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Chartman director retires
David Hatter, commercial director of Top 50 Indie the Chartman Group, which operates filling stations and eight Spar stores in Cornwall, Devon and Somerset, is retiring from the business after nearly 30 years. He first worked with fellow directors John Hartshorne and Clive Sheppard at the former Middlemoor Filling Station ...
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Westmorland to roll out new EPOS system
Motorway services, hospitality and leisure group Westmorland is planning to roll out a new EPOS system across its retail outlets in the north and to the Gloucester services currently being built alongside the M5. The company wanted to leverage greater benefits from its retail system, in particular to reduce hardware, ...
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Murco introduces new LED lighting
Murco Petroleum is upgrading the lighting in its forecourt shops to LED luminaires provided by Philips Lighting, as part of its rolling refurbishment programme. Murco has a network of over 225 company owned service stations across England, Scotland and Wales, each with a retail outlet operated under the Costcutter brand, ...
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NewsTesco launches promotion offering up to 20ppl off fuel
Tesco has today launched a new style of promotion enabling customers to save up to 20ppl off fuel, as predicted in the March issue of Forecourt Trader. The supermarket giant claims Clubcard Fuel Save is the only scheme of its kind in the UK, because it will operate over a ...
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Man charged with armed robbery at petrol station
A man has been charged in connection with an armed robbery at a North Lincolnshire petrol station. Stefan Pavlik, 40, of Dale Street, Scunthorpe, was arrested along with two other men and a teenage boy on Friday following the robbery at Barnetby Top petrol station on Sunday, March 2. He ...
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Cigarette smuggler jailed
A businessman has been jailed after more than 5.5 million smuggled cigarettes were discovered at a an industrial unit in Huyton, Merseyside. Stephen Nicholas Riozzi, 53, of The Park, Huyton, was found at the industrial unit in December 2011 by HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) investigators. The unit contained 20 ...
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Disappointment over increase in national minimum wage
The Association of Convenience Stores (ACS) has expressed disappointment after the Government confirmed the 3% increase in the adult National Minimum Wage to £6.50 recommended by the Low Pay Commission. In a speech this morning, Business Secretary Vince Cable confirmed that the Government had accepted all of the Low Pay ...
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PRA to hold forum in Durham
The PRA’s next regional forum is being held in Durham, at Ramside Hall Hotel, Carrville, on Wednesday 19th March. Coffee will be available from 10am, and a free buffet lunch will be provided. It will include an introduction by Richard Chadderton, head of petrol, PRA, on the outlook for 2014, ...
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Roadchef put up for sale
The owner of the Roadchef motorway service station business is preparing to sell it for about £350m, according to Sky News. It says Delek Group, an Israeli conglomerate with interests in energy, financial services and infrastructure assets, is appointing bankers to oversee an auction of the company. Roadchef owns 20 ...
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ACS index reveals optimism among independent c-store retailers
Independent retailers are positive about their prospects on 2014, with the latest ACS Optimism Index showing its third consecutive quarter of improvement. However, the Index is part of a mixed set of results from the ACS Voice of Local Shops survey, conducted with over a thousand retailers in February 2014. ...
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Free attendant service at Alderley Edge
A Texaco forecourt in Alderley Edge, Cheshire is launching a free attendant service. Every Wednesday, between 1pm and 4pm, from next week, a forecourt attendant will be available to fill up cars with fuel, as well as check oil and water levels. Owner Stephen Higham said the free service is ...
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Police seek armed petrol station robber
Police are looking for a man with a gun who is wanted in connection with an armed robbery at the BP petrol station on the A18 at Barnetby Top in North Lincolnshire. Just after 4am on Sunday, a man approached the shop assistant, who was outside on the forecourt sorting ...
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NewsAshcroft volume gathers Pace
Shaji Thomas, owner of Ashcroft Service Station, St Helens is growing his business with impressive results. Since 2012, fuel volumes have almost doubled and both in the shop and on the forecourt the positive trend continues. Improvements have been made to both the presentation and range of products within the ...
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NewsParkfoot Garage wins top convenience retailer award
Former Forecourt Trader of the Year winner Parkfoot Garage was crowned Convenience Retailer of the Year 2014 at last night’s Convenience Retail Awards, organised by trade magazines Convenience Store and The Grocer. The national competition celebrates the very best convenience stores that the UK has to offer in terms of ...
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Baby boy born on forecourt
Seven-pound Mason Cox was born on the forecourt of Alby Service Station near Norwich early on Monday morning. According to the Eastern Daily Press, his mum Chelsea Nelson was being driven to hospital by her mum when she said she need to “push”. Chelsea’s mum Julia Macklan quickly pulled up ...
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Exelby starts work on A1(M) scheme
Exelby Services has secured a £4m finance package from HSBC to support development of its new filling station services and truck stop on the A1(M) at Leeming Bar, North Yorkshire. Work has commenced on site and it is expected to be completed by September. The £6.5m project will create a ...
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Dealers at Shell conference for the first time in 15 years
Shell invited dealers to its annual retail conference for the first time in 15 years last month a move that was described as being "long overdue". The event took place at The Celtic Manor in Wales, and more than 90 Shell dealers were in attendance. Two key initiatives were announced ...
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Tesco promo offers up to 20ppl off fuel
A new long-term fuel promotion about to be launched by Tesco "smacks of desperation", according to PRA chairman Brian Madderson and he warned it could have an impact on independent retailers. Savings of up to 20ppl on Tesco fuel will be available to Clubcard users under a scheme which the ...
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MRH heads Top 50 list
Fracking is a game changer and the UK’s refining model is in a period of flux with only the strongest destined to survive, Pete George, managing director of UK & Ireland marketing for Phillips 66 told the audience at last month’s Top 50 Indies dinner. He stressed the need to ...
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Opening of Thames Oilport is still some months away
Hopes for an imminent improvement in supply options in the South East have been dashed after the owners of Thames Oilport said its opening was still months away and they could not commit to a revised opening date. When a joint venture of Royal Vopak, Greenergy and Shell UK bought ...