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Costcutter posts strong growth and retailer recruitment
Costcutter Supermarkets Group has posted a 4% year-on-year increase in sales in the first six months of 2012 and added another 112 new accounts from January to July.In addition, the symbol group has a further 41 pending accounts, which will begin trading imminently. Supply deals with several large groups are ...
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Parliamentary debate on fuel duty expected next month
Robert Halfon MP is to lead a cross-party Parliamentary debate on fuel duty next month. Supported by 65 MPs from all three main political parties, Halfon will press for an Office of Fair Trading enquiry into the oil market, as well no further tax on fuel. Brian Madderson, chairman of ...
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NewsThe Sun girls help distribute TPA’s fuel tax signs
Symonds Forecourts’ site in Bristol was one of four Top 50 Indie forecourts to provide a location for The Sun newspaper’s photo shoot to publicise the Petrol Retailers’ Association and TaxPayers’ Alliance’s (TPA) new campaign highlighting the true cost of fuel duty. Page 3 girl Poppy – pictured* with Nick ...
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Forecourt gets off licence
The Chickenhall Service Station in Eastleigh, Hampshire has been given the go ahead to sell alcohol, despite dozens of locals signing a petition to block the move. . According to the Southern Daily Echo, the Esso station already stocks food and drink in its convenience store. An application was submitted ...
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Londis reveals new ‘holistic’ promo strategy
Londis has unveiled a new approach to its promotional planning to further enhance its offer for retailers.The new strategy will be implemented across the Londis brand and will see Londis become the first brand within the independent retail sector to instigate a shopper promotional calendar that is holistically linked to ...
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NewsForecourt campaign highlights true cost of fuel duty
The TaxPayers’ Alliance (TPA) has launched a major new campaign with the Petrol Retailers’ Association (PRA) highlighting the burden of excessive fuel taxes in a bid to raise pressure on the Treasury to cut fuel duty. More than 5,000 ‘fuel tax stands’ (pictured) will be going to independent forecourts across ...
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Spar UK and Oakland shortlisted for IGD’s Supply Chain Excellence Award
Spar UK and Oakland International have announced that the Spar UK National Consolidation Scheme, a partnership between the two companies, has been selected as a finalist in the Ian MacLaurin Award for Supply Chain Excellence Award, as part of the 2012 IGD food industry awards.The Spar UK and Oakland collaboration ...
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BOSS guide helps drive down drive-offs
A guide produced by the British Oil Security Syndicate (BOSS) is supporting a successful crime reduction training initiative in Rossendale, Lancashire.Bob Ormerod, a community volunteer with Lancashire Constabulary, developed the drive-off prevention training which he has been delivering at local service stations during 2012.“The training is based on the practical ...
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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 ...