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HMRC seizes illicit tobacco and alcohol in Burton and Derby
Illicit tobacco and alcohol has been seized in Burton Upon Trent and Staffordshire following visits by around 35 officers from HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC), with support from Staffordshire County Council Trading Standards and Burton Upon Trent Police Licensing team. They visited 10 retail premises and self storage units on ...
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Man arrested over Soham stabbing
A man has been charged in connection with the stabbing at the BP service station in Downfields near Soham, Cambridgeshire, owned by Top 50 Indie MRH. The 48-year-old from Soham has been charged with causing grievous bodily harm with intent. The victim, a 23-year-old man, had suffered a serious but ...
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DJ’s costly mistake
Radio 2 DJ Chris Evans was late for his breakfast show last week after putting diesel instead of petrol in his car. According to the Daily Express, Evans was filling up on his way to work. He only realised the mistake when there were ‘huge flashes from the bonnet and ...
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Innovation and services driving c-store growth, says new report
The vital contribution that local shops make to the UK economy and the investment in services that continues to drive growth in the sector, has been revealed in the latest Local Shops Report, published today by the Association of Convenience Stores. The report reveals the diverse range of services that ...
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Forecourt’s fuel reward for fuel theft info
A forecourt in Alrewas, Staffordshire is so fed up with fuel theft that it’s put up a reward of £100-worth of fuel for the first person who comes forward with information that leads to an arrest. The reward relates specifically to two recent fuel thefts by one man. The first ...
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Fuel thief spared jail
A criminal who took almost £150-worth of fuel from a forecourt has avoided jail and instead been given a 12-month community order with a supervision requirement for the duration and has been ordered to carry out 60 hours of unpaid work. According to the Cumberland News & Star, 25-year old ...
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Tobacco smugglers sentenced for £1.7m fraud
Three people from the West Midlands have been sentenced for their role in a £1.7m tobacco smuggling ring. Jian Ning Yang, from Dudley, and Alan Nesbeth and Renna Graham, both from Bilston, were arrested after HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) seized more than nine tonnes of non-duty paid tobacco concealed ...
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Three arrested over cigarette plot
Three men have been arrested, and illicit cigarettes and tobacco seized, after a raid by HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) into a suspected tobacco smuggling plot worth an estimated £2.4m. Officers from HMRC, Essex Police and the National Crime Agency, seized 8.5 million cigarettes and 30kg of shisha tobacco as ...
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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 ...