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NewsHKS opens first Spar store
Top 50 Indie HKS Retail has embarked on a joint venture with SPAR and Blakemore Trade Partners, with the opening of its first Spar forecourt store. The 1,000 sq ft store, on the company’s BP-branded forecourt in Ashby Road, Ibstock, Leicestershire, has been completely refurbished and re-launched with a Spar ...
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Demoliton looms for Coryton Refinery
The former BP refinery at Coryton will soon be a distant memory following the announcement that the owner of the site, Thames Enterprise Park, has appointed specialist contractor Brown and Mason Ltd to demolish the redundant refinery and boiler house. The refinery was sold by BP to Petroplus in 2007, ...
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BP and Shell oppose Scottish independence
BP has joined Shell in urging Scotland not to vote for independence. BP’s group chief executive Bob Dudley responded to statements made by oil tycoon Sir Ian Wood regarding the North Sea. Sir Ian warned that relying on “unproven reserves” from shale gas was a “huge gamble and the stakes ...
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Boris renews call to scrap ’most polluting’ diesel cars
Mayor of London, Boris Johnson, has renewed calls for scrapping the most polluting diesel cars and giving drivers cash incentives to switch to cleaner vehicles as part of the evidence he gave to the Environmental Audit Committee yesterday (September 10). The Mayor is supporting proposals for the Government to help ...
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Teenager dies filling up on Asda forecourt
A teenage girl has died after she was hit by a car while filling up at a petrol station. Police Scotland said the young girl, Eilish Herron from Paisley, was on the forecourt of the Asda garage in Linwood, Renfrewshire, when the crash happened on Wednesday at 2.30pm. Police Scotland ...
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NewsGreenergy starts national supply of Esso fuels
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 ...
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Fuel thief spared jail
A criminal who took almost £150-worth of fuel from a forecourt has avoided jail and instead been given a 12-month community order with a supervision requirement for the duration and has been ordered to carry out 60 hours of unpaid work. According to the Cumberland News & Star, 25-year old ...
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Forecourt’s fuel reward for fuel theft info
A forecourt in Alrewas, Staffordshire is so fed up with fuel theft that it’s put up a reward of £100-worth of fuel for the first person who comes forward with information that leads to an arrest. The reward relates specifically to two recent fuel thefts by one man. The first ...
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Innovation and services driving c-store growth, says new report
The vital contribution that local shops make to the UK economy and the investment in services that continues to drive growth in the sector, has been revealed in the latest Local Shops Report, published today by the Association of Convenience Stores. The report reveals the diverse range of services that ...
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DJ’s costly mistake
Radio 2 DJ Chris Evans was late for his breakfast show last week after putting diesel instead of petrol in his car. According to the Daily Express, Evans was filling up on his way to work. He only realised the mistake when there were ‘huge flashes from the bonnet and ...
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Man arrested over Soham stabbing
A man has been charged in connection with the stabbing at the BP service station in Downfields near Soham, Cambridgeshire, owned by Top 50 Indie MRH. The 48-year-old from Soham has been charged with causing grievous bodily harm with intent. The victim, a 23-year-old man, had suffered a serious but ...
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HMRC seizes illicit tobacco and alcohol in Burton and Derby
Illicit tobacco and alcohol has been seized in Burton Upon Trent and Staffordshire following visits by around 35 officers from HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC), with support from Staffordshire County Council Trading Standards and Burton Upon Trent Police Licensing team. They visited 10 retail premises and self storage units on ...
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New website to support tobacco sellers
JTI has created a new website for the trade, JTI Advance, designed to provide retailers with a comprehensive guide to the category. Richard Kellaway, JTI’s head of wholesale, symbols and independents, commented: “The investment in the new trade website will complement face to face contact provided by our sales force ...
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NewsPRA warns Scottish referendum could drive up fuel prices
Fuel prices in the UK will be forced up if the referendum on Scottish independence causes uncertainty in currency markets, the PRA has warned. PRA chairman Brian Madderson said that in recent days the pound has suffered its worst exchange rate performance against the US dollar since Lehman’s problems triggered ...
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New international research consultancy set up
Former him! chief Tom Fender, Nisa chief executive Neil Turton and Forecourt Trader’s publisher William Reed Business Media have announced the incorporation and launch of him! International, a new and autonomous sister company to him! research & consulting UK. him! international will provide clients with sector, shopper and retailer insights ...
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New car registrations continue upward trend
New car registrations in August were up 9.4% on the same month last year at 72,163 and year-to-date registrations has exceeded 1.5 million, up 10.1% on the previous year’s figure. Mike Hawes, chief executive of the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT), said: “New car registrations reached two-and-a-half years ...
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Man stabbed in Cambridgeshire forecourt shop
A man is seriously ill in hospital after being stabbed at a BP service station in Downfields, near Soham, Cambridgeshire, owned by MRH. Police were called to the service station in Fordham Road at around 2.20pm on Thursday September 5, after receiving reports that a man had been stabbed inside ...
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Three arrested over cigarette plot
Three men have been arrested, and illicit cigarettes and tobacco seized, after a raid by HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) into a suspected tobacco smuggling plot worth an estimated £2.4m. Officers from HMRC, Essex Police and the National Crime Agency, seized 8.5 million cigarettes and 30kg of shisha tobacco as ...
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Tobacco smugglers sentenced for £1.7m fraud
Three people from the West Midlands have been sentenced for their role in a £1.7m tobacco smuggling ring. Jian Ning Yang, from Dudley, and Alan Nesbeth and Renna Graham, both from Bilston, were arrested after HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) seized more than nine tonnes of non-duty paid tobacco concealed ...
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Operator praises Gulf commitment to rural retailers
Over the past 12 months the Gulf network has grown to over 425 sites and the average annual volume of recent conversions is more than 3 million litres, but one of the latest conversions says Gulf is also showing a strong commitment to small rural forecourts. Pexall Service Station, situated ...