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MP questions PM on business rates rise
Local shops urged the Prime Minister to go further to reduce the burden of business rates following his statement to the House of Commons yesterday.In a question to the Prime Minister, Peter Aldous MP said: “High Streets across the country, including those in Lowestoft, Beccles and Bungay in my constituency ...
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Thieves use cloned fuel cards to fill up
Two thieves have used a cloned fuel card to fill up with almost £1,000 worth of petrol at forecourts across Coventry.The two suspects – caught on CCTV released by Coventry Police – struck 16 times in just five days using a duplicate of a fuel card which officers have traced ...
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OFT refuses to investigate news supply chain
News retailers have condemned the Office of Fair Trading’s decision not to conduct a full investigation of the news and magazines supply chain.The Association of Convenience Stores (ACS) chief executive James Lowman said: “The OFT failure to act is an abdication of its responsibility to consumers. By not taking action ...
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Fuel duty rebate scheme comes into force for remote islands
The government’s pilot of a rural fuel duty rebate scheme giving motorists in Scotland’s Highlands and Islands a 5ppl discount on pump prices has come into force today.More than 90 retailers in the Inner & Outer Hebrides, Northern Isles, Islands in the Clyde and Isles of Scilly have applied to ...
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Getaway driver jailed
The getaway driver in a raid on a forecourt ATM has been jailed for two years.The Chelmsford Weekly News reported that others involved in the raid at the Total Service Station in Sible Hedingham, Essex, removed the cash machine from a wall and caused an estimated £10,000-worth of damage. A ...
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Forecourt robber jailed
A man who robbed an Edinburgh petrol station at knifepoint has been jailed.Salvatore Sivero went into the Shell forecourt on Glasgow Road last July armed with a knife, demanding cash.A man working at the garage tried to prevent Sivero stealing the money and, as a result, suffered minor cuts to ...
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February 29 is a ’nice little earner for the Government’, says AA
An extra weekday of commuting, the school run and other car use, courtesy of the leap year, will generate an additional £56.3 million in fuel duty revenue for the Government, says the AA. It claims the figure represents more than 0.2% of the £27.3 billion the Treasury expected ...
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Increasing tax on tobacco would boost illicit trade, says JTI
Latest estimates from Japan Tobacco International (JTI) have revealed that, on average, over a quarter (27%) of tobacco smoked across the country is non-UK duty paid (NUKDP), leading to revenue loss to the Treasury of billions of pounds. Although this latest data represents a continuation of a declining trend in ...
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Last-ditch bid to stop duty rise, as diesel hits record high of 144.21ppl
Fair Fuel UK campaigners are meeting with the Treasury today to make a last-ditch plea for the government to axe the planned August fuel duty rise as diesel prices continue to soar, rising to a record 144.21ppl. The meeting comes as Britain’s fuel taxes and duties are revealed to be ...
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Three oil companies make 2012 list of Consumer Superbrands
BP, Shell and Texacohave been named a Consumer Superbrand in the 2012 independent survey of over 2,000 British consumers undertaken by The Centre for Brand Analysis. The Superbrandsranking, now in its 13th year, claims to be an influential barometer of brand strength in the UK. An independent ...
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Tanker driver union Unite warns of national strike action
Fears over safety and growing instability in the fuel industry are pushing oil tanker drivers closer to national strike action, Britain’s largest union, Unite, has warned. Voting will begin next week in a strike ballot of over 2,000 drivers who work for seven major fuel distribution firms. The ballot ...
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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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AA Ireland launches discount fuel card
AA Ireland has launched a new discount fuel card – The AA Fuel Card – for its members which guarantees 2 cent off a litre of petrol or diesel at any of 320 Topaz service stations nationwide. “It’s been a brutal start to 2012 in fuel price terms ...
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Jet names inaugural Sales Assistant of the Year
Val Taylor, 72, of Crosspool Service Station in Sheffield has won Jet’s first-ever award for Sales Assistant of the Year.This new initiative aims to reward members of staff for their customer service skills at Jet’s network of around 380 independently operated sites.Nominees were put forward by their dealers and regional ...
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Diesel hits new record high
Diesel prices hit a new record high today after continued rises over the past few days. The new record average price of diesel is 143.96ppl. The rise comes as Chancellor George Osborne appears to have ruled out further fuel duty cuts in next month’s Budget as he claims to ...
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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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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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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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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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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 ...