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Fuel gives marginal boost to Tesco results
Fuel sales gave a marginal boost to Tesco’s performance in the UK in the last financial year, according to a disastrous set of annual results to February 28. In its report published on April 22 it revealed that overall sales in the UK were down 1.7%, compared with the previous ...
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Immigration charge centres on car wash
A man has appeared at Bradford and Keighley Magistrates’ court charged with being part of an operation to smuggle Iraqi illegal immigrants into the UK at a Shipley car wash. Ali Mahmood Ahmed, 37, is accused of running the conspiracy at the Pit Stop Car Wash in Valley Road with ...
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Electric and hybrid cars top satisfaction survey
British drivers have voted electric and hybrid cars the best to own, according to Driver Power, an annual satisfaction survey by car magazine Auto Express. This year’s car owner survey features a hybrid car in first place and two electric vehicles in its top 10 for the first time. The ...
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NewsJet launches new c-store initiative with Spar
Jet is using the Forecourt Show 2015, running from April 20-22, as a platform to launch its new convenience initiative, a concept that will give Jet’s 350-plus dealers access to four bespoke levels of retail support. To deliver this long-term programme, Jet has entered into a five-year agreement with Spar ...
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Regus opens first site on M1
Regus, the global workspace provider, has opened its first Regus Express location on the M1, at Watford Gap motorway service area. Based on the experience of other Regus Express sites already open on the motorway network, Regus expects the facility to be popular with local professionals seeking an alternative to ...
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NewsTrade reacts furiously to "plunder" claim by AA
Petrol retailers and the PRA have reacted furiously after the AA has accused fuel retailers of “major price distortion”, “adding an average of up to 6p to the price of a litre of diesel”, in order to charge their customers £3 a tank extra. In its latest Monthly Fuel Price ...
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Car wash shut down after brawl
A car wash in Nottingham has been ordered to shut down after it was the scene of a brawl last week. A total of 17 people were arrested on suspicion of violent disorder in connection with the disturbance at the car wash on Thursday 9 April, and have been bailed ...
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Scottish forecourt wins P&H retailer award
Stuart Mackie of Buchandyke Filling Station in East Kilbride, Scotland, was announced winner of the Retailer of the Year Award at this week’s annual Pro-retail Awards in Telford, organised by leading wholesaler Palmer and Harvey. The award – presented by Palmer and Harvey managing director Martyn Ward and collected by ...
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Three forecourts stores shortlisted for Budgens awards
Three forecourt stores are among the sites shortlisted by Budgens for its ‘Store of the Year’ 2015. Stores are judged in four categories – small, medium and large store and community store of the year, with an additional award for the overall winner. Two of the three stores selected for ...
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Camelot to refresh retailers’ lottery equipment
Camelot has announced a major refresh of permanent point of sale (PPOS) equipment across its 47,000-strong retailer estate. The five-month retail rollout – the first such overhaul in over five years – will begin in mid-July and will see retailers receiving updated PPOS, including: a refreshed National Lottery Playstation; ...
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Police car smashes into Manchester forecourt
A police car has smashed into a Morrisons petrol station in Manchester after it lost control while responding to an emergency call-out. The accident occurred at Morrisons’ petrol station on Ashton Old Road in Openshaw on Wednesday April 15 at around 8:30pm, and ended with the badly damaged police car ...
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Man jailed for six years for tobacco fraud
A Ugandan High Commission worker has been jailed for six years for obtaining 28 tonnes of hand-rolling tobacco and failing to account for over £4.8m in evaded duty after an investigation by HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC). Patrick Mbogo abused privileges available to diplomats by purchasing large quantities of tobacco ...
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Sewell starts major redevelopment at Maybury
Top 50 Indie Sewell on the go has begun a major refurbishment to improve its Maybury fuel and convenience store, located in East Hull. The store is being extended and comprehensively remodelled to create more space for a wider variety of produce. Work on the site is being headed up ...
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MFG ranked in Top 10 private companies
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. The league table published on 12 April ranks companies according to growth in profits over ...
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AA urges motorists to question election candidates
The AA has launched a pre-election campaign urging drivers to question parliamentary candidates on what they will do to help drivers. Using results on drivers’ views from the AA Populus Panel it has suggested the ten most popular promises for motorists would be: Fewer potholes ...
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Man charged over attempt to steal from oil pipeline
An attempt to steal fuel from a national oil pipeline appears to have been thwarted after a 29-year-old man was charged with two offences following an incident in Ludlow on Wednesday 8th April. West Mercia Police were carrying out routine patrols along the route of a national fuel pipeline when ...
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NewsPolice name suspect in fuel station robbery
West Yorkshire Police have released details of a man they want to trace in connection with the robbery of a fuel station in Huddersfield. Nathan Simms, aged 19, of Kirkheaton, is wanted in connection with a robbery which occurred at a petrol station in Cooper Bridge on Sunday, 22 March. ...
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Motorcycle sales increasing
Sales of new motorbikes increased to 25,249 in the first quarter of 2015, compared with 22,606 in the same period last year, according to the latest statistics released by the Motor Cycle Industry Association. Stephen Latham, head of the National Motorcycle Dealers Association (NMDA), which represents motorcycle retailers across the ...
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NewsMFG and Euro Garages acquire bulk of Shell sell-off sites
Shell UK has accepted offers for the sale of 185 company-owned service stations from Motor Fuel Group and Euro Garages, following a confidential commercial process to find the right independent dealers to purchase up to 250 Shell sites, which began last Autumn. Motor Fuel Group (MFG) has acquired 90 sites, ...
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Greenergy supplying nearly 250 Esso-branded sites
Greenergy has revealed that the number of Esso-branded sites it supplies has risen to nearly 250. It began supplying Esso-branded dealers in Northern England, North Wales and Scotland just over two years ago when it took on fuel supply to 90 Esso-branded dealer sites. This was followed with supply to ...