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Raid uncovers massive fuel laundering plant
An illegal fuel factory in Northern Ireland capable of laundering and packing an estimated 24 million litres of diesel a year has been dismantled by HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC). The suspected laundering operation, capable of evading £15.5m in duty and taxes a year, was discovered when HMRC officers, assisted ...
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1,600 litres of fuel seized in police raid
The largest ever haul of suspected stolen petrol in Greater Manchester has been seized after a raid by police in Oldham. Officers from the Oldham Divisional Organised Crime Unit executed a warrant on Mark Lane in Shaw under the umbrella of Operation Caminda, which was set up to tackle organised ...
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Armed robber who held up petrol station jailed
A man who robbed an Asda petrol station at gunpoint has been jailed. David Jones of Rushcroft Road, Shaw, Oldham, was charged with one count of robbery, one count of attempted robbery, and two counts of possession of an imitation shotgun. He was sentenced to five years on Monday 2 ...
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Tax authorities given new powers
Law-abiding businesses being undercut by tax fraudsters will benefit from a new initiative according to the tax authorities. A new crackdown on tax evasion will make information on all credit and debit card payments to UK businesses available to HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) for the first time. Under new ...
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Demand increasing for older cars
Older cars are enjoying the strongest demand in the secondhand market as used car dealers hunt for vehicles that will compete best against cheap new car deals. The impact on used car demand caused by low finance rates and discounts to encourage new car registrations is revealed by Black Book ...
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Sainsbury’s store with forecourt given consent
Plans for a Sainsbury’s superstore and six-pump petrol station in a Pembrokeshire town have been unanimously approved, despite it already having Tesco and Morrisons superstores with petrol stations. The development in Haverfordwest, which also includes more than 700 homes, was recommended for approval at a council meeting on Tuesday August ...
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AllStar launches supermarket fuel card
Fuel card specialist AllStar has launched a supermarket fuel card - describing it as the only fuel card to be accepted at the four main supermarkets - Tesco, Morrisons, Sainsbury’s and Asda. The card is designed to offer significant benefits to businesses, with its in-built fuel management tools that enable ...
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Subway marks 40,000th outlet
A Suffolk forecourt has become the host for the world’s 40,000th installation of the sandwich franchise Subway. The milestone site is an Applegreen petrol station in Ipswich, Suffolk.The achievement for Subway which has opened at 1,761 new locations around the world since the start of the year "is ...
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Sainsbury’s offers 10ppl off with £60 spend on groceries
Sainsbury’s has run its second deep discount promotion on fuel this summer.Running from Thursday August 29 until Wednesday September 4, it offered customers who spent £60 or more in store a coupon entitling them to 10p off each litre of fuel at any of the supermarket group’s 285 forecourts. Customers ...
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Applegreen reaches 40
Applegreen has nearly doubled the size of its UK operation increasing the number of its sites from 22 to 40, and is already looking for its next 10 sites according to managing director Michael O’Loughlin.He said the acquisitions were not the result of a single deal but of several which ...
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Allstar and BOSS form partnership
BOSS, the British Oil Security Syndicate, has entered a partnership with leading fuel card services provider Allstar to help reduce fraud and other crime on UK forecourts.The joint working initiative will see BOSS and Allstar sharing information on incidents and suspected fraudsters, boosting efforts to identify and bring to justice ...
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MRH signs with BOSS
MRH Retail, which is number one in Forecourt Trader’s Top 50 Indies, has joined the Payment Watch debt recovery scheme run by the British Oil Security Syndicate (BOSS).Kevin Eastwood, executive director of BOSS, said: "For the number one independent fuel retail group in the UK to sign up to our ...
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BP signs up for loyalty programme
BP has joined Natwest and RBS’s new loyalty programme, Cashback Plus, as one of the launch partners.According to RBS and Natwest, Cashback Plus is the UK’s only debit-card linked loyalty scheme. It enables shoppers to earn at least 1% of their spend back on qualifying purchases.BP UK marketing director Alex ...
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Nisa unveils next branded forecourt
Nisa has announced the launch of one of the first Nisa-branded forecourts following its partnership deal with Greenergy.The Nisa Local in Shildon on the outskirts of Bishop Auckland in County Durham is one of the first three fully Nisa-branded forecourts.The forecourt store was built about 15 years ago and until ...
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Fire fighters strike alertThe government’s chief fire & rescue adviser, Peter Holland, has written to trade associations, alerting them to the threat of industrial action by firefighters in a dispute over pensions. He said he expected it will be ’business as usual’ for most organisations and 999 calls will continue ...
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MFG owners buy more sites
The owners of Motor Fuels Group (MFG) have teamed up again to buy a portfolio of 54 petrol filling stations in a deal worth more than £50m.Aberdeen-based oil industry veteran Alasdair Locke and private equity firm Patron Capital Partners formed a joint venture, Scorpion PFS 1 Ltd, to buy the ...
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Call for rural forecourts to supply evidence on prices
The PRA is urging forecourt operators to respond to a request for evidence from HM Treasury as the government prepares to ask the European Commission for an extension to the rural fuel rebate scheme it operates.The Treasury is asking petrol retailers around the UK to send it information relating to ...
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Diesel lost in tanker crash
It is estimated that about 7,500 litres of diesel was lost into the surrounding environment following a crash involving a fuel tanker in south-west Wales.The Texaco-branded tanker was involved in a collision with a crane in Pembrokeshire on August 16 and fire crews arrived at the scene to find its ...
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Tension set to push up prices
The PRA has called for a temporary reduction in fuel duty to take account of rising fuel prices caused by tension in the Middle East. The situation has prompted speculation by traders which has in turn forced the price of Brent Crude oil to a six-month high of US$115.65 a ...
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Tesco clubcard rolled out across Esso network
Exxon Mobil is rolling out the Tesco Clubcard loyalty scheme to its wider network following its introduction on the sites run jointly with the supermarket group in February. A spokesman confirmed they would be available through company-owned sites and through dealers, although some dealers had opted not to offer them, ...