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Record sales of electric vehicles
Sales of electric cars and other plug-in vehicles have increased rapidly, according to the Department for Transport, with a record number of people taking advantage of government grants. The Plug-in Car Grant reduces the price of ultra low emission vehicles (ULEVs) by up to £5,000 for cars and £8,000 for ...
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Illicit tobacco trade gaining market share
Criminals illegally trading in tobacco are gaining market share and costing more than £2bn in lost tax revenue, according to latest government estimates. HMRC’s Tobacco Tax Gap Estimates 2013-14 report provides an upper estimate, a mid-point estimate and lower estimate for the trade in illegal cigarettes, and all of them ...
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NewsPRA requests assurance on fuel duty freeze
PRA chairman Brian Madderson has written to the Chancellor of the Exchequer George Osborne, asking him to reaffirm his promise to freeze fuel duty until May 2015. Madderson explained: “As global crude oil prices and the UK pound continue to fall, the threat of the Government reverting to the fair ...
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NewsInnovation key to meeting ’ramped-up’ expectation of c-store customers
Today’s convenience stores face growing pressure to evolve amid the ramped-up expectations of global consumers, and c-stores that fail to innovate are at risk of falling behind, delegates were told at this year’s annual convention of the National Association of Convenience Stores in Las Vegas. In a joint presentation, Joseph ...
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Lifting of covenant paves way for new Asda forecourt
Controversial plans to build a petrol station on Asda’s overspill car park in Retford, Nottinghamshire, have taken a major step forward following the lifting of a restrictive covenant, according to a report in the local press. The Retford Times reports that planning bosses have agreed to lift a 17-year-old ...
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Motorists attacked on site in Ketley
A gang of up to six people armed with baseball bats left a 30-year-old man with serious injuries after attacking him on a site in Telford, according to a report in the Shropshire Star. The report says the victim and his 33-year-old friend got into an argument with between four ...
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NewsFormer Shell forecourt wins ’Best Gulf site’ award
Tanerdy Garage in Carmarthen, which recently switched to Gulf after 80 years with Shell, has been awarded the title of Best Gulf Site at this year’s SuperStation awards, organised by Gulf brand owner Certas Energy. Stephen Smith, proprietor of Tanerdy Garage, said: “Everyone at Tanerdy Garage is thrilled. It’s a ...
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NewsJet launches upgraded customer portal
Jet has this week launched its upgraded extranet portal - ‘My Phillips 66’. The company says the upgrade is the result of considerable research and investment to develop an industry-leading data delivery mechanism for customers across its entire retail, wholesale, aviation, LPG and marine network. Capable of supporting the latest ...
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Euro Garages ranks 38th in Sunday Times Top Track 250
Euro Garages has made it to number 38 in this year’s Sunday Times Top Track 250 league table, which ranks Britain’s mid-market growth private companies with the biggest sales. The Blackburn-based fuel retailer recorded a 40% sales increase of £438m, and a 71% increase in profit to £12.4 million ...
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Irene scoops Forecourt Sales Assistant award
Irene Hunter of Eurospar Dromara, Northern Ireland has been awarded Forecourt Sector winner in the 2014 Sales Assistant of the year awards, run by Forecourt Trader’s sister title Convenience Store. The judges said that Irene’s flair for service and sales boosting initiatives had had an immensely positive impact on the ...
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NewsSupermarkets are ’fighting like dinosaurs’, says Madderson
Supermarkets are fighting like dinosaurs for shoppers to visit their massive out-of-town stores, according to PRA chairman Brian Madderson. He was commenting on the last round of fuel price cuts announced this week, which have led to fuel prices reaching their lowest level for four years. The AA says a ...
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Motorists attracted by fuel price not brand, says new report
Only a tiny fraction of motorists (3%) will go out of their way to buy branded fuel according to a new study commissioned by ContractHireAndLeasing.com. The majority of motorists appear to choose where they buy their fuel based on cost alone (42%), while other important factors include proximity of the ...
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Sainsbury’s plans month-long Nectar points boost on fuel as it halves points earned instore
Sainsbury’s is halving its Nectar points offer to instore and online customers, from two points to one point for every £1 spend. The one Nectar point earned for every bag reused in store is also being chopped, when the new terms come into force on April 11, 2015. The single ...
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Costcutter launches new online portal
Costcutter Supermarkets Group has launched a new secure online portal called ActivHUB, which is designed to put members in control by providing access to all of their systems, documents and information in one place. The company says it is the next stage in the ActivTechnology suite, which has seen ongoing ...
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Stand by for another round of supermarket fuel price cuts
Sainsbury’s has announced another round of fuel price cuts, which if previous such announcements are anything to go by, will trigger a chain reaction among rival supermarkets, with independent retailers caught in between. Sainsbury’s said that from tomorrow (Tuesday 14 October), it will be cutting the price of diesel by ...
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15 UK hydrogen fuelling stations to be set up
The arrival of hydrogen cars on UK roads is a step closer, according to the business minister Matthew Hancock, after he announced up to £11m of funding. The investment is intended to prepare the UK for the roll-out of hydrogen fuel cell electric vehicles (FCEVs), and will be used help ...
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ACS to vote on allowing major multiples to join
The Association of Convenience Stores, (ACS) is holding an EGM on 4 December at which it will ask members to vote on changes to its constitution to allow any convenience store operator to become a member of the Association. ACS chairman Jonathan James, a former winner of the Forecourt Trader ...
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No charges for men arrested after pipeline breach
Police have announced that no further action will be taken against two men who were arrested over the theft of 30,000 litres of diesel from an underground fuel pipeline. Two men from Salisbury were arrested in April after police discovered that thieves had dug down to Esso’s Midline pipeline at ...
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Illegal tobacco and alcohol seized from shops
An operation to disrupt the sale and supply of illegal tobacco and alcohol in Cardiff and Newport uncovered more than 165,000 cigarettes, 100 kilos of hand-rolling tobacco and 400 litres of alcohol. Around 40 officers from HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC), with support from Gwent Police, South Wales Police, and ...
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EU directive to increase infrastructure for alternative fuels
The European Union’s new directive (PE-CONS 79/14) on minimum infrastructure requirements for alternative fuels has been welcomed by Gasrec, a supplier of liquefied natural gas to the transport sector. The directive requires each member state to produce an alternative fuel deployment strategy within two years along with new common technical ...