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£5m fund to promote low emission vehicle use
Up to 35 public sector organisations are being asked to bid for funding from a £5m scheme to support ultra-low emission vehicles (ULEV), transport minister Baroness Kramer announced on Tuesday January 14. Organisations including the police, fire services and the NHS will be able to test their ULEV-readiness, as part ...
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NewsIndependent takes unleaded under £1 per litre
An independent retailer in the West Midlands is believed to be the first to offer unleaded petrol at less than £1 a litre since the recent slide in fuel prices began. Velautham Sarveswaran, who runs four Harvest-branded sites with his wife, Ananthi, cut prices at his sites in Birmingham, Redditch ...
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NewsPrice cuts take Asda unleaded down to 103.7ppl
Competition on fuel prices between the big four supermarkets ratcheted up another notch today (Monday January 12), and edged ever closer to £1 per litre on unleaded petrol, as all four announced another round of price cuts. Asda beat the others to the punch on Twitter at 1.48am saying it ...
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Tesco filling stations boost its sales performance
Tesco’s filing stations are helping to boost its sales performance according to latest figures it has just released, 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 ...
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NewsMFG offers to sell site to avoid competition investigation
MFG has offered to sell 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 acquisition might be expected to result in a substantial lessening ...
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Female assistant injured by robber
Bedfordshire Police are seeking information after a robbery at the A6 Filling Station on the A6 at Rushden Road, Souldrop at 8.05pm on Tuesday 30 December. It began as a female employee was locking the main entrance and a man barged into her and forced her back inside the shop ...
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New Nisa CEO appointed
Nisa has announced the appointment of Nick Read as its new chief executive officer. He will take over from Neil Turton in February 2015. Commenting on the appointment Nisa chairman Christopher Baker said: “Nick’s mix of strategic and operational experience and his strong focus on the customer set him apart. ...
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Police Scotland appeal for witnesses after robbery
Detectives investigating a robbery at the Jet petrol station at Menstrie in Clackmannanshire, Scotland, are keen to trace the occupants of vehicles believed to have been in the area at the time. A man entered the premises about 9.50pm on Sunday 28th December and threatened a female cashier before making ...
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Symonds Forecourt’s profits up 29%
Top 50 Indie Symonds Forecourts Group has announced an increase in turnover in its annual results. Turnover across the group has increased by 3.9% to £37m, with pre-tax profits up to £888,000, a year-on-year increase of 29%. Managing director Nick Lloyd commented: “This has been another amazing year. We’ve had ...
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Unite welcomes introduction of tanker drivers passport
The tanker drivers’ union Unite has welcomed the introduction of the new Petroleum Driver Passport (PDP) which came into force on January 1 and covers more than 6,000 tanker drivers across England, Scotland and Wales. The passport, implemented by the Downstream Oil Industry Distribution Forum – a partnership of employers, ...
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Falling fuel prices depress Sainsbury’s sales
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 ...
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NewsPRA dismisses Chancellor’s price warning
A warning that lower oil prices must be passed onto consumers by the Chancellor George Osborne is being interpreted as being aimed at the energy companies by PRA chairman Brian Madderson. Yesterday the Chancellor tweeted “Oil price was $53 pbl last night - lowest in 5yrs. Vital this is passed ...
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ACS welcomes simplification of personal licences
The Association of Convenience Stores (ACS) has welcomed the simplified process for personal licence renewals set out by the Home Office ahead of the implementation of the Deregulation Bill. The Deregulation Bill, which is currently before Parliament, intends to scrap the requirement for personal licence holders to renew their licence ...
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Retailers warned about cigarette voucher scam
Tobacco manufacturer Imperial Tobacco is warning retailers to be aware of a JPS voucher scam which is currently being used by some tobacco shoppers. The blue circular vouchers, which are in no way associated to Imperial Tobacco, claim to offer consumers £3 off the purchase of products in the JPS ...
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New car sales highest for 10 years
New car registrations in 2014 were the highest for 10 years and the fourth highest on record, according to the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT). During 2014 a total of 2,476,435 new cars were registered in the UK – the most in a calendar year since 2004, and ...
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NewsFuel volumes rise 1.5% year-on-year
There has been a 1.6% year-on-year increase in retail and commercial fuel volumes in the last quarter, 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 PRA, commented: “Petrol retailers have confirmed ...
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NewsAsda unleaded at 105.7ppl after further price cuts
A further 2ppl has been cut from fuel prices by the big four supermarkets just six days after the last round of price cuts. Asda was the first to move announcing on Twitter at 2.40am on Monday January 5: “We’re cutting fuel prices again. From tomorrow (Tuesday January 6), you’ll ...
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Diesel consumption hits record level
Monthly diesel demand by cars and commercial vehicles in the UK has pushed above 2.5bn litres for the first time, reflecting a growth in road traffic driven by light goods vehicles. However, petrol consumption by UK drivers continues to struggle to recover despite falling pump prices, up only 19m litres ...
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NewsAsda takes unleaded petrol down to 107.7ppl
The big four supermarket groups marked New Year’s Day by cutting a further 2ppl from their petrol and diesel prices, with prices now having fallen by 19ppl and 15ppl respectively in less than four months. Asda announced its new national price cap was 107.7ppl on unleaded petrol and 114.7ppl on ...
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NewsCompetition authority gives MFG ultimatum over Murco deal
MFG says it is keen to engage with the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) to avoid a full merger investigation after it raised a concern over MFG’s takeover of Murco’s retail business. The CMA said MFG had the chance to avoid a full merger investigation if it could offer a ...