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Female assistant injured by robber
Bedfordshire Police are seeking information after a robbery at the A6 Filling Station on the A6 at Rushden Road, Souldrop at 8.05pm on Tuesday 30 December. It began as a female employee was locking the main entrance and a man barged into her and forced her back inside the shop ...
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NewsMFG offers to sell site to avoid competition investigation
MFG has offered to sell 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 acquisition might be expected to result in a substantial lessening ...
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Tesco filling stations boost its sales performance
Tesco’s filing stations are helping to boost its sales performance according to latest figures it has just released, 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 ...
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NewsFuel volumes rise 1.5% year-on-year
There has been a 1.6% year-on-year increase in retail and commercial fuel volumes in the last quarter, 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 PRA, commented: “Petrol retailers have confirmed ...
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New car sales highest for 10 years
New car registrations in 2014 were the highest for 10 years and the fourth highest on record, according to the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT). During 2014 a total of 2,476,435 new cars were registered in the UK – the most in a calendar year since 2004, and ...
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Retailers warned about cigarette voucher scam
Tobacco manufacturer Imperial Tobacco is warning retailers to be aware of a JPS voucher scam which is currently being used by some tobacco shoppers. The blue circular vouchers, which are in no way associated to Imperial Tobacco, claim to offer consumers £3 off the purchase of products in the JPS ...
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ACS welcomes simplification of personal licences
The Association of Convenience Stores (ACS) has welcomed the simplified process for personal licence renewals set out by the Home Office ahead of the implementation of the Deregulation Bill. The Deregulation Bill, which is currently before Parliament, intends to scrap the requirement for personal licence holders to renew their licence ...
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NewsPRA dismisses Chancellor’s price warning
A warning that lower oil prices must be passed onto consumers by the Chancellor George Osborne is being interpreted as being aimed at the energy companies by PRA chairman Brian Madderson. Yesterday the Chancellor tweeted “Oil price was $53 pbl last night - lowest in 5yrs. Vital this is passed ...
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Falling fuel prices depress Sainsbury’s sales
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 ...
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Unite welcomes introduction of tanker drivers passport
The tanker drivers’ union Unite has welcomed the introduction of the new Petroleum Driver Passport (PDP) which came into force on January 1 and covers more than 6,000 tanker drivers across England, Scotland and Wales. The passport, implemented by the Downstream Oil Industry Distribution Forum – a partnership of employers, ...
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NewsAsda unleaded at 105.7ppl after further price cuts
A further 2ppl has been cut from fuel prices by the big four supermarkets just six days after the last round of price cuts. Asda was the first to move announcing on Twitter at 2.40am on Monday January 5: “We’re cutting fuel prices again. From tomorrow (Tuesday January 6), you’ll ...
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NewsAsda takes unleaded petrol down to 107.7ppl
The big four supermarket groups marked New Year’s Day by cutting a further 2ppl from their petrol and diesel prices, with prices now having fallen by 19ppl and 15ppl respectively in less than four months. Asda announced its new national price cap was 107.7ppl on unleaded petrol and 114.7ppl on ...
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Diesel consumption hits record level
Monthly diesel demand by cars and commercial vehicles in the UK has pushed above 2.5bn litres for the first time, reflecting a growth in road traffic driven by light goods vehicles. However, petrol consumption by UK drivers continues to struggle to recover despite falling pump prices, up only 19m litres ...
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NewsAA dismisses prospect of petrol below £1 per litre
The AA has dismissed suggestions by rival motoring organisation the RAC that petrol could fall below £1 a litre in the New Year, but said the crash in fuel prices over the past month is the third largest it has recorded. In its latest monthly fuel report the AA said: ...
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Government promises £6bn to repair roads
A record £6bn will be spent on tackling potholes and improving local roads between 2015 and 2021, transport secretary Patrick McLoughlin announced today (23 December 2014). The investment amounts to £976m a year, enough to fix around 18 million potholes across the country. It is the first time councils have ...
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Armed duo rob Rossendale filling station
Police are appealing for information following an armed robbery at a petrol station in Rossendale, Lancashire, on Monday 22 December. At shortly before 9.50pm, two men wearing balaclavas entered the Spar shop at the Shell Garage on Burnley Road armed with knives. They leapt over the counter and threatened the ...
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NewsCompetition authority gives MFG ultimatum over Murco deal
MFG says it is keen to engage with the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) to avoid a full merger investigation after it raised a concern over MFG’s takeover of Murco’s retail business. The CMA said MFG had the chance to avoid a full merger investigation if it could offer a ...
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Two arrested after 70,000 cigarettes seized
Two people were arrested in connection with the seizure of over 70,000 cigarettes and three kilos of hand-rolling tobacco by HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) on Tuesday December 16. HMRC officers searched private and commercial premises at Ballymena and Ballymoney, in County Antrim, Northern Ireland, where they seized 12,020 suspected ...
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NewsMinister admits 130 unsafe tankers still in use
About 130 fuel tankers that do not meet safety standards are still in use on British roads and forecourts more than a year after the problem was first reported. In a written statement to Parliament in October last year, transport minister Robert Goodwill reported that 230 fuel tankers, about 12% ...
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ACS welcomes consultation on e-cigarettes
ACS has welcomed a consultation from the Department of Health on introducing age restrictions for the purchase of electronic cigarettes. The proposed regulations would: Make it an offence to sell nicotine inhaling products (such as e-cigarettes) and related products to anyone under the age of 18 years; Extend ...