, believed to be capable of producing more than £700,000 of illicit tobacco a day, has been seized in Derbyshire after an investigation by HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC). Officers from HMRC and Derbyshire Police dismantled the suspected illicit tobacco factory at an industrial storage unit near Derby ...
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NewsEsso rolls out revamped fuel and site image
Exxon Mobil is rolling out a new site image for its UK Esso service stations along with new branding for its fuels. The move is a development of the company’s Synergy Fuel Programme and involves the installation of new ‘Synergy Fuels’ imaging at sites. All the new signage is located ...
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Click and collect regulations relaxed
A new measure to allow all shops to offer ’click and collect’ services has been welcomed by the National Federation of Retail Newsagents (NFRN). Under the move, from April 15 retailers will no longer have to apply for planning permission before providing the service. NFRN chief executive Paul Baxter said: ...
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Armed robbery in West Yorkshire
A service station in Heckmondwike, West Yorkshire, has been robbed of hundreds of pounds by two armed robbers. The men pulled in to the Adam Brothers’ Texaco garage in Walkley Lane at around 3.30pm on Thursday March 27. One man, wearing a helmet, went inside and brandished a knife and ...