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£45m Government support for green taxis
Ministers have announced £45m to support the rollout of greener taxis. A £20m fund will be made available to local authorities to support the rollout of ultra-low emission taxis across the UK. The money will be to reduce the upfront cost of purpose-built taxis and to install charging infrastructure for ...
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JTI warns retailers over scam
JTI is warning retailers that a tobacco voucher scam may be coming to your store. First discovered in mid-March this year, the con leads consumers to believe they have £3 off Benson and Hedges products. It has been confirmed that the voucher has not been provided by JTI UK, and ...
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HMRC raids laundering plant in Great Yarmouth
Two men from Great Yarmouth were arrested and a diesel laundering plant, capable of evading more than £1.3m in duty and taxes a year, was dismantled by HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) on Friday 20 March. Officers from HMRC and Norfolk Police searched a business address in Great Yarmouth where ...
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NewsPumps destroyed in crash at Hythe filling station
Two 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 when another car skidded off the A259 Dymchurch Road and collided with his vehicle. ...
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New strategy to combat illegal tobacco
HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) and Border Force have published a joint strategy for tackling the illicit tobacco market in the UK. The refreshed strategy sets how they will continue to work together to target, catch and punish those in the evolving illicit tobacco market and includes the following action: ...
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Calls for clarification over e-cigs legislation
The National Federation of Retail Newsagents has expressed concern that elements within new regulations making nicotine inhaling products (e-cigarettes) age restricted will cause confusion for retailers already overburdened by red tape. During a debate on the new measures in the House of Lords last week, Earl Howe explained that the ...
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BP signs supply deals with retailers
BP has followed up its recent contract to supply more than 130 MFG sites by signing new deals with two more independent retailers. In Llanelli, a previously Esso-branded service station has been converted to BP with a signicant shop and forecourt revamp. The site, in Capel Isaf Road, is owned ...
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PRA issues urgent warning over ATM rates appeals
Retailers are being warned that if they have received backdated rates bills for ATMs they only have until March 31 to lodge an appeal. PRA chairman Brian Madderson said he had received calls from retailers who had received bills for £12-14,000, covering the period back to 2010. He said it ...
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NewsPRA describes RAC diesel accusation as nonsense
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 is to business users who are less price sensitive. RAC fuel spokesman Simon Williams said: “It’s hard ...
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Autogas working to make product more accessible
Autogas is looking into the possiblity of making its product more accessible on forecourts after the installation of a new fuel dispenser at Shell Barking. Following feedback from motorists that its LPG dispensers were often blocked by drivers waiting for the petrol or diesel pumps, a new dedicated Autogas refuelling ...
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Minister predicts roads will recharge electric vehicles
A future in which roads are ‘digitalised’ and can charge electric cars as they travel along them, has been outlined in a speech by roads minister John Hayes. Speaking at a conference on 21st century infrastructure, he said the UK was at a turning point in the history of road ...
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PRA calls for ATMs to be exempt from business rates
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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Noodle bar opens at Applegreen site
Petrogas Group has opened an Oriental quick service restaurant chain franchise at an Applegreen site in Ireland, and has confirmed it will be opening at one of its UK sites too. Chopstix Group UK, which has a current UK estate of 45 restaurants, has launched its first restaurant in Galway, ...
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JTI removes gantries after illegal tobacco prosecutions
JTI has removed tobacco gantries from Alric Food & Wine in Harlesden, Brent, and JB Patel and Son on Woolwich New Road in south-east London, following prosecutions for selling illegal tobacco. Paul Williams, UK head of corporate affairs, commented: “Given the offences committed by these retailers JTI has decided that ...
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News200th BP M&S Simply Food site opens
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 ...
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Forecourt Trader partners iDAC 15 conference
Forecourt Trader has been named as the media partner for iDAC 15 – an international conference for the retail fuel industry in London on 11-12 May 2015. McLean Communications, organisers of the industry’s forum for the retail fuel marketplace, erpec, will stage the conference alongside erpec 15, at the Tower ...
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Fuel suppliers welcome MFG deal
The three companies taking over supplies to MFG’s estate of more than 220 Murco-branded forecourts have all welcomed the biggest fuel supply deal of recent years. From the end of this month BP will take on supplies to 87 sites in addition to 49 existing sites which have been re-signed ...
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Electric car secondhand values catching up diesels
Forecasts of secondhand values for electric vehicles (EVs) are moving closer to traditional diesel cars as the used car market becomes more accustomed to the technology they contain, according to the self-styled “trade bible” Glass’s. In some cases, residual value (RV) forecasts are already broadly similar to their diesel equivalent, ...
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NewsPRA welcomes cancellation of fuel duty increase
The PRA has welcomed the announcement in today’s Budget that the fuel duty increase which was scheduled for September has been cancelled. Chancellor of the Exchequer George Osborne said this means there has been the longest fuel duty freeze in more than 20 years and as a result a driver ...
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Murco’s Milford Haven site and distribution business sold
Murco’s Milford Haven facility has been purchased by Singapore-based Puma Energy, together with other UK assets owned by the oil company. In addition to Milford Haven the acquisition includes three inland terminals at Westerleigh, Theale and Bedworth, as well as Murco’s wholesale and distribution business in the UK. Under the ...