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NewsGovernment extends consultation for earlier ban on ICE vehicles
The Government is extending the consultation period on ending the sale of new petrol, diesel and hybrid cars and vans from 2040 to 2035, or earlier if a faster transition appears feasible. The new deadline has been extended by two months to 11.45pm on July 29, 2020. Earlier this ...
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NewsCashier threatened with crowbar during petrol station robbery
A gang of robbers threatened a cashier at a forecourt with a crowbar before emptying the shop’s cigarette gantry and fleeing. The incident happened around 11pm on Monday 13 April at St Marys Filling Station on Nottingham Road, in Nuthall, near Nottingham. Nottinghamshire Police officers reported that three offenders forced ...
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NewsWelcome Break donates Easter Eggs to food bank network
Motorway service operator Welcome Break organised an Easter Egg Giveaway over the bank holiday weekend, donating flowers, over 30,000 eggs and other sweet treats to food banks in the Trussell Trust’s network across the country. The Trussell Trust works with around two thirds of the nation’s network of food banks, ...
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NewsPetrol pump damaged as criminals blow up ATM
A petrol pump has been damaged by an explosion caused by wreckless criminals who were trying to blow open a cash machine on a forecourt. The attack took place at about 3am on Sunday April 12 at Woodhouse Mill petrol station in Sheffield. The Star website reported that shocked ...
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NewsPolice seek information after burglary at Cheshire forecourt
Cheshire Police officers are appealing for information and footage from members of the public following a burglary at an Esso/Tesco Express forecourt in Orford, Warrington.The Tesco Express store in Orford Green was broken into between 1.40am and 2am on Friday 10 April.After gaining entry via the front door, three men ...
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NewsPRA urges Chancellor to ensure all ATMs are free to use during lockdown
The Chancellor Rishi Sunak has been urged to ensure all ATMs operate as ’free to use’ during the COVID-19 lockdown, in a collaborative letter involving the Petrol Retailers’ Association. “Never has the widespread availability of cash been so important, particularly that which is free to access,” said Brian Madderson, chairman ...
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NewsVital retail role recognised by Secretary of State
The Association of Convenience Stores has welcomed a letter from Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, Alok Sharma, to those working in retail during the coronavirus (covid-19) pandemic. In the open letter to the retail sector, Alok Sharma MP outlines the support that has been made available ...
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NewsShopper loyalty growing as frequency rises, says new research
Shoppers visited fewer different grocery retailers last week, but visited them more frequently, according to Channel Pulse, HIM and MCA Insight’s new weekly measure of shopper and consumer behaviour, Compared to the previous week, the w/c 30 March 2020 saw visit frequency across all grocery retail channels increase and the ...
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NewsFree webinar on the future of the tobacco category
Forecourt Trader - and its sister brands Convenience Store and The Grocer - is hosting a webinar on the future of the tobacco category, which retailers can watch for free from their own mobile phone or computer on May 5 at 11am. With the impending ban on menthol and capsule ...
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NewsTexaco boosts funding to frontline charities during Covid-19 outbreak
Valero is donating additional funding to support frontline charities during the current Covid-19 outbreak as part of its commitment to supporting the communities in which it works. The company will provide an amount of free Texaco fuel and financial assistance to FareShare, Age UK, The Trussell Trust and the East ...
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NewsSpar partners with RVS for NHS Volunteer Responders
Spar in England is to be the first convenience retailer to partner with Royal Voluntary Service on its NHS Volunteer Responders programme.Over 750,000 people signed up to be an NHS Volunteer Responders and from this week Community Response Volunteers will be able to shop for the vulnerable person they are ...
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NewsSewell on the go uses spare space to sell fruit and veg
Following the temporary closure of its Subway stores to comply with the coronavirus regulations, Sewell on the go has joined up with another local family run company to offer fresh fruit and vegetables to its local communities.When the Subway stores were closed the Sewell team decided to utilise the space ...
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NewsShell supports retailers to cope with coronavirus crisis
Shell UK general manager for retail Bernie Williamson says the company has taken a wide range of measures to keep forecourt staff and customers safe during the coronavirus crisis. She told Forecourt Trader that keeping forecourts open was vital in order to keep key workers on the road, and to ...
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NewsBudgens forecourt sees record shop sales but fuel plummets
A Budgens forecourt owner has experienced record shop sales as the coronavirus crisis has taken hold, but after a brief surge in fuel sales volumes have shrunk to about 15% of their usual level. Goran Raven of Ravens Budgens, at Abridge in Essex, says he’s been in the industry many ...
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NewsFTA welcomes decision to postpone clean air zones
The trade body for the logistics industry has welcomed a decision by the government to postpone introduction of Clean Air Zone (CAZs) until 2021. Natalie Chapman, head of urban policy at the Freight Transport Association (FTA) commented: “As the business organisation representing the logistics sector, FTA has been urging government ...
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NewsPolice release CCTV after assault at Slough forecourt
Thames Valley Police has this week released a CCTV image of a man officers would like to speak to after a man was punched to the ground on a forecourt in Slough. The incident took place at the Esso petrol station in High Street, Chalvey, at about 7.45pm on 23 ...
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NewsACS urges retailers to report unfair price hikes
The Association of Convenience Stores (ACS) has launched a new campaign this week, calling on convenience store retailers to report those who are attempting to raise prices unfairly and take advantage of consumers during the Covid-19 outbreak.ACS is urging retailers to report any instances they see to the Competition and ...
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NewsSales of new cars crash by 44.4% due to coronavirus lockdown
The UK new car market declined by 44.4% in March, according to figures published by the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT). March is usually an important month for sales because of the plate change, but this year 203,370 fewer cars were registered than in March 2019, as ...
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Extra MSA Leeds Skelton Lake has phased opening
Extra MSA has opened its £64m Leeds Skelton Lake Services at Junction 45 on the M1, two miles east of Leeds city centre.However, due to the coronavirus regulations, it will be opening on a phased basis. Currently the Texaco-branded petrol filling station, run under contract by Top 50 Indie Jos ...
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Drive-offs rise then fall rapidly during coronavirus lockdown
The British Oil Security Syndicate (BOSS) has recorded a significant reduction in forecourt crime reports during the first full weekend of the coronavirus lockdown.The news comes as BOSS released the results of the latest Forecourt Crime Index covering the final quarter (Q4) of 2019, which reported that forecourt crime continued ...