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Trapped man rescued from carwash
Firefighters had to rescue a man after he was trapped in a carwash in Oxfordshire at the weekend. He is believed to have left his car to enter the start code at Shell-owned Frilford Heath petrol station on Sunday morning. The equipment began working, trapping him between the carwash frame ...
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Campaign to improve quality of used cars
The RAC has joined forces with the Trading Standards Institute and the Citizens Advice Bureau to launch a month-long campaign urging consumers to carry out checks when buying a used car. Research by Citizens Advice reveals that half of faults with used cars are discovered within a month of buying ...
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ACS urges changes to HMRC duty fraud proposals
The Association of Convenience Stores has responded to HM Revenue and Customs’ consultation on alcohol fraud, calling for the regulation of wholesalers to be properly enforced while minimising burdens on retailers. In its’ response, ACS has called on HMRC to ensure that retailers who very occasionally sell in large amounts ...
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ACS gives evidence to Low Pay Commission
ACS has given evidence to a hearing of the Low Pay Commission as part of its deliberations on the National Minimum Wage. Speaking to commissioners, ACS chief executive James Lowman said: “We urge the commission to recommend a freeze in the minimum wage. We are aware that there is significant ...
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ACS opposes abolition of personal alcohol licences
Abolishing the personal alcohol licence would not achieve a lessened regulatory burden for retailers and would lead to significant confusion and inconsistency is the message of the Association of Convenience Stores in its submission to Government. Chief executive James Lowman said: “Ministers announced in July their intention to remove the ...
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Plain packaging boost to illicit trade confirmed by new study
Confirmation of the boost to the illicit trade as a result of the plain packaging of tobacco has been revealed in a new KPMG report, released in Australia. The study – Illicit Tobacco in Australia - shows the illicit tobacco market is now at 13.3% of total consumption – up ...
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BOSS and AVCIS sign information sharing agreement
BOSS has signed an information sharing agreement (ISA) with the Association of Chief Police Officers Vehicle Crime Intelligence Service (AVCIS) that will enable the wider circulation of vehicles of interest, particularly with regards to linking vehicles that owe money for fuel to be linked to other criminality. Kevin Eastwood, executive ...
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Students warned over tobacco smuggling
Students in Cardiff are being warned not to get involved in cigarette smuggling after parcels containing non-duty paid foreign brands were seized by HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC). In the last week, officers have seized 45 parcels of illegal cigarettes destined for student properties in the Cathays area of Cardiff. ...
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HMRC raids illicit fuel plant
A laundering plant capable of producing more than 16.4million litres of illicit fuel a year and potentially evading around £10.6m in taxes and duty was dismantled by HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) after a raid on Wednesday night. Officers from HMRC, the Northern Ireland Environment Agency (NIEA) and the Police ...
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Cigarette smuggler jailed
A man from Bridgend in South Wales, who smuggled 485,000 cigarettes and hundreds of counterfeit watches into the UK, has been jailed. The duty loss on the cigarettes is estimated at £125,000. HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) officers seized the cigarettes and watches from a Bridgend storage unit in January ...
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NewsFuel duty deferment scheme a real ’game changer’
Fuel retailers could save signficant sums of money by buying fuel under duty deferment terms available from HMRC, claimed Alan Powell of tax specialist Alan Powell Associates, at this week’s Regeneration Forum at the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors in Westminster. The Forum, which was hosted by the PRA and ...
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Police car chase ends in forecourt smash
A car being pursued by police after a drugs raid crashed on a forecourt in Greater Manchester, narrowly missing the petrol pumps. The chase began after officers from Greater Manchester Police’s Tactical Vehicle Intercept Unit (TVIU) stopped a Volkswagen Caddy van near to the East Lancashire Road, Swinton, on Wednesday ...
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Top 50 Indie helps to defeat Tesco scheme
Top 50 Indie and West Country forecourt operator Chartman is celebrating after the local council rejected plans to build a Tesco supermarket and petrol filling station in the Cornish town of Bude (population 9,900). Chartman, which includes the Bude Service Station in the town among its nine sites, combined with ...
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Grangemouth union official resigns
The union official whose dispute with the chemicals giant Ineos escalated to the stage where it threatened the future of the Grangemouth oil refinery has resigned from his job with the company. Stephen Deans’ union, Unite, released a statement saying: “He has worked at Ineos for 25 years and has ...
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Warning over future of LPG
LPG fuel could disappear from many UK forecourts unless the government makes a long-term commitment to support it, a leading supplier has warned. “Due to its better environmental credentials when compared with petrol and diesel, LPG enjoys a much lower level of fuel duty from the government,” said Paul Oxford, ...
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NewsHigh voltage hazard at forecourt
A site engineer about to valet a forecourt in Staffordshire had a narrow escape after he discovered high voltage overhead cables less than three feet from a price sign. Gary Green, who works for Xmo Strata, spotted the hazard during a last minute risk sssessment, aborted the work and posted ...
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Supermarkets announce cuts in fuel prices
The big four supermarkets have all cut their fuel prices from today. Sainsbury’s reported a 3ppl fuel price cut across its 286 forecourts, and said it was the cheapest price at its pumps for two and a half years. Chris Biggs, Sainsbury’s fuel buyer, said: “We are always looking at ...
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NewsMinister addresses PRA Regeneration Forum
Energy minister Michael Fallon was the keynote speaker at a forum today set up by the PRA to assess how the decline in independent forecourt operators can be arrested. The Regeneration Forum was attended by leading members of the forecourt sector, 11 MPs in addition to the minister and staff ...
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ACS welcomes voice for business victims of crime
Businesses will be able to make Impact Statements when they are victims of crime, as part of new measures announced by the government in the revised Victims Code. The Association of Convenience Stores has welcomed changes to the Code to give a stronger voice to retailers affected by crime. In ...
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Digital advertising launched across Tesco’s forecourts
Tesco has signed a deal which will provide digital advertising and customer messaging across its entire estate of 450 petrol stations in the UK. Tesco, and its customer research specialists Dunnhumby, have signed a partnership deal with digital media network owner Amscreen, which claims the new network will deliver content ...