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Euro Garages climbs table
Euro Garages has attained 38th place in this year’s Sunday Times Top Track 250 league table, which ranks Britain’s mid-market growth private companies by their sales. The Blackburn-based fuel retailer recorded a 40% sales increase to £438m, and a 71% increase in profit to £12.4m. Ilyas Munshi, Euro Garages commercial ...
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Fire concerns over e-cigarettes highlighted
The government has launched a number of measures to boost the safety of e-cigarettes in response to increasing concerns over the number of fires caused by their use. Responding to a growing number of incidents caused by faulty e-cigarette chargers, the Department for Communities and Local Government has put forward ...
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Petrol prices plummet to four-year low
The lowest unleaded petrol prices looked likely to fall below 120ppl as Forecourt Trader went to press, with the prices having fallen 6ppl in a month after the major multiples launched another round of price cuts at the beginning of last week. Tesco beat its competitors to the punch by ...
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SuperStation top prize goes to Tanerdy Garage
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 ...
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Sewell ploughs more money into Hull West
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. Work ...
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Hydrogen at Sainsbury’s
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.Sainsbury’s says the SmartFuel station will be able to fuel a growing number of hydrogen-powered fleets driving around London.Avishai Moor, Sainsbury’s fuel ...
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NewsJet tankers promote Road Safety Week
Jet is helping to raise road safety awareness by rebranding four of its tankers for the duration of Road Safety Week (17 – 23rd November). Set up in 1997, Road Safety Week is coordinated annually by national charity Brake each November. Now the UK’s biggest road safety event, it aims ...
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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 ...