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Sainsbury’s claims a first with installation of hydrogen fuel dispenser
Sainsbury’s is claiming a UK supermarket first with the installation of a forecourt hydrogen dispenser, which will be installed on its Hendon store by the end of the year. Working with hydrogen infrastructure specialist Air Products, Sainsbury’s says the SmartFuel station will be able to fuel a growing number ...
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Convenience stores set for further expansion
Significant growth opportunities lie ahead for convenience stores, which are now visited on average 12 times a month – more often than any other type of grocery format. These are the findings from a study by IGD, the research and training charity for the food and consumer goods industry. Its ...
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Police say robber may have been female
Police have issued a new appeal for information about an armed robbery at the Gulf petrol station in Denny in central Scotland. Officers first released a description of a man thought to have escaped with a three-figure sum of cash, but now say it is possible the robber could have ...
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Retail motor industry calls for more Government attention
The retail motor industry compromises 8,000 member sites and too often the Government listens intently to the manufacturing sector, but takes scant account of the interests of retailers, this year’s Retail Motor Industry Federation annual dinner in London last night (23 October) was told. RMI deputy chairman Peter Johnson added: ...
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NewsImages released in attempted robbery investigation
Police in Scotland have released CCTV images of a man they want to trace in connection with an attempted robbery at the Shell Petrol Station, Forfar Road, Dundee, at about 8.50pm on Tuesday 7 October 2014. A man threatened the female cashier with a knife and demanded money from her, ...
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NewsCCTV of arson attack on filling station released by police
Police have today released CCTV of an arson attack on a BP service station in Trafalgar Road, Greenwich, south-east London, in an attempt to trace the perpetrator. The arsonist walked onto the forecourt at 6.30am on September 30, pulled out a nozzle from the unleaded pump and squeezed the trigger ...
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Forecourt offence linked with armed robbery
Detectives in Sheffield are linking an attempted robbery at a petrol station with an armed robbery at a shop later the same evening. Police were called at 8.05pm on Sunday 19 October to the petrol station at Crystal Peaks after a man walked into the store posing as a customer. ...
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Topaz appoints new chief executive
Ireland’s largest fuel and convenience retailer Topaz has announced the appointment of a new chief executive. Emmet O’Neill, who joined the company’s board in March, will take over from the current chief executive Sean Corkery on the 1st February next year. Topaz described O’Neill (35) as one of the country’s ...
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FairFuelUK steps up campaign for 3ppl cut in duty
FairFuelUK (FFUK) has launched a challenge to the parties contesting next year’s general election with the publication of its Manifesto for Growth 2015. The document was launched at the Houses of Parliament at an event attended by more than 50 MPs from across the parties. FFUK argues that lower fuel ...
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NewsHMRC raids fuel laundering plant evading £12m in tax
A diesel laundering plant capable of producing 19 million litres of illicit fuel a year, evading around £12m in tax, has been dismantled by HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC). Two men from Northern Ireland, one from Jonesborough and one from Dundalk, were arrested in connection with the find. Officers from ...
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Illicit tobacco trade gaining market share
Criminals illegally trading in tobacco are gaining market share and costing more than £2bn in lost tax revenue, according to latest government estimates. HMRC’s Tobacco Tax Gap Estimates 2013-14 report provides an upper estimate, a mid-point estimate and lower estimate for the trade in illegal cigarettes, and all of them ...
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Record sales of electric vehicles
Sales of electric cars and other plug-in vehicles have increased rapidly, according to the Department for Transport, with a record number of people taking advantage of government grants. The Plug-in Car Grant reduces the price of ultra low emission vehicles (ULEVs) by up to £5,000 for cars and £8,000 for ...
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Robbers raid service station in County Durham
Police are appealing for information after a robbery at Firtree filling station in Crook, County Durham. At just before 8pm on October 19 three men walked into the petrol station and demanded the keys to the safe from the cashier. The cashier gave the men the keys and the men ...
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Hyundai delivers first hydrogen fuel cell vehicles to UK customers
Hyundai Motors UK has taken delivery of its first hydrogen fuel cell vehicles, and claims to be the first car manufacturer to supply these zero-emission vehicles to paying customers in the UK. The arrival of ix35 Fuel Cell vehicles comes just days after business minister Matthew Hancock announced £11m of ...
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ACS calls for business rates reform
Convenience store retailers from across the UK gathered in Westminster to call on Government to reform the system of business rates. The Association of Convenience Stores has called for the following measures to make the business rates system fairer at their annual political conference: Legislating to introduce a permanent ...
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Sewell invests £250,000 in service station
Top 50 Indie Sewell on the go has announced it is investing a further £250,000 in its most successful site, Hull West on the A63 Westbound, after a £1m redevelopment was completed at the end of 2012. Sewell will be developing a bespoke parking area for long haul lorry drivers ...
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NewsPRA requests assurance on fuel duty freeze
PRA chairman Brian Madderson has written to the Chancellor of the Exchequer George Osborne, asking him to reaffirm his promise to freeze fuel duty until May 2015. Madderson explained: “As global crude oil prices and the UK pound continue to fall, the threat of the Government reverting to the fair ...
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NewsInnovation key to meeting ’ramped-up’ expectation of c-store customers
Today’s convenience stores face growing pressure to evolve amid the ramped-up expectations of global consumers, and c-stores that fail to innovate are at risk of falling behind, delegates were told at this year’s annual convention of the National Association of Convenience Stores in Las Vegas. In a joint presentation, Joseph ...
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NewsJet launches upgraded customer portal
Jet has this week launched its upgraded extranet portal - ‘My Phillips 66’. The company says the upgrade is the result of considerable research and investment to develop an industry-leading data delivery mechanism for customers across its entire retail, wholesale, aviation, LPG and marine network. Capable of supporting the latest ...
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NewsFormer Shell forecourt wins ’Best Gulf site’ award
Tanerdy Garage in Carmarthen, which recently switched to Gulf after 80 years with Shell, has been awarded the title of Best Gulf Site at this year’s SuperStation awards, organised by Gulf brand owner Certas Energy. Stephen Smith, proprietor of Tanerdy Garage, said: “Everyone at Tanerdy Garage is thrilled. It’s a ...