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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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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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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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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 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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Men jailed for 68 fuel thefts worth £6,000
Two men responsible for the theft of nearly £6,000 of fuel in 68 offences against service stations across the West Midlands have been jailed. The men used three vehicles and stole more than 3,700 litres of fuel by filling up tanks and containers in the back of vehicles and then ...
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HMRC seizes illicit tobacco and alcohol from Luton shops
An operation to disrupt the sale and supply of illegal tobacco and alcohol in Luton has uncovered more than 33,000 illegal cigarettes, 27 kilos of hand-rolling tobacco and 524 litres of alcohol. Twenty four officers from HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC), with support from Luton Trading Standards, the International Federation ...
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Cigarette smugglers handed prison sentences
Two men and a woman have been jailed for attempting to smuggle more than two tonnes of tobacco into the UK hidden inside a lorry load of felt-tip pens. HGV driver Mark Sneidr, 26, was stopped by Border Force officers at Dover in February 2014 as he disembarked a ferry ...
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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 ...
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Neil Turton to leave Nisa
Convenience retailer Nisa has announced that its chief executive, Neil Turton, will leave the organisation in the spring 2015, after 23 years with the business. Turton has accepted a senior position in a non-competing business, but over the coming months the company says he will be integral to recruiting a ...
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DCC buys French Esso sites
DCC plc, the parent company of Certas Energy, has agreed an £84m deal to buy Esso’s 274-strong Express unmanned retail petrol station network and its 48 motorway concessions in France, as well as contracts to supply about 75 dealer owned dealer operated sites. The Express Network has a 4.2% share ...
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NewsApplegreen lines up 10 new sites for 2014
Applegreen is due to add a further 10 sites to its estate during 2014, according to managing director Michael O’Loughlin. Writing in the annual report of its parent company, Petrogas Global, O’Loughlin said the company had also commenced a site development programme that would comprise a number of innovations associated ...
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Suspected armed robbery in Middlesbrough
Detectives are investigating a suspected armed robbery at a BP service station in Middlesbrough. The BP Tudor Lodge garage, on the corner of Ladgate Lane and Marton Road, near Stewart Park in Middlesbrough, has been closed this morning and was taped off by police investigating the incident. A police car ...
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Falcon Sharma takes up Certas invitation
A delegation from Falcon Sharma Group have become the first operators to accept an invitation to visit Certas Energy’s network of company-owned forecourts. The invitation was extended at the recent Forecourt Seminar organised by the ACS, when guest speaker Ramsay MacDonald, retail director, Certas Energy offered a ‘warm Scottish welcome’ ...
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Thames Oilport potential "exceeds expectations"
The potential of the site of the Thames Oilport exceeds the original expectations when it was purchased in 2012, according to Greenergy, one of the joint venture partners in the terminal with Shell and Vopak. Writing in the company’s annual report, chief executive Andrew Owens said work was continuing on ...
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ACS welcomes new HMRC crackdown on illicit trade
The Association of Convenience Stores (ACS) has welcomed a new crackdown on the illicit trade in tobacco and alcohol announced by HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC). ACS chief executive James Lowman said: “We believe that any retailer who sells non-duty paid alcohol or tobacco should be subject to the full ...
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Blaze at Sainsbury’s forecourt in Greenwich
Twelve people were evacuated from a Sainsbury’s petrol station forecourt in Bugsbys Way, Greenwich, in south-east London on Saturday morning (August 23), after a car and petrol pump caught alight. The car and a petrol pump were destroyed by fire and part of a second car and petrol pump were ...
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Calls for clampdown on e-cigarettes criticised
Calls by the World Health Organisation (WHO) for stricter controls on the selling and use of e-cigarettes have been criticised by doctors who have developed their own brand of e-cigarette. A report by WHO suggests that restrictions should be placed on the marketing of the devices, their sale to minors, ...
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Morrisons cuts 2ppl off fuel prices
Two days after the big three supermarkets said they were cutting their fuel prices Morrisons announced that it too was cutting the price of both unleaded and diesel by up to 2ppl. Mark Todd, petrol director for Morrisons, said: “Prices at Morrisons have been coming down steadily and we have ...
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Attempted break-in at Shell site in Aberdeen
Police Scotland is appealing for information after a break-in at the Shell Northern Lights service station on the A90 Stonehaven Road, Aberdeen. The break-in and attempted theft occurred overnight between Friday 15 and Saturday 16 August, and is believed to have occurred at around 4am. Police are also keen to ...