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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 ...
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Certas revises competition deal in Western Isles
The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has launched a short consultation on changes to the commitments originally proposed by Certas Energy UK to improve competition in the supply of petrol and diesel to filling stations in the Western Isles of Scotland. The CMA (and previously the Office of Fair Trading) ...
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Five million cigarettes seized in HMRC raid
Officers from HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) have seized five million duty free cigarettes and arrested five men after a raid at an industrial unit in Harlow, Essex. HMRC was alerted to the goods after UK Border Force stopped an unaccompanied trailer which arrived at the Port of Tilbury from ...
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Solar power will kill off petrol stations predicts scientist
Petrol stations could die out in the near future as motorists will be able to generate all the power they need for their vehicles from solar panels on their homes, according to claims by a scientist reported by The Telegraph. Keith Barnham, emeritus professor of physics at Imperial College, said ...
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Nisa focusing on supply chain over summer
Nisa has revealed that it will not be making any cuts to its delivery fleet when Costcutter leaves the group at the beginning of July, because it wants to concentrate on service to its members. “We are leaving all our supply chain service in place after 2 July,” said Nisa ...
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NewsMassive diesel thefts in Hertfordshire
Thousands of litres of diesel have been stolen from two filling stations in Hertfordshire in raids over a week-long period. In the most recent incident 20,000 litres was stolen from a BP station owned by MRH in London Road, Buntingford. The thieves stole 11,000 litres under the cover of darkness ...
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Petrotec to exhibit at UNITI expo
Petrotec has announced it will be exhibiting at UNITI expo, the new European trade fair for the retail petroleum and fuel handling markets, which opens next month at the Stuttgart Exhibition Centre in Germany. UNITI expo, which runs from 3rd to 5th June, will feature more than 300 exhibitors ...
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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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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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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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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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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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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 ...