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NewsLaw clear on pubs at motorway services says solicitor
Many people wrongly believe there is a prohibition against the sale of alcohol at motorway service stations (MSAs), and the opening of a pub at one this week shows how wrong they are, says solicitor Robert Botkai, partner at Winckworth Sherwood. This week Wetherspoon’s opened a pub at the M40 ...
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NewsMaxol extends brand revamp to fuel cards
The Maxol Group has unveiled a new design for its business fuel cards. The new look marks another stage in Maxol’s brand rollout, which began at the start of 2013 when it unveiled a new forecourt brand identity for its 227 service stations across Ireland Barry McMullan, manager of Maxol ...
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Bid to outlaw proxy purchasing in England withdrawn
The Government has been criticised after it dropped proposals to make it illegal for an adult to buy tobacco on behalf of a minor. An amendment to the Government’s Anti-Social Behaviour, Crime and Policing Bill, would have made it an offence, but it has been withdrawn. Jaine Chisholm Caunt, secretary ...
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Costcutter ahead of schedule on supply change
Costcutter has announced that it is ahead of schedule in the transition of its supplies from Nisa to Palmer & Harvey. The original plan, announced in March 2013, had been for the new supply arrangements to come into effect in July 2014, but they will now begin four months earlier ...
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ACS warns over level of crime
The Association of Convenience Stores (ACS) has urged ministers not to be complacent about the level of crime facing retailers, after the government’s latest survey showed a significant fall in the level of crime. The Crime Survey of England and Wales (CSEW) reports that overall crime levels fell by 10% ...
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Prizes announced for Best Forecourt Loo 2014
An iPad Mini and washroom maintenance kit have been announced as the prizes for this year’s Best Forecourt Loo competition, sponsored again by retail supplies specialist RS Sales and Distribution, following the successful launch of the campaign last year. The competition will again run via a Facebook campaign, which will ...
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NewsPub opens at motorway services
Road safety campaigners have criticised Wetherspoon’s after it opened the first pub at an English motorway service station yesterday. The Hope and Champion is at the services next to junction two of the M40 near Beaconsfield, Buckinghamshire, operating from 4am until 1am seven days a week, and is licensed from ...
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Petrol prices at three-year low says RAC
The average price of petrol has fallen below the 130p mark for the first time since the end of February 2011, according to the RAC, while diesel has also come down to its lowest price since mid-July 2012. Quoting prices provided by Fuel Prices Online, which uses wholesale pricing information ...
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Man seriously injured in petrol tanker collision
A man has been taken to hospital in Inverness, Scotland, with serious injuries following a crash involving a petrol tanker. Officers from the Highlands and Islands Division of Police Scotland are appealing for information following a two vehicle collision which occurred on the A9 at Poles, near Dornoch. The collision ...
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NewsBusinesses urged to takes precautions over flooding
Environmental services provider Adler and Allan is urging businesses to take proper precautions to protect their assets from the effects of flooding. It says flooding costs small and medium size enterprises between £75,000 and £120,000 on average, and with the recent wet and stormy weather, many properties previously unaffected by ...
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Cambridgeshire Police and retailers use BOSS system
Police and retailers in Cambridgeshire are working with the British Oil Security Syndicate (BOSS) to use a new electronic system for reporting incidents of people driving off from petrol station forecourts without paying for fuel. The Electronic Reporting System (ERS) is the latest innovation from BOSS. Electronic reporting enables retailers ...
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ACS calls on Ofgem to limit backbills
The Association of Convenience Stores has written to the energy regulator Ofgem, calling for all energy suppliers to limit backbills to 12 months. In December, Ofgem published the results of an investigation into backbilling cases between 2012 and 2013, revealing that over the course of 12 months there had been ...
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Over 5,000 litres of diesel stolen from Essex forecourt
More than 5,000 litres of diesel has been stolen from Coventry Hill Service Station at Hullbridge, near Rayleigh, Essex. Staff discovered the theft on Sunday morning and found that 5,620 litres had been taken. Police said that two men parked a Luton van on the forecourt just after midnight on ...
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Jet ’proud’ to launch new standards and service programme
Fuel brand Jet has announced the launch of a new standards and service programme, ‘Proud to be Jet’. The programme assesses, benchmarks and continually measures site performance across all Jet-branded forecourts based on annual compliance audits and other brand-related criteria set by the company. The Jet-funded programme has been designed ...
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Costco to start work on first UK petrol station
Asda’s reputation as the provider of the UK’s cheapest fuel could soon face a stiff challenge when Costco opens its first petrol filling station in this country. As Forecourt Trader revealed last summer the US giant applied for and was then granted planning permission for a petrol filling station (PFS) ...
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NewsChildren welcome treat from Spar forecourt
A Spar forecourt owner in Wiltshire, who decided to give local school children Christmas presents, received a warm welcome when he arrived to hand them over. The children in Musbury near Axminster were so delighted when they heard their local Spar shop was going to give them free chocolate selection ...
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Girl arrested in connection with forecourt robbery
A teenage girl has been arrested in connection with an attempted robbery at Sainsbury’s petrol station in Kidderminster. It happened at about 11.30pm on Wednesday, 8th January, in Carpet Trades Way, as staff were cashing up. Three masked offenders, armed with a crowbar, forced their way in through a rear ...
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NewsBP accused of trying to wipe out customer’s business
The owner of a BP garage has accused the oil giant of aiming to wipe out his business after it won planning permission for a massive development just 50m from his site. His grievance was deepened because the first he knew about the planning application, which was made on November ...
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Attempted robbery at petrol station in Aberdeen
Police are appealing for witnesses after an attempted robbery at the BP petrol station on King Street, Aberdeen. The incident happened at around 8.30pm on Thursday 16 January, and the first male suspect is described as being around 5 foot 8in tall, of slim build and wearing a black hooded ...
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Old £50 notes to be withdrawn
The Bank of England has announced that the £50 banknote carrying the portrait of Sir John Houblon, the first governor of the Bank of England, will be withdrawn from circulation on 30 April. From that time only the £50 note featuring Matthew Boulton and James Watt, which was introduced in ...