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NewsAnglesey forecourt gutted by fire
Rebuilding work is set to begin this week on a Texaco Service Station at Pentraeth, Anglesey, which was gutted by fire on Good Friday. The owners of the site, Lewis Forecourts, have put up signs in the village, thanking the public for their support and saying that the rebuilding process ...
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Car rams petrol pumps in Plymouth smash
A petrol pump has been destroyed by a car that crashed into it at the Texaco garage at Embankment Road in Plymouth, Devon. A black Ford Focus rammed into pumps three and four and hit another car at around 5.30pm on April 2. A fire appliance from Devon & Somerset ...
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Monthly cars sales hit new record high
Monthly car sales hit the highest level this century in March with nearly half a million, 492,774, cars registered. It was the 37th month of consecutive growth for the new car market and the best month since twice-yearly number plate changes were introduced in 1999. Registrations so far this year ...
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Organised crime gang jailed for robberies
Eleven members of an organised crime group who preyed on petrol stations and convenience stores have been jailed for a total of 75 years after a series of robberies in Stockport and Tameside. Six men from Stockport aged between 18 and 34 and a 17-year-old youth pleaded guilty at Minshull ...
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Tobacco fraudstars jailed
Four men behind a tobacco counterfeiting fraud, worth around £95,500 in evaded duty, have been jailed for a total of six years after an investigation by HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC). Eric Cuerton, 57, from Grimbsy, John Stewart, 51, from Birkenhead, and Ronald Johnson, 53, from Dartford, were arrested in ...
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HGV speed limit raised
Speed limits for HGVs (goods vehicles weighing more than 7.5 tonnes) have increased by 10mph on dual carriageways and single carriageway roads. From 6 April the speed limit increased from 50mph to 60mph on dual carriageways and from 40mph to 50mph on single carriageway roads. Motorway limits for HGVs remain ...
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Knifeman robs Liverpool service station
Merseyside Police is appealing for witnesses following an armed robbery at a petrol station in north Liverpool on Thursday 2nd April. Shortly after 9.30am, patrols were called to the BP garage on Great Howard Street by staff reporting they had been robbed. A man had entered the shop armed with ...
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Euro Garages to buy 104 sites from Esso
Agreement to sell 201 sites to three Top 50 independent retailers has been confirmed by Esso Petroleum Company and ROC UK (ExxonMobil). The long-awaited decision, following a strict bidding process, means Euro Garages Ltd has taken the lion’s share with 104 sites; followed by MRH (GB) Ltd with 78; and ...
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200th BP M&S Simply Food opens its doors
The market town of Calne, in Wiltshire, is the location for the 200th BP M&S Simply Food store, since the partnership between M&S and BP began in 2005 at BP Hammersmith in London.The store was officially opened by the Mayor of Calne, Heather Canfer, and BP Paralympic ambassador, Richard Whitehead ...
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Call for rates to be waived on ATMs
The PRA has joined the ATM Industry Association (ATMIA) in calling for ATMs to be exempt from business rates. PRA chairman Brian Madderson sees business rates exemption as a crucial matter. He said: "The economics of running petrol forecourts are very fragile. That is why thousands have closed in the ...
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Esso rolls out new branding for fuel under Synergy label
Exxon Mobil is rolling out a new site image for its UK service stations along with new branding for its fuels. The move is a development of the company’s Synergy Fuel Programme and involves the installation of new ’Synergy Fuels’ imaging at sites. All the new signage is located at ...
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Pumps destroyed in forecourt car smash
wo men escaped with minor injuries after a crash that destroyed petrol pumps at a filling station in Hythe, Kent.One of the men was filling up his car at Palmarsh Filling Station on Monday morning, March 23, when another car skidded off the A259 Dymchurch Road and collided with his ...
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Lego’s mini cars get a spring clean
A car wash in Marlow, Buckinghamshire, had an unusual commission when nearby Legoland decided that the miniature cars in its driving school needed a spring clean.Jim Platt, chairman of car wash, forecourt and car dealership Platts, explained: "Legoland contacted us and asked whether they could put them through our car ...
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Raising cash for RNIB
Rontec’s Shop’ N Drive chain is aiming to raise up to £1m for the national sight loss charity RNIB after it chose it as its first-ever charity of the year.The money will be raised by customers, in a scheme which allows them to ’top up’ their credit or debit card ...
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PRA slams claims of profiteering
The PRA has reacted furiously and accused the RAC of an alarming lack of research after it claimed retailers are profiteering on diesel and taking high margins because much of the diesel sold goes to business users who are less price sensitive. RAC fuel spokesman Simon Williams said: "It’s hard ...
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Rural rebate - go-ahead for May start
The rural fuel rebate scheme will be extended to 17 new areas from May 31, with retailers able to register for the scheme from April 1, chief secretary to the Treasury Danny Alexander has announced. The Rural Fuel Rebate has been approved by the European Union (EU) following a year-long ...
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New guidance on alcohol licences for garages
Changes to licensing regulations include good news for petrol stations, according to solicitors Winckworth Sherwood. The biggest change is the abolition of the requirement to renew personal licences, with effect from April 1. This is a result of the Deregulation Act 2015, which has just been given Royal Assent, and ...
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NewsCertas Energy sponsors Forecourt Trader of the Year Awards
Certas Energy, the largest supplier to independent forecourts in the UK, is the new principal sponsor of the prestigious Forecourt Trader of the Year Awards which take place in September at the Hilton Hotel on London’s Park Lane. Established in 1996 to reward excellence in the petrol retailing sector, the ...
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Texaco retailers card charges reduced
Texacoretailers have been benefiting from reduced Merchant Service Charges (MSC) after Valero, which markets fuel in the UK under the Texaco brand, restructured its agreement with its acquirer. The reduction, which came into effect in January 2015, has been possible after Visa introduced lower cross border rates between European countries, ...
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Service stations help convict NHS fraudster
CCTV from three service stations helped to convict an NHS blood donor carer who has been jailed after he used the service’s ‘mobile surgeries’ as a front to steal almost £60,000 in fuel. Terence Jones, from Eddis Road in Kitts Green, pretended to be refuelling donor vans at three ...