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MPs debate needs of independent retailers
MPs have held a debate calling on the Government to do more to support independent retailers. The debate was held at Westminster Hall where the House of Commons gives MPs the opportunity to raise issues of importance to them with Private Members’ adjournment debates. Bill Esterson, Labour MP for Sefton ...
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Planned e-cigarette restrictions extended to Wales
Plans to ban under-18s in England from buying electronic cigarettes will also apply to Wales after a vote by the Welsh Assembly. AMs backed a Welsh government motion to allow Westminster legislation bringing in the ban to cover Wales as well. Welsh health minister Mark Drakeford told AMs that e-cigarettes ...
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MP opens Fairbanks new offices
The local MP has opened the new offices of wetstock specialists Fairbanks. Rosie Cooper, the Labour MP for West Lancashire, carried out the official opening of the premises at Skelmersdale, and was shown how the company monitors forecourts across the globe. The new offices are located on the White Moss ...
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Opening of Thames Oilport months off
Hopes for an imminent improvement in supply options in the south east have been dashed after the owners of Thames Oilport announced that its opening was still months away and they could not commit to a revised opening date. Thames Oilport is a joint venture between Royal Vopak, Greenergy and ...
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MFG expansion reaches 60 sites
Top 50 Indies forecourt operator, Motor Fuel Group (MFG) has grown its network to 60 sites with the acquisition of two former Shell company stations. MFG managing director Jeremy Clarke said: “This acquisition adds another two high volume stations to our network. Both stations, one in Woodston, Peterborough, and one ...
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Police seeking petrol station arsonist
Detectives are appealing for information after a fire was started deliberately at a petrol station in Hoghton, near Preston, Lancashire. Police were called to the Old Oak Service Station on Hoghton Road at 10.25pm on Sunday 19 January following a report of a blaze. It is believed somebody climbed onto ...
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BP boss speaks out on Scottish independence
The boss of BP has warned that Scottish independence could cause his company “uncertainties” and said he did not want to see Scotland drifting away. “We have a lot of people in Scotland. We have a lot of investments in Scotland. My personal view is that Great Britain is great ...
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New company takes on Petroman business
A new company has been set up to honour all contracts and maintenance agreements with Petroman Environmental Ltd and Petroman Ltd, which have been placed into liquidation due to shareholder differences. The new company, Vapour Control Systems Ltd, trading as Petroman, has been set up by Petroman founder Rodney Carter, ...
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NewsSpar to push fuel offer with new campaign from May
Spar will kick off an ambitious new retailer recruitment campaign in May to support its goal of becoming the number one entirely branded petrol-filling station solution in the UK, both by site numbers and volume. The move follows a successful trial of the dual-branded format, announced last April, with both ...
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New Forecourt Watch scheme in Oxfordshire
BOSS, the British Oil Security Syndicate, has teamed up with Thames Valley Police to introduce a new Forecourt Watch scheme to reduce crime at 38 petrol station forecourts in Cherwell and West Oxfordshire. Forecourt Watch creates a closer link between police, BOSS and retail staff to increase awareness, prevention and ...
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Surge in the value of forecourts
The number of forecourt sites that were sold or let in 2013 was less than a quarter of the previous year, but there was a 14% increase in values over the same period, according to Barber Wadlow’s Forecourt Property Market Update. It reports that there were 240 transactions involving forecourts ...
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Petrol station manager’s attacker jailed for 11 years
A fuel thief who drove into a petrol station manager and left him with permanent serious injuries has been jailed for 11 years for grievous bodily harm with intent. Lekshmanan Asokkumar, the manager of the Texaco station at West Kingsdown, near Sevenoaks, tried to stop Joshua Charnley, 19, when he ...
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Man jailed for attempt to blow up petrol station
A man has been jailed for trying to cause an explosion by setting fire to a Morrisons petrol station at Milehouse, Staffordshire, with a candle. Michael Lawton told police he had intended to kill himself and take the road where he lived with him, after suffering abuse from nuisance neighbours. ...
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New campaign to promote electric vehicles
Government and car manufacturers have launched a joint campaign to promote the benefits of electric and other ultra low emission vehicles (ULEV). The Go Ultra Low campaign, which is backed by BMW, Nissan, Renault, Toyota and Vauxhall, was launched by the deputy prime minister Nick Clegg. The campaign aims to ...
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Man charged with robbery at Norfolk forecourt
A 40-year-old man has appeared in court in connection with an armed robbery at a Norfolk petrol station. Paul Tyler, of Prior Stephen Way in Thetford, was arrested on Wednesday January 29 and charged with robbery. It comes after a man armed with a knife entered the Nun’s Bridges Service ...
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PRA to hold forum in Colchester
The PRA’s first Regional Forum of 2014 is being held in Colchester, at Colchester United FC, Weston Homes Community Stadium, United Way, Colchester, Essex, CO4 5UP, on Thursday 13th February. Coffee will be available from 10am, and a free buffet lunch will be provided. Topics on the ...
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NewsShell profits substantially down
Shell has revealed profits substantially down on its previous year’s figures and said it will accelerate the sales of assets. Stripping out the effects of oil price movements it said profits for the final quarter of 2013 were $2.9bn (£1.7bn) compared with $5.6bn for the same period in 2012. Profits ...
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Armed robbery at Gateshead service station
Police are appealing for information after an armed robbery at a petrol station in Gateshead. At around 7.45am on Sunday January 26, police received a report of a robbery at the Torq service station on Sunderland Road, Felling. A man entered the garage, threatened staff with a hand gun, and ...
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Teenager guilty of attack on petrol station manager
A teenager who drove into a petrol station manager and left him with permanent serious injuries has been found guilty of grievous bodily harm with intent. Lekshmanan Asokkumar, the manager of the Texaco station at West Kingsdown, near Sevenoaks, Kent, tried to stop Joshua Charnley, 19, when he went to ...
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Government to outlaw proxy buying of tobacco
The Government has announced plans to ban sales of e-cigarettes to under 18s and to make it illegal for adults to buy tobacco for children. Health minister Jane Ellison said the law change would be made by an amendment to the Children and Families Bill. The changes will only apply ...