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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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 ...
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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AA reports ’pothole plague’
AA members have reported a plague of potholes with road conditions worse than at the start of 2012, and one third suffering pothole damage to their vehicles in the past two years. A third of AA members have rated the overall surface condition of their local roads as poor, very ...