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£12.5m Cornwall Services opened
A £12.5m service station has opened in Cornwall at the Victoria Interchange junction on the A30, less than 10 minutes from Bodmin. Cornwall Services comprises a BP-branded petrol filling station, a main amenity building with food and drink concessions, some retail outlets including WH Smiths, a cash point, Wifi, car ...
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Maxol launches its first 24-hour automatic site in Irish Republic
Irish forecourt convenience retailer Maxol has officially launched its first 24-hour fully automated pay-at-pump service station in the Republic of Ireland. Marketed under its Maxol auto24 brand, the new site is located on the Dublin Road, Sutton, Dublin 13, and has six pay-at-the-pump fuelling dispensers, which accept payment by debit ...
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Burglars steal cigarettes from forecourt shop
Derbyshire police are appealing for witnesses after four burglars broke into a petrol station and stole cigarettes. The offenders forced open the door to the Spar shop at Loggins petrol station, in Derby Road, Heanor, at 1.20am on Monday, June 30. Once inside, two of the burglars removed a large ...
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Jet announced as official fuel partner of Silverstone Classic
Jet has announced a three-year sponsorship package that will see the fuel brand appointed as the official fuel partner of Silverstone Classic, as part of its 60th anniversary celebrations. The deal means Jet will also take on the title sponsorship of the two iconic HSCC Super Touring Car Championship races. ...
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NewsMurphy Oil agrees refinery sale
A deal to purchase Murco’s Milford Haven Oil Refinery has been agreed in principal over the weekend between refinery owner Murphy Oil and oil entrepreneur Gary Klesch, according to media reports. In a BBC interview, Wales office minister Stephen Crabb said: “We’ve had a real breakthrough in the negotiations between ...
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PRA reinforces opposition to plain tobacco packs
The PRA has reinforced its opposition to plain packaging for tobacco with meetings with health officials in Scotland and promises of a robust response to the Westminster government’s new consultation announced on Thursday June 26. Last week PRA chairman Brian Madderson together with two members of the PRA’s Scottish Regional ...
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Arrest in £11m tobacco fraud investigation
A 56 year-old company director has been arrested in connection with a suspected tobacco smuggling fraud worth an estimated £11m. HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) officers carried out searches of a private address in the Widnes area of Cheshire on Tuesday (24 June) where they seized computers, phones and business ...
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ACS welcomes measures in Small Business Bill
The Association of Convenience Stores (ACS) has welcomed the publication of the Small Business, Enterprise and Employment Bill. Published by the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS), the Bill aims to remove barriers to growth for small firms, strengthen the foundations for a sustainable recovery, and create jobs. Measures ...
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Two thirds of motorists would not consider electric car
Sixty-nine per cent of drivers would not consider buying an electric car, according to analysis of the latest government research by road safety charity, the Institute of Advanced Motorists (IAM). The research from the Department of Transport, titled Public Attitudes to Electric Vehicles, shows the most important factors deterring motorists ...
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Talks nearing conclusion on Murco sale
Negotiations about the sale by Murphy Oil of its Murco business in the UK, including its Milford Haven oil refinery, are in the final stages according to a number of reports. According to Reuters oil entrepreneur Gary Klesch was in the final stages of exclusive talks with Murphy Oil and ...
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NewsCostco opens first UK filling station
American giant Costco claims it is selling the cheapest fuel in the UK after it opened its first filling station in this country on Thursday June 26. The filling station is in the car park of its site in Liverpool and is only available to Costco members. Costco UK managing ...
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Certas agrees competition deal in Western Isles
The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has accepted binding commitments from Certas Energy and DCC plc which aim to improve competition in the supply of petrol and diesel to filling stations in the Western Isles of Scotland. The commitments bring an end to contracts which provided for many filling stations ...
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NewsPRA chairman says Iraq crisis will push prices up
The chairman of the PRA has warned the crisis in Iraq will lead to fuel price rises and has slammed motoring organisations for suggesting he is scaremongering. Interviewed on BBC Breakfast yesterday, Brian Madderson told Steph McGovern that the price of Brent crude had hit a nine-month high of more ...
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Cigarette smuggler jailed for two years
A smuggler who could have flooded west Wales with contraband cigarettes has been jailed for two years. Ramji Kanth, a company director of IT firm UC Solutions Ltd, illegally imported 4.4 million cigarettes. He was arrested at his office in Slough after freight documentation revealed his involvement in the crime. ...
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Forecourt manager helps community raise funds
A forecourt manager in Southend has helped the local community raise funds to replace a fish tank, at a pre-school, that was smashed by vandals. Mark Dance, store manager, Toomeys of Southend, read in his local paper that vandals had smashed the fish tank at Mini Marvels, a local charity-run ...
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Fuel laundering plant uncovered in HMRC raid
A diesel laundering plant capable of producing over eight million litres of illicit fuel a year has been uncovered by HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) in a cattle shed in Northern Ireland. Officers from HMRC, the Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI) and the DOE Environmental Crime Unit searched a ...
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NewsDiesel 3 pence per litre more than it should be says AA
Drivers of diesel vehicles in the UK are paying up to 3ppl more than they should for their fuel, according to the AA. In its latest Fuel Price Report it says the average gap between petrol and diesel prices at the pump is 5.23ppl, but the gap at wholesale level ...
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Government invests in repairing potholes
The government has outlined plans to help fill more than three million potholes as part of a massive investment in England’s roads. Councils across England have been allocated £168m of funding from a dedicated Pothole Repair Fund. As a condition of receiving the money local authorities are required to publish ...
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New European deal to limit food-based biofuels
EU ministers have agreed a 7% limit on the amount of biofuels made from food crops in transport fuel. The deal breaks the deadlock reached late last year, when European Union governments failed to agree on a proposed 5% cap on the use of biofuels based on crops such as ...
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Cigarette smuggler jailed for three years
A self-employed lorry driver from the West Midlands who tried to smuggle more than eight million cigarettes into the UK by claiming he was delivering textiles, has been jailed for three years after attempting to evade £1,600,000 in duty. David Brian George, 59, from Bilston, was stopped at the Humber ...