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Harvest adds new recruit to retail team
Harvest Retail has recruited Lee Slater to its expanding retail team as dealer business manager for Scotland. Lee has held senior roles within the industry and first joined the sector in 2004 with Tokheim UK. In his new role he will be responsible for looking after existing key strategic accounts ...
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NewsCCTV film of armed robbery released by police
Sussex Police are appealing for witnesses to a knife point robbery at a service station in Petworth, West Sussex. At around 7.45pm on Monday (December 15) at The Flower Bowl Garage in London Road, a man walked into the garage with a knife and a baseball bat. He threatened the ...
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Cigarettes stolen from Tesco forecourt in break-in
Police are appealing for witnesses after a large amount of cigarettes were stolen from a Tesco fuel station in Whaley Bridge, Derbyshire. Three men forced open shutters to the kiosk area at the site in Buxton Road, before breaking through the door. They then stole a large number of cigarettes ...
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Thieves steal CCTV system from car wash
Thieves who targeted a car wash in Derby took the site’s CCTV system as part of their haul. Derbyshire Police are appealing for information after a break-in between 6.20pm on Friday, December 12 and 8.30am on Saturday, December 13 at the UK Car Wash on Chequers Road near to the ...
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Independent claims lowest fuel prices
An independent operator who runs three filling stations in the West Midlands believes he is currently selling the cheapest fuel in the UK. Since Monday Velautham Sarveswaran, who runs the Harvest branded forecourt at Alcester Road, Redditch, as well as at Alcester Road South, Maypole, and at Abelwell Road, Walsall, ...
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NewsRAC predicts unleaded petrol will fall below £1 a litre
The RAC is predicting petrol could be selling for less than £1 a litre for several months at the start of 2015, due to the plummeting price of oil – a pump price last seen in late May 2009. The price of Brent crude has fallen below $60 a barrel ...
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News2ppl cut takes Asda unleaded to 110.7ppl
The big four supermarket groups have all announced that they will cut a further 2ppl off the price of unleaded petrol and 1ppl off diesel from tomorrow (Thursday December 18). This means Asda’s national price cap on unleaded petrol will be 110.7ppl with diesel at 117.7ppl. Andy Peake, Asda’s petrol ...
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ACS welcomes report on planning
The Association of Convenience Stores (ACS) has welcomed a report by the Communities and Local Government Select Committee criticising the application of planning policy by local authorities. In its report on the operation of the National Planning Policy Framework, the committee has drawn attention to shortcomings in the way planning ...
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NewsRobber assaults sales assistant
Police in Sandwell, West Midlands, have released images of a man they want to trace after he assaulted a petrol station worker and stole cash. The man, described as black, around 30 years old, 5’6 with cropped or shaven black hair and stubble, was caught on CCTV as he struck ...
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Burglars steal cigarettes from forecourt shop
Thames Valley Police is appealing for witnesses after a burglary at the Co-op Texaco petrol station in Charnham Street, Hungerford. At 2.20am on Thursday (December 11/12) three offenders arrived at the petrol station in a dark coloured Audi convertible. Two of them forced entry to the petrol station and stole ...
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Topaz confirms purchase of Esso’s Irish retail business
Topaz Energy Limited has confirmed the reports that began circulating in Ireland last week that it is buying Esso’s retail business in the Republic. Under the agreement, the Topaz parent company, Kendrick Investments Limited, will purchase the shares of Esso Ireland Limited and its wholly owned subsidiaries, Ireland ROC Limited ...
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Certas Energy strengthens retail team
Certas Energy has strengthened its retail team with the appointment of Ian Welch and Gary Conway, both former employees of Harvest Energy, as it continues to expand its Gulf branded network across the UK. “We are delighted to bring Gary and Ian into the Certas Energy family,” said Ramsay MacDonald, ...
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Knifepoint robbery in Lancashire
Lancashire police has released CCTV images of a man they would like to speak to following a knifepoint robbery at a service station. At around 9.30pm on Sunday (November 14), a lone man has entered CS Service Station, known locally as Mr C’s, on Helmshore Road, Haslingden, with a large ...
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NewsAsda at 112.7ppl after fresh round of price cuts
The big four supermarkets have all announced further price cuts with Asda pledging that from tomorrow (Saturday December 13) its price cap for unleaded petrol will be 112.7ppl and diesel will be capped at 118.7ppl. Tesco said it was cutting the cost of petrol by 2ppl and the cost of ...
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NewsNicolas Hamilton appointed Jet ambassador for 2015
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, is an avid racing driver and vocal campaigner for disability in motoring, will also help to promote the ...
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NewsApplegreen reaches 50 sites in UK
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. ...
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JTI removes gantry after illicit tobacco prosecution
JTI has removed its tobacco gantry from Istanbul Mini Market, 210 Eastgate Street, Gloucester, following prosecution for selling illegal tobacco. Paul Williams, UK head of corporate affairs, commented: “Given the offence committed by this retailer we cannot allow the JTI display equipment which we have provided to remain in the ...
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Topaz reported to be buying Esso’s Irish operation
Topaz is in talks to take over Esso’s business in the Irish Republic, according to local press reports. Esso has 38 company owned sites, and supplies another 60, and the reports say the deal would be worth about €70m. A spokesman for Topaz would not comment on the deal, but ...
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More English fuel laundering plants raided
Two diesel laundering plants, capable of producing nearly 120,000 litres of suspected illicit fuel and evading almost £12.5m in taxes a year, have been dismantled by HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC). The finds follow the discovery of sites in Merseyside and Essex last month. Officers from HMRC and Merseyside ...
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HMRC seizes pumps from forecourt
A filling station suspected of selling illicit fuel has had its forecourt pumps removed by HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC). HMRC worked with specialist contractors to remove the fuel pumps and an over-ground fuel storage tank safely at the forecourt in County Down, Northern Ireland. At a second site, also ...