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New car sales highest for 10 years
New car registrations in 2014 were the highest for 10 years and the fourth highest on record, according to the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT). During 2014 a total of 2,476,435 new cars were registered in the UK – the most in a calendar year since 2004, and ...
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NewsFuel volumes rise 1.5% year-on-year
There has been a 1.6% year-on-year increase in retail and commercial fuel volumes in the last quarter, according to the latest fuel statistics issued by the Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC), driven mainly by record diesel volumes. Brian Madderson, chairman of the PRA, commented: “Petrol retailers have confirmed ...
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NewsAsda unleaded at 105.7ppl after further price cuts
A further 2ppl has been cut from fuel prices by the big four supermarkets just six days after the last round of price cuts. Asda was the first to move announcing on Twitter at 2.40am on Monday January 5: “We’re cutting fuel prices again. From tomorrow (Tuesday January 6), you’ll ...
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Diesel consumption hits record level
Monthly diesel demand by cars and commercial vehicles in the UK has pushed above 2.5bn litres for the first time, reflecting a growth in road traffic driven by light goods vehicles. However, petrol consumption by UK drivers continues to struggle to recover despite falling pump prices, up only 19m litres ...
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NewsAsda takes unleaded petrol down to 107.7ppl
The big four supermarket groups marked New Year’s Day by cutting a further 2ppl from their petrol and diesel prices, with prices now having fallen by 19ppl and 15ppl respectively in less than four months. Asda announced its new national price cap was 107.7ppl on unleaded petrol and 114.7ppl on ...
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NewsCompetition authority gives MFG ultimatum over Murco deal
MFG says it is keen to engage with the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) to avoid a full merger investigation after it raised a concern over MFG’s takeover of Murco’s retail business. The CMA said MFG had the chance to avoid a full merger investigation if it could offer a ...
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Armed duo rob Rossendale filling station
Police are appealing for information following an armed robbery at a petrol station in Rossendale, Lancashire, on Monday 22 December. At shortly before 9.50pm, two men wearing balaclavas entered the Spar shop at the Shell Garage on Burnley Road armed with knives. They leapt over the counter and threatened the ...
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Government promises £6bn to repair roads
A record £6bn will be spent on tackling potholes and improving local roads between 2015 and 2021, transport secretary Patrick McLoughlin announced today (23 December 2014). The investment amounts to £976m a year, enough to fix around 18 million potholes across the country. It is the first time councils have ...
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NewsAA dismisses prospect of petrol below £1 per litre
The AA has dismissed suggestions by rival motoring organisation the RAC that petrol could fall below £1 a litre in the New Year, but said the crash in fuel prices over the past month is the third largest it has recorded. In its latest monthly fuel report the AA said: ...
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Independent claims lowest fuel prices
An independent operator who runs three filling stations in the West Midlands believes he is currently selling the cheapest fuel in the UK. Since Monday Velautham Sarveswaran, who runs the Harvest branded forecourt at Alcester Road, Redditch, as well as at Alcester Road South, Maypole, and at Abelwell Road, Walsall, ...
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Thieves steal CCTV system from car wash
Thieves who targeted a car wash in Derby took the site’s CCTV system as part of their haul. Derbyshire Police are appealing for information after a break-in between 6.20pm on Friday, December 12 and 8.30am on Saturday, December 13 at the UK Car Wash on Chequers Road near to the ...
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Cigarettes stolen from Tesco forecourt in break-in
Police are appealing for witnesses after a large amount of cigarettes were stolen from a Tesco fuel station in Whaley Bridge, Derbyshire. Three men forced open shutters to the kiosk area at the site in Buxton Road, before breaking through the door. They then stole a large number of cigarettes ...
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NewsCCTV film of armed robbery released by police
Sussex Police are appealing for witnesses to a knife point robbery at a service station in Petworth, West Sussex. At around 7.45pm on Monday (December 15) at The Flower Bowl Garage in London Road, a man walked into the garage with a knife and a baseball bat. He threatened the ...
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Harvest adds new recruit to retail team
Harvest Retail has recruited Lee Slater to its expanding retail team as dealer business manager for Scotland. Lee has held senior roles within the industry and first joined the sector in 2004 with Tokheim UK. In his new role he will be responsible for looking after existing key strategic accounts ...
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ACS welcomes consultation on e-cigarettes
ACS has welcomed a consultation from the Department of Health on introducing age restrictions for the purchase of electronic cigarettes. The proposed regulations would: Make it an offence to sell nicotine inhaling products (such as e-cigarettes) and related products to anyone under the age of 18 years; Extend ...
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NewsMinister admits 130 unsafe tankers still in use
About 130 fuel tankers that do not meet safety standards are still in use on British roads and forecourts more than a year after the problem was first reported. In a written statement to Parliament in October last year, transport minister Robert Goodwill reported that 230 fuel tankers, about 12% ...
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Two arrested after 70,000 cigarettes seized
Two people were arrested in connection with the seizure of over 70,000 cigarettes and three kilos of hand-rolling tobacco by HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) on Tuesday December 16. HMRC officers searched private and commercial premises at Ballymena and Ballymoney, in County Antrim, Northern Ireland, where they seized 12,020 suspected ...
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Knifepoint robbery in Lancashire
Lancashire police has released CCTV images of a man they would like to speak to following a knifepoint robbery at a service station. At around 9.30pm on Sunday (November 14), a lone man has entered CS Service Station, known locally as Mr C’s, on Helmshore Road, Haslingden, with a large ...
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Certas Energy strengthens retail team
Certas Energy has strengthened its retail team with the appointment of Ian Welch and Gary Conway, both former employees of Harvest Energy, as it continues to expand its Gulf branded network across the UK. “We are delighted to bring Gary and Ian into the Certas Energy family,” said Ramsay MacDonald, ...
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Topaz confirms purchase of Esso’s Irish retail business
Topaz Energy Limited has confirmed the reports that began circulating in Ireland last week that it is buying Esso’s retail business in the Republic. Under the agreement, the Topaz parent company, Kendrick Investments Limited, will purchase the shares of Esso Ireland Limited and its wholly owned subsidiaries, Ireland ROC Limited ...