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Investors pay more than £3m for forecourt site
Commercial property company Custodian REIT has paid more than £3m for a petrol filling station and convenience store site in Kent. The site, at Beechings Way, Gillingham, on the A289 dual-carriageway, is let to the Co-operative Group. Richard Shepherd-Cross, managing director of Custodian Capital, the company’s external fund manager, said: ...
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NewsBlakemore combines Greggs and Subway at new Spar forecourt
Blakemore Retail has opened a new purpose-built petrol forecourt store in Louth, Lincolnshire. The store, situated on the Fairfield Industrial Estate, is the first of Blakemore Retail’s sites to combine a Spar convenience offer with both Greggs and Subway franchises. Blakemore Retail managing director Geoff Hallam said: “This new development ...
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NewsPolice release image after diesel thefts from Kent sites
Police officers investigating a spate of thefts of diesel from service stations in Kent are asking the public for help in identifying a man captured on CCTV. The garages in Cheriton Road, Folkestone, and the Stanford Intersection in Hythe were both targeted on Tuesday 14 October, with about £90 and ...
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NewsCCTV issued in search after attempted robbery in Dumfries
Police in Scotland have released a CCTV image of a man they want to trace after an attempt to steal cash from a Dumfries filling station. It follows an incident at the Newton Gardens site on Glasgow Road at about 21:55 on Saturday 1 November. A man with a "deep ...
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NewsLaundry adds to footfall for Lincolnshire service station
A Lincolnshire forecourt operator has increased footfall to their store by introducing an 24-hour laundry service. Hockmeyer Motors is a family owned business run by Rachael and her husband Christian. They operate a Spar convenience store with Texaco petrol forecourt in Sleaford, Lincolnshire. In April this year they introduced a ...
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Strikers return to work at Phillips 66’s Humber refinery
Striking workers at Phillips 66’s Humber refinery have returned to work after three days of industrial action. About 450 contract workers went on strike on Monday claiming they had safety concerns, but Phillips 66 said the operation of the plant has not been affected by the action. On Wednesday Phillips ...
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NewsExelby Services opens new £6.5m site
Exelby Services has completed the £6.5m development of its new filling station services and truck stop on the A1M at Leeming Bar, North Yorkshire. The opening, which took place last Friday, is the culmination of 10 years work on the project, and chief executive Michael Exelby said: “We pulled back ...
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Asda like-for-like sales fall by 1.6%
Asda has reported a 1.6% fall in its like-for-like sales for the 13 weeks to September 30, compared with the same period last year, but claims it is outperforming its traditional competitors and gaining market share. CEO and president Andy Clarke said that although no chief executive wants to report ...
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NewsSainsbury’s hit by falling like-for-like fuel volumes
Sainsbury’s has admitted disappointing fuel sales and deflation in fuel prices have helped to depress its latest sales results. The supermarket giant said its retail sales for the 28 weeks to September 27 were down 1.4% to £13.8bn, compared with the same period the previous year, and on a like-for-like ...
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New guidance to reduce congestion
New guidance that is intended to help reduce congestion and speed up the completion of road works has been published by the Department for Transport. The seven Traffic Advisory Leaflets provide advice for utility companies and highway authorities who need to carry out work on roads. The leaflets are the ...
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Plans to stigmatise litter bug motorists
Motorists who throw rubbish from their cars could face prosecution as part of a campaign to make littering as “socially unacceptable as drink driving”. Government ministers want to clamp down on drivers who throw rubbish from their vehicles in a bid to lower the multi-million pound cost of picking up ...
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ExxonMobil agrees recruitment deal with IGA
The Independent Garage Association (IGA) has struck a deal with ExxonMobil to reward members who sign a supply deal for its Mobil 1 brand. The tie-up, a first for the IGA, will see Mobil 1 working with its UK distributor network to cover the cost of RMI membership for one ...
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Walkout not affecting Humber Refinery operation says Phillips 66
Phillips 66 has moved to reassure customers that operations have not been interrupted at its Humber refinery after a walk out by contract workers. The company released a statement saying: “On 10th November at approximately midday, an estimated 450 contract workers left the Phillips 66 Humber Refinery site in unofficial ...
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Robbers attack assistant at Top 50 Indie site
An assistant at a Top 50 Indie forecourt has been attacked during a robbery. He was working at Brobot’s site at Egginton in south Derbyshire, when the robbers struck just after midnight on November 10. Police believe the raiders smashed the window of the service station and then punched the ...
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NewsPRA attacks Government stance on fuel prices
The PRA has attacked the Government’s stance on fuel prices following warnings by the Treasury to pass on cost savings to motorists. Chief secretary to the Treasury Danny Alexander has vowed to write to all main fuel suppliers and distributors for “assurance” that they will pass on the benefits of ...
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Cashier attacked during robbery
Masked robbers vaulted a counter and attacked a cashier during a raid on a Manchester petrol station. Three men pushed customers aside and then punched the cashier in the face several times before stealing money and cigarettes from the Shell service station on Eccles New Road in Salford. The offenders ...
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Sales of alternative fuelled vehicles surge
There has been a major rise in registrations of alternatively-fuelled vehicles (AFV), according to figures for October from the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT), with the market up more than 50% in both month and the year-to-date. With two months still remaining in the year, registrations are already ...
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Tobacco and alcohol seized from shops
More than one million cigarettes and 2,000 litres of alcohol have been seized after officers from HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC), with support from Oldham, Rochdale, Salford, and Trafford Council Trading Standards and Greater Manchester Police, visited 25 retail premises and self storage units this week. The visits, as part ...
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ACS welcomes investigation into lending to SMEs
The Association of Convenience Stores (ACS) has welcomed the announcement from the Competition Markets Authority (CMA) to conduct a full market investigation into lending to the small and medium-sized enterprises (SME) market. The investigation will look specifically at lending to SMEs and core products such as business current accounts. ACS ...
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Londis to run first above the line national media campaign
Londis UK is investing in its first above the line national media campaign to drive more shoppers into stores over Christmas and New Year. The campaign launches on 27 November and will run across national newspapers and radio, to support direct marketing and in-store promotions. John Pattison, Londis retail director, ...