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Handbag designer sets up Selfridges petrol station
The car park of London department store Selfridge’s will be transformed into a petrol station by handbag designer Anya Hindmarch, according to fashion website WMD.com. The installation, which will open on September 11, will take its cues from Hindmarch’s autumn collection, which plays with the graphic signage and reflective surfaces ...
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Forecourt robbers’ sentences increased
Three men who carried out a robbery on a forecourt have had their prison terms extended after police appealed their sentences at Birmingham Crown Court this week. The trio were jailed in May for robbing a cash delivery driver outside Apple Green Service Station on Small Heath Highway in July ...
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Increasing numbers running out of fuel
Increasing numbers of motorists are risking breakdown by continuing to drive long after their fuel light comes on – with 827,000 motorists having to be rescued due to running out of fuel last year, according to roadside assistance service LV=Road Rescue. This figure is 50,000 higher than the previous ...
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Taskforce to tackle pointless road signs
An initiative to remove pointless road signs has been announced by the Department for Transport (DfT). A taskforce overseen by Sir Alan Duncan MP will tackle the overuse of traffic signs while a consultation proposes a range of new measures including: ensuring road signs that are used far longer ...
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Supermarket price cuts reduce diesel petrol gap
Three of the big four supermarkets have reduced their fuel prices by identical amounts this morning (Thursday, August 27), with cuts that further narrow the gap between diesel and unleaded petrol after petrol price cuts at the weekend. Morrisons was first to announce the cut of 2ppl on unleaded petrol ...
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ACS publishes health and safety guidance
The Association of Convenience Stores (ACS) has produced a comprehensive Assured Advice guide for ‘Managing Health and Safety’. It contains an overview of the risks and hazards a store will face on a day-to-day basis. Health and Safety can refer to anything which could potentially cause an accident in ...
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NewsDealer wins key appeal in duty deferment battle
A PRA member has won a key appeal against HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) in the battle to enable dealers to buy fuel under duty deferment arrangements. Brobot Petroleum has successfully appealed via the First Tier Tax Tribunal against HMRC imposition of unreasonable conditions, to obtain an excise duty Deferment ...
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Five arrested in smuggling investigation
Five men have been arrested in North London, on suspicion of smuggling tobacco and alcohol, after an operation by HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) to tackle an estimated £1m tax fraud. The men were arrested after suspected illegal cigarettes were discovered in a vehicle at an industrial unit in ...
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Crimewave hits Manchester forecourts
Three men have been arrested after thieves used a specially-adapted van to steal fuel from 16 petrol stations across the Greater Manchester region. The yellow Renault Kangoo vehicle was rebuilt so 100-litre fuel tanks could be fitted in the back to hold the siphoned-off stolen petrol. Eight of ...
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Petrol sales down despite lower prices
UK petrol consumption has fallen compared with a year ago, despite it being 14ppl cheaper. UK fuel consumption figures released by HM Revenue and Customs show that petrol consumption flat-lined at around 1.475 billion litres a month from May to July. This is lower than last summer when ...
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NewsFirst Jet and Spar dual-branded site opens
The UK’s first Jet and Spar dual-branded site has opened following the April launch of a new convenience partnership between the fuel brand and the symbol group. Jet Maybole in South Ayrshire is the first in a number of Jet sites that have chosen to take up the dual branding ...
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Motorway services slammed over safety
Too many motorway service areas are a mess of conflicting signs, worn-away road markings and bewildering road layouts, according to a survey by the Road Safety Markings Association (RSMA). The survey assessed the external layout of 85 motorway service areas, including two criteria for pedestrians: amenity (are walkways in place); ...
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NewsSupermarkets cut 2ppl off unleaded petrol
Unleaded petrol prices are being cut by 2ppl across supermarket forecourts, but the price of diesel, which has plummeted 9ppl in the past month, has remained unchanged. After Asda announced it was cutting unleaded petrol by 2ppl today (August 21), Tesco rapidly responded with a cut with effect from 1pm, ...
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ACS report highlights value of high streets
New research released by the Association of Convenience Stores (ACS) has revealed how the public, retailers and local councillors feel about their high streets. The Community Barometer shows that convenience stores and post offices were seen to be the services which had the most positive impact on their local community, ...
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Oil company veteran linked with Morrisons c-store bid
Oil company veteran Mike Greene is heading the proposed acquisition of Morrisons’ M Local stores, according to press reports. Greene, who headed Jet’s retail offer and also worked with Shell during his career, is said to be leading a team to launch a new convenience chain, backed by Greybull Capital, ...
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Tobacco smugglers hit with confiscation orders
The ringleader of a gang that used an airline’s staff discount travel programme to smuggle cigarettes through UK airports has been handed a confiscation order for £348,705. HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) found that flight attendant Dennis Connolly, 44, of Southport, had organised over 130 smuggling trips for himself and ...
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Crimewave on Cumbrian forecourts
An upsurge of crime against petrol stations has been reported by police in south Cumbria, and they are urging the public to report any suspicious activity they may notice at car parks and petrol stations. In the last 90 days there have been 13 incidents of thefts from car park ...
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Robbery at Oxfordshire forecourt
Thames Valley Police is appealing for information after a robbery at a filling station in Witney, Oxfordshire. At around 9.50pm on Saturday August 15, a man entered Cannon Pool service station in Hailey Road, threatened staff with a bar and demanded money. He then took cash from the till and ...
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Asda sales slump by 4.7%
Asda has unveiled its second quarter financial results for 2015, posting a 4.7% fall in like-for-like sales for the 11 weeks to June 30. President and CEO Andy Clarke described the quarter’s number as “disappointing, but a short-term picture”. He said: “We continue to navigate a steady course ...
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Toyota about to launch hydrogen cars in UK
The first hydrogen powered Toyota Mirai cars have arrived in the UK ahead of their official launch next month. Toyota is billing the Mirai as the world’s first mass-produced fuel cell saloon, and is launching it in selected European markets – the UK, Germany and Denmark – where a hydrogen ...