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Nicolas Hamilton joins up with Jet
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 and is an avid racing driver and vocal campaigner for disability in motoring will also help to ...
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PRA hails volume increase
There has been a 1.5% year-on-year increase in retail and commercial road fuel volumes the first increase since 2008 according to the latest fuel statistics issued by the Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC), driven mainly by record diesel volumes.Brian Madderson, chairman of the Petrol Retailers Association, ...
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Topaz Irish expansion
Topaz Energy has agreed a deal to buy Esso’s retail business in the Irish Republic. Under the agreement, the Topaz parent company, Kendrick Investments Ltd, will purchase the shares of Esso Ireland Ltd and its wholly owned subsidiaries, Ireland ROC Ltd and Esso Ireland Manufacturing Company Ltd.The deal covers 38 ...
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Petrol dents Sainsbury’s results
Falling fuel prices have hit Sainsbury’s sales figures hard.In its third quarter trading statement for the 14 weeks to January 3, it said retail sales were down 2.5% compared with the same period a year ago; but when fuel was stripped out of the fall was 0.4%. Like-for-like sales were ...
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Gulf in BP fuel card dealGulf 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.New CEO for NisaNisa has announced the appointment of Nick Read as its new chief executive ...
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Tesco sales figures bolstered by filling station performance
Tesco’s filing stations are helping to boost its sales performance, according to its latest figures. The rise comes despite deflation in fuel prices over the period and its Fuel Save promotion, which it says enables its Clubcard customers to obtain the cheapest fuel in the UK.In its trading statement for ...
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MFG offers to sell site to avoid probe
MFG has offered to sell off the Murco petrol station in Hythe in a bid to avoid a full merger investigation by the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) into its acquisition of Murco’s retail business.Last month the CMA said the deal might be expected to result in a substantial lessening ...
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Applegreen opens 50th site and plans for more
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.Michael O’Loughlin, ...
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Fuel prices crash to autumn 2010 levels
The crash in fuel prices has accelerated with two rounds of 2ppl price cuts by the big four supermarkets in six days. Unleaded petrol and diesel prices have fallen by 21ppl and 17ppl in less than four months.On January 6, Asda announced its new national price cap was 105.7ppl on ...
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HMRC raids suspected illegal tobacco plant
HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) has uncovered what is believed to be an illicit tobacco processing plant at a unit at a business park in New Malden, Surrey, seizing over 500kg of suspected illicit hand rolling tobacco and a number of items of processing equipment. HMRC officers raided the industrial ...
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Two Nisa conversions sends sales soaring
Kenworth Ltd, a family run forecourt operation and an early adopter of Nisa as a fuel brand with Greenergy supplied fuel, has reported a dramatic rise in fuel and shop sales at two of its sites in the North East. Wheatley Hill Service Station, County Durham, switched from Jet to ...
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Commission to look at implications of low oil price
Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change Edward Davey is visiting Aberdeen today (January 16) for talks with oil and gas industry leaders against a backdrop of the recent dramatic slide in world oil prices. The minister is announcing that he is asking Andy Samuel, CEO designate of the ...
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NewsCameron calls for "further faster" falls in pump prices
Fuel prices at the pumps should fall “further and faster” after a significant drop in oil prices, the Prime Minister has told MPs. Speaking in Prime Minister’s Questions on Wednesday, David Cameron told MPs the Competition Authority and the Government would do everything it can to ensure the oil price ...
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NewsRural rebate could be implemented before election
Plans for a 5ppl fuel duty rebate for 17 rural areas have cleared a major hurdle, chief secretary to the Treasury Danny Alexander has announced. The European Commission (EC) has given its approval and the minister said he hoped the scheme could be implemented before the election in May, although ...
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Two arrests in Kent over large-scale fuel fraud
A man and woman from Kent have been arrested by HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) on suspicion of being involved in a large-scale fuel fraud. It is believed that the fraud duped unsuspecting motorists and robbed taxpayers of more than £200,000 in unpaid fuel duty and VAT. HMRC officers searched ...
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NFRN in talks over alliance with sub posmasters
The membership associations representing Independent newsagents and sub postmasters have held “positive” talks about forming an alliance, according to NFRN chief executive Paul Baxter. Senior representatives from the NFRN met with officials and members from the National Federation of SubPostmasters on Tuesday (January 13) to discuss the possibility of a ...
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Tobacco smuggling gang jailed
Four men have been sentenced for their role in a plot to flood Greater Manchester with duty free cigarettes and tobacco and launder their criminal profits. The gang – Mark O’Neill, 50, of Littleborough, Rochdale; Christopher Bridgeman, 49, of Failsworth; Cyril Crowe, 57, of Harpurhey; and Gerard Melville, 49, of ...
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Falling fuel prices depress Morrisons’ sales figures
Falling fuel prices depressed Morrisons performance over the Christmas period, the company has disclosed. In its trading statement covering the six weeks to 4 January the company revealed that total sales excluding fuel were down by 1.3% compared with the same period a year ago, and like-for-like sales excluding fuel ...
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National Pothole Day supported by RAC
National Pothole Day has been set for Thursday 15 January 2015 by Street Repairs and supported by the RAC. In 2014 the RAC teamed up with Street Repairs to create a free Report a Pothole App and web-based plug-in tool. This enables motorists, motorcyclists, cyclists and other road users to ...
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Autogas emphasises savings despite petrol price cuts
Drivers in the UK saved an estimated £66m on their fuel bills in 2014 by driving on autogas LPG, according to latest estimates from leading LPG supplier Autogas Ltd. Despite petrol prices falling in recent weeks, 150,000 drivers in the UK are making far greater savings by driving on the ...