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Bristol ATM blown up
A cash machine at a petrol station in Bristol has been blown up, following on from a similar attack at a garage in the city a month earlier. Police and firefighters were called to the Texaco garage on Bell Hill Road in St George, at 3.10am on Thursday May 15 ...
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Petrol hits an all time low
Sales of petrol in the UK plummeted to the lowest level on record in March despite an average price below 130ppl. Petrol sales figures from HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) show that UK drivers this March bought 1.367 billion litres compared to 1.375 billion litres last March, which was the ...
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Euro Garages expects its turnover to exceed £1bn
Euro Garages expects its annualised turnover to top £1bn following the deal to take over 48 Esso sites in the Midlands and East of England, which has now been completed. In its most recently published results for the year to July 31, 2013, turnover was £439m, up 40% from the ...
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NewsRAC calls on dealers to cut diesel prices
The RAC is calling on fuel retailers to reduce the price of diesel at the pumps because the wholesale cost is now almost the same as petrol, yet average forecourt prices are still 6ppl more. The motorists organisation says that on Friday 30 May the wholesale price of unleaded was ...
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Growth in new car market breaks records
The new car market has achieved the longest sustained period of growth on record, according to the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT). A 7.7% increase in car registrations in May marked 27 consecutive months of growth, breaking a record set in the late 1980s. New car registrations rose ...
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BP to make forecourts female friendly
BP has redesigned its forecourt offer in the UK to appeal to female ‘stop and shop’ customers and has introduced ‘customer conductors’ (greeters), according to a report on the website of NACS, the Association for Convenience & Fuel Retailing in the US. In coverage of its conference, Insight Convenience Summit ...
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Calls for harsher punishment of crime against retailers
The NFRN has reiterated its call for stronger punishments for offenders who commit crimes against retailers, in the light of new government findings. According to the Home Office’s 2013 Commercial Victimisation survey, instances of shoplifting were highest in urban areas, with 11,425 incidents reported per 1,000 premises. London was the ...
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Police investigating £6,454 fraud release CCTV images
Police have released CCTV images of four men they believe may be able to assist an investigation into a £6,454 petrol card fraud at service stations in the Worcester area. They are urging the men to make contact and also appealing to anyone able to identify them, to also get ...
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HMRC dismantles illegal filling station
An illegal filling station and a laundering plant in Northern Ireland, capable of producing a half a million litres of illicit fuel a year, evading almost £250,000 in lost duty and taxes, have been dismantled by HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) officials. Officers from HMRC and the Police Service of ...
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NewsGreenergy wins supply deal for three Westmorland sites
Greenergy has won the contract to supply retail fuels for three sites owned by the motorway services operator Westmorland. The supply agreement with the family owned company covers three sites in Cumbria: Tebay Services North and South on the M6; the Rheged Visitor and Conference Centre just off the A66 ...
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Illegal tobacco and alcohol seized from shops
Westminster City Council’s trading standards team have seized almost 5,500 cigarettes after joining forces with HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) investigators to inspect shops allegedly selling illegal tobacco. Acting on information obtained through previous investigation, the teams visited three shops in Westminster with sniffer dogs on Thursday 22nd May and ...
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ACS calls for bag charge to include small businesses
The Association of Convenience Stores (ACS) has called on ministers to include small businesses in plans to charge 5p for single use carrier bags, after legislation on the issue was confirmed in today’s Queen’s Speech. ACS public affairs director Shane Brennan said: “Compulsory carrier bag charging is a policy that ...
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NewsEsso fuels return to Isle of Wight after long absence
Isle of Wight Fuels has secured an agreement with Esso to bring its fuels back to the Isle of Wight for the first time in many years. The Esso brand is being launched in the island at The Southern Co-operative Food and Petrol Station in Sandown. David Grannum, general manager ...
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Average discount in Tesco fuel promotion is 7ppl
Tesco’s chief executive has revealed that customers using its Clubcard Fuel Save promotion are saving an average of 7ppl on fuel, just three months after its national roll-out. Philip Clarke was speaking after the company published another set of poor results and insisted the Fuel Save promotion was a key ...
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New research confirms lure of the forecourt cashpoint
The significant attraction of a forecourt cashpoint has been spelled out in a new report, which showed that 82% of cash machine users plan their shopping behaviour around the presence of one. Sixty per cent of customers wouldn’t come back to a forecourt if the cash machine was removed or ...
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Solar power will kill off petrol stations predicts scientist
Petrol stations could die out in the near future as motorists will be able to generate all the power they need for their vehicles from solar panels on their homes, according to claims by a scientist reported by The Telegraph. Keith Barnham, emeritus professor of physics at Imperial College, said ...
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Five million cigarettes seized in HMRC raid
Officers from HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) have seized five million duty free cigarettes and arrested five men after a raid at an industrial unit in Harlow, Essex. HMRC was alerted to the goods after UK Border Force stopped an unaccompanied trailer which arrived at the Port of Tilbury from ...
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Certas revises competition deal in Western Isles
The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has launched a short consultation on changes to the commitments originally proposed by Certas Energy UK to improve competition in the supply of petrol and diesel to filling stations in the Western Isles of Scotland. The CMA (and previously the Office of Fair Trading) ...
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Cashier jailed for stealing takings
A petrol station cashier has been jailed after she stole nearly £3,000 in takings. Anna Dancova, 45, admitted stealing £2,893, belonging to Shell, at the Moody Lane filling station, Grimsby, in August 2011. Jeremy Evans, prosecuting, told Grimsby Crown Court that Dancova had been working at the petrol station for ...
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Cigarettes and cash stolen in Ilkley
West Yorkshire Police are appealing for witnesses following a robbery at the Tesco Ilkley Esso Express at Leeds Road, in Ben Rhydding, Ilkley. Three men entered the store at about 11.50pm on Thursday May 22, jumped over the staff counter and threatened store workers. They then stole a quantity of ...