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BP signs supply deals with retailers
BP has followed up its recent contract to supply more than 130 MFG sites by signing new deals with two more independent retailers. In Llanelli, a previously Esso-branded service station has been converted to BP with a signicant shop and forecourt revamp. The site, in Capel Isaf Road, is owned ...
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PRA issues urgent warning over ATM rates appeals
Retailers are being warned that if they have received backdated rates bills for ATMs they only have until March 31 to lodge an appeal. PRA chairman Brian Madderson said he had received calls from retailers who had received bills for £12-14,000, covering the period back to 2010. He said it ...
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NewsPRA describes RAC diesel accusation as nonsense
The PRA has reacted furiously and accused the RAC of an alarming lack of research after it claimed retailers are profiteering on diesel and taking high margins because much of the diesel sold is to business users who are less price sensitive. RAC fuel spokesman Simon Williams said: “It’s hard ...
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Autogas working to make product more accessible
Autogas is looking into the possiblity of making its product more accessible on forecourts after the installation of a new fuel dispenser at Shell Barking. Following feedback from motorists that its LPG dispensers were often blocked by drivers waiting for the petrol or diesel pumps, a new dedicated Autogas refuelling ...
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Minister predicts roads will recharge electric vehicles
A future in which roads are ‘digitalised’ and can charge electric cars as they travel along them, has been outlined in a speech by roads minister John Hayes. Speaking at a conference on 21st century infrastructure, he said the UK was at a turning point in the history of road ...
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PRA calls for ATMs to be exempt from business rates
The PRA has joined the ATM Industry Association (ATMIA) in calling for ATMs to be exempt from business rates. PRA chairman Brian Madderson sees business rates exemption as a crucial matter. He said: “The economics of running petrol forecourts are very fragile. That is why thousands have closed in the ...
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Noodle bar opens at Applegreen site
Petrogas Group has opened an Oriental quick service restaurant chain franchise at an Applegreen site in Ireland, and has confirmed it will be opening at one of its UK sites too. Chopstix Group UK, which has a current UK estate of 45 restaurants, has launched its first restaurant in Galway, ...
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JTI removes gantries after illegal tobacco prosecutions
JTI has removed tobacco gantries from Alric Food & Wine in Harlesden, Brent, and JB Patel and Son on Woolwich New Road in south-east London, following prosecutions for selling illegal tobacco. Paul Williams, UK head of corporate affairs, commented: “Given the offences committed by these retailers JTI has decided that ...
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News200th BP M&S Simply Food site opens
The market town of Calne, in Wiltshire, is the location for the 200th BP M&S Simply Food store, since the partnership between M&S and BP began in 2005 at BP Hammersmith in London. The store was officially opened by the Mayor of Calne Heather Canfer, and BP Paralympic ambassador Richard ...
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Forecourt Trader partners iDAC 15 conference
Forecourt Trader has been named as the media partner for iDAC 15 – an international conference for the retail fuel industry in London on 11-12 May 2015. McLean Communications, organisers of the industry’s forum for the retail fuel marketplace, erpec, will stage the conference alongside erpec 15, at the Tower ...
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Fuel suppliers welcome MFG deal
The three companies taking over supplies to MFG’s estate of more than 220 Murco-branded forecourts have all welcomed the biggest fuel supply deal of recent years. From the end of this month BP will take on supplies to 87 sites in addition to 49 existing sites which have been re-signed ...
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Electric car secondhand values catching up diesels
Forecasts of secondhand values for electric vehicles (EVs) are moving closer to traditional diesel cars as the used car market becomes more accustomed to the technology they contain, according to the self-styled “trade bible” Glass’s. In some cases, residual value (RV) forecasts are already broadly similar to their diesel equivalent, ...
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NewsPRA welcomes cancellation of fuel duty increase
The PRA has welcomed the announcement in today’s Budget that the fuel duty increase which was scheduled for September has been cancelled. Chancellor of the Exchequer George Osborne said this means there has been the longest fuel duty freeze in more than 20 years and as a result a driver ...
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Murco’s Milford Haven site and distribution business sold
Murco’s Milford Haven facility has been purchased by Singapore-based Puma Energy, together with other UK assets owned by the oil company. In addition to Milford Haven the acquisition includes three inland terminals at Westerleigh, Theale and Bedworth, as well as Murco’s wholesale and distribution business in the UK. Under the ...
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ACS criticises size of minimum wage increase
The Association of Convenience Stores (ACS) has criticised the Government’s above inflation 3% increase in the adult national minimum wage to £6.70, warning it will have have a negative impact on staffing and investment levels in the convenience sector. ACS chief executive James Lowman said: “We are disappointed with the ...
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Certas parent’s deal for 400 French Esso sites approved
The European Commission has cleared the acquisition of 400 Esso-branded fuelling stations in France by DCC plc, the parent company of Certas Energy. In August DCC announced it had agreed an £84m deal to buy Esso’s 274-strong Express unmanned retail petrol station network, its 48 motorway concessions in France, as ...
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Congestation at worst level for 10 years
A Freight Transport Association (FTA) survey has revealed that congestion on UK roads is at the worst it has been for over 10 years. FTA’s Quarterly Transport Activity Survey (QTAS) illustrated the rate of deterioration in reliability on the road network at 55% – which is the lowest it has ...
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Government urged to rectify mistakes over LPG
Autogas Limited is calling on the Government to rectify its investment removal mistakes of the past in order to help the UK achieve its low carbon future. The calls are being made after a House of Commons Transport Select Committee report criticised the way the Government withdrew grants supporting the ...
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HMRC raids illegal filling station in Lancashire
An illegal filling station and diesel laundering plant, capable of evading £14.5m in duty a year, have been dismantled by HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) in the Darwen area of Lancashire. Officers from HMRC and Lancashire Constabulary searched commercial premises and discovered the laundering plant on Tuesday 10 March. It ...
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MFG replaces Murco brand on company owned sites
Top 50 Indie MFG has announced plans to replace the Murco brand on all its company owned sites and to develop it as a brand exclusively for dealers. The move follows MFG’s acquisition of Murco’s retail business on 1 October 2014, comprising 228 company owned forecourts and supplying a dealer ...