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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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NewsYorkon completes 50th modular PFS for Tesco
Off-site construction specialist, Yorkon, has completed another milestone for Tesco – its 50th modular petrol filling station (PFS) building for the global retailer. Since Yorkon completed its first petrol filling station kiosk for Tesco near Gretna Green in Scotland, the modular design has been engineered to accommodate larger chillers, a ...
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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 ...
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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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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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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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Attendant terrorised with Samurai sword
A masked raider threatened a forecourt employee with a Samurai sword in an attack at the Murco service station in Ingol, Preston, last Saturday night. The man threatened the worker with the sword before making off with less than £100 from the till.Speaking to the Lancashire Evening Post, the detective ...
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Drive-off man banned from driving
A man who drove off from a forecourt without paying for petrol three times in one month has been banned from driving.According to the Newmarket Journal, 22-year-old Azoun Limmage had taken his girlfriend’s car to the Hyperion garage in Newmarket and was driving without a licence or insurance when he ...
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Shell tempts motorists with Valentine’s offer as research shows Brits spend more time on cars than relationships
Shell is running a Valentine’s Day promotion offering motorists 5ppl off Shell V-Power unleaded or diesel.The promotion is running exclusively at participating Shell sites for today only. It coincides with research carried out on behalf of Shell, which reveals that despite the fuss over Valentine’s Day, British motorists spend twice ...
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Inflation drop undermines case for business rates hike
The Office for National Statistics (ONS) has announced that inflation has fallen by 1.7% from its peak at 5.6% in September 2011.The announcement adds to the case against the planned 5.6% increase in business rates, which is due to come in this April. The Association of Convenience Stores (ACS) is ...
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Daylight raid on village forecourt
A man armed with a knife robbed a Gulf petrol station in Dunnington, North Yorkshire on Monday morning.According to The York Press, he got away with a large quantity of cash.Police told the newspaper that the armed man ordered the cashier to hand over the money from the till, then ...