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Fair Fuel UK to hold mass lobby on March 7
Fuel price campaigner Fair Fuel UK is holding a mass lobby of MPs at Westminster next week in a bid to convince the government to cut fuel duty.Motorists are being urged to join the mass lobby in the House of Commons at 1pm on Wednesday March 7, which is being ...
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Indies can survive if they play to natural strengths, says Verdict report
Independents can fight back against the onslaught of the major supermarkets by playing to existing strengths and creating new ones, says independent retail analysts Verdict as it outlines strategies for survival for independent retailers.The report claims that an existing strength for independent retailers is the insulation from inflationary pressure which ...
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Morrisons kicks off industry-beating fuel promotion
Morrisons has trumped Tesco’s current 10ppl fuel price promotion with a new deal giving motorists 15ppl off petrol or diesel when they spend £60 in store.The ‘Fuel Britannia’ deal, which kicked off yesterday, comes during a period where fuel prices have risen across the country with diesel hitting a new ...
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Scottish town vows to fight plans for supermarket with petrol station
The business community in the Scottish town of Newton Stewart, has vowed to fight plans for a new supermarket on the edge of town, the Galloway Gazette has reported. The newspaper said the majority of the 60-plus business people from the area who attended a meeting of the Newton Stewart ...
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Insolvency rates fall to the same rate as January 2011
The rate of insolvencies fell from 0.11 per cent in December 2012 to 0.07 per cent in January this year – the same rate as in January 2011, according to the latest figures released by Experian, the global information services company. The fall in the UK’s insolvency rate was ...
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20 range reviews at Londis to drive sales in 2012
Londis is targeting 20 range reviews across 300 stores for 2012, following a successful programme of 10 range reviews across 100 stores last year, which drove significant uplifts of up to 9%. Paul Courtney, Londis sales director, said: “Through this new range review process we’re developing an ...
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Brulines takes Brobot to real-time fuel monitoring
Brulines Fuel Solutions (BFS) has concluded a major new contract with Top 50 indie Brobot Petroleum, to move the 22-strong group’s fuel monitoring from traditional statistical inventory reconciliation (SIR) to continuous fuel monitoring (CFM).Where SIR shows what has happened to fuel stocks, CFM records pump meter readings and tank levels ...
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Stores of the future will be better connected, says IGD
Shops and people will be connected to each other more than ever in the store of the future, according to IGD research. The report commissioned by Coca-Cola Enterprises Ltd (CCE) and written by food and consumer goods experts IGD predicts:Shoppers will demand more personalisation. They’ll expect communication, promotions and deals ...
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Rontec signs up to RMIP
RMI Petrol is delighted to gain support from Rontec Investments, the UK’s second-largest new independent group with 234 petrol retail sites, that was formed to acquire some of the downstream assets from Total at the end of 2011. Rontec has just signed up for membership of the trade association ...
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Drought threatens car wash operators
Water shortages will impact service stations far more than any unregulated hand car wash operator, according to David Charman, chairman of the Car Wash Assocation (CWA). Following the government’s water summit yesterday and news that much of South East England is now officially in a state of drought, David said ...
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ACS’ Budget submission urges 2% cap on business rates rise
ACS (the Association of Convenience Stores) is urging Chancellor George Osborne to take action in the Budget to stop the 5.6% increase in business rates, with the aid of new research conducted among local shop owners across the country. The polling reveals: * 42% of retailers plan to increase product ...
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Park Garage Group supports cancer charity with plastic bag initiative
Top 50 Indie Park Garage Group has pledged its support to cancer charity CLIC Sargent with a new charging scheme for plastic carrier bags.The retailer, which operates around 60 Park and Shop forecourts across the UK, is hoping to reach the fundraising target of £6,000 over the next year with ...
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Diesel price hits record high as RMIP makes formal submission to OFT for new review of the market
The price of diesel has hit a record high having rocketed by 10pp in just 12 months – an inflation-busting 7% rise – reports RMI Petrol. "The increase leaves diesel at 143.05ppl, a level that could derail Government plans to curb inflation, is a disaster for motorists, and puts the ...
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Biofuels worse than fossil fuels and targets should be scrapped, say charities
Car drivers in the UK will pay up to £2 billion more on the forecourt in 2020 if the government decides to increase the proportion of biofuels in petrol, according to new research commissioned by ActionAid and Friends of the Earth, undertaken by the Global Subsidies Initiative. The report suggests ...
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AA calls for fuel price regulator as diesel nears last year’s record
The AA has called for the industry to consider the introduction of a price regulator acting as an honest broker between fuel suppliers, retailers and consumers. The suggestion comes as average UK diesel prices have risen to 142.80ppl, a fifth of a penny shy of the record set in May ...
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Consumers can’t take rising fuel prices, says AA, as it calls on Chancellor for investigation
The impact of record diesel prices will be felt by everyone as higher transport costs are passed on to business and consumers, warns AA president Edmund King."With some delivery and haulage firms adding a diesel surcharge to invoices, costs will rise faster than most people expect and stoke inflation again," ...
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Police help reduce drive-offs
Police in Reading have been carrying out checks on motorists at a Morrisons forecourt in a bid to reduce drive-offs.Twelve bilking incidents were reported in December and January at the site so now drivers are being asked to produce their fuel receipts.Extra checks are being carried out on drivers who ...
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Coryton crude oil supplies secure for three months
The administrators of Petroplus’ Coryton refinery in Essex have today signed a tolling agreement, securing crude oil supplies for the next three months. The tolling agreement – involving a collaboration of Morgan Stanley Capital Group Inc (MSCGI), KKR Asset Management, LLC, and AtlasInvest – allows the refinery to continue to ...
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ATM raid in Essex
Thieves used a stolen digger to demolish the wall of a Shell site in Epping, Essex and steal an ATM.A report in the Epping Forest Guardian said the incident occurred at about 5.54am on Wednesday.It is believed that the digger was stolen from a building site in High Beach. After ...
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Armed robber gets trapped in hatch
A robber who launched himself through an after-hours serving hatch in a bungled forecourt raid has been jailed for six years.Twenty-nine-year-old Grant Miller turned up in a car at Middlemoor Service Station in Workington just after midnight last August, when staff were serving through a hatch. A woman got out ...