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NewsTopaz site wins fresh food award
One of Topaz’s flagship service stations, Topaz Dublin airport, has won an award for its fresh food. The company’s new retail food and coffee offering, Re.Store, won the Best Food-To-Go Award at this year’s Best in Fresh Awards. Judges said: “Even though this is a forecourt, no shortcuts were taken ...
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Barnsley tobacco smuggler jailed
A Barnsley man whose haul of illicit tobacco was discovered after a break-in at his home has been jailed for 18 months following an investigation by HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC). Dog food wholesaler Anthony Eden, of Meyrick Drive, was on a trip to Thailand in April 2013 when ...
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HMRC swoops on retailers in Bolton
Retailers were targeted in an operation to disrupt the sale and supply of illegal tobacco and alcohol in Bolton, which uncovered more than 53,000 illegal cigarettes and over 223 litres of spirits. Officers from HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) and support agencies, including four tobacco dogs and their handlers, visited ...
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Second cars route to electric roll-out
Sparking the electric vehicle revolution could be achieved by flipping current thinking and homing in on the family second car, Edmund King, the AA’s president, told this week’s Low Carbon Vehicle Partnership conference. In his presentation ‘Can we electrify mainstream motoring?’, King made the connection between the realities of family ...
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NewsPRA welcomes vapour recovery consultation
The PRA has welcomed the decision by HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC), reported by Forecourt Trader last week, to consult on changes to its current practice regarding duty on petrol derived from vapour recovery. PRA chairman Brian Madderson said: “It is positive to see that following continued persistence from the ...
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Stanlow refinery returns to profit
Essar Oil UK, which owns and operates the Stanlow Refinery on the south side of the Mersey Estuary near Liverpool, has reported its highest ever profit. The company, which reports its results in US dollars, said it made a profit after tax of $70m for the year to the end ...
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DCC completes French acquistion
DCC plc, the parent company of Certas Energy, has completed the acquisition of the Esso Express unmanned retail petrol station network and the Esso Motorway concessions in France. The deal was announced on August 28 last year, but required approval from the European Commission, which was granted in March. The ...
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Tesla announces first motorway charging sites
Electric car manufacturer Tesla will be opening its first Supercharger stations at UK motorway sites. The company has revealed seven Supercharger stations will be added at motorway services with additional UK motorway locations in the works to be announced soon. It said that in one year, Tesla Superchargers throughout the ...
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George Hammond wins BP award
A member of Forecourt Trader’s Top 50 Indies has scooped the Excellence in Customer Offer award at the BP UK Oil Awards 2015. Deal service station, part of the George Hammond plc retail group located on London Road in Deal, Kent, was recognised following its Spar store’s latest re-development, which ...
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NewsFuel prices causing drivers to cut back
Motorists are cutting back on car use because of fuel price increases, according to the AA. In its monthly Fuel Price Report it says average UK petrol prices have reached a six-month high after climbing above 117ppl for the first time since mid December. The motoring organisation said AA-Populus research ...
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Charging points barely used says report
The Government and local councils have invested millions of pounds on building thousands of electric car charging points that barely anyone uses, according to the Independent. It said ministers confirmed that public money had been used to construct a network of 57,567 publicly-funded charging points as of the end of ...
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Cigarette smuggler sentenced
A furniture importer from Brighton who allowed hollow statues of the religious icon Buddha to be used to smuggle more than 100,000 illicit cigarettes into the UK has been sentenced after pleading guilty. James Reber, 51, was questioned by officers from HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) in June 2013, ...
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Penny Petroleum planning further expansion
Northumberland-based Penny Petroleum is aiming to add 10 sites to its estate by the end of 2016, taking it to a total of 40, having already added 10 in the past year. David Penny, owner of the Forecourt Trader Top 50 Indie, revealed his plans to expand the company’s footprint ...
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Falling fuel prices hit Moto turnover
Moto, the UK’s largest motorway services company, has blamed last year’s fall in petrol prices for a £37m drop in turnover. The company saw sales fall from £840m to £803m in the year to December 24, 2014. Sales not including fuel increased by 7.8%, while pre-tax losses fell ...
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NewsJet recruits 12 sites to network
Jet has announced that a further 12 sites have joined its network. The latest wins are Ormlie Filling Station in Thurso, Brierley Service Station in Gloucestershire, an MRH site in Grimsby and nine sites in the north east owned by KSC Worldwide. Jet has secured a multi-million litre volume deal ...
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NewsJet recruits 12 sites to network
Jet has announced that a further 12 sites have joined its network. The latest wins are Ormlie Filling Station in Thurso, Brierley Service Station in Gloucestershire, an MRH site in Grimsby and nine sites in the north east owned by KSC Worldwide. Jet has secured a multi-million litre volume deal ...
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NewsApplegreen flotation raises £66.9m
Applegreen plc has raised £66.9m through the flotation of the company. At the end of the May Applegreen announced that it intended to float the business to raise funds for expansion and upgrades to existing sites.At the same time it renamed the company, using its Applegreen brand name, so Petrogas ...
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NewsApplegreen flotation raises £66.9m
Applegreen plc has raised £66.9m through the flotation of the company. At the end of the May the company announced that it intended to float the business to raise funds for expansion and upgrades to existing sites. At the same time it renamed the company, using its Applegreen brand name, ...
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ACS opposes Welsh bag Bill
Local shops in Wales have raised concerns over proposals in the Environment (Wales) Bill that would see new regulations introduced on carrier bags and waste disposal.The Bill puts forward the following proposals: increase the scope of the carrier bag charging regulations to allow Welsh ministers to impose a mandatory charge ...
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ACS opposes Welsh bag Bill
Local shops in Wales have raised concerns over proposals in the Environment (Wales) Bill that would see new regulations introduced on carrier bags and waste disposal. The Bill puts forward the following proposals: increase the scope of the carrier bag charging regulations to allow Welsh ministers to impose a ...