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Sewell is new ACS vice chairman
Patrick Sewell, managing director of Top 50 Indie Sewell On the Go, has been appointed deputy chairman of the Association of Convenience Stores (ACS)At the same time Paul Hagon, group strategy and development director of Palmer and Harvey, has taken over as ACS chairman.The duo replace former Forecourt Trader of ...
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Jet adds to numbers in north east England
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, with the majority in the north of England, and was ranked ...
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JTI removes gantries after illegal tobacco prosecution
Two retailers have had their tobacco gantries removed by JTI after they were found guilty of selling illegal tobacco. JTI removed the gantries from Stones Newsagents in Lewisham and Little Health Supermarket in Greenwich after they were prosecuted for selling illegal tobacco and fined a combined total of over £6,000. ...
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Forecourt clinches top Bestway award
A forecourt shop in Leicester has been presented with a top award at Bestway Wholesale’s annual Retail Development Awards at the Grosvenor House Hotel in Park Lane, London. Last year Kalpesh and Meeta Raja, who run the shop at Parker Drive Service Station in Beaumont Leys, won the category award ...
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Toyota boss predicts hydrogen will supplant gasoline
Toyota’s chairman predicted hydrogen would take over from gasoline as the primary fuel as it announced that it will begin selling hydrogen fuel-cell electric cars in Japan on 15 December, 2014, and in the US and Europe in mid-2015. The Toyota Mirai, which means Future in Japanese, has the cruising ...
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Pollution charge mootedA charge of up to £12.50 a day on top of the congestion charge has been proposed to deter the most polluting vehicles from entering the centre of London. The Mayor and Transport for London have launched a public consultation on proposals to introduce the world’s first Ultra ...
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Fears duty freeze could cease
While business and consumer groups have called for a cut in fuel duty ahead of the Chancellor’s Autumn Statement on December 3, there are fears the Chancellor could bend to economic pressures and actually increase it.PRA chairman Brian Madderson has written to the Chancellor of the Exchequer George Osborne, asking ...
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NewsSocial media storm over price ’scam’ claim
MRH has found itself at the centre of a social media storm after a customer shared a picture on Facebook which he claimed showed he was being overcharged. The story was picked up by news outlets and at 1pm today the picture, which appears to show a charge of 125p ...
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Euro Garages climbs table
Euro Garages has attained 38th place in this year’s Sunday Times Top Track 250 league table, which ranks Britain’s mid-market growth private companies by their sales. The Blackburn-based fuel retailer recorded a 40% sales increase to £438m, and a 71% increase in profit to £12.4m. Ilyas Munshi, Euro Garages commercial ...
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Fire concerns over e-cigarettes highlighted
The government has launched a number of measures to boost the safety of e-cigarettes in response to increasing concerns over the number of fires caused by their use. Responding to a growing number of incidents caused by faulty e-cigarette chargers, the Department for Communities and Local Government has put forward ...
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Petrol prices plummet to four-year low
The lowest unleaded petrol prices looked likely to fall below 120ppl as Forecourt Trader went to press, with the prices having fallen 6ppl in a month after the major multiples launched another round of price cuts at the beginning of last week. Tesco beat its competitors to the punch by ...
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SuperStation top prize goes to Tanerdy Garage
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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Sewell ploughs more money into Hull West
Top 50 Indie Sewell on the go has announced it is investing a further £250,000 in its most successful site, Hull West on the A63 Westbound, after a £1m redevelopment was completed at the end of 2012. Sewell will be developing a bespoke parking area for long-haul lorry drivers. Work ...
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Hydrogen at Sainsbury’s
Sainsbury’s is claiming a UK supermarket first with the installation of a forecourt hydrogen dispenser, which will be installed on its Hendon store by the end of the year.Sainsbury’s says the SmartFuel station will be able to fuel a growing number of hydrogen-powered fleets driving around London.Avishai Moor, Sainsbury’s fuel ...
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NewsJet tankers promote Road Safety Week
Jet is helping to raise road safety awareness by rebranding four of its tankers for the duration of Road Safety Week (17 – 23rd November). Set up in 1997, Road Safety Week is coordinated annually by national charity Brake each November. Now the UK’s biggest road safety event, it aims ...
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Asda like-for-like sales fall by 1.6%
Asda has reported a 1.6% fall in its like-for-like sales for the 13 weeks to September 30, compared with the same period last year, but claims it is outperforming its traditional competitors and gaining market share. CEO and president Andy Clarke said that although no chief executive wants to report ...
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NewsExelby Services opens new £6.5m site
Exelby Services has completed the £6.5m development of its new filling station services and truck stop on the A1M at Leeming Bar, North Yorkshire. The opening, which took place last Friday, is the culmination of 10 years work on the project, and chief executive Michael Exelby said: “We pulled back ...
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Strikers return to work at Phillips 66’s Humber refinery
Striking workers at Phillips 66’s Humber refinery have returned to work after three days of industrial action. About 450 contract workers went on strike on Monday claiming they had safety concerns, but Phillips 66 said the operation of the plant has not been affected by the action. On Wednesday Phillips ...
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NewsLaundry adds to footfall for Lincolnshire service station
A Lincolnshire forecourt operator has increased footfall to their store by introducing an 24-hour laundry service. Hockmeyer Motors is a family owned business run by Rachael and her husband Christian. They operate a Spar convenience store with Texaco petrol forecourt in Sleaford, Lincolnshire. In April this year they introduced a ...
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NewsPolice release image after diesel thefts from Kent sites
Police officers investigating a spate of thefts of diesel from service stations in Kent are asking the public for help in identifying a man captured on CCTV. The garages in Cheriton Road, Folkestone, and the Stanford Intersection in Hythe were both targeted on Tuesday 14 October, with about £90 and ...