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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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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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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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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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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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NewsAA dismisses prospect of petrol below £1 per litre
The AA has dismissed suggestions by rival motoring organisation the RAC that petrol could fall below £1 a litre in the New Year, but said the crash in fuel prices over the past month is the third largest it has recorded. In its latest monthly fuel report the AA said: ...
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Government promises £6bn to repair roads
A record £6bn will be spent on tackling potholes and improving local roads between 2015 and 2021, transport secretary Patrick McLoughlin announced today (23 December 2014). The investment amounts to £976m a year, enough to fix around 18 million potholes across the country. It is the first time councils have ...
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Armed duo rob Rossendale filling station
Police are appealing for information following an armed robbery at a petrol station in Rossendale, Lancashire, on Monday 22 December. At shortly before 9.50pm, two men wearing balaclavas entered the Spar shop at the Shell Garage on Burnley Road armed with knives. They leapt over the counter and threatened the ...
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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 ...
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Two arrested after 70,000 cigarettes seized
Two people were arrested in connection with the seizure of over 70,000 cigarettes and three kilos of hand-rolling tobacco by HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) on Tuesday December 16. HMRC officers searched private and commercial premises at Ballymena and Ballymoney, in County Antrim, Northern Ireland, where they seized 12,020 suspected ...
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NewsMinister admits 130 unsafe tankers still in use
About 130 fuel tankers that do not meet safety standards are still in use on British roads and forecourts more than a year after the problem was first reported. In a written statement to Parliament in October last year, transport minister Robert Goodwill reported that 230 fuel tankers, about 12% ...
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ACS welcomes consultation on e-cigarettes
ACS has welcomed a consultation from the Department of Health on introducing age restrictions for the purchase of electronic cigarettes. The proposed regulations would: Make it an offence to sell nicotine inhaling products (such as e-cigarettes) and related products to anyone under the age of 18 years; Extend ...
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Harvest adds new recruit to retail team
Harvest Retail has recruited Lee Slater to its expanding retail team as dealer business manager for Scotland. Lee has held senior roles within the industry and first joined the sector in 2004 with Tokheim UK. In his new role he will be responsible for looking after existing key strategic accounts ...
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NewsCCTV film of armed robbery released by police
Sussex Police are appealing for witnesses to a knife point robbery at a service station in Petworth, West Sussex. At around 7.45pm on Monday (December 15) at The Flower Bowl Garage in London Road, a man walked into the garage with a knife and a baseball bat. He threatened the ...
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Cigarettes stolen from Tesco forecourt in break-in
Police are appealing for witnesses after a large amount of cigarettes were stolen from a Tesco fuel station in Whaley Bridge, Derbyshire. Three men forced open shutters to the kiosk area at the site in Buxton Road, before breaking through the door. They then stole a large number of cigarettes ...
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Thieves steal CCTV system from car wash
Thieves who targeted a car wash in Derby took the site’s CCTV system as part of their haul. Derbyshire Police are appealing for information after a break-in between 6.20pm on Friday, December 12 and 8.30am on Saturday, December 13 at the UK Car Wash on Chequers Road near to the ...
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Independent claims lowest fuel prices
An independent operator who runs three filling stations in the West Midlands believes he is currently selling the cheapest fuel in the UK. Since Monday Velautham Sarveswaran, who runs the Harvest branded forecourt at Alcester Road, Redditch, as well as at Alcester Road South, Maypole, and at Abelwell Road, Walsall, ...
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NewsRAC predicts unleaded petrol will fall below £1 a litre
The RAC is predicting petrol could be selling for less than £1 a litre for several months at the start of 2015, due to the plummeting price of oil – a pump price last seen in late May 2009. The price of Brent crude has fallen below $60 a barrel ...
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News2ppl cut takes Asda unleaded to 110.7ppl
The big four supermarket groups have all announced that they will cut a further 2ppl off the price of unleaded petrol and 1ppl off diesel from tomorrow (Thursday December 18). This means Asda’s national price cap on unleaded petrol will be 110.7ppl with diesel at 117.7ppl. Andy Peake, Asda’s petrol ...
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ACS welcomes report on planning
The Association of Convenience Stores (ACS) has welcomed a report by the Communities and Local Government Select Committee criticising the application of planning policy by local authorities. In its report on the operation of the National Planning Policy Framework, the committee has drawn attention to shortcomings in the way planning ...