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High street chains accused of motorway rip-off
High street chains have been accused of ramping up prices on motorway service areas, following a What Car? survey. Researchers shopped for seven items in the WH Smith branches of 10 service stations and found prices were between 3% and 91% higher than on the high street. They also shopped ...
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ACS delivers Budget advice on local shops to the Chancellor
The Association of Convenience Stores has set out a series of specific policy recommendations that Chancellor George Osborne can deliver for local shops in his Budget next month. ACS also reacted to the commitments made by banks following negotiations with Government about new funding for business lending. ...
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Survey shows grants will encourage motorists to buy electric vehicles
A month since the launch of the Plug-in Car Grants, new research from leading green car guide, TheGreenCarWebsite.co.uk has found that 40 per cent of people think that the grants worth up to £5,000 will be enough to persuade them to buy an electric car or other eligible car. The ...
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Fuel duty campaign heads for Downing Street
The campaign to scrap the fuel duty rise planned for April 1 gained momentum this week when TV presenter Quentin Willson delivered a personal letter to the Chancellor seeking the cancellation of the duty rise in April. He was accompanied by the campaign team from Fair Fuel UK which claims ...
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Fuel duty stabiliser ‘not that complicated’, says FSB
The Federation of Small Businesses (FSB) has published a report that aims to dispel myths that a fuel duty stabiliser would be too complicated and expensive to implement. In the same week as fuel cost protesters lobbied the Treasury to scrap a rise in fuel duty planned for April 1 ...
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Scotland’s retailers urged to prepare for new tobacco register
Tobacco retailers in Scotland are being urged to register to sell cigarettes as there are now only 50 days until the introduction of new rules for Scotland’s tobacco retailers. New legislation designed to make cigarettes less available to under 18s will take effect on October 1. Around ...
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PetroChina offers $1bn in Grangemouth joint-venture proposal
Grangemouth refinery owner Ineos has been offered US $1billion by PetroChina for a 50% share in the Scottish refinery and its Lavera installation in France, following the proposal of a joint venture between the two companies last month. The partnership with PetroChina will comprise a trading joint venture and a ...
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Sewell Retail tipped for Sunday Times Top 100 success
Top 50 Indie Sewell Retail is tipped to be in the Sunday Times list of the Top 100 best companies to work for for the third year running. The company’s ranking is due to be confirmed on Feb 24. The news came as the Hull-based group celebrated its successes of ...
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BP reports year-end losses after tragic 2010
BP’s full-year results showed a loss of $4.9 billion, including a total pre-tax charge related to the Gulf of Mexico oil spill of $40.9bn. It also resumed payment of quarterly dividends, which were suspended in June 2010 following the disaster in April. In a press statement the company confirmed its ...
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Businesses ramp up use of fuel cards
High fuel prices are driving an increasing number of businesses to use fuel cards as a means of payment at the pump, according to new research by market analyst Datamonitor.In 2009 the European fuel cards market was valued at €72bn (£60.8bn), and 987 million more litres of fuel is set ...
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Retailers hit by profiteering charge
Fuel retailers have been stung by charges of profiteering, as fuel prices have continued to maintain record levels at the pumps. Stories in the national press have reported that retailers and oil companies are keeping fuel prices high, despite a 2p drop in the wholesale cost of fuel, which ...
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Jonathan James opens eco-friendly site
Former Forecourt Trader of the Year James Graven & Sons has opened a new eco forecourt with Spar convenience store on a greenfield site following an investment of £1.5m.The Spar James Graven store in Littleport, Cambridgeshire, operated by Jonathan James, combines the local name and history of an independent family ...
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RMI Petrol rallies northern retailers
RMI Petrol is calling for retailers to attend its first regional meeting of the year on February 15. Sponsored by Harvest Energy, the meeting will be held at the Best Western Willerby Manor Hotel, close to the A164 junction of the M62 in Humberside. Presentations include updates on business rates ...
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Cost of alcohol move branded unrealistic
The government has missed an opportunity to impose a realistic ban on the sale of below-cost alcohol, as the definition of the cost of alcoholic drinks announced last month will do nothing to prevent the very cheap supermarket promotions that such a ban is intended to address, says the FWD. ...
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NewsChancellor hints at scrapping fuel duty rise in April
Confusion is mounting as retailers and motorists receive mixed messages from the government about what it intends to do about continually rising fuel prices. On January 27 Chancellor George Osborne told BBC West Midlands that he would consider overriding the next fuel duty increase in April, giving retailers ...
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Former Asda boss Bond joins top indie Euro Garages
Top 50 Indie Euro Garages has appointed the former chairman and CEO of Asda as executive chairman. Andy Bond has invested an undisclosed sum in the business alongside Mohsin and Zuber Issa. Euro Garages operates 70 freehold sites across the North of England and the Midlands, has increased ...
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Tobacco display ban is delayed in Scotland
Scotland’s implementation of the tobacco display ban, due to come into force for larger retailers on October 1, will be delayed because of an ongoing legal challenge. Imperial Tobacco had previously appealed against the provisions of the Tobacco and Primary Medical Services Bill on shop displays but its ...
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Staff turn blind eye to retail crime
One in 10 retail employees has committed a crime or failed to report a crime committed by colleagues against their employer in the last 12 months, reveals new research by G4S Secure Solutions. The most common crime committed by retail employees was consuming produce without paying for it, ...
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First eco site for NI Minister of the Environment Edwin Poots officially opened the new eco-friendly Spar forecourt in Lagan Valley the first of its kind in Northern Ireland. Located on the Hillsborough Road, the knock-down rebuild development introduced several eco-friendly solutions that ...
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Fuel prices hurt charities
Volunteer drivers say the cost of fuel is putting charities at risk. Drivers have warned charity chiefs that the 40p per mile allowance cannot cover the cost of using their own cars. Hospice drivers and those ferrying the disabled, elderly and vulnerable, have all contacted charity leaders saying ...