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Government considers plans to catch uninsured drivers using forecourt cctv
The government is considering plans to cut off uninsured drivers’ petrol supply by linking information using automatic number plate recognition (ANPR) at forecourts.The plans originate from a presentation given by accountancy firm Ernst & Young to officials at Number 10 and could see ANPR cameras and data held by the ...
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Cameron and Obama’s talk of releasing oil reserves is more “smoke and mirrors”, says RMI Petrol
RMI Petrol has branded the news that David Cameron and Barack Obama are discussing plans to force down the price of fuel by releasing reserves of oil to boost global supply as more “smoke and mirrors” ahead of the budget next week. Brian Madderson, chairman of RMI Petrol, said: “One ...
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NewsBrookfield Group shines in convenience awards
Top 50 Indie, the Batley-based Brookfield group, shone at last night’s Convenience Retail Awards, organised by Forecourt Trader sister publications The Grocer and Convenience Store. It won the ‘Excellence in impulse’ award, and was also a finalist in the multiple c-store category. Director Raj Patel (pictured) collected the awards. “We’re ...
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Duns Service Station wins Jet national award for standards and service
Duns Service Station in Scotland has been named winner of Jet’s annual ‘Aim4success’ awards, which recognise dealers’ commitment to providing high levels of service, safety, training and communication.All 380 Jet dealers in the UK participated in the national ‘Aim4Success’ programme and were judged throughout 2011 on a variety of criteria. ...
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Euro Garages founders win Asian business award
Forecourt Trader of the Year winners Mohsin and Zuber Issa have been named entrepreneurs of the year at the first English Asian Business Awards.The founders of Top 50 Indie Euro Garages picked up their award at the Midland Hotel in Manchester in a ceremony that recognised the outstanding business achievements ...
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Murco saves time and money with 3G technology
Murco Petroleum is benefiting from an advanced secure payment back-up service ensuring complete connectivity across all of its forecourts in the UK.Murco has invested in independent internet service provider Timico’s new IT system that eliminates missed sales opportunities caused by the temporary loss of Internet connection, adding to advancements which ...
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Scottish fuel distributor Gleaner Oils up for sale
Family-run Scottish fuel distributor Gleaner Oils has been put up for sale by its owners, who want to retire from the business.Gleaner Oils, which also owns the country’s most northerly service station at Skiach in Ross-shire, last year turned over £122.3m and employs a total of 181 staff in Scotland. ...
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NewsMurco names new senior management team
Murco Petroleum has announced four senior management appointments within its retail operations, filling the personnel gaps left by Jeremy Clarke and Jim Mulheran’s move to Motor Fuel Group at the end of December. Jamie Goodfellow (pictured), who was Murco’s treasury & tax director with additional responsibility for the company’s insurance ...
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Forecourt Watch to tackle fuel thefts in North Tyneside
Fuel stations across North Tyneside are gearing up for a new initiative to halt fuel thefts supported by Northumbria Police.Fourteen filling stations have so far signed up to join Forecourt Watch, the crime fighting scheme operated by the British Oil Security Syndicate (BOSS), which alerts police and informs customers the ...
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Treasury is ‘spinning’ fuel tax figures, says RMI Petrol
Treasury officials are trying to spin their way out of the current debate over fuel duty by suggesting that they are giving £4bn back to the motorist by deferring previous duty increases, says RMI Petrol chairman Brian Madderson.The Financial Times has reported that the chancellor’s aides say he has provided ...
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Motor Fuel Group switches to commission operators
Top 50 Indie Motor Fuel Group (MFG) is changing its mode of forecourt operation from direct managed to commission operator.Tony Walker, MFG’s non-fuel director, said: “The commission operator model is one that we know works well in our business sector. We gain by having self-motivated and dedicated contract managers and ...
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Roadside restaurants marketed for let
Forty-eight roadside restaurants, consisting mainly of former Little Chef sites, are being brought to market by Christie & Co. This follows the announcment by Little Chef earlier this year that it was closing 67 sites around the UK.Christie & Co has been instructed by Travelodge to market the 48 sites ...
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Nisa launches seasonal planning guide
Nisa has introduced a seasonal planning guide providing indepth planogram and ranging advice covering the relevant months and the key trading events they may present.The most recent edition is the spring planning guide that includes merchandising advice on Chinese New Year, Valentine’s Day, Mother’s Day and Easter.The guide, which can ...
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Mother stole fuel
A mother of five drove off from a forecourt after filling up because she had no money to pay. The Blackpool Gazette said Kelly Coles, aged 30, admitted making off without paying from Corton Beach service station in Blackpool last September.A passenger in the car got out and paid for ...
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Seaside town could get its first forecourt for five years
Councillors in Wells-next-the-Sea in Norfolk are hoping the seaside town will get its first forecourt for more than five years.Anglia Co-operative has plans to open a £3.75m supermarket in Wells and, according to internet news site EDP 24, town councillors have talked about the possibility of the company incorporating a ...
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UK forecourt network numbers continue to fall
The number of forecourts in the UK continued to decline over the past year, falling to just 8,480 sites, according to the latest Retail Marketing Survey, conducted by the Energy Institute (EI).The figure is down from 8,892 outlets in 2010, and compares to a 1967 all-time high of 39,958 forecourts.The ...
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Tesco diesel causes car trouble
A driver from Huntingdon has said he was left with a £500 repair bill for his Saab after filling up with the diesel at the Tesco forecourt in the town last month.Talking to the Hunts Post, Andy Ibbotson said the day after he’d filled up, he had trouble starting his ...
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Baby born at BP forecourt
A baby girl was born on a BP forecourt in Ashton-under-Lyne after her desperate parents spotted an ambulance filling up with fuel. According to the Manchester Evening News, Peter Diver was driving his wife Claire to hospital to give birth when they realised they wouldn’t make it in time. Peter ...
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NewsProtesters demand action on record fuel prices
Around 300 protestors braved heavy rain to support FairFuelUK’s mass lobby of MPs at Westminster yesterday in the campaign for fuel duty cuts. Organised by the FairFuelUK group, the protest included delivery of the Centre for Economics and Business Research’s (CEBR) report, which reveals that even a modest cut in ...
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24-hour off licence for one forecourt… but police opposition to another
A forecourt in Sunderland has had its off licence extended so it can now sell alcohol around the clock.Despite five formal objections, Sunderland councillors have given the go ahead for Monkwearmouth Service Station to sell booze 24 hours a day.According to the Sunderland Echo, the forecourt operations manager said there ...