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ACS welcomes proposals on miminim wage regulations
The Association of Convenience Stores (ACS) has welcomed a proposal to consolidate minimum wage regulations as an important step in ensuring that retailers understand how the laws on the national minimum wage affect their business. In its submission to the Government consultation, ACS has highlighted the importance of clear, concise ...
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NewsGarners win the big prize at spectacular awards
Mike and Tim Garner of the Garner Group are this year’s winners of the most prestigious prize in the fuel retailing industry - the Forecourt Trader Awards. Their new forecourt development in Portsbridge, which has recently been transformed from a low-volume traditional garage business into a state-of-the-art Jet-branded ...
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Blakemore conference focuses on Spar ’mission battle’
Independent Spar retailers can thrive by focusing on their point of difference in the marketplace and the unique position that they are in to win the “mission battle”. That was the key message from this year’s Blakemore Trade Partners Spar Retail Show, entitled “Mission Possible”, on September 16th - 17th, ...
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MRH Retail extends membership deal with BOSS
MRH Retail has agreed a three-year membership deal with BOSS, the British Oil Security Syndicate, to maintain its use of the BOSS Payment Watch debt recovery scheme. MRH Retail joined BOSS in 2013 and the extended partnership will see more than 360 MRH Retail sites throughout England, Scotland and Wales ...
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PRA seeking to increase contacts with Scottish Government
PRA will seek to develop further its already close contacts with the Scottish government following the outcome of the referendum on independence announced today. PRA chairman Brian Madderson said: “PRA made early preparations for whatever the outcome of the referendum by establishing a Scottish Regional Committee earlier this year, and ...
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HMRC launches crackdown on VAT fraud in Midlands
Taskforces tackling fraudulent VAT repayments in the Birmingham, Coventry, Stoke and Wolverhampton area, and in the Nottingham area have been launched today by HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC). The taskforce is expected to recover nearly £7m across the Midlands. Taskforces bring together various HMRC compliance and enforcement teams for intensive ...
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Kent petrol station robber jailed
A man who robbed a Shell service station in Kent has been jailed for almost two years. Rodney Grannum, 48, of Hayle Road, Maidstone snatched cash from the tills of the petrol garage and a Co-op store on April 25. Grannum first targeted the petrol station on the A229 in ...
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NewsNo rural fuel rebate extension before 2015
The extension of the rural fuel rebate scheme to more areas of the UK will not be enacted until early next year at the earliest, and could be delayed even longer, a Treasury official has warned. Replying to a query about the timescale from the PRA, Helen Dickinson, deputy director, ...
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Four arrests after tobacco seizure
Three men and a woman have been arrested and tobacco worth an estimated £287,000 was seized by HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) last Friday (12 September). HMRC officers searched three private addresses in the Glasgow and Fife areas where they seized over a tonne of hand rolling tobacco, tobacco shredding ...
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Boris Johnson criticised for overlooking LPG
London mayor Boris Johnson has been criticised for failing to include greater take-up of LPG Autogas in his plans to reduce vehicle emissions in London. In evidence to the Environmental Audit Committee inquiry into air pollution he proposed a scheme to encourage drivers to scrap the most polluting diesel vehicles ...
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Motorcycle sales continue steady growth
Sales in the motorcycle market have continued their steady growth during August with year-to-date market growth of 11.4% equating to 6,553 more motorcycles on the road in the first seven months of this year. “The motorcycle market in August remained stable as expected ahead of the September 14 plate change,” ...
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Minister highlights growth in electric vehicle market
A transport minister has told the Electric Vehicle Summit that the government’s objective is a low carbon road transport system in which electric power is not only seen as a cleaner alternative to petrol and diesel, but also as a more viable, practical and affordable alternative for millions of motorists. ...
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NewsPolice issue pictures of motorcyclist in search for fuel thief
Police investigating 13 petrol thefts across Hertfordshire have released images of a motorcyclist they would like to speak to in connection with their enquiries. The thefts occurred at petrol stations across Hertfordshire between September 2012 and June 2014. All the thefts involved either a black Honda CBR Fireblade or an ...
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Men more likely to ’misfuel’ than women
Men are more likely to run out of fuel and to put the wrong type of fuel in their car, according to research by the RAC. While one in five (23%) – an estimated 6.6m – UK motorists admit to having run out of fuel at least once, 61% were ...
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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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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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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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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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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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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 ...