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Assistant injured during robbery
Police are appealing for information after a staff member was injured during a robbery at a filling station near Houghton le Spring, Northumberland. The robbery happened at 9pm on Sunday, March 1, at Chilton Moor Filling Station in North View Terrace in Chilton Moor. A man went into the premises ...
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Raiders armed with hammers steal cash and tobacco
Thames Valley Police is appealing for witnesses following a robbery at a service station in Beaconsfield during the early hours of Tuesday March 3. Just before 3.30am, two men entered Holtspur Service Station, A40, Beaconsfield, and threatened members of staff with a hammer. The pair then went onto steal a ...
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NewsRontec aims to raise £1m for charity
Rontec’s Shop’ N Drive chain is aiming to raise up to £1m for the national sight loss charity RNIB after it chose it as its first charity of the Year. The money will be raised by customers, in a scheme which allows them to ‘top up’ their credit or debit ...
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NewsSimon Smith opens speciality food store
Top 50 Indie the Simon Smith Group has teamed up with Spar supplier Blakemore Trade Partners to launch a forecourt and speciality food convenience store at Highworth Service Station in Swindon. Working in partnership, the two family-run businesses have redeveloped the site to create a convenience store dedicated to high-quality, ...
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Proxy purchasing to tobacco to be outlawed in England
The publication of regulations to make proxy purchasing of tobacco and nicotine products an offence has been welcomed by the NFRN. The Federation’s 16,000 independent retail members have also hailed a ban on the sale of nicotine products to those aged under 18. National president Martyn Brown said: “It is ...
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Poll finds strong interest in autogas LPG
Autogas is claiming an estimated 8 million drivers are interested in using its fuel after an independent poll by Auto Express, Britain’s biggest selling weekly car magazine, revealed that 26% of UK drivers would consider converting their car to run on autogas LPG. The findings come just weeks after the ...
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Arrest after two forecourt burglaries in one night
A man has been arrested after two burglaries at separate petrol stations in Croydon late on Wednesday February 25. Police were called to reports of a break-in at the Shell garage in Coulsdon Road, Old Coulsdon at 11pm. A Metropolitan Police spokesman said the suspect is believed to have smashed ...
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NewsBe prepared for surge in mobile transactions, Moss tells Top 50 Indies
Retailers need to continue to look for ways to improve their forecourt and convenience offer, and how they engage with customers whether that is face to face or increasingly online, David Moss general manager for Shell’s northern European retail business told the audience at last night’s (February 26) Top 50 ...
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CCTV released over £30,000 fuel card fraud
Detectives investigating a fuel card cloning scam have released images of two men they believe may have filled up with £30,000 of stolen petrol and diesel from forecourts across Birmingham. A total of 46 cards are suspected of being cloned at a Halesowen petrol station by a rogue cashier and ...
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JCB used to steal cash machine from forecourt
Police are appealing for information and witnesses after a cash machine was stolen from the Gulf service station on Lea Road, Gainsborough, in Lincolnshire. The incident was reported to police at 4.08am on Monday 23rd February. It is believed the ATM was pulled from the wall using a JCB. Investigating ...
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Carsley Group renews BP supply deal
BP has re-signed the Carsley Group, a Top 50 Indie company, for a further five years in a deal worth more than 45mlpa of fuel. The nine-site strong Carsley Group has been with BP since 1998. Howard Nunn, BP’s UK sales manager, said: “We are delighted to be able to ...
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Moves to limit traditional biofuel
A European Parliamentary committee yesterday (Tuesday, February 24) backed a new lower limit on traditional biofuels that can be blended into transport fuels. There has been pressure to reduce the amount of biofuels produced from food crops – because their production can push up food prices and lead to deforestation ...
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NewsBest Forecourt Loo competition hotting up
Competition is hotting up for this year’s Best Forecourt Loo award with three new entries. The facilities at Brian Llewelyn a’l ferched, Eglwyswrw, in Pembrokeshire, are our first competitor from Wales, while Brookfield Group has entered the amentities at two of its sites in the North of England, at Tickled ...
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3% increase in National Minimum Wage
The Low Pay Commission, the body which advises the government on the minimum wage, has recommended an increase to the current National minimum Wage for workers aged 21 and over by 3% from £6.50 to £6.70. The increase, if accepted by the government, would come into effect in October 2015. ...
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NewsLeeds site reopens after £2m redevelopment
A family-owned service station in Leeds has reopened after a £2m redevelopment of the site. Woodman Services comprises a 1,800sq ft Nisa Local store, Starbucks drive-thru, car wash and a 24-hour Shell forecourt. It takes the place of a former pub and the existing services which was previously run by ...
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Sainsbury’s deal offers 10ppl off fuel
Sainsbury’s is launching an offer which it says will provide customers with unleaded petrol at less than £1 per litre. From Thursday 26th February until Wednesday 4th March it is offering customers spending £30 or more in store or online 10p off per litre of fuel at its forecourts. Sainsbury’s ...
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Supermarkets silent as they raise prices
Supermarkets have begun quietly raising their fuel prices, but with none of the publicity or social media blitzs associated with their price cuts through December and into January. Only two of the big four groups formally responded to Forecourt Trader when it asked each of them how much they had ...
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Imperial Tobacco criticises levy proposal
Imperial Tobacco has detailed its opposition to a levy on tobacco companies that has been proposed by the Government. In December The Treasury launched a consultation on whether to introduce a levy on tobacco companies in order to pay for the wider societal costs of smoking, and if so how ...
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Warning over ATM security after theft
Gwent Police are urging businesses to remain vigilant about security of free-standing ATMs after one was stolen from a petrol station. The theft was the second in eight days in which a free-standing ATM has been stolen. The latest incident occurred at approximately 3.25am on Friday 13th February at the ...
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Retailers slow to pass on increasing costs says AA
Rising oil prices have pushed average unleaded petrol and diesel prices up 1.5ppl in the past fortnight, according to the latest monthly AA Fuel Price Report, but is says retailers are being slow to increase prices in response to rising costs. It reported that in mid-January the average price of ...