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Esso widens Greenergy deal
Greenergy has signed a deal 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 Esso dealerships in the ...
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Growth spurt at ex-Calanike sites
Fuel sales have risen 26% at eight former Calanike filling stations in the Scottish central belt since they were taken over by Certas Energy 18 months ago. The sites, which were previously supplied by Esso and BP, were re-branded Gulf and improvements were made to presentation, appearance and general customer ...
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Midlands laundering probe
Three men from Wolverhampton have been arrested on suspicion of involvement in an £800,000 fuel laundering operation. Officers from HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) and West Midlands Police undertook searches at two domestic premises and an industrial unit in the city on May 22. The ongoing investigation centres on the ...
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Police investigating £6,454 fraud release CCTV images
Police have released CCTV images of four men they believe may be able to assist an investigation into a £6,454 petrol card fraud at service stations in the Worcester area. They are urging the men to make contact and also appealing to anyone able to identify them, to also get ...
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Calls for harsher punishment of crime against retailers
The NFRN has reiterated its call for stronger punishments for offenders who commit crimes against retailers, in the light of new government findings. According to the Home Office’s 2013 Commercial Victimisation survey, instances of shoplifting were highest in urban areas, with 11,425 incidents reported per 1,000 premises. London was the ...
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BP to make forecourts female friendly
BP has redesigned its forecourt offer in the UK to appeal to female ‘stop and shop’ customers and has introduced ‘customer conductors’ (greeters), according to a report on the website of NACS, the Association for Convenience & Fuel Retailing in the US. In coverage of its conference, Insight Convenience Summit ...
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Growth in new car market breaks records
The new car market has achieved the longest sustained period of growth on record, according to the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT). A 7.7% increase in car registrations in May marked 27 consecutive months of growth, breaking a record set in the late 1980s. New car registrations rose ...
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NewsRAC calls on dealers to cut diesel prices
The RAC is calling on fuel retailers to reduce the price of diesel at the pumps because the wholesale cost is now almost the same as petrol, yet average forecourt prices are still 6ppl more. The motorists organisation says that on Friday 30 May the wholesale price of unleaded was ...
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Average discount in Tesco fuel promotion is 7ppl
Tesco’s chief executive has revealed that customers using its Clubcard Fuel Save promotion are saving an average of 7ppl on fuel, just three months after its national roll-out. Philip Clarke was speaking after the company published another set of poor results and insisted the Fuel Save promotion was a key ...
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NewsEsso fuels return to Isle of Wight after long absence
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 in the island at The Southern Co-operative Food and Petrol Station in Sandown. David Grannum, general manager ...
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ACS calls for bag charge to include small businesses
The Association of Convenience Stores (ACS) has called on ministers to include small businesses in plans to charge 5p for single use carrier bags, after legislation on the issue was confirmed in today’s Queen’s Speech. ACS public affairs director Shane Brennan said: “Compulsory carrier bag charging is a policy that ...
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Illegal tobacco and alcohol seized from shops
Westminster City Council’s trading standards team have seized almost 5,500 cigarettes after joining forces with HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) investigators to inspect shops allegedly selling illegal tobacco. Acting on information obtained through previous investigation, the teams visited three shops in Westminster with sniffer dogs on Thursday 22nd May and ...
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NewsGreenergy wins supply deal for three Westmorland sites
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 ...
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HMRC dismantles illegal filling station
An illegal filling station and a laundering plant in Northern Ireland, capable of producing a half a million litres of illicit fuel a year, evading almost £250,000 in lost duty and taxes, have been dismantled by HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) officials. Officers from HMRC and the Police Service of ...
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New research confirms lure of the forecourt cashpoint
The significant attraction of a forecourt cashpoint has been spelled out in a new report, which showed that 82% of cash machine users plan their shopping behaviour around the presence of one. Sixty per cent of customers wouldn’t come back to a forecourt if the cash machine was removed or ...
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News£800,000 fuel laundering operation in Wolverhampton
Three men from Wolverhampton have been arrested on suspicion of involvement in an £800,000 fuel laundering operation. Officers from HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) and West Midlands Police undertook searches at two domestic premises and an industrial unit in the city on May 22. The investigation centres on the purchase ...
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Sainsbury’s launches 10p off per litre promotion
Sainsbury’s has announced that from tomorrow, Thursday 29 May, until Wednesday 4 June, customers who spend £60 or more will receive a voucher entitling them to 10p off per litre of fuel when they fill up at any of its 292 forecourts. The vouchers will be available to anyone who ...
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Armed robbers strike on Nottingham forecourt
Nottinghamshire Police are hunting two men after an armed robbery on a petrol station forecourt. The thieves struck at about 6.50am on Friday 23 May at the Murco petrol station in Mill Street, Old Basford, Nottingham Two security workers were refilling the ATM inside the station when two men threatened ...
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Cigarettes and cash stolen in Ilkley
West Yorkshire Police are appealing for witnesses following a robbery at the Tesco Ilkley Esso Express at Leeds Road, in Ben Rhydding, Ilkley. Three men entered the store at about 11.50pm on Thursday May 22, jumped over the staff counter and threatened store workers. They then stole a quantity of ...
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Cashier jailed for stealing takings
A petrol station cashier has been jailed after she stole nearly £3,000 in takings. Anna Dancova, 45, admitted stealing £2,893, belonging to Shell, at the Moody Lane filling station, Grimsby, in August 2011. Jeremy Evans, prosecuting, told Grimsby Crown Court that Dancova had been working at the petrol station for ...