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Maxol trials new image for forecourt network
Maxol is trialling a new corporate identity for its service stations. The first station to receive Maxol’s new look is at Adamstown on the Newcastle Road near Lucan in Co. Dublin and the second will opens today (August 9) at Dunmore Road in Waterford city in the south east of ...
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FairFuelUK renews call for fuel duty cut as Bank of England slashes UK growth forecast
Campaigning group FairFuelUK has renewed its call on the government to cut fuel duty as a means of stimulating economic growth. The call comes after the Bank of England is expected to slash its growth forecast for 2012 to zero. Motoring journalist Quentin Willson, national spokesman for FairFuelUK said: “Growth ...
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Christie & Co to market Calanike network
The receivers of Top 50 Indie Calanike Retailing have appointed Christie & Co to sell the network of 19 forecourts in Scotland and Northern England. Glasgow-based Calanike was placed in receivership in January this year but receivers Zolfo Cooper have been unable to find a buyer for the group. The ...
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Lord Prescott to address ACS crime prevention forum
Former Deputy Prime Minister Lord Prescott will address the ACS Crime Prevention Forum in October as part of a session on prospective Police and Crime Commissioners.Labour Humberside candidate Lord Prescott will join Surrey Conservative candidate Julie Iiles and Andrew Smith, Liberal Democrat candidate for Sussex in talking to retailers about ...
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Retail accounting specialist joins ACS as associate member
CV Retail, Retail accounting specialist CV Retail has become an associate member of the Association of Convenience Stores (ACS). John Roberts, managing director of CV Retail said: “To demonstrate our ongoing commitment to the convenience store market, we are delighted to be accredited as an associate member of the ACS”. ...
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Crackdown on drive-off offenders in Glasgow’s West End
Strathclyde Police is working with retailers in the West End of Glasgow to crack down on drivers who fill up and fail to pay for their fuel. Police and local retailers in conjunction with the British Oil Security Syndicate (BOSS) have operated successful BOSS Forecourt Watch schemes in the Partick ...
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New service station and Spar store opens in Northumbria
A new service station and Spar store Alnwick,Northumbria has opened in collaboration with Northumbrian Fuel Services Ltd. The store has been fitted out to the highest standards, according to Paul Abbott, a director of Northumbrian Fuel, who described it as “the best in the industry". The store will provide a ...
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Imperial Tobacco submits response to plain packaging proposals
Imperial Tobacco has submiitted its response to the public consultation on plain tobacco packaging. The UK consultation closes on August 10, but the Government has not confirmed when it will publish a summary report of the responses it has received, according to Colin Wragg, Imperial Tobacco’s head of corporate and ...
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New car sales up in July
New car sales increased again in July with month-on-month sales up 9.3% compared to the same time last year. The latest figures from the SMMT continue the upward trend seen during recent months, and also revealed a boost to private registrations of 26.4%, according to Sue Robinson, director of ...
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Drivers’ love for the car grows stronger
Drivers’ love affair with the car has grown stronger over the past 47 years, according to new research from the AA, which claims that even today most drivers love taking the car out just for a spin. A majority of drivers (55%) have taken the car out just to drive ...
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FWD warns retailers of illicit beer and wine traders
Wholesalers are warning of the rise of Beer Van Man, the latest tactic being used by organised criminals to deliver illicit beer and wine direct to unsuspecting retailers. Over the past two years members of the Federation of Wholesale Distributors have intercepted hundreds of flyers and emails offering suspiciously low ...
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One year on from riots, retailers generally positive about communities they serve
One year on from last summer’s riots, new figures suggest a broadly positive view of how retailers feel about the communities they serve, their safety and their interaction with local police. The Voice of Local Shops survey conducted by ACS (the Association of Convenience Stores) reveals that: 39% of retailers ...
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Retailers warned not to process PayPoint transactions over the phone
PayPoint has made a renewed warning to retailers not to process a PayPoint payment transaction over the phone in a bid to put a stock to fraud involving Ukash, the service that allows shoppers to use banknotes and coins to pay or send money on the internet. Retailers have reported ...
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NFRN to keep pressure up over Sunday Trading
The NFRN has vowed to keep up the pressure on the government to ensure that Sunday Trading law are not relaxed permanently after the Olympics. The promise came in the light of new evidence that shows that takings in independent newsagents’ stores have dropped since the laws were relaxed on ...
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Third-party intervention gives new life to struggling forecourt
An Essex retailer has been brought back from the brink of closure thanks to intervention from BTG Restructuring, which demonstrated to the operator’s bank and fuel supplier that if the site priced more sensibly, sustainable profitability would return.The forecourt in Colchester had suffered from supermarket competition and was trading at ...
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Gold end promotions drive sales for Londis
‘Gold end’ promotional bays at the front of store are driving “phenomenal” sales growth for Londis since their launch at the beginning of the year.In the six months since launch, keen money-off deals have run on more than 200 lines, with the highlights being Nescafe original (pricemarked £2.95) up 245% ...
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Don’t forget to vote for your Retailer Champion
Voting is underway for the Forecourt Trader and Mace Retailer Champion award – so get voting now!In no particular order, the nominees for 2012 are independent retailers Robert & Hugh Fraser of Fraser Retail; former Murco retail boss Jeremy Clarke, now managing director of Motor Fuel Group; independent retailer Darren ...
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Shell awards three-year contract to Fairbanks and Tokheim partnership
Fairbanks will partner with Tokheim as part of a three-year contract to deliver wet-stock management services to more than 3,000 Shell petrol stations worldwide. A combination of hardware and software applications will provide automatic, real-time data to a team of Fairbanks analysts, who will provide detailed statistical inventory reconciliation (SIR) ...
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Petroplus administrators reveal scale of Coryton’s financial woes
The joint administrators of Petroplus Refining & Marketing have published their first progress report on the administration.The report provides creditors with a detailed description of progress that has been made in the six months since the appointment of the Administrators and includes an estimate of the likely return for creditors.The ...
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MFG brings Costa Coffee to its network
Top 50 Indie Motor Fuel Group (MFG) has signed an agreement with Costa Express to supply its entire 48-site network with the market leading hot coffee offer.By the end of this year, 27 of MFG’s forecourts will be offering Costa Express and the rest of the network will add the ...