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LPG industry calls for Government support
Leaders of the LPG industry have called on Government to promote use of their fuel at an event at the Houses of Parliament. They met at a Parliamentary reception hosted by Lord Chris Smith, former head of the Environment Agency, and called on the government to adopt a series of ...
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CMA launches consultation over MFG Murco deal
The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has launched a consultation after MFG came up with a proposal to address competition concerns over its acquisition of Murco’s retail business. The CMA had said the deal would mean MFG would own both the petrol stations in Hythe, Kent, and this could result ...
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NewsMinister urges oil companies to do more on prices
A Government minister has defended supermarkets over charges they are killing off competition in order to profiteer, but has warned oil companies she expects them to do more to keep prices down. Amber Rudd, under-secretary of state for energy and climate change, was responding to a parliamentary debate on fuel ...
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Moto extends deal with Palmer and Harvey
Motorway services operator Moto has renewed its supply deal with Palmer and Harvey for an additional three years. Palmer and Harvey has been supplying Moto since March 2008, and the new contract commenced on 1st January 2015, and will run until December 2017, providing 41 Moto service areas with ambient, ...
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Industry reacts in horror to government vote on plain packaging
The Government has caused uproar among tobacco companies and trade associations with its confirmation that a vote on the introduction of standardised tobacco packaging will take place before Parliament breaks ahead of the General Election. Health Minister Jane Ellison announced during an evening adjournment debate yesterday (January 21) that ...
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PRA presses for 2ppl duty cut at Treasury meeting
The PRA has met with the Exchequer secretary Priti Patel to press its case for a 2ppl cut in fuel duty funded by a tax windfall from the increased fuel volumes. At the meeting the PRA provided an analysis of Government data showing that the rapid fall in crude oil ...
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NewsEuro Garages boosts sales by nearly 50% to £646m
Euro Garages has grown sales by nearly 50% by further expanding its UK footprint and attracting new customers to its existing network. In results for the year to July 31, 2014, the Blackburn-based company saw turnover climb to £646m, a rise of 47% compared with 2013 (£439m), and profit was ...
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NewsCCTV image released after £500 diesel theft
Police have released a CCTV image of a man they want to trace in connection with a substantial diesel theft at Louth in Lincolnshire. Around £500 worth of fuel was used to fill up an HGV at the Shell garage on Bolingbroke Road on December 10. The driver left without ...
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Monthly price fall well short of record reports AA
Average prices dropped by 7.41ppl over the past month, according to the latest AA Fuel Price Report, but that is still some way short of the largest monthly fall, and it says oil prices will still have to fall substantially more if an average price of £1 per litre is ...
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ACS calls for tougher action over shop theft
The Association of Convenience Stores (ACS) has called for a tougher stance on shop theft from police and the justice system after figures released by the British Retail Consortium revealed that the cost of shop theft across the retail sector has increased. Recently published government data also reflects this trend, ...
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Police seeking gang after burglary in Dover
A five-strong gang travelling in a white van, who broke into a Dover petrol station and stole cash and other items including food and cigarettes, are being sought by police. Between midnight and 1am on Monday, January 19, the vehicle stopped at the Shell garage in Guston and the five ...
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JTI removes gantries after prosecutions over illegal tobacco
JTI removed tobacco gantries from Metro Food and Wine Limited in Slough and Quality Food & Wine in Reading on January 14 following prosecutions for selling illegal tobacco. Paul Williams, UK head of corporate affairs, commented: “Given the offences committed by these retailers we cannot allow the JTI display equipment ...
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Armed robbery at Edinburgh filling station
Police in Edinburgh are appealing for witnesses following an armed robbery at the BP petrol station at the Leith end of Ferry Road. The incident occurred at around 10pm on Sunday, January 18, when a man entered the premises brandishing a handgun. He threatened the lone member of staff and ...
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Fuel prices crash to autumn 2010 levels
The crash in fuel prices has accelerated with two rounds of 2ppl price cuts by the big four supermarkets in six days. Unleaded petrol and diesel prices have fallen by 21ppl and 17ppl in less than four months.On January 6, Asda announced its new national price cap was 105.7ppl on ...
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Applegreen opens 50th site and plans for more
Applegreen has now grown to 50 sites in the UK following the acquisition of the lease on a petrol station in Hoddesdon, Hertfordshire.The deal means it has more than doubled the number of its UK sites since the 2013 Forecourt Trader Top 50 Indies, when it had 23 sites.Michael O’Loughlin, ...
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MFG offers to sell site to avoid probe
MFG has offered to sell off the Murco petrol station in Hythe in a bid to avoid a full merger investigation by the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) into its acquisition of Murco’s retail business.Last month the CMA said the deal might be expected to result in a substantial lessening ...
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Tesco sales figures bolstered by filling station performance
Tesco’s filing stations are helping to boost its sales performance, according to its latest figures. The rise comes despite deflation in fuel prices over the period and its Fuel Save promotion, which it says enables its Clubcard customers to obtain the cheapest fuel in the UK.In its trading statement for ...
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Gulf in BP fuel card dealGulf and other Certas Energy supplied forecourts have been given access to BP’s fuel card from 1 December 2014 as the company looks to drive new business to its forecourts.New CEO for NisaNisa has announced the appointment of Nick Read as its new chief executive ...
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Petrol dents Sainsbury’s results
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 were ...
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Topaz Irish expansion
Topaz Energy has agreed a deal to buy Esso’s retail business in the Irish Republic. Under the agreement, the Topaz parent company, Kendrick Investments Ltd, will purchase the shares of Esso Ireland Ltd and its wholly owned subsidiaries, Ireland ROC Ltd and Esso Ireland Manufacturing Company Ltd.The deal covers 38 ...