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Burglars steal cigarettes from forecourt shop
Thames Valley Police is appealing for witnesses after a burglary at the Co-op Texaco petrol station in Charnham Street, Hungerford. At 2.20am on Thursday (December 11/12) three offenders arrived at the petrol station in a dark coloured Audi convertible. Two of them forced entry to the petrol station and stole ...
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NewsRobber assaults sales assistant
Police in Sandwell, West Midlands, have released images of a man they want to trace after he assaulted a petrol station worker and stole cash. The man, described as black, around 30 years old, 5’6 with cropped or shaven black hair and stubble, was caught on CCTV as he struck ...
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ACS welcomes report on planning
The Association of Convenience Stores (ACS) has welcomed a report by the Communities and Local Government Select Committee criticising the application of planning policy by local authorities. In its report on the operation of the National Planning Policy Framework, the committee has drawn attention to shortcomings in the way planning ...
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News2ppl cut takes Asda unleaded to 110.7ppl
The big four supermarket groups have all announced that they will cut a further 2ppl off the price of unleaded petrol and 1ppl off diesel from tomorrow (Thursday December 18). This means Asda’s national price cap on unleaded petrol will be 110.7ppl with diesel at 117.7ppl. Andy Peake, Asda’s petrol ...
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NewsRAC predicts unleaded petrol will fall below £1 a litre
The RAC is predicting petrol could be selling for less than £1 a litre for several months at the start of 2015, due to the plummeting price of oil – a pump price last seen in late May 2009. The price of Brent crude has fallen below $60 a barrel ...
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HMRC seizes pumps from forecourt
A filling station suspected of selling illicit fuel has had its forecourt pumps removed by HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC). HMRC worked with specialist contractors to remove the fuel pumps and an over-ground fuel storage tank safely at the forecourt in County Down, Northern Ireland. At a second site, also ...
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More English fuel laundering plants raided
Two diesel laundering plants, capable of producing nearly 120,000 litres of suspected illicit fuel and evading almost £12.5m in taxes a year, have been dismantled by HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC). The finds follow the discovery of sites in Merseyside and Essex last month. Officers from HMRC and Merseyside ...
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Topaz reported to be buying Esso’s Irish operation
Topaz is in talks to take over Esso’s business in the Irish Republic, according to local press reports. Esso has 38 company owned sites, and supplies another 60, and the reports say the deal would be worth about €70m. A spokesman for Topaz would not comment on the deal, but ...
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JTI removes gantry after illicit tobacco prosecution
JTI has removed its tobacco gantry from Istanbul Mini Market, 210 Eastgate Street, Gloucester, following prosecution for selling illegal tobacco. Paul Williams, UK head of corporate affairs, commented: “Given the offence committed by this retailer we cannot allow the JTI display equipment which we have provided to remain in the ...
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NewsApplegreen reaches 50 sites in UK
Applegreen has now grown to 50 sites in the UK following the acquisition of the lease on a petrol station in Hoddesdon, Hertfordshire. The deal means it has more than doubled the number of its UK sites since the 2013 Forecourt Trader Top 50 Indies when it had 23 sites. ...
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NewsNicolas Hamilton appointed Jet ambassador for 2015
Jet has announced that Nicolas Hamilton, brother of the Formula One World Champion Lewis, has been appointed as the fuel brand’s ambassador for 2015. Nicolas, who has a form of cerebral palsy, is an avid racing driver and vocal campaigner for disability in motoring, will also help to promote the ...
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NewsAsda at 112.7ppl after fresh round of price cuts
The big four supermarkets have all announced further price cuts with Asda pledging that from tomorrow (Saturday December 13) its price cap for unleaded petrol will be 112.7ppl and diesel will be capped at 118.7ppl. Tesco said it was cutting the cost of petrol by 2ppl and the cost of ...
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New film instalment to combat illicit tobacco trade
Imperial Tobacco has released its third short film, as part of its Suspect it? Report it! anti-illicit trade campaign. Following on from the first two instalments, which depicted a tobacco smuggler trying to evade airport customs and a shop owner witnessing a criminal peddling illegal tobacco on his street corner, ...
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Minister discusses business rates with trade representatives
Financial Secretary to the Treasury, David Gauke, the minister responsible for business rates, addressed the All Party Small Shops Group in Westminster to discuss business rates in light of the Chancellor’s announcements in last week’s Autumn Financial Statement. ACS chief executive James Lowman said: “The measures announced in the Autumn ...
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BP renews membership of BOSS and Payment Watch
BP has renewed its membership of BOSS (The British Oil Security Syndicate), the trade organisation campaigning to reduce forecourt crime, and its Payment Watch scheme for 2015. BP Oil UK operates over 320 company owned stores across the UK and has been a member of BOSS and its Payment Watch ...
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Plain tobacco packaging ’failing in Australia’
Plain tobacco packaging is failing to deter young people from smoking in Australia and should not be introduced in the UK, according to Mike Ridgway, director of the Consumer Packaging Manufacturers’ Association. He said: “Information from the first year of plain packaging in Australia has shown that tobacco sales volumes ...
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Government support for advanced biofuels
A £25m competition to support the development of an advanced biofuel industry in the UK has been launched by transport minister Baroness Kramer. In a written statement to Parliament she said: “This is a major step forward for the UK. According to the feasibility study, gains from the domestic supply ...
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Gulf forecourts given access to BP fuel card
Gulf and other Certas Energy supplied forecourts have been given access to BP’s fuel card from 1 December 2014 as the company looks to drive new business to its forecourts. The deal follows shortly after an agreement was reached with Shell to make its fuel card available across the Certas ...
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AA teams up with Pernod Ricard for anti drink-drive campaign
Almost a fifth of drivers (19%) have driven the morning after a night of heavy drinking, even when they think they could have been over the limit, according to a new Automobile Association (AA/Populus) survey. Half of drivers (54%) though do try to avoid drink driving by agreeing a designated ...
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NewsAverage fuel prices forecast to fall by up to 15ppl
As the average price of unleaded petrol slid below 120ppl, a leading economist told a committee of MPs the price could fall by another 10ppl to 15ppl. Experian Catalist reported the average price of unleaded petrol had fallen to 119.40ppl, with diesel at 124.07ppl, on Tuesday December 9, the same ...