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Petrogas to lease two James Graven sites
Top 50 Indie Petrogas has signed a 20-year lease agreement to operate former Forecourt Trader of the Year Jonathan James’ two sites in Chatteris, Cambridgeshire. Slade End Service Station has already been rebranded Applegreen and is due to have the existing Spar convenience store converted into an Applegreen Shop, while ...
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Carsley Group supports Help for Heroes
Top 50 Indie the Carsley Group is supporting the ‘Help for Heroes’ charity across its network with a raffle to give away three mountain bikes. The group, which has a particular affinity with the charity because managing director Mark Carsley has a family member who is a Royal Marine, has ...
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Retailers urged to do more with contactless card technology
Research from YouGov’s Mobile Wallet study reveals low awareness and usage rates for contactless card technology, indicating that banks and retailers need to do more to increase usage of the technology, according to the study.Mobile Wallet, a study looking at NFC (Near field communication) and contactless technology, has found that ...
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Positive year-to-date results for Nisa
Nisa has announced a year-to-date sales increase of 3.1% for the 39 weeks from April 2011 until December 2011, driven by existing members purchasing an increasing amount of products through Nisa’s Central Distribution Services (CDS).This was evident over the Christmas trading period, claims the symbol group. For the five-week period ...
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No VAT on 5ppl rural fuel duty relief
The Treasury has confirmed that the 5ppl relief on fuel purchases as part of the rural fuel duty rebate scheme that kicks off on March 1 does not include VAT.In answer to questions posed by RMI Petrol on behalf of the retailers eligible for the scheme in Scotland’s Inner and ...
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Compelling offers in all departments is key to 2012 success, says BP’s Smither
Last year was a tough one for fuel and convenience retailers, and 2012 is unlikely to be much better," said Neale Smither, BP’s UK supply and retail manager, as he considered the year ahead. "Best case in 2012 would be for industry fuel demand decline to stabilise at around (1-2)% ...
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Fears of record fuel prices following rapid Christmas and New Year increases
RMIP’s fuel price monitoring system, Big Oil, has seen the steepest and fastest-ever rise in wholesale costs over the festive period. From Monday 19 December to Thursday 5 January the cost of diesel increased by nearly 4.50ppl and unleaded petrol by as much as 5.00ppl with 20% VAT to be ...
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ACS seeks data for latest Retail Crime Survey
ACS is calling on retailers from across the convenience sector to complete the 2011 Crime Survey. The survey addresses a range of issues including burglary, crime reporting, robberies and physical violence, and verbal abuse.Every year, ACS gathers information from retailers across the country to reveal the true impact of crime ...
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Patron Capital confirms joint-venture acquisition of MFG
Patron Capital, the pan-European institutional investor focused on property-backed investments, has confirmed its acquisition of Top 50 independent fuel retailer Motor Fuels Group Limited (MFG) in a joint venture with a new management team backed by oil industry veteran, Alasdair Locke. MFG is the fifth largest chain of independent petrol ...
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Car catches fire at BP site
BP has praised staff at its petrol station in South Mimms for acting quickly and safely when a burning car entered the forecourt in the early hours of Tuesday morning.A Land Rover pulled onto the site at the Welcome Break service area off junction 23 of the M25 with smoke ...
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Topaz chief plans move to DCC
Chief executive of Topaz, Eddie O’Brien, is to resign in order to return to an international role and take up a senior position with DCC.Topaz chairman, Neil O’Leary, has thanked O’Brien for his service with the company and wished him success in his new role: "Together with his colleagues on ...
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Murco director moves to MFG
Murco’s retail marketing director Jeremy Clarke is moving to the Motor Fuel Group as managing director, and taking other Murco excutives with him, including dealer sales manager Jim Mulheran. Meanwhile, Top 50 Indie Sej Sejpal said he is feeling "on top of the world" following the sale of his shareholding ...
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Tobacco companies drop English High Court challenge on tobacco display ban
All of the claimants challenging the English ban on displaying tobacco products in shops, including JTI UK and JTI Sweden, have notified the English High Court that they will not be continuing with their judicial review challenge. A statement from JTI UK said the decision had been taken in light ...
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Drivers resolve to further cut back car use, claims AA report
Petrol sales, which were down 2.4 billion litres in the first nine months of 2011 compared to 2008, look set to collapse further in 2012, according to a new report by the AA.A poll of 20,181 AA members revealed that motorists plan to cut back even more on car use ...
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RMIP kicks off 2012 with call for fuel tax reform
RMI Petrol has kicked off the New Year by writing to the Chancellor with a Briefing Paper urging reform of fuel tax ahead of the deferred duty increase on August 1. As detailed in the Autumn Statement on November 30, this will be 3.02 pence per litre (ppl) plus 20% ...
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Euro Garages appoints finance director
Euro Garages, current Forecourt Trader of the year and one of the UK’s largest operators of petrol forecourts and convenience stores, has appointed James Thornton as finance director.James, who originally qualified with accountancy firm PwC, was previously FD at Blackburn-based Cloverleaf Restaurants Ltd, which was acquired by listed pub ...
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Tobacco display ban guidance published
Guidance on how retailers should comply with the new tobacco display ban regulations in England, which come into force on April 6, 2012 for stores above 280 sqm, has been published by the Department of Health. ACS Chief Executive James Lowman said: “ACS has worked closely with government officials to ...
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Rural fuel duty relief scheme launched
Fuel retailers can now register for the rural fuel duty rebate pilot scheme, following confirmation of the legislation in Parliament. The pilot was given the go-ahead last month by the European Union, to start in March 2012. It allows for a 5ppl tax discount to apply on fuel sold in ...
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Lord Steel demands French-style motorway petrol price displays
Former Liberal leader Lord Steel of Aikwood has called for Britain to follow the French and display the price their competitors charge for petrol, in a question to the House of Lords about fuel prices at motorway service stations. He said motorway prices were about 10ppl higher than elsewhere ...
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Drive-off teenager dies in police chase
A teenager who allegedly drove off without paying for his fuel was subsequently killed as police gave chase. Police were called after the driver of a purple VW Golf drove off without paying from a BP forecourt in St Leonards, Dorset at 10pm on Saturday night (Dec 17). Two officers ...