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Jet builds bridges with dealers as strike continues
Jet has responded to negative feedback about its alleged failure to plan for the expected tanker driver strike by opening up communications with dealers.In a letter to all Jet retailers, Stefan Wulkan, manager of UK & Ireland Marketing at ConocoPhillips, said: “ConocoPhillips has ensured that all our terminals have remained ...
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Coryton supplies in limbo as crude oil shipments await payment
The government has been urged to step in to ensure continuation of fuel supply from Petroplus’ oil refinery in Coryton, Essex, which supplies 20% of road fuels in London and the Southeast. While administrators PriceWaterhouseCoopers arranged for deliveries from the refinery to be resumed – albeit at less than 50% ...
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Petrogas expands network in the UK
Top 50 Indie Petrogas is growing its UK network with the acquisition of seven freehold and leasehold sites from Shell, and disposed of two sites to the oil company in the same deal.The investment will increase the number of Petrogas UK sites to 23 by the end of January 2012. ...
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Patrick Hudson leaves Jet in company restructure
Jet’s retail marketing manager Patrick Hudson is leaving ConocoPhillips after nearly 28 years with the company – including 10 years in his current role. Following a consolidation of Jet’s UK sales and marketing teams – restructuring its sales organisation into national and regional teams – Lindsey Grant has taken on ...
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Gibbs Garages re-signs with Total brand
The Gibbs Garages sites at Woodstock and Banbury have re-signed with the Total brand – and six others are in the pipeline – as dealers warm to GB Oils’ style of operation, according to Jenny Lockwood, national accounts manager, GB Oils’ Retail Division.“After a period of uncertainty, Total dealers are ...
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No reason for tanker driver strike says Wincanton boss
There is no reason for the current tanker drivers strike which is hampering fuel deliveries to 380 Jet dealers, according to Chris Kingshott, managing director for manufacturing at Wincanton.“As the biggest UK-owned transport and logistics company, and one of three distributors of fuel for our affected customer, Wincanton has done ...
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Frantic day for Jet dealers as strike hits fuel deliveries
ConocoPhillips has let Jet dealers down by failing to plan for strike action by Wincanton tanker drivers, according to Top 50 Indie Brobot Petroleum. Eddie Bright, director of the Leicester-based company which operates 22 Jet-branded sites, said: “It is very unfortunate that Jet failed to plan any contingency despite knowing ...
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Coryton fuel deliveries stopped as Petroplus runs out of cash
Troubled oil refiner Petroplus Holdings AG, Europe’s largest independent oil refiner and owner of the Coryton oil refinery in Essex, is to file for insolvency, following a failure to reach agreement with creditors to extend loan repayment deadlines. Fuel deliveries have been stopped from the Coryton refinery, which supplies about ...
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Fuel laundering higlighted in Irish ’efficient driving’ campaign launched by Boyzone star
Boyzone’s Shane Lynch has launched a new efficient driving campaign by leading fuels and convenience retailer Topaz.To mark the new campaign, the Boyzone star visited the Topaz site at Glasnevin in Dublin, just down the road from where he worked previously in his dad’s garage as a mechanic.Shane, a keen ...
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Contingency plans in place as strike affects 20% of Jet tanker drivers
Contingency plans are in place at ConocoPhillips depots around the country as strike action threatens fuel deliveries. The company said Wincanton tanker drivers – who launched seven days of strike action this morning – accounted for around 20% of the delivery drivers that use the ConocoPhillips terminals. More than 120 ...
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MSYS seeks great community stores for MP visits
The My Shop is Your Shop campaign is looking for local shops with a track record in community engagement to put themselves forward for the MSYS Community Retailing Award.Following last year’s successful campaign, which saw 50 retailers – including Top 50 Indie Harry Tuffins – presented with the award by ...
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ACS launches campaign for business rates cap
A campaign to cap the annual business rates increase at 2%, in line with Government targets for inflation, is being launched by the ACS today. Annual rates increases are currently based on Retail Price Index inflation figures from the previous September, and with RPI recorded at unusually high levels in ...
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Tanker driver strike threatens fuel deliveries to 380 Jet sites
Fuel supplies will be hit when seven days of strike action gets under way from dawn tomorrow (Tuesday 24 January). Oil tanker drivers, employed by the road haulage firm Wincanton, are set to walk out in the dispute over attacks on workers’ pay, terms and conditions, as the company proposes ...
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Forecourt flasher convicted
A forecourt flasher who was caught running naked from a petrol station after terrifying a woman driver has been convicted.According to the Northampton Chronicle & Echo, Lucy Fairclough, prosecuting at Northampton Crown Court yesterday, said businessman Shaun Lovesey, aged 46, was repeatedly seen between midnight and 1am by women drivers ...
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Budget range bolsters January sales for Spar Pentwyn forecourt
Spar’s Pentwyn forecourt store has successfully bucked the trend during the traditional January slump by replacing its festive display with a full S-Budget range, according to store manager Christine Lewis.The 24-hour Spar store and service station in Cardiff took the initiative to create a full display of the fantastic value ...
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Fears of diesel black market operating in the Southeast
Some Eastern European hauliers are allegedly welding extra tanks to their tractor units to bring cheap diesel into the Southeast and sell it on the black market. RMI Petrol chairman Brian Madderson told Forecourt Trader that an undercover BBC reporter, who approached him to ask about the legality of such ...
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NewsCalanike boss slams AIB’s ’heart-breaking’ decision
Calanike Retailing boss Kenny Webster is “absolutely furious” with Allied Irish Bank (AIB), following its shock decision to put his petrol retailing group into receivership, at the same time as placing his drinks manufacturing business – Sangs – into administration. He said the move had put the livelihoods of more ...
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Convenience holds its own, but pressure on fuel prices will continue into 2012, says Christie + Co
Despite the strains on the consumer purse, the increasing high-street presence of small-format supermarkets and the summer’s social unrest, the independent convenience retail sector continued to hold its own in 2011, says Christie + Co’s Business Outlook 2012.According to Business Outlook 2012, which uses average price information derived from retail ...
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Government joins forces to launch hydrogen fuel cell project
A ground breaking project to ensure the UK is well-positioned for the commercial roll-out of hydrogen fuel cell electric vehicles has been launched, business minister Mark Prisk announced today. The new programme – UKH2Mobility – will evaluate the potential for hydrogen as a fuel for ultra low carbon vehicles in ...
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Topaz announces new chief executive
John Williamson has been appointed as the new chief executive of Topaz, Ireland’s largest fuels and convenience retailer. The announcement was made today by the company’s chairman, Neil O’Leary.The announcement follows the resignation of former chief executive Eddie O’Brien, who resigned in order to take up a senior position with ...