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Workers strike over forecourt plan
EDF Energy workers carrying out Smart meter installations are set to strike for a week in a dispute that could see them collecting their Smart meters from supermarkets and petrol stations. About 70 staff, members of Unite, the country’s largest union, are due to strike from 00.01 Monday (19 October) ...
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FuelGenie in refer-a-friend promotion
Supermarket fuel card provider fuelGenie has a launched a refer-a-friend programme to reward new and existing business customers. Current fuelGenie account holders will receive £10 off their next monthly fuel invoice by recommending the service to a friend. New sign-ups from the scheme will also receive £10 credit when they ...
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MPs question Sunday Trading plans
MPs from a range of political parties have raised concerns in parliament about the government’s plans to devolve decisions on Sunday trading to local authorities. Many MPs were expecting the proposals to be included as an amendment to the Cities & Devolution Bill, which had its second reading in the ...
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Three robbers strike at Sefton site
Detectives in Sefton, Merseyside, are appealing for information following a robbery at the Esso filling station in Waterloo on Monday, 12 October. At around 10.45pm, police received a report that a robbery had taken place at the filling station on College Road. Three offenders entered the premises and restrained a ...
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MFG in Sunday Times top 250 ranking
Top 50 Indies forecourt operator Motor Fuel Group (MFG) is ranked 40th in the 11th annual Sunday Times Grant Thornton Top Track 250 league table which ranks Britain’s private mid-market growth companies with the biggest sales. The league table is sponsored by Grant Thornton and Barclays and all the ...
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NewsShell commits to 400 hydrogen filling stations in Germany
Shell will install a nationwide network of hydrogen fuelling pumps at retail sites in Germany from 2016. The company, which opened its first hydrogen fuel station in Germany in 2011, has signed a declaration of intent with joint venture partners and Germany’s federal transport minister, Alexander Dobrindt. It will ...
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PRA arranges meeting in Falkirk
The PRA’s next regional forum will be in Falkirk on October 28. The “Live and Local” meeting will be at The Falkirk Wheel, Lime Road, Tamfourhill, Falkirk, FK1 4RS on Wednesday October 28, with registration at 10am. Topics that will be covered include: Market update and challenges ...
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Certas celebrates best sites at SuperStation
SuperStation, Certas Energy’s forecourt standards competition, culminated with its Gala Awards Dinner at Heythrop Park, Oxfordshire, with 120 people in attendance. The competition, now in its fourth year, encourages and celebrates forecourt retailing values nationwide in areas such as appearance, product offering, customer service and business strategy. Ramsay ...
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Bungling burglar has to be rescued by police
A bungling burglar had to be rescued by police after he was caught by a security device at a petrol station and was left dangling from the ceiling by his leg. Paul Davies, 43, has been jailed for six months after he was caught red-handed when he broke into ...
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London Mayor welcomes zero emission cars
The Mayor of London, Boris Johnson, has welcomed news that some of the world’s most advanced new hydrogen cars are coming to London, as part of his work to pioneer the use of the cleanest, greenest technology for the future of transport and infrastructure in the capital. Manufacturer Toyota ...
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Spar distributor recruiting forecourts
Appleby Westward, the regional distribution company for Spar stores in the south west, is reporting increasing interest from forecourt retailers impressed by the experience of Top 50 Indies the Chartman Group and Euro Garages. The news came as the company announced its highest new store recruitment figures in over ...
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Transport secretary updates MPs over VW
Transport secretary Patrick McLoughlin has given an update in the House of Commons on government action over the VW emissions fixing scandal. He said: “I wish to inform the House of the latest developments on vehicle emissions testing, following the revelations of Friday 18 September (2015) that Volkswagen Group ...
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Suspects held over £2,000 drive-off flurry
Police have arrested a pair of suspected fuel thieves believed to be behind at least 19 filling station drive-offs across Greater Manchester in the last two weeks, with an estimated value of around £2,000. The men, aged in their 20s, were held after a Mazda Premacy people carrier was stopped ...
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NewsTopaz invests €11.4m in fast food roll-out
Topaz, which has 330 forecourts across Ireland, has announced a €11.4m investment to introduce Rocket’s fast-food outlets to 40 of its forecourts. The rollout will take place over a seven-year period, and will result in the creation of 45 direct jobs in 2015. The first Rocket’s at Topaz concept has ...
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Commission operators warned about proposed law
Businesses operating on a commission operator basis could be particularly vulnerable if proposed legislation currently before Parliament becomes law, a top licensing expert has warned. Solicitor Robert Botkai, a partner at Winckworth Sherwood, said the Immigration Bill would give police officers the power to close down premises with a drinks ...
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North Wales car washes being used as brothels
Car washes in North Wales are being use as brothels, according to an anti-slavery campaigner. James Coy, the North Wales anti-slavery co-ordinator, told the Daily Post that customers at three sites across the region had been approached by workers offering them girls for sex. The incidents are being probed by ...
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Retailers caught in HMRC crackdown
An operation to disrupt the sale and supply of suspected illegal tobacco and alcohol in Manchester and Bolton uncovered over one million cigarettes and over 74 litres of alcohol, all believed to be illicit. Officers from HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) and support agencies visited 50 retail premises and 12 ...
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UK starts new emission tests
Transport secretary Patrick McLoughlin has revealed that the UK has started a new emissions testing programme in the wake of the admission by VW on its use of devices to mislead tests. At a meeting of European transport ministers in Luxembourg he pressed the European Commission to introduce real-world driving ...
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New sentencing guidelines welcomed
The Association of Convenience Stores (ACS) has welcomed new guidelines for judges and magistrates when sentencing offenders for shop theft and drive-offs. The Sentencing Council’s new sentencing guidelines emphasise the emotional distress and the effect on the business when sanctioning offenders. The guidelines, used by judges and magistrates to decide ...
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NewsRobbers wield nailed planks of wood
Greater Manchester Police have released CCTV images after two men, armed with planks of wood, robbed a petrol station shop in Wigan. At about 5.45am on Wednesday 7 October two men burst into the Co-op shop at the Texaco petrol station on Manchester Road in Astley. Both were carrying planks ...