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Supermarkets cut diesel prices
Cuts of up to 2 pence per litre (ppl) in the price of diesel have been implemented today by all the UK’s biggest supermarket groups. The cuts appear to have been sparked by Morrisons, which announced yesterday that it would be cutting up to 2ppl off diesel prices at its ...
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Sales of commercial vehicles continue upwards
Commercial vehicles registrations sales continued their recent upward trend with a rise of 8.1% in March, helped by van registrations which increased 11.5%. Commenting on the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT)’s van and truck registration figures, Sue Robinson, director of the National Franchised Dealers Association which represents commercial ...
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Trust My Garage campaign stepped up
The Independent Garage Association (IGA) has appointed Bridge PR & Media Services to position Trust My Garage as a household name and brand for all UK motorists seeking a trustworthy independent garage. The partnership is intended to increase consumers awareness of Trust My Garage through a campaign that will use ...
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Independent garages protest over adverts
The Independent Garage Association (IGA) has rebuked the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT) and National Franchised Dealers Association’s (NFDA) for their new ‘Minute Or Two’ MOT campaign, saying it is a blatant attempt to drive business away from independent garages. The SMMT says it launched a new pre-MOT ...
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ACS welcomes plan to tackle rogue brokers
The Association of Convenience Stores (ACS) has welcomed proposals to tackle misleading marketing by brokers toward business customers, in a submission to the energy regulator Ofgem, Ofgem has asked Government for the powers to take action against brokers or third party intermediaries (TPIs) that mis-sell to businesses by marketing energy ...
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New car sales up 5.9%
New car sales in March were up 5.9% compared with the same month a year ago, according to the latest car registration figures form the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT). They show fleet registrations increased by 3.7% last month while private registrations increased by 7.8%. Sue Robinson, director ...
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Young drivers need more support, says IAM
Young drivers need more guidance and support in the first six months of obtaining their licence, according to road safety charity IAM (Institute of Advanced Motorists). Last month, the Department for Transport announced that a green paper would be published this summer looking at ways to improve the safety of ...
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Madderson missive to Home Secretary on soaring forecourt crime
The continuing rise in crime being suffered by the UK’s service station network and the differing response by local police forces was the subject of a strongly worded letter to the Home Secretary Theresa May, sent this week by RMI chairman Brian Madderson. In it he states that drive-offs, no ...
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30,000 employees trained to drive using less fuel
The Energy Saving Trust has trained its 30,000th employee in the Smarter Driving programme which is funded by the Department for Transport. The scheme trains employees in techniques to help them drive more efficiently and reduce the likelihood of accidents. It claims to be a proven method of reducing the ...
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CCTV footage of forecourt explosion
Police have released CCTV footage of the moment lunatic thieves blew up a cashpoint on a petrol station forecourt. ] Amazingly the explosion did not set light to the fuel stored on the forecourt in what could have been a potentially disastrous and tragic situation. The blast took place at ...
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Petrol price fall has ground to a halt, says AA
A fall in the UK’s average petrol price has ground to a halt just 2p below the year’s high of 140p a litre in early March, according to the AA. This is despite a 3p-4p fall in wholesale costs, with VAT, from late February into the middle of March. Although ...
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Forecourt owner sued by WPC injured on emergency callout
Norfolk petrol retailer Steve Jones has become the centre of a national media frenzy after revealing that he is being sued by a police woman who injured herself on his forecourt as she investigated a burglary. The case has raised questions about Britain’s compensation culture and the potential consequences for ...
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Toyota joins hydrogen power project
Toyota has joined the London Hydrogen Partnership, which is working to attract and roll-out hydrogen fuel projects in the capital. Deputy London mayor, Kit Malthouse, said: “We want Toyota and the London Hydrogen Partnership to develop a roadmap for fuel cell vehicles and hydrogen refuelling station rollout. Toyota will provide ...
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Proposals to improve young driver training
The Government has announced it is planning to consult on new measures to improve training for young drivers, which in addition to improving safety could also lead to a reduction in the cost of insurance for young drivers. The proposals were unveiled at a summit for the motor insurance industry, ...
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Call for ban on proxy purchasing of tobacco
The Rural Shops Alliance has called for the Government to make it illegal for adults to buy tobacco for underage smokers – so-called proxy purchasing is illegal in Scotland but not the rest of the British Isles. Responding to the NHS Health and Social Care Information Centre’s annual ‘Report on ...
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Maxol invests in £40m expansion
Maxol has awarded a contract worth £1m to Belfast company, Totalis Solutions, to provide signage for the reimaging of its service station network in Northern Ireland. Maxol is investing a total of £40m in an expansion of its all-Ireland network and the roll-out of a new brand identity on its ...
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Fuel prices double in 10 years as fuel sales fall 6%, according to latest EI survey
Consumers are buying less fuel at the pump, despite there being more cars on the road, according to the latest Retail Marketing Survey from the Energy Institute. The EI estimates that total fuel sales have fallen 6% since 2002, while average fuel prices have almost doubled, rising from 73.68 pence ...
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Armed robbers strike at two Snax 24 sites
Police are appealing for witnesses after armed robbers struck at two Snax 24 sites in apparently unrelated incidents. A knife-wielding robber targeted the Snax 24 on Ormesby High Street, Middlesbrough, at 1.30pm on March 20. Police said a man walked into the petrol station and demanded cash. He then produced ...
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Asda sets national limit on retail diesel price at 139.7ppl
Asda has cut the price of diesel by up to 2p a litre. From Tuesday March 26 it says customers will pay no more than 139.7p per litre of diesel at any of the supermarket’s 213 forecourts nationwide. The price of unleaded at Asda remains at its national price cap ...
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Opening day for Parkfoot Garage’s new Spar store
Today sees the opening of the newly extended and refitted forecourt store of Kent-based Spar retailer David Charman. Parkfoot Garages Ltd first launched a convenience store on London Road in 1996 - becoming the first winner of the Forecourt Trader of the Year awards in the same year. In ...