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Irish Car Wash Association welcomes police raids
The Irish Car Wash Association (ICWA) has welcomed recent raids by police in the Irish Republic investigating claims of slave labour at car washes. The recently formed industry body represents petrol retailers operating car washes in Ireland and is an offshoot of the IPRA (Irish Petrol Retailers Association). Spokesperson David ...
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Cash machine attackers flee empty handed
Thieves who tried to break into a cash machine on a forecourt in Northamptonshire fled empty handed after damaging the device. Sometime between 1am and 3am on Monday, October 5, thieves targeted the cash machine at the BP garage in Watling Street, Weedon, about seven miles west of Northampton. They ...
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NewsPRA slams Osborne’s rates bombshell
An announcement by chancellor George Osborne that he would abolish the current system of business rates and replace it with a system which allows local authorities to set business rates themselves has been slammed as “another bitter blow to business pragmatism" by the PRA. Speaking at the Conservative Party conference ...
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Monthly cars sales hit new record high
New car registrations in the UK reached their highest September total last month, according to figures released by the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT). A total of 462,517 cars were registered in September as buyers took advantage of a range of competitive deals on the latest 65-plate, making ...
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MFG recruits Harvest Energy director
Top 50 Indies forecourt operator, Motor Fuel Group (MFG) has appointed Simon Davis as its new fuel operations director.Davis, who was most recently head of sales and logistics for Harvest Energy, will be responsible for the on-going business relationships with MFG’s fuel suppliers, all fuel operations and for the implementation ...
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Rontec sells Esso site in Somerset
A property specialist is predicting prices for forecourt sites are likely to rise in the light of its latest deal in the sector. The Esso petrol station on Townsend Road in Minehead, Somerset, has been sold by property and planning consultants Rapleys. The site was deemed surplus to requirements by ...
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Tobacco smugglers jailed
Four men who smuggled 2.7 million cigarettes and over 774kg of tobacco into the UK, most of them hidden in a cover load of frozen chickens, have been jailed. In May 2013, HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) stopped a refrigerated lorry at business premises in Mitcham Road, Croydon, which had ...
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NewsSeven sites join Jet network
Seven new sites have joined the Jet network during the past couple of months adding a combined volume of more than 13mlpa. In Scotland, Jet has welcomed Restalrig Road in Edinburgh and Inverinate Service Station in the Kyle of Lochalsh, with Inverinate now Jet’s most westerly site in the UK. ...
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1.2 million UK cars affected in VW scandal
Volkswagen has announced that nearly 1.2 million of its vehicles sold in the UK are fitted with the software behind the emissions scandal. It includes diesel-powered cars with the VW brand, Audi, Seat and Skoda as well as VW commercial vehicles. In the next few days the company ...
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Armed robber jailed for 8 years
A man has been jailed for eight years for holding up a filling station in Clackmannanshire, Scotland. Mark Adair donned a balaclava and threatened a cashier with an imitation pistol at Menstrie Filling Station on 28 December, 2014. He fled with £100, but was caught by police after his ...
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Appointment at Fuel Card Services
Fuel Card Services has appointed Russ Kenyon as head of group sales, as part of its strategy to continue the growth of recent years. Based in Leeds, he will oversee customer sales and retention for Fuel Card Services, The Fuelcard People, Dieselink and Bunkercard. Steve Chesworth, Fuel Card Services ...
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Esso celebrates official launch of Synergy
Esso this week marked the official launch of the new Synergy Fuels brand with a celebratory evening at London’s UnderGlobe. The event featured McClaren-Honda Formula One driver and former 2009 World Champion Jenson Button; War of the Worlds composer Jeff Wayne, and performances by dance troupe UDI, Britain’s Got Talent ...
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Maxol launches charity fund raiser
The Maxol Group has launched its 2015 Wash for Wishes carwash fundraising campaign, as part of the company’s charity partnership with Make-A-Wish UK. Wash for Wishes Carwash Week runs until Wednesday 7th October, and Maxol aims to surpass the £7,500 figure raised previously. It is encouraging motorists to ...
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ITM Power in deal for fleet operators
Hydrogen filling station provider ITM Power has signed an agreement with Symbio FCell and Arcola Energy to provide an integrated package of zero emission commercial vehicles, on-site fuel and after-sales support for UK commercial fleet operators. The agreement is to work together to provide fleet customers with the assurance ...
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Spar retailers urged to ’take a fresh look’
Taking a fresh look at your business to maximise its potential was the key message at this year’s Blakemore Trade Partners Spar Retail Show, held this week at the Telford International Centre. The event encompassed a conference, dinner and trade show, with leading Spar retailers showcasing their success alongside ...
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Greenergy recruits West Sussex sites
Brothers who own two forecourts in West Sussex, have just moved their second site to fuel supply from Greenergy with Esso branding, after the success of a similar move for their first site. This January the Patel brothers moved fuel supply for their Hangleton Hove site after 10 years ...
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National Minimum Wage increases
From October 1 the National Minimum Wage rate increased by 20p to £6.70 per hour for employees over the age of 21 – an above inflation increase of 3%. Additionally, the hourly rate for 18-20 year old employees rose by 17p to £5.30 and for under 18s, the rate ...
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Regus opens first site on M56
Regus, the workspace provider, has opened the doors to its first Regus Express location on the M56 motorway, at Chester motorway service area. The workplace is designed to cater for the needs of mobile workers, local home-based professionals and business travellers. It features a drop-in business lounge with free, secure ...
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Two sites lose rural rebate after HMRC blunder
A filling station owner in the Yorkshire Dales is furious after his site is one of two that have had the rural fuel tax rebate scheme withdrawn. Blundering tax officials claim it was granted in error. HM Revenue & Customs has written to Aysgarth Garage and Woodhall Service Station telling ...
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Thieves blow cash machine to pieces
Greater Manchester Police are investigating after thieves blew apart a cash machine on a service station forecourt, in one of two attacks on ATMs on the same night. At 3.25am on Friday 25 September, police were called following reports of a loud bang outside the Texaco-branded Partington Service Station on ...