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Maxol launches fundraising car-wash campaign to help support children’s charity
A ’Wash for Wishes’ car wash fundraising campaign has been launched by Irish fuel supplier and retailer Maxol, as part of the company’s charity partnership with the Make-A-Wish Ireland. ’Wash for Wishes’ car wash Week will run from today (September 9) until Sunday September 15. During the week, motorists ...
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ACS publishes study of sector
The Association of Convenience Stores (ACS) has published a comprehensive report detailing the local shop sector and the support they provide to their communities. The 2013 Local Shop Report shows the local shop sector is growing – there are now 49,888 convenience stores in mainland UK, making up a sector ...
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Warning that recession is affecting safety
Financial pressures mean safety procedures are being neglected in some areas of the forecourt sector, according to new research by sign installation and maintenance company Xmo Strata The company has analysed the basic causes of more than 1,500 potential safety incidents on filling station forecourts, and warned that the recession ...
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Attempted armed robbery at Bradford petrol station
Police are appealing for witnesses to an attempted armed robbery at a petrol station in Bradford. At about 10.50am on Wednesday 4 September, two men - one carrying a baseball bat - entered the Greengates Service Station in New Line, Greengates, and demanded money from the cashier. However, the men ...
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New car sales growing strongly
The latest new car sales figures show month on month sales were up 10.9% compared to August last year, with the market up 10.4% for the year to date. “It is encouraging that the new car market continued to thrive during August in what is traditionally a low volume months ...
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Murco clarifies over portfolio purchase
Murco has reacted to an article in the September issue of Forecourt Trader about the sale of 54 filling stations that it operates. In a statement it said: “Referring to the recent news item about Patron Capital buying a portfolio of 54 stations (which appeared on page five of the ...
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Independent tops supermarket money-off deals
An independent forecourt is outdoing the multiples’ headline-grabbing money-off deals on fuel. Paul Delves, the former managing director of the 10-store Harry Tuffins group which was bought by the Co-op, is back in business and is offering vouchers giving 15p off per litre of fuel, up to 50 litres, for ...
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FTA seeks support for low emission HGVs
The Freight Transport Association (FTA) has welcomed the inclusion of freight in the government’s publication Driving the Future Today – A Strategy for Ultra Low Emission Vehicles in the UK, but remains concerned that not enough funding support or focus is being allocated to the HGV sector. The strategy, authored ...
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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 ...