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Electric cars charge through Lake District
A Lake District hotel has become one of the first in the UK to hire out electric cars to its guests, as an eco-friendly alternative to enjoying the local area. The Langdale Hotel and Spa recently became the first location in the Lake District National Park to install electric car ...
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Pump prices head back towards record highs
A 2.5% increase in UK pump prices over the past month risks putting road fuel costs back on the path that led to six weeks of record fuel prices earlier this year, warns the AA.In the past month, average petrol prices have risen 3.34ppl, from 132.18ppl in mid July to ...
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Youngsters alienated by ID checking process, reveals Market Force survey
A survey of 1,506 UK consumers aged 18 to 21 by customer Intelligence company Market Force Information has found that one in five young customers feel embarrassed and intimated when they are asked for ID while purchasing age restricted products or visiting age restricted locations.The insight has prompted Market Force ...
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Diesel thief gets 19 months
A 30-year-old man, who has been convicted 41 times for driving while disqualified and six times for driving dangerously, has now been jailed for 19 months for drive-offs.According to the This is Bristol website, Christopher Warburton twice filled up his Ford Escort van with diesel without paying.When police spotted him ...
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Drive-off man jailed for 12 months
Camberwell Green Magistrates Court has sentenced a man to a 12-month prison sentence for stealing fuel from petrol stations and driving off. The court heard that on four occasions Garkan Sacir used his father’s car to drive to petrol stations, fill the tank and then drive away without his father’s ...
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OFT to investigate Shell, Greenergy and Vopak’s proposed purchase of Coryton
The Office of Fair Trading (OFT) has today opened its enquiry into the anticipated acquisition of Coryton refinery by a consortium comprising Shell, Greenergy and Vopak. The three companies confirmed at the end of June that they plan to develop and invest in a state-of-the-art import and distribution terminal to ...
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Vipster creates white-label mobile loyalty card for small businesses
Vipster.me has launched to give small business owners the ability to create their own branded mobile loyalty cards. Companies can design an HTML5-powered card with their logo, locations and offers which can then be embedded as a website widget or hosted at their vipster.me page.Cards work on any smartphone and ...
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Olympics focus takes gaze away from rise of oil prices, says PRA
RMI Petrol Retailers’ Association (PRA) has warned road users of an impending increase in the cost of fuel due to a huge rise in the price of oil. The price of Brent Crude oil increased 10% in the past two weeks to US$116 a barrel, and while the UK has ...
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Sponsored slim nets cancer charity £12K
A Northern Ireland forecourt and convenience retailer has raised £12,000 for charity in a weight-loss fundraising effort that saw five men lose 15-and-a-half stone between them.Brothers Pearce and Sean Kelly, who operate Eurospar, Spar and VivoXtra stores including two forecourts in the Mid Ulster area, enlisted three employees to join ...
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Spar move pays off for forecourt store
A New Forest forecourt store has seen a 17% uplift in sales in the first few weeks of trading after transferring its business to Spar.Sean Denman, who owns Hordle Garage near New Milton, chose Spar when he decided to modernise his forecourt store to create a better convenience offer for ...
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Employability initiative takes flight at the Henderson Group
Sixteen local unemployed people have gained permanent employment with the Henderson Group after taking part in the company’s work placement programme.The Roots to Wings initiative is targeted at the workless or long-term unemployed, with the aim of getting them back into full or part-time employment by equipping them with skills ...
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PRA joins Sunday Trading debate
The RMI Petrol Retailers’ Association (PRA) is lending its full support to the Association of Convenience Stores’ (ACS) decision to urge the government to retain Sunday Trading regulations.Eric Pickles, Communities and Local Government Secretary, has suggested the government may review Sunday Trading laws when the temporary relaxation of restrictions over ...
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Australian high court backs plain packs for tobacco
Australia’s highest court has upheld a new government law on plain packaging for tobacco products, sparking concern that the move could set a precedent for other countries, including the UK. The news follows a UK consultation on the Department of Health’s plans to introduce plain packaging for tobacco, which closed ...
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GB Oils appoints new regional manager in South East Anglia
GB Oils has opened a new depot in Ipswich to serve the needs of commercial and domestic customers in South East Anglia, and appointed Keith Durrant as regional manager.Durrant, who joined GB Oils two years ago, brings a wealth of business experience to the role, having held several senior managerial ...
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Small businesses embrace affordable training alternatives to ease staff development costs
Small businesses are sourcing affordable training alternatives to sidestep steep staff development costs, new research from the Forum of Private Business has revealed.According to the findings of the Forum’s latest training and skills member panel survey, more than one in five firms (22%) use guides and handbooks, while other popular ...
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Growth plans prompt new head office for MFG
Top 50 Indie Motor Fuel Group (MFG) has moved its head office from Harrow to St Albans.Jeremy Clarke, MFG’s managing director, said: “Our expansion plans for the company necessitated that we move our head office operations to a location and facility that will meet our ambitious plans for the future.”MFG’s ...
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ACS urges government to keep Sunday Trading regulations
ACS has called on the government to retain Sunday Trading regulations, after comments made by Communities and Local Government Secretary Eric Pickles suggested the government may review Sunday trading laws when the temporary relaxation of restrictions over the Olympics period comes to an end.ACS chief executive James Lowman said: “The ...
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Plain tobacco packs review ends today
A consultation on the Department of Health’s plans to introduce plain packaging for tobacco will close today. The review was extended by a month to allow more people to respond after strong interest in the issue. Tobacco retailers have expressed concerns about the impact of service times and profitability, as ...
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Driving considered ‘more important’ than being able to write
Being able to drive is regarded as an important skill – overall more important than even being able to write or use a computer, according to new AA research. More than two thirds (69%) of respondents put driving in the top three most important skills to have in an AA ...
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Inaccurate pumps give motorists a 6ppl saving, says the AA
An AA dip check of a handful of petrol stations found some pumps giving up to 4.4% more fuel than shown on the pump – effectively a 6ppl gift to drivers. According to the new research from the AA, problems with an EU move to harmonise fuel measuring on forecourts ...