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Murco extends its deal with Costcutter
Murco Petroleum and Costcutter Supermarkets Group are to continue their partnership with a new three-year contract to supply Murco’s 230 company-owned forecourts across the UK. This further extends the relationship between the two companies that began in 1996 and covers both the Murco full supermarket and smaller ’Express’ store formats.Costcutter’s ...
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Euro winners
Euro Garages staff took to the stage again this year as they lifted the top trophy for the second time. The company’s commercial director Ilyas Munshi (pictured centre left) and head of operations Salim Hasan (centre right), were presented with the Forecourt Trader of the Year award by editor Merril ...
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Forecourts pick up for John Lewis
Petrol stations will be acting as collection points for online customers of John Lewis as part of a trial it is running.It is offering the service through CollectPlus, which enables customers to pick up online purchases at local convenience stores and petrol forecourts, and the trial will initially launch in ...
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GB Oils renamed to reflect growth plans
GB Oils, the UK’s largest independent fuels and lubricant distributor, is to be called Certas Energy UK Ltd.Certas Energy currently delivers over six billion litres of fuel nationwide and serves around 1,000 independent petrol retailers with a workforce of 2,500 people."This represents a significant landmark in the development of our ...
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MRH Retail rolls out Hursts
MRH Retail’s new store brand Hursts has been rolled out to 35 stores since three pilot stores were successfully launched in March, managing director John Lynn has told Forecourt Trader, with 100 sites expected by spring 2014.The stores feature a new external fascia, intended to visually demonstrate core store offerings, ...
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James Lowman
At the start of September, we published the Local Shop Report 2013. When we launched the report last year, our primary intention was to inform MPs and government departments about the contribution that local shops make to the economy. We didn’t expect that the report would have such a positive ...
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NewsJet targets network growth of 30% by 2018
Plans to boost the number of Jet sites by 30%, and a raft of initiatives aimed at enhancing the brand’s retailer package were announced at this week’s Phillips 66 annual dealer conference, held in the plush surroundings of Gleneagles, Scotland. At a convivial gathering of more than 200 delegates, including ...
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Rise in new car sales reflects growing economic confidence, says NFDA
New car sales were up 12.1% compared to September last year, according to the latest figures from the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders. Private registrations have risen 16.7% over the year-to-date, helping the overall market rise 10.8%. “It is positive to see that the new car market has continued ...
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Best-one launches retailer loyalty scheme
Best-one, the premium symbol offering from the Bestway Group, has announced a new rebate scheme for retailers, called My Rewards The new loyalty programme will reward retailers by reimbursing them for store discipline, promotional compliance and spend through the Bestway Group, with the level of rebate being calculated by the ...
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Top 50 Indie wins community award
A Top 50 Indie has made a major contribution to its local community after being presented with a £500 Kingsmill Community Retailer award. Hazlegrove Services, at Sparkford, near Yeovil, Somerset, which is owned by Chartman, was presented with the award to help fund the community’s acquisition of a defibrillator. The ...
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Ireland’s Topaz spends €8m on two motorway sites
Ireland’s largest convenience and fuel retailer Topaz has announced details of an €8m investment in two new motorway sites. One of the stations will be located at junction 3 on the Dublin to Cork motorway (M8) near Ballacolla in County Laois. The other will be situated at junction 5 on ...
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Move to ease Dartford Crossing applauded by PRA
The announcement that The Highways Agency has awarded a £367m contract to the French motorway operator Sanef, to design and deliver a new free-flow toll system at the Dartford Crossing, has been welcomed by the PRA. The crossing has been the cause of slow moving traffic and tailbacks on the ...
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PM backs ’Small Business Saturday’ event
The Prime Minister has thrown his weight behind the UK’s first Small Business Saturday - tp be held on December 7. David Cameron signed up to the campaign during the Conservative Party Conference pledging his support for the event, which will highlight small business success and encourage consumers to ‘shop ...
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Smoke traps suspected burglar
A man has been arrested on suspicion of burglary after a high-tech anti-intruder device was triggered at the Sainsbury’s petrol station in Cricketers Way, Westhoughton, Bolton, Greater Manchester. Police and firefighters attended a call-out just before 9pm on Sunday night, when it is thought a man entered the closed petrol ...
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NewsGB Oils renamed Certas Energy UK
GB Oils, the UK’s largest independent fuels and lubricant distributor, is to be called Certas Energy UK Ltd. Certas Energy currently delivers over six billion litres of fuel nationwide and serves around 1,000 independent petrol retailers with a workforce of 2,500 people. “This represents a significant landmark in the development ...
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PRA welcomes Chancellor’s duty freeze pledge
The PRA has welcomed Chancellor George Osborne’s pledge, in his speech to the Tory Party conference, to freeze fuel duty until the next election in May 2015, meaning that the planned duty rise of 2 pence per litre in September 2014 is unlikely to go ahead. PRA chairman Brian Madderson ...
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PRA concern over plain packaging
The PRA has expressed concern after new evidence emerged from Australia of the negative impact of plain tobacco packaging on retailers. PRA chairman Brian Madderson said: “Our members have had long-held concerns about the unintended consequences of this proposal. This latest report – which supports earlier research from Australia – ...
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Forecourt worker robbed at gunpoint
Two men have been arrested by armed police officers after a petrol station worker had what he believed was a gun pointed at him during a robbery. The worker had just left the Murco garage on Norton Road, Stockton-on-Tees, Cleveland, carrying the weekend’s takings to be banked, when he was ...
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Roadchef provides remote working space
Roadchef has become the latest motorway service operator to sign a partnership deal with the workspace provider Regus. Each of the ‘big four’ motorway service area operators – Moto Hospitality, Welcome Break, Extra Motorway Service Area Group and Roadchef ¬– have now signed deals to open Regus Express business centres ...
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MRH Hursts brand rolled out to 35 stores
MRH Retail’s new store brand Hursts has been rolled out to 35 stores since three pilot stores were successfully launched in March, managing director John Lynn has told Forecourt Trader, with 100 sites expected by Spring 2014. The stores feature a new external fascia, intended to visually demonstrate core store ...