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We’re preparing to buy not sell, stresses MRH (GB)
MRH (GB), the UK’s biggest independent fuel retailer, has vigorously denied a recent story in the Daily Telegraph which claimed the company was "about to change hands for an estimated £300m", and that PricewaterhouseCoopers had been retained to manage the sale. The story also suggested that Tesco was the most ...
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A sad day as Bentley’s Garage closes after nearly a century
One of the UK’s last remaining petrol stations that offered a pump attendant service has closed after nearly 100 years in business. The pumps were turned off at Bentley’s Garage in the seaside town of Exmouth, Devon, last week, with the owners blaming competition from the supermarkets and EU rules ...
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Total launches mobile internet website
Total UK today launches its mobile internet website, which is designed for customers on the move and accessible by all internet smartphones. The website content includes a service station finder that provides location details by nearest, or by requested area. Additional features include which service stations are open 24 hours, ...
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Forecourt Trader of the Year to speak at seminar
Forecourt Trader of the Year winner and Top 50 independent Patrick Sewell of the Hull-based Sewell Group, will be one of the speakers at the Forecourt Seminar 2010, organised by The Association of Convenience Stores. The day-long, conference-style seminar is being held at the Walker Stadium in Leicester on July ...
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Business Rates warning ahead of Emergency Budget
The Association of Convenience Stores (ACS) has highlighted Business Rates as a key issue in its submission to the new chancellor ahead of the upcoming Emergency Budget. The ACS said forecourts had been hardest hit of all businesses in the sector by the latest revaluation and urged the government to ...
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Supermarkets cut fuel prices again
Asda and Sainsbury’s have entered round two of the supermarket fuel price war, cutting the cost at the pumps from today. Asda said it was dropping the price of a litre of unleaded petrol to a maximum of 113.9p, and diesel to no more than 116.9p. Sainsbury’s followed suit, saying ...
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Results of this month’s online poll:
Which of the three main political parties offers the best policies for you and your business? Conservatives 52% Labour 32% Lib Dems 16% For the second time in a few weeks the Conservatives manage to nab themselves a ...
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Price war kicks off at the pumps
Tesco has joined Asda, Sainsbury’s and Morrisons in a price war at the pumps. Last month all four supermarket giants announced they were slashing fuel prices. Tesco cut petrol and diesel prices by 2ppl at all its 450 petrol stations in the UK, with Asda and Morrisons both lowering unleaded ...
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End to ’war on motorists’
On his first day as Minister for Transport, Philip Hammond MP vowed to put a halt to Labour’s ’war on the motorist’. Hammond promised to end the way the country’s 33 million drivers have been targeted by the government, by reining in costs at the pump when oil ...
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Shailesh out but not (too) down
Forecourt retailer Shailesh Parekh came third in the General Election voting for the Hodge Hill constituency in Birmingham. Shailesh, who owns Molineux Service Station in Wolverhampton, stood as a Conservative parliamentary candidate. He told Forecourt Trader: "I never thought I’d win but I did increase the Tory vote from around ...
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Boxing champ does the honours at store relaunch
Johnny Nelson, local boxer and former World Boxing Organisation Cruiserweight World Champion, helped Jet garage, Bridgehouse Service Station on Renishaw Hill, Sheffield, celebrate the recent opening of its new c-store. Along with service station owners Karon and Pete Swinden, and many local customers, Johnny marked the re-opening of ...
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Applegreen set for UK expansion
Irish petrol retailing company Petrogas hopes to have a network of around 50-60 Applegreen-branded service stations in the UK mainly in the south within the next five years, according to the company’s managing director Michael O’Loughlin. During a presentation at last month’s Association of Convenience Stores annual Summit ...
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Agency probes crime link to hand car washes
The Serious Organised Crime Agency (SOCA) is investigating the hand car wash trade for its suspected links with organised crime. David Charman, chairman of the Car Wash Association, told Forecourt Trader: "Someone from SOCA saw our website and contacted me for information. They said hand car wash operations had been ...
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Robbers jailed after knifepoint theft
A 27-year-old who robbed a Total station, as his accomplice held a knife to a cashier’s neck, has been jailed for eight years. Danny Cordwell, of Clifton, Nottingham, was one of three men who raided the Hucknall Road outlet in the city in August last year. He took ...
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Osborne urged to act on rates
RMI Petrol has been quick off the mark in writing to George Osborne to call for his support in the campaign against the current Business Rates system. The letter to the new Chancellor, from RMI Petrol chairman Brian Madderson, outlined the organisation’s campaign to persuade the Valuation Office Agency to ...
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Soaring fuel prices see 50% rise in drive-offs
Soaring prices at the pumps has triggered an alarming rise in drive-away thefts from forecourts in one East Midlands county. Leicestershire police have warned outlets in the area to be on their guard against thieves, who are hitting some garages up to five times a week. ...
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New transport minister to end ’war on motorist’
On his first day as Minister for Transport, Philip Hammond MP vowed to put a halt to Labour’s ‘war on the motorist’. Hammond promised to end the way the country’s 33 million drivers have been targeted by the government, by reigning in costs at the pump when oil prices rocket, ...
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Cost of fuel forces drivers to slow down
Motorists are quite literally slowing down because of the escalating cost of fuel, according to a new survey by car supermarket giant Motorpoint. A recent poll on its website, involving 1,500 people, revealed that 69% of motorists have changed their driving habits radically since fuel topped an average of ...
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NewsTesco, Morrisons and Asda slash pump prices
Tesco has announced it is to slash its pump prices from tonight – joining rivals such as Asda and Morrisons in a fuel price war. The supermarket giant said it would chop petrol and diesel by 2ppl at all its 450 petrol stations in the UK. A Tesco spokesperson added: ...