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Fuel economy tops concerns of car buyers
Fuel economy is now the most important factor motorists take into consideration when hunting for their next car. Research from the car leasing website ContractHireAndLeasing.com reveals that fuel economy came first in a list of 10 key considerations. A survey of 398 web users, consisting of a mix of business ...
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Talks over more protection for staff selling alcohol
The minister of state for justice, Lord Faulks, has agreed to a meeting to discuss the protection of workers who sell alcohol after a debate on the Criminal Justice and Courts Bill. The debate concerned an amendment that would have given extra legal protection to staff who are assaulted while ...
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NewsSainsbury’s launches 10p off per litre promotion
Sainsbury’s has announced that from tomorrow, Thursday 24th July until Wednesday 30th July, customers who spend £60 or more will receive a voucher entitling them to 10p off per litre of fuel when they fill up at one of the retailer’s 294 forecourts. Customers who spend £60 or more in ...
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Service station ’high lights’ Gulf rebranding
A service station in East Yorkshire has been able to ’high light’ its rebranding to Gulf with a 10-metre pole sign and a canopy fascia fitted with LED illumination. The rebranding of Leven Road Service Station on the A165 in East Yorkshire is the latest initiative by proprietor Roger Perry ...
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Pump prices fall slightly
After a brief rise, average UK petrol and diesel prices at the pump have started to fall again as oil supply concerns in Libya and the Middle East diminish, according to the latest AA Fuel Price Report. UK petrol pump prices average 131.61p a litre this mid July, down from ...
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Minister emphasises commitment to low emission vehicles
Transport minister Baroness Kramer has told an industry conference that by 2050 it is expected every car in Britiain will be an ultra-low emission vehicle. Speaking at the Low Carbon Vehicle Partnership conference she said: “We are standing on the cusp of a once in a lifetime technological revolution. By ...
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Woman arrested in diesel laundering raid by HMRC
A woman has been arrested after a diesel laundering plant capable of producing nearly 3.6 million litres of illicit fuel a year and evading more than £2m in lost duty and taxes was discovered by HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) during a search of domestic premises in Co Armagh, Northern ...
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Forecourt closed after tanker collision causes leak
A petrol station was evacuated for four hours yesterday after a fuel tanker leaked petrol across the forecourt, according to the Manchester Evening News. Firefighters were scrambled to the Seven Ways Esso garage in Stretford shortly before 10pm on Thursday night when fluid spread across the floor after the lorry ...
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Lincolnshire gang jailed for £4.3m fuel and tax fraud
A gang which included a town councillor and a pensioner was jailed for a total of 19 years for evading an estimated £4.3m in duty and tax through a sophisticated fuel and VAT fraud, following an investigation by HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC). Senior citizen Michael Wilmot, 72, from Market ...
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Domestic energy price hikes depressing petrol sales
Record low sales of petrol this spring were a reaction to surging domestic energy bills, according to a poll of more than 18,000 AA members. The slump at the pump occurred while petrol prices were at their lowest for three years. Fifty five per cent of those polled said the ...
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New generation takes charge at Gleaner Oils
Elgin-based Gleaners Oils is planning to expand further into the south of Scotland and north of England as a new generation takes charge of the family owned business. Brian Young, whose father founded the company in 1954, has sold his 50% stake in the business to his niece, Jane Scott ...
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NewsMFG owner in talks to buy Murco network
The owner of Top 50 Indie Motor Fuels Group (MFG) is in talks to buy more than 225 Murco filling stations put up for sale by their US owner Murphy Oil. Private equity group Patron Capital, which bought MFG in 2012 and a further portfolio of 54 Murco filling stations ...
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High Noon adds two more sites
Award-winning independent convenience store and petrol station operator High Noon Stores is to expand its presence across Wales with two new stores opening this month, creating 12 new jobs. The company, which was recently crowned The Grocer magazine’s Independent Retailer of the Year, is opening a petrol station and Spar ...
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Town centre first policy not working says ACS
The Association of Convenience Stores (ACS) has told an influential group of MPs that high streets continue to suffer from the unrelenting stream of out of town developments. In an evidence session on the operation of the National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF), ACS chief executive James Lowman told the Communities ...
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MRH plans 30 Subway stores by end of 2015
MRH has revealed more details of its plans to develop Subway stores at its sites after opening the first one at Bellshill in Glasgow. Two more have opened at Springburn, Glasgow, and Coatbridge, North Lanarkshire, and it plans to have 10 operating by the end of the year, and 30 ...
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Is Stanlow up for sale?
The owners of Stanlow oil refinery at Ellesmere Port in Cheshire are seeking to sell the facility, according to reports in the Financial Times.India’s Essar Group, which bought the refinery from Shell for $350m in 2011, is in talks with a number of parties about selling a minority stake or ...
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Western Isles get greater flexibility
The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has accepted binding commitments from Certas Energy and DCC plc which aim to improve competition in the supply of petrol and diesel to filling stations in the Western Isles of Scotland. The commitments bring an end to contracts which provided for many filling stations ...
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Exclusive talks could mean Murco sale is on
Negotiations about the sale by Murphy Oil of its Murco business in the UK, including its Milford Haven oil refinery, were in the final stages according to a number of reports, as Forecourt Trader went to press.According to Reuters, oil entrepreneur Gary Klesch was in the final stages of exclusive ...
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Esso makes its return to the Isle of Wight
Isle of Wight Fuels has secured an agreement with Esso to bring its fuels back to the Isle of Wight for the first time in many years.The Esso brand is being launched on the island at The Southern Co-operative Food and Petrol Station in Sandown.David Grannum, general manager of Isle ...
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Westmorland opts for Greenergy deal
Greenergy has won the contract to supply retail fuels for three sites owned by the motorway services operator Westmorland. The supply agreement with the family-owned company covers three sites in Cumbria: Tebay Services North and South on the M6; the Rheged Visitor and Conference Centre, just off the A66 near ...