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Morrison targets more forecourt customers following extension of fuelGenie contract
Atos, an international IT services company, has extended its fuelGenie contract with Morrisons until 2019. Morrisons will also become part of Atos’s wider network of merchants who accept payment by business account cards administered by Atos. Atos claims a proven history of increasing sales for clients through its business account ...
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Ofgem promises fairer energy market for business customers
Energy regulator Ofgem has confirmed that it will push ahead with plans to make the energy market fairer for business customers. The new rules are the result of Ofgem’s Retail Market Review, which ACS has been heavily involved with since its original publication in 2011. Over that time, ACS has ...
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Jet’s new promotion targets families looking for a break
Jet is offering its dealers the chance to participate in a new promotion to attract customers in advance of the school holidays. By spending £20 or more in a single transaction between March 20 and April 30 at participating Jet forecourts, customers can receive two 2-for-1 entry vouchers (while stocks ...
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Topaz on top ten list of best places to work in Ireland
Topaz, Ireland’s biggest fuels and convenience retailer has been recognised as one of the Best Workplaces in Ireland for the sixth year in a row. This year Topaz claimed 8th place, on the list of the Best Large Workplaces in Ireland. The Irish owned and managed company was the only ...
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Applegreen’s Subway partnership kicks off with first forecourt opening
Subway has announced the opening of its first store in partnership with Ireland’s leading independent forecourt retailer, Applegreen. The store will open in one of Applegreen’s leading service station locations, Gorey, County Wexford, in the Republic of Ireland, with another site due to open in the UK next month. As ...
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First winner in Topaz promotion
Topaz, which claims to be the Irish Republic’s largest fuels and convenience retailer, has announced the first winner of an ‘experience of a lifetime’ in its new Play or Park loyalty game. Richard Smith and his wife Linda, from Grangerath, Drogheda, in County Meath, have won a holiday in The ...
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PRA welcomes scrapping of duty increase
The fuel industry, campaigners and motorists have praised the Chancellor’s decision to scrap the fuel duty increase due in September. In his Budget statement the Chancellor said he was cancelling the fuel duty increase “to support motorists and businesses”. He said fuel duty will have been frozen for nearly three ...
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New guidance on CCTV
A new Home Office guide on CCTV in small shops has been launched at an ACS Crime Prevention Forum. The guide provides retailers with practical information on how to get the most out of their CCTV system. It also provides an early flavour of the kind of advice that will ...
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Fairbanks awarded gold status for Investors in People
Wet-stock management specialist Fairbanks has been awarded gold status for Investors in People (IIP). The company employs approximately 150 members of staff, most of them based at its headquarters in Skelmersdale, Lancashire. Andrew Roberts, the company’s quality director, said: “We are all delighted with the IIP Gold Award as it ...
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Prices up at auctions
The prices of both used cars and light commercial vehicles (LCVs) sold at auction have increased, according to the latest monthly reports from the National Association of Motor Auctions (NAMA). They show that during February the average value of used cars sold at auction across the board increased from £4,856 ...
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Corsa wrecks Aston Martin on forecourt
An Aston Martin DBS has been wrecked by an out-of-control pink Corsa at the Kingshill Esso garage in Swindon. The owner of the Aston Martin was filling his car when the driver of the Corsa lost control going round a roundabout, shot across the forecourt, and smashed into the side ...
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Citizens Advice attacked over garage report
The Independent Garage Association (IGA) has refuted a Citizens Advice report suggesting that independent used car dealers and garages are the top cause of consumer complaints. The IGA said it had contacted Citizens Advice to try and establish how the information was gathered and what evidence was provided to verify ...
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Work starts on new M5 services
Work has started on the development of a £40m service station on the M5 motorway between junctions 11a and 12 at Brookthorpe in Gloucestershire. The project is a partnership between a local charity, the Gloucestershire Gateway Trust, and Westmorland Limited, which runs the Tebay service station on the M6 in ...
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P&H and Costcutter confirm partnership
Palmer and Harvey has announced it will be moving away from direct management of symbol group convenience retailing with the 800 Mace, Your Store and Supershop stores joining the 1,600 Costcutter and Kwiksave stores in the Costcutter Supermarket Group on 7th April. At the same time P&H and Costcutter have ...
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Shell challenges forecourt food preconceptions
Shell has acknowledged the preconception that garage food is below expected standards in a new campaign to promote their forecourt food brand Deli2Go. Launching next week at sites across the UK, the retail POS campaign turns this preconception on its head and challenges customers to reassess. Using tongue-in cheek humour ...
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PRA calls for duty cut in Budget
The PRA is calling on Government to not only cancel the planned duty rise for fuel on 1 September, but to announce a 2 pence per litre duty cut in next week’s Budget. The PRA also advises that this reduction in duty should not be implemented until 1 April, to ...
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Small firms sceptical over rates benefits
Small firms have little enthusiasm for the Local Government Finance Act, with many doubtful the redistribution of money from supplementary business rates will benefit them. That’s the findings of research carried out by the Forum of Private Business (FPB), which asked members for their thoughts on how the new Act ...
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Diesel stolen from Asda distribution site
Police are investigating after a large quantity of diesel was stolen from a container at an Asda regional distribution centre. The theft happened between 11.30am on Saturday March 9, and 1am on Sunday, March 10, when diesel was stolen from a container at the Asda Distribution site on Pattinson North ...
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Two men arrested over armed robbery
Police have arrested two men in connection with an armed robbery at a filling station near Cambridge. The robbery happened at Worsted Filling Station off the A11 at Babraham, south of Cambridge, at 1.20am on January 25. The shop area was locked but the station was open to sell fuel ...
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ACS welcomes inquiry into retail sector
The Association of Convenience Stores (ACS) has welcomed news that MPs are launching an inquiry into the UK retail sector. The Business, Innovation and Skills Select Committee has invited evidence on what the Government can do to support the retail sector. ACS chief executive James Lowman said: “We welcome this ...