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UK refinery is an asset
The refinery is a great asset in winning dealer business, according to Eric Fisher, Valero Energy’s president for Europe. Last year the company signed up 100 new dealers to the Texaco brand, including the final site to move to Texaco in the Kay Group network (see Retail Focus page 24). ...
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Drive-off pair jailed Two thieves who stole more than £3,000 of diesel from filling stations across Leicestershire, have been jailed. Edgar Beliavskij, who was sentenced to 12 months, and Dzintars Tancis, eight months, filled up 30 times at garages across the county and left without paying. HMRC raid filling station ...
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NewsPRA urges government caution on plain packaging
The PRA is urging the Government not to rush ahead with plain packaging before properly reviewing all evidence. It is concerned that the Government is seeking to move ahead with draft regulations at the same time as carrying out a further consultation. It believes the Government should take a full ...
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Certas deal in Western Isles
The OFT has launched a consultation on proposals to improve competition in the supply of petrol and diesel to filling stations in the Western Isles of Scotland. The OFT has been investigating a possible infringement of competition law in the islands, involving contractual arrangements for supply of road fuels by ...
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Collective uproar as government report favours plain tobacco packaging
Tobacco companies have condemned the government announcement today that it looks set to press ahead with the introduction of plain tobacco packaging, following a report by Sir Cyril Chantler, despite what many believe is inconclusive evidence to justify it. Public health minister Jane Ellison said draft regulations would be published. ...
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JTI slams ’limitations of evidence’ for plain packaging
The Chantler review does not justify plain packaging, and there is no credible evidence to suggest it will work now or in the future, stressed Daniel Torras, MD of JTI UK, in the wake of today’s Government announcement about packaging regulations. "Nothing has changed since last summer when the Prime ...
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Initiatives help to increase turnover
Shaji Thomas, owner of Ashcroft Service Station, St Helens is growing his business after introducing a range of new initiatives. 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 ...
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Worker jailed over kidnap
A man who worked at a Dorset petrol station has been jailed for his role in the kidnap of the couple who owned it. Henry Ajanthan, 33, of Manor Garden in Swanage, who worked at the Texaco petrol station at Victoria Avenue, Swanage, and Ramesh Sornalingam, 38, of York Road ...
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Murco sale "this month"
Murco’s US parent business is set to sell its UK business this month to a private equity firm, Greybull Capital, for more than $500m, according to sources close to the negotiations. Murphy Oil has had a long-stated aim of selling off its UK business and last month a spokeswoman said: ...
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Police misfuelling costs £9,000
West Midlands police spent nearly £9,000 of public money in 2013 on repairs to vehicles that had been filled with the wrong fuel. The information was released under the Freedom of Information Act. In a bid to prevent further misfuelling, the force is working on a new ‘driver policy’, where ...
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Fuel retailers among top 50 high street brands
Four oil companies featured in the UK’s top 50 high street brands, according to key findings from the High Street Happiness Survey, organised by The Activate Solutions Group. Shell came top of the forecourt retail sector, ranking 21st in the top 50 brands list. Esso dealer sites came second, achieving ...
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Peregrine knockdown rebuild on the cards
Peregrine Retail is behind plans for a knockdown rebuild of a forecourt site in Kingsclere, Hampshire. The plan is to demolish the existing shop, forecourt and an attached bungalow, and also remove underground tanks at the site. Then Peregrine will build a new store, forecourt and car wash, and install ...
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Electric charge point corridor created
Gulf site W Ganderton & Son in Buckingham is included in a newly-created corridor of quick-charge points for electric vehicles across the centre of the country. Known as the Milton Keynes Crosslink and operated by Chargemaster, the 14 points are capable of charging an electric vehicle in around 20 minutes. ...
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Wales wants restrictions on e-cigs
The Welsh government has published a White Paper which includes plans to restrict the use of e-cigarettes in public places. Marking the seventh anniversary of the introduction of the smoking-in-public-places ban in Wales, Health Minister Professor Mark Drakeford, said: “I have concerns about the impact of e-cigarettes on the enforcement ...
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New sentencing guideline for theft offences
The Sentencing Council has announced its proposals for a new sentencing guideline for theft offences, which covers a wide variety of theft including leaving a petrol station without paying, shop theft and stealing by employees. Theft is one of the most common offences that courts deal with and the ...
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£1m recovered by BOSS ’no means of payment’ scheme
A total of £1 million has now been recovered as a direct result of the BOSS Payment Watch scheme which helps retailers reduce losses from people claiming to have No Means of Payment (NMoP). The considerable amount recovered is testament to the effectiveness of the BOSS Payment Watch scheme which ...
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Government urged to adopt minimum unit pricing on alcohol
The government has been urged to adopt minimum unit pricing on alcohol by the National Federation of Retail Newsagents (NFRN). Its 16,000 members are backing comments from the chief medical officer, Professor Dame Sally Davies, that the government’s upcoming ban on the below cost sale of alcohol does not go ...
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Diesel thieves who preyed on filling stations jailed
Two thieves who stole more than £3,000 of diesel from filling stations across Leicestershire, have been jailed. Edgar Beliavskij and Dzintars Tancis filled up 30 times at garages across the county and left without paying. They used stolen registration plates on two vehicles. Jonathan Cox, prosecuting, told Leicester Crown Court ...
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Energy Institute report highlights growth of diesel
Total fuel sales in the UK saw a marginal 0.6% increase from 35.21 million tonnes in 2012 to reach 35.42 million tonnes in 2013, with diesel sales out-performing petrol for the third year running, according to the Retail Marketing Survey conducted by the Energy Institute. Retail petrol sales fell to ...
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HMRC raids filling station over suspected illicit fuel
A filling station suspected of supplying illicit fuel, an illegal laundering site and a lorry equipped to transport illegal fuel have been uncovered in separate investigations in Northern Ireland carried out by HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC). A 24-year-old man was arrested after officers from HMRC and the Police Service ...