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Poll finds strong interest in autogas LPG
Autogas is claiming an estimated 8 million drivers are interested in using its fuel after an independent poll by Auto Express, Britain’s biggest selling weekly car magazine, revealed that 26% of UK drivers would consider converting their car to run on autogas LPG. The findings come just weeks after the ...
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Proxy purchasing to tobacco to be outlawed in England
The publication of regulations to make proxy purchasing of tobacco and nicotine products an offence has been welcomed by the NFRN. The Federation’s 16,000 independent retail members have also hailed a ban on the sale of nicotine products to those aged under 18. National president Martyn Brown said: “It is ...
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NewsSimon Smith opens speciality food store
Top 50 Indie the Simon Smith Group has teamed up with Spar supplier Blakemore Trade Partners to launch a forecourt and speciality food convenience store at Highworth Service Station in Swindon. Working in partnership, the two family-run businesses have redeveloped the site to create a convenience store dedicated to high-quality, ...
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Sainsbury’s deal offers 10ppl off fuel
Sainsbury’s is launching an offer which it says will provide customers with unleaded petrol at less than £1 per litre. From Thursday 26th February until Wednesday 4th March it is offering customers spending £30 or more in store or online 10p off per litre of fuel at its forecourts. Sainsbury’s ...
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NewsLeeds site reopens after £2m redevelopment
A family-owned service station in Leeds has reopened after a £2m redevelopment of the site. Woodman Services comprises a 1,800sq ft Nisa Local store, Starbucks drive-thru, car wash and a 24-hour Shell forecourt. It takes the place of a former pub and the existing services which was previously run by ...
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3% increase in National Minimum Wage
The Low Pay Commission, the body which advises the government on the minimum wage, has recommended an increase to the current National minimum Wage for workers aged 21 and over by 3% from £6.50 to £6.70. The increase, if accepted by the government, would come into effect in October 2015. ...
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NewsBest Forecourt Loo competition hotting up
Competition is hotting up for this year’s Best Forecourt Loo award with three new entries. The facilities at Brian Llewelyn a’l ferched, Eglwyswrw, in Pembrokeshire, are our first competitor from Wales, while Brookfield Group has entered the amentities at two of its sites in the North of England, at Tickled ...
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Moves to limit traditional biofuel
A European Parliamentary committee yesterday (Tuesday, February 24) backed a new lower limit on traditional biofuels that can be blended into transport fuels. There has been pressure to reduce the amount of biofuels produced from food crops – because their production can push up food prices and lead to deforestation ...
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Carsley Group renews BP supply deal
BP has re-signed the Carsley Group, a Top 50 Indie company, for a further five years in a deal worth more than 45mlpa of fuel. The nine-site strong Carsley Group has been with BP since 1998. Howard Nunn, BP’s UK sales manager, said: “We are delighted to be able to ...
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JCB used to steal cash machine from forecourt
Police are appealing for information and witnesses after a cash machine was stolen from the Gulf service station on Lea Road, Gainsborough, in Lincolnshire. The incident was reported to police at 4.08am on Monday 23rd February. It is believed the ATM was pulled from the wall using a JCB. Investigating ...
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Retailers slow to pass on increasing costs says AA
Rising oil prices have pushed average unleaded petrol and diesel prices up 1.5ppl in the past fortnight, according to the latest monthly AA Fuel Price Report, but is says retailers are being slow to increase prices in response to rising costs. It reported that in mid-January the average price of ...
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Warning over ATM security after theft
Gwent Police are urging businesses to remain vigilant about security of free-standing ATMs after one was stolen from a petrol station. The theft was the second in eight days in which a free-standing ATM has been stolen. The latest incident occurred at approximately 3.25am on Friday 13th February at the ...
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Imperial Tobacco criticises levy proposal
Imperial Tobacco has detailed its opposition to a levy on tobacco companies that has been proposed by the Government. In December The Treasury launched a consultation on whether to introduce a levy on tobacco companies in order to pay for the wider societal costs of smoking, and if so how ...
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Supermarkets silent as they raise prices
Supermarkets have begun quietly raising their fuel prices, but with none of the publicity or social media blitzs associated with their price cuts through December and into January. Only two of the big four groups formally responded to Forecourt Trader when it asked each of them how much they had ...
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NewsAsda buys 15 sites from Rontec
Asda has purchased 15 petrol stations from Top 50 Indie Rontec in the latest move towards its aim of opening 100 standalone petrol stations by the end of 2018. Asda intends to close and convert the 15 petrol stations over a number of weeks and will re-open the sites under ...
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Topaz announces €20m investment in network
Irish fuel and convenience brand Topaz Energy, which runs more than 330 forecourts including nearly 40 in Northern Ireland, has announced a €20m investment programme in its the network as it published its lastest annual accounts. Emmet O’Neill, who took over as CEO of the company earlier this month, said ...
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ACS calls for business rates reform
In its submission to the Treasury ahead of the final Budget before the 2015 General Election, the Association of Convenience Stores (ACS) has highlighted long-term business rates reform, tackling the £1.3bn annual cost of duty fraud, and minimising the negative impact of employment costs as the issues where local shops ...
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Armed robber strikes at Murco site near Falkirk
Scottish Police are appealing for witnesses following an armed robbery at a petrol station near Falkirk. The robbery occurred at around 9.45pm on Friday February 13, when a man entered the Murco garage in Bowhouse, Maddiston, threatened staff with a weapon and demanded money. He made off with a number ...
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More car makers back low emission drive
Three new car brands have joined the campaign to boost awareness of the benefits of ultra-low emission vehicles (ULEVs). Audi, Mitsubishi and Volkswagen have pledged their support for the government’s Go Ultra Low campaign, which is increasing the take-up of ‘plug-in’ cars and vans. Go Ultra Low is a one-stop ...
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NewsThree new Budgens forecourts opening
Three new forecourt stores will have joined the Budgens group before the end of the first quarter. The first is in Stadhampton in Oxfordshire, which opened on 12th February, the second will be in Kingsclere in Hampshire and is due late February, and the third will be in Wellington in ...