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NewsPRA attacks Government stance on fuel prices
The PRA has attacked the Government’s stance on fuel prices following warnings by the Treasury to pass on cost savings to motorists. Chief secretary to the Treasury Danny Alexander has vowed to write to all main fuel suppliers and distributors for “assurance” that they will pass on the benefits of ...
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Cashier attacked during robbery
Masked robbers vaulted a counter and attacked a cashier during a raid on a Manchester petrol station. Three men pushed customers aside and then punched the cashier in the face several times before stealing money and cigarettes from the Shell service station on Eccles New Road in Salford. The offenders ...
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Sales of alternative fuelled vehicles surge
There has been a major rise in registrations of alternatively-fuelled vehicles (AFV), according to figures for October from the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT), with the market up more than 50% in both month and the year-to-date. With two months still remaining in the year, registrations are already ...
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Tobacco and alcohol seized from shops
More than one million cigarettes and 2,000 litres of alcohol have been seized after officers from HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC), with support from Oldham, Rochdale, Salford, and Trafford Council Trading Standards and Greater Manchester Police, visited 25 retail premises and self storage units this week. The visits, as part ...
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ACS welcomes investigation into lending to SMEs
The Association of Convenience Stores (ACS) has welcomed the announcement from the Competition Markets Authority (CMA) to conduct a full market investigation into lending to the small and medium-sized enterprises (SME) market. The investigation will look specifically at lending to SMEs and core products such as business current accounts. ACS ...
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Londis to run first above the line national media campaign
Londis UK is investing in its first above the line national media campaign to drive more shoppers into stores over Christmas and New Year. The campaign launches on 27 November and will run across national newspapers and radio, to support direct marketing and in-store promotions. John Pattison, Londis retail director, ...
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Asda takes unleaded petrol below 120ppl
Minimum supermarket prices for unleaded petrol have fallen below 120ppl, as predicted in the November issue of Forecourt Trader, after the big three all cut 1ppl off their fuel prices. Today Asda introduced its fifth price cut in less than six weeks, taking 1ppl off both unleaded petrol and diesel, ...
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Solar-powered hydrogen refuelling plant opened
The UK’s first commercial scale solar-powered hydrogen production and refuelling facility has been opened in Swindon. It was developed by a consortium of businesses including BOC and Honda, which has its UK manufacturing site on the outskirts of Swindon. The consortium claimed the development had achieved a number of significant ...
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Raid on diesel laundering plant in Irish Republic
Customs and police officers have raided a diesel laundering plant at County Monaghan in the Republic of Ireland, close to the border with Northern Ireland. The plant at Drumboat, Inniskeen, had the capacity to launder 20 million litres of diesel a year, equating to an annual loss to the Irish ...
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Man charged with arson and robbery at service station
Customers of a service station helped to detain a robber who is believed to have started a fire as a diversionary tactic. The incident at the Warren Service Station in Easington Road, Hartlepool, began when staff were alerted to a fire on the site at about 6.50pm on Tuesday November ...
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Armed robber strikes at Plymstock
Police in Plymouth are appealing for information following an armed robbery at a service station in Plymstock. The incident occurred between 5am and 5.30am on Tuesday 4 November at the Morley Service Station on Billacombe Road in Plymstock. A man armed with a knife threatened a member of staff, and ...
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NewsMilford Haven refinery closes after sale collapses
The Murco refinery at Milford Haven in South Wales is being closed following the collapse of a deal to sell it. Its owner, Murphy Petroleum, said the agreement reached at the end of June to sell the refinery to Klesch Refining was no longer in effect. In a statement the ...
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Brookfield Group opens £2m service station
Top 50 Indie Brookfield Group has opened Pocklington Services Shell in East Yorkshire after a £2m investment. The opening was marked by a two-day event with a visit from a Ferrari Formula 1 racing car, giveaways and a wide range of in-store offers. The service station was officially opened by ...
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Four tobacco smugglers jailed
A gang of four tobacco smugglers from Southampton, who mixed floor sweepings into their counterfeit tobacco, have been jailed for a total of 11 years and three months after an investigation by HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC). HMRC investigators, working with officers from Sussex Police and the South East Regional ...
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New sales and marketing director at Palmer and Harvey
Palmer and Harvey has appointed Jez Pegg as sales and marketing director. He has previously held senior commercial roles in the UK and Europe for Nestle and Unilever. He also worked for the Brakes Group as business unit director. Most recently, he has been sales director for Fronterra in Australia ...
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Network of charge points for plug-in vehicles opened
Transport minister Baroness Kramer has officially opened a network of charging points in Wiltshire for plug-in vehicles. Supported by a £225,000 government grant, Wiltshire County Council is installing rapid chargepoints across the county which can top up a plug-in car or van in just 20 minutes. The units are at ...
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Drivers call for cap on motorway service fuel prices
Motorists say they are being ‘held to ransom’ when filling up at motorway service stations and want prices to be capped, according to an opinion poll by the RAC. Experian Catalist analysis found the average motorway fuel prices for September 2014 were 137.40ppl for petrol and 142.77ppl for diesel compared ...
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Shell board names next chairman
The board of directors of Royal Dutch Shell plc have announced the appointment of Charles Holliday as chairman with effect from the conclusion of the 2015 annual general meeting, subject to his re-appointment as a director of the company by shareholders at that meeting. Holliday will succeed Jorma Ollila who ...
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Certas Energy joins UKPIA as associate member
Certas Energy has joined UKPIA (UK Petroleum Industry Association) as a full associate member. The associate scheme is aimed at further developing industry cooperation, dialogue and excellence in the areas of process safety and transportation on road and rail. Chris Hunt, UKPIA’s director general, said: “UKPIA welcomes Certas Energy as ...
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NewsSewell appointed deputy chairman of ACS
Patrick Sewell, managing director of Top 50 Indie Sewell on the go, has been appointed deputy chairman of the Association of Convenience Stores (ACS). At the same time Paul Hagon, group strategy and development director of Palmer and Harvey, has taken over as ACS chairman. The duo replace former Forecourt ...