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HMRC clampdown on credit card sales returns
HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) has launched a credit card sales campaign which aims to provide an opportunity for individuals and companies in business that accept debit and credit cards to bring their affairs up to date. The campaign is described by HMRC as a “simple, straightforward way” to take ...
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NewsPolice seeking prolific cross-dressing fuel thief
Police in Plymouth are searching for a cross-dressing fuel thief who has carried out 29 offences over a two-year period, but they are not sure whether they are looking for a man or a woman. The suspect has adopted a range of disguises but the one constant in all the ...
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Handgun used in Sheffield robbery
Police are appealing for information following a robbery at a petrol station in the Beighton area of Sheffield. A man entered the shop at High Street Service Station just after 8.50pm on Wednesday 8 October and threatened the staff member with what is believed to be a handgun. Cigarettes and ...
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Car sales hit 10-year registrations for September
The introduction of the new ‘64’ numberplate helped drive registrations of new cars up to 425,861 in September, reaching the highest level for a September since 2004. Registrations for the year-to-date reach 1,958,196 – up 9.1% on January-September 2013. September and March – the months of the plate change – ...
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NewsPenny Petroleum additions strengthen Jet in North East
Jet has increased its presence in north-east England through new contracts with Penny Petroleum that have seen seven new sites join the network and a further three sites sign retie deals. Penny Petroleum has a portfolio of 25 retail sites, the majority of which are located in the north of ...
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PRA appoints new commercial director
The PRA has appointed Gordon Balmer as commercial director, reporting to the PRA chairman Brian Madderson, with effect from Monday 6th October. The PRA chairman explained that Gordon would replace head of petrol Richard Chadderton, who moved to a role in Shell at the end of August. The difference in ...
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Asda wins permission for Dewsbury outlet
Asda has won planning permission to add a petrol station to its supermarket in Dewsbury, West Yorkshire. Kirklees Council’s planning committee voted to approve the plans by 13 votes to one. Asda’s UK estate town planning manager, Alan Jones, said: “We welcome the positive vote by the planning committee today ...
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NewsFlying Squad investigates attempt to blow up ATM
Detectives from the Metropolitan Police’s Flying Squad are investigating after thieves are believed to have attempted to blow open a cash machine on a garage forecourt. The incident occurred in the early hours of Tuesday morning at the Shell petrol station in Lower Richmond Road, Richmond. Fire fighters were called ...
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Knife man attempts to rob petrol station in Dundee
Police Scotland is appealing for information after a man walked into a petrol station in Dundee, threatened a member of staff with a knife and demanded money. He made off empty handed. The incident happened at the Shell Petrol Station at Forfar Road about 9.50pm on Tuesday 7 October. The ...
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BP garage owner still fighting BP plan to ’wipe him out’
The owner of a BP garage, who accused the oil giant of aiming to wipe out his business after it won planning permission for a massive development just 50m from his site, has forced his local council to reconsider its decision. Simon Privett has owned and operated the Tollgate Service ...
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Shell to sell 250 of its sites to indies
Independent fuel retailers have welcomed the announcement from Shell that it is planning to sell up to 250 of its company-owned sites to independent dealers. Michael O’Loughlin, managing director of Petrogas UK, which was ranked sixth in the Forecourt Trader Top 50 Indies said: "Everyone is upbeat about it and ...
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NewsPolice issue CCTV in appeal for information
Police investigating a theft from a petrol station in Carlton Road, Barnsley, have issued a CCTV appeal for information. At around 5am on Monday 14 July, a silver Mercedes entered the petrol station and an unknown man sitting in the front passenger seat got out of the car. It is ...
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Two armed robberies in Shropshire
West Mercia Police are investigating two, possibly linked, armed robberies at service stations in Telford and Much Wenlock on Saturday 27th September. At around 9.15pm, three men entered the Shell Garage on Holmer Farm Road, Stirchley in Telford. They were masked and wearing their hoods up. One of the men ...
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MRH Retail extends its partnership with BOSS
MRH Retail has agreed a three-year membership deal with BOSS, the British Oil Security Syndicate, to maintain its use of the BOSS Payment Watch debt recovery scheme. MRH Retail joined BOSS in 2013 and the extended partnership will see more than 360 MRH Retail sites throughout England, Scotland and Wales ...
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Breakdowns lead to Tesco site closure
The forecourt of a Tesco filling station in Dorset has been dug up after drivers reported engine problems after buying diesel. Local press reported that up to 100 vehicles broke down shortly after filling up at the site in Branksome, Poole. It has now been closed and an excavator was ...
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News in brief
Girl killed on forecourt A teenage girl has died after she was hit by a car while filling up at a petrol station. Police Scotland said Eilish Herron, from Paisley, was on the forecourt of the Asda garage in Linwood, Renfrewshire, when the crash happened on September 9 at 2.30pm. ...
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PRA builds on Scottish contacts
PRA will seek to develop further its already close contacts with the Scottish government following the vote rejecting independence in the referendum. PRA chairman Brian Madderson said: "PRA made early preparations for whatever the outcome of the referendum was by establishing a Scottish Regional Committee earlier this year, and members ...
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Gas leak causes lock down at Grangemouth
The Unite union is calling for a commitment to “World class safety” at the Ineos Grangemouth plant in Scotland after a gas leak caused a lock down of the oil refinery and chemical plant and the surrounding area. Roads were closed around the Ineos site as the police and fire ...
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New task force looks at decarbonising fuel
A new Transport Energy Task Force has been established to look into ways to decarbonise fuels. The Task Force will help the Government to examine and formulate options for meeting the 2020 RED renewable transport fuel target and determine how low carbon fuels can help reduce greenhouse gas emissions from ...
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Greenergy delivers Esso fuel
Leading UK fuel supplier Greenergy has confirmed the start of its supply of Esso fuel to independent dealers in the Midlands, the South of England and South Wales. Greenergy has been a branded wholesaler for Esso since February 2013, when it took over fuel supply to Esso- branded dealers in ...