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West Midlands police launch new scheme to prevent drive-offs
Widespread drive-off and number-plate crime in the West Midlands has prompted police to join forces with car dealerships across the region in a new crime reduction initiative. From this week, showrooms in Birmingham, Dudley, Sandwell, Walsall and Coventry will fit anti-theft number plate screws as standard to every vehicle they ...
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Convenience on track to grow 30% in five years, says IGD
The UK convenience market will grow by 30% over the next five years to £49 billion from a current value of £37 billion, according to the latest estimates by research and training charity, IGD. In its latest report on the convenience sector it states symbol group operators have the biggest ...
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Police widen investigation into theft from pipeline
Police looking into two cases where diesel was stolen by drilling into an underground Esso pipeline have widened their investigation and say there have been other breaches of fuel lines. Last month police discovered that thieves had dug down to Esso’s Midline pipeline at Manton in Wiltshire and East Wellow ...
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HMRC raids fuel laundering plant
A diesel laundering plant in County Armagh, Northern Ireland, capable of producing more than 22 million litres of illicit fuel a year and evading almost £14m in revenue, was dismantled by HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) on Friday (16 May). Officers from HMRC and the Police Service of Northern Ireland ...
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Labour minimum wage proposals criticised
Retailer trade bodies have criticised proposals by the Labour Party to link the level of the National Minimum Wage (NMW) to average earnings. Association of Convenience Stores (ACS) chief executive James Lowman said: “We support the National Minimum Wage and the protection it provides to workers, but forcing large annual ...
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Jet secures cash machine option for dealers
Jet has secured a deal to help its dealers obtain cash machines for their sites. It says it is the first major oil company to enter into an agreement with DC Payments, one of the UK’s leading independent deployers of ATMs. The move is one of a number of measures ...
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NewsMurco management looking into potential buyout
Murco’s network of filling stations could be involved in a management buyout together with the company’s threatened oil refinery at Milford Haven. Managing director Tom McKinlay has told staff he is taking a leave of absence while he works on the plan. Brian Kelly, head of Murphy’s business development in ...
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New West Country bio-LNG filling station
A new ‘open access’ bio-LNG filling station will be opened at junction 24 of the M5, at Bridgwater in Somerset, on June 1. It is being opened by Gasrec, which already has a network of 10 bio-LNG refuelling stations with a range of transport customers including B&Q, Brit European, DHL, ...
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Highlands forecourt scoops Pro-retail prize
The owners of a service station in the Scottish Highlands have scooped the High Street Hero award at the Pro-retail 2014 gala dinner, organised by Palmer and Harvey. Duncan and Chrissy Ross from Lochcarron Garage near Inverness have taken the 40-year-old business to a new level since taking it over ...
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NewsEsso expands fuel supply deal with Greenergy
Greenergy has today announced that it has reached agreement with Esso Petroleum UK to become the fuel supplier to Esso dealerships in the Midlands, the south of England and South Wales. Greenergy has been a branded wholesaler for Esso since February last year, when it took over fuel supply to ...
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CollectPlus plans major increase in retailers in network
CollectPlus, the store-based parcel delivery and returns service, has revealed plans to expand its network by 33% - from 5,500 to 7,500 stores in the next 12 months, with a longer-term aspiration of achieving 12,000 stores and becoming a more convenient option to the Post Office. The news comes as ...
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Cash machine blown up on Bristol forecourt
A cash machine at a petrol station in Bristol has been blown up, following on from a similar attack at a garage in the city last month. Police and firefighters were called to the Texaco garage on the A420, Bell Hill Road in St George, at 3.10am on Thursday May ...
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BAT providing guidance over tobacco display ban
British American Tobacco UK (BAT) has pledged to assist retailers in complying with the tobacco display ban that, for smaller shops, comes into force on April 6, 2015. BAT wants to help alleviate the “high levels of confusion and anxiety” that exist among small store retailers. Frank Silva, BAT’s marketing ...
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Premier named Best Forecourt Retailer at CTP Awards
Premier, the symbol group backed by Booker Wholesale, has been crowned the Best Forecourt Retailer at the CTP Awards 2014. The awards are organised by Him Research & Consulting, and decided on insight and opinions from 20,000 members of the public canvassed by Him. The event was held at the ...
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Attack on MP’s bid to open up Sunday trading
Proposals to relax Sunday trading legislation from MP Philip Davies have been criticised by National Federation of Retail Newsagents (NFRN) chief executive Paul Baxter. The MP has tabled a series of amendments to the Deregulation Bill which, if passed, would repeal the current laws and allow large shops in England ...
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Rural fuel prices rising more than urban ones says AA
Petrol prices have hit their lowest levels of the year in some areas of the UK, but the differential with rural areas that have the highest prices is growing, according to the AA. Its monthly Fuel Price Report shows that the average price of unleaded petrol in the UK edged ...
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Costcutter unveils brand strategy
Costcutter Supermarkets Group has revealed its new brand strategy after a strategic review of its portfolio of brands. The company says the results of the review will set the course for the next five years with the group establishing a portfolio of three core brands – Costcutter, Kwiksave and Mace. ...
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HMRC raids fuel laundering plant and makes four arrests
Four men were arrested and a diesel laundering plant dismantled during a raid by HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) in Northern Ireland on Friday (9 May). The plant was capable of producing nearly 20 million litres of illicit fuel a year, at a cost of more than £12m in lost ...
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Man arrested over arson attack on Devon forecourt
Police in Barnstaple have arrested a man in connection with an arson attack at a Murco garage in Devon. The arson attack took place at Fishleigh Rock Service Station, Umberleigh, north Devon, in the early hours of April 21. After the attack police released CCTV images showing a man on ...
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Armed robber strikes at Stockport service station
A female cashier was threatened with a screwdriver during a robbery at a service station in Stockport, Greater Manchester. The masked man held a screwdriver to his victim at the Esso service station on Buxton Road, and demanded money. When she took too long to empty the till he jumped ...