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PRA hails volume increase
There has been a 1.5% year-on-year increase in retail and commercial road fuel volumes the first increase since 2008 according to the latest fuel statistics issued by the Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC), driven mainly by record diesel volumes.Brian Madderson, chairman of the Petrol Retailers Association, ...
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Nicolas Hamilton joins up with Jet
Jet has announced that Nicolas Hamilton, brother of the Formula One World Champion Lewis, has been appointed as the fuel brand’s ambassador for 2015.Nicolas, who has a form of cerebral palsy and is an avid racing driver and vocal campaigner for disability in motoring will also help to ...
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More record-breaking profits for Symonds
Top 50 Indie Symonds Forecourts Group has announced an increase in turnover in its annual results.Turnover across the group has increased by 3.9% to £37m, with EBITDA up to £888,000, a year-on-year increase of 29%.Managing director Nick Lloyd commented: "This has been another amazing year. We’ve had four consecutive years ...
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NFRN in talks over alliance with sub posmasters
The membership associations representing Independent newsagents and sub postmasters have held “positive” talks about forming an alliance, according to NFRN chief executive Paul Baxter. Senior representatives from the NFRN met with officials and members from the National Federation of SubPostmasters on Tuesday (January 13) to discuss the possibility of a ...
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Two arrests in Kent over large-scale fuel fraud
A man and woman from Kent have been arrested by HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) on suspicion of being involved in a large-scale fuel fraud. It is believed that the fraud duped unsuspecting motorists and robbed taxpayers of more than £200,000 in unpaid fuel duty and VAT. HMRC officers searched ...
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NewsRural rebate could be implemented before election
Plans for a 5ppl fuel duty rebate for 17 rural areas have cleared a major hurdle, chief secretary to the Treasury Danny Alexander has announced. The European Commission (EC) has given its approval and the minister said he hoped the scheme could be implemented before the election in May, although ...
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NewsCameron calls for "further faster" falls in pump prices
Fuel prices at the pumps should fall “further and faster” after a significant drop in oil prices, the Prime Minister has told MPs. Speaking in Prime Minister’s Questions on Wednesday, David Cameron told MPs the Competition Authority and the Government would do everything it can to ensure the oil price ...
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Commission to look at implications of low oil price
Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change Edward Davey is visiting Aberdeen today (January 16) for talks with oil and gas industry leaders against a backdrop of the recent dramatic slide in world oil prices. The minister is announcing that he is asking Andy Samuel, CEO designate of the ...
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Two Nisa conversions sends sales soaring
Kenworth Ltd, a family run forecourt operation and an early adopter of Nisa as a fuel brand with Greenergy supplied fuel, has reported a dramatic rise in fuel and shop sales at two of its sites in the North East. Wheatley Hill Service Station, County Durham, switched from Jet to ...
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HMRC raids suspected illegal tobacco plant
HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) has uncovered what is believed to be an illicit tobacco processing plant at a unit at a business park in New Malden, Surrey, seizing over 500kg of suspected illicit hand rolling tobacco and a number of items of processing equipment. HMRC officers raided the industrial ...
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NewsIndependent takes unleaded under £1 per litre
An independent retailer in the West Midlands is believed to be the first to offer unleaded petrol at less than £1 a litre since the recent slide in fuel prices began. Velautham Sarveswaran, who runs four Harvest-branded sites with his wife, Ananthi, cut prices at his sites in Birmingham, Redditch ...
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£5m fund to promote low emission vehicle use
Up to 35 public sector organisations are being asked to bid for funding from a £5m scheme to support ultra-low emission vehicles (ULEV), transport minister Baroness Kramer announced on Tuesday January 14. Organisations including the police, fire services and the NHS will be able to test their ULEV-readiness, as part ...
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Autogas emphasises savings despite petrol price cuts
Drivers in the UK saved an estimated £66m on their fuel bills in 2014 by driving on autogas LPG, according to latest estimates from leading LPG supplier Autogas Ltd. Despite petrol prices falling in recent weeks, 150,000 drivers in the UK are making far greater savings by driving on the ...
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National Pothole Day supported by RAC
National Pothole Day has been set for Thursday 15 January 2015 by Street Repairs and supported by the RAC. In 2014 the RAC teamed up with Street Repairs to create a free Report a Pothole App and web-based plug-in tool. This enables motorists, motorcyclists, cyclists and other road users to ...
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Falling fuel prices depress Morrisons’ sales figures
Falling fuel prices depressed Morrisons performance over the Christmas period, the company has disclosed. In its trading statement covering the six weeks to 4 January the company revealed that total sales excluding fuel were down by 1.3% compared with the same period a year ago, and like-for-like sales excluding fuel ...
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Tobacco smuggling gang jailed
Four men have been sentenced for their role in a plot to flood Greater Manchester with duty free cigarettes and tobacco and launder their criminal profits. The gang – Mark O’Neill, 50, of Littleborough, Rochdale; Christopher Bridgeman, 49, of Failsworth; Cyril Crowe, 57, of Harpurhey; and Gerard Melville, 49, of ...
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NewsPrice cuts take Asda unleaded down to 103.7ppl
Competition on fuel prices between the big four supermarkets ratcheted up another notch today (Monday January 12), and edged ever closer to £1 per litre on unleaded petrol, as all four announced another round of price cuts. Asda beat the others to the punch on Twitter at 1.48am saying it ...
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Symonds Forecourt’s profits up 29%
Top 50 Indie Symonds Forecourts Group has announced an increase in turnover in its annual results. Turnover across the group has increased by 3.9% to £37m, with pre-tax profits up to £888,000, a year-on-year increase of 29%. Managing director Nick Lloyd commented: “This has been another amazing year. We’ve had ...
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Police Scotland appeal for witnesses after robbery
Detectives investigating a robbery at the Jet petrol station at Menstrie in Clackmannanshire, Scotland, are keen to trace the occupants of vehicles believed to have been in the area at the time. A man entered the premises about 9.50pm on Sunday 28th December and threatened a female cashier before making ...
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New Nisa CEO appointed
Nisa has announced the appointment of Nick Read as its new chief executive officer. He will take over from Neil Turton in February 2015. Commenting on the appointment Nisa chairman Christopher Baker said: “Nick’s mix of strategic and operational experience and his strong focus on the customer set him apart. ...