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Perfect your entry
Deadline for entry in the Forecourt Trader Awards is today but if you need more time to perfect your entry you can contact Rebecca George on 01293 610422 or email her at rebecca.george@wrbm.com. The awards are the showcase for the petrol retailing industry - recognising and rewarding those businesses at ...
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Fuel theft costs each forecourt £3,600pa
Theft of fuel from Britain’s forecourts cost retailers an estimated £31.4m during 2014 according to the latest Forecourt Crime Statistics Survey from BOSS (British Oil Security Syndicate), which was revealed at the Forecourt Show at the NEC last month. Since the last BOSS survey for 2012, losses attributable to drive-offs ...
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Earthquake appeal to raise funds
An appeal for funds to help the survivors of the earthquake in Nepal has been launched by South West-based Chartman, one of the Forecourt Trader Top 50 Indies. Chartman director Clive Sheppard has contacted the group’s nine forecourts saying: "In the past we have teamed up most successfully to raise ...
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NewsPolice release CCTV of Leeds attackers
Police in Leeds have this week released CCTV stills following a robbery at the Shell Filling Station on Wakefield Road, Stourton. Detective constable Darren Young, from Leeds District CID, said: “The incident occurred in the early hours of Good Friday (3 April) when two male suspects, who were both wearing ...
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Attempted robbery at Northampton forecourt
Northamptonshire Police are appealing for witnesses following an attempted robbery at the BP Service Station, Grange Park, Northampton, in the early hours of Tuesday 5 May. At about 1.50am, three men entered the shop and demanded staff give them access to the safe. After trying to force open an ...
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Pembrokeshire site wins UK Best Forecourt Loo award
Welsh forecourt retailer Brian Llewelyn a’l ferched, in Eglwyswrw, Pembrokeshire, was announced as the winner of the UK’s Best Forecourt Loo award at the Forecourt Show held at the NEC in Birmingham. Asif Ayub, managing director of pump-top promotions specialist Fast Trak, which sponsored the competition, presented the award and ...
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Blakemore expands team supporting retailers
Blakemore Trade Partners has announced new investment in its development team to help recruit new retailers. Six new members of staff have joined the business’s store development team since the beginning of January, increasing numbers from 15 to 21. Blakemore Trade Partners development director Louis Drake said: “Blakemore ...
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News in brief
MFG profits recognised Top 50 Indies forecourt operator Motor Fuel Group (MFG) has been ranked 9th in a league table of British private companies with the fastest-growing profits, in the 16th annual Sunday Times BDO Profit Track 100. Forecourt arsonist jailed A man has been jailed for 15 months after ...
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Shell planning to revamp Cannock service station
Shell has applied for planning permission for a knock down rebuild of its service station at Cannock in Staffordshire. The plans include the demolition of a neighbouring bath showroom and using the extra space to build a bigger service station and a shop. The new service station would include 10 ...
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NewsPetrogas UK leases Castleford forecourt
Top 50 Indie Petrogas UK has leased a former Shell service station near Castleford from Colliers International’s Automotive and Roadside team, acting on behalf of a private landlord. Located in Glasshoughton, 11 miles south-east of Leeds, the site extends to 0.35 acres and includes a petrol filling station with three ...
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NewsExelby Services celebrates opening new site
Exelby Services is holding an open day on May 29 when PRA chairman Brian Madderson will officially open its £6.5m Coneygarth services at Junction 51 of the A1(M) at Leeming Bar in North Yorkshire. Among the companies supporting the event will be Shell, which will be bringing its Formula 1 ...
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Monthly cars sales maintain growth
New car registrations have risen for the 38th consecutive month, according to figures released by the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT). In April demand rose by 5.1% to 185,778 units – the month’s best performance since 2005. Year-to-date registrations for 2015 are up 6.4% to 920,366. April’s strong ...
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NewsKent retailer introduces new fishing line
Forecourt and convenience supremo David Charman of Parkfoot Garage in Kent is proud to announce he has sold his first lobster! He introduced a fresh fish counter at the Spar store at his multi-award-winning site on the A20 in West Malling a couple of weeks ago following demand by customers. ...
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NewsJet secures Amazon delivery locker deal
Jet is working with online retailer Amazon to make its outdoor parcel lockers available to Jet dealers across the brand’s 350-plus site network. As part of Jet’s dealer package, dealers will be able to sign up to have Amazon lockers installed at a convenient location on their site (subject to ...
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Forecourt operator joins Budgens retailer council
A forecourt operator is one of three new members who have joined Budgens National Retailer Council (NRC). Guy Warner, owner of Warner’s Budgens Moreton-in-Marsh, Broadway and Bidford-on-Avon as well as forecourt locations in Tewkesbury and Gloucester; Paul Gardner of Budgens of Islington; and Jamie O’Flynn of O’Flynn’s Budgens in Acle ...
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Fuel depresses Sainsbury’s sales
Sainsbury’s has reported its first loss for 10 years after writing down the value of its stores, and fuel price deflation and lower fuel volumes depressed its sales. For the 52 weeks to March 14, it made a pre-tax loss of £72m compared with a profit of £898m in the ...
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Operators urged to provide rating information
The PRA is urging members to fill in and return forms they should have received from the Valuation Office Agency (VOA). In preparation for the 2017 rating revaluation, the VOA sent out forms requesting information from petrol station operators in England and Wales in April. The Scottish Assessors Association (SAA) ...
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Supreme Court pollution ruling is fillip for alternative fuel
Producers of alternative fuels have welcomed a Supreme Court ruling on air pollution. It required the UK government to submit new air quality plans to the European Commission no later than 31 December 2015 following its failure to comply with EU law setting limits for nitrogen dioxide (NO2) pollution in ...
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High demand at Applegreen motorway site
Applegreen’s new service station on the M2 motorway in Northern Ireland has proved such a success since it opened on April 8 that they have had to increase staff by 25% to cope with demand. Since it opened an average of 3,500 people have visited the £6.25m development on the ...
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NewsHarvest Energy launches new Breeze sub-brand
Harvest Energy has launched a new sub-brand – Breeze – on a redeveloped site at Holmer Green, near High Wycombe. The company describes it as the first ‘virtually attended’ filling station in the UK. The ‘attendants’ are 100 miles away in Peterborough, remotely operating the forecourt as if they were ...