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Former Asda CEO joins Euro Garages
Top 50 Indie Euro Garages has appointed the former chairman and CEO of ASDA as executive chairman.Andy Bond will make an undisclosed investment in the business alongside owners Mohsin and Zuber Issa, who founded the company in 2001 with a single petrol filling station in Bury, Lancashire.Euro Garages is one ...
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Media frenzy pressures government over fuel duty
Soaring fuel prices have hit the headlines this week, as the national press get behind the RMI Petrol’s campaign to cancel the next fuel duty increase due on April 1. With prices rising to record levels on a daily basis, RMIP chairman Brian Madderson has this week written again to ...
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Minister opens eco site in Northern Ireland
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 lowers the store’s carbon footprint and protects the surrounding environment.The new larger ...
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Big brands at IFFE 2011
Many of the biggest names in the petrol retailing business have already confirmed their presence at IFFE 2011, which takes place from Sunday February 27 through to Tuesday March 1 at the NEC Birmingham. Gulf, Murco, Pace Harvest Energy, AIR-Serv, Brulines, Convenience Distribution Group, Dresser Wayne, E&S Environmental ...
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Nisa Local store is star of new TV ads
An independent forecourt in the North East of England has become the location for Nisa-Today’s first ever TV advert. The Total-branded forecourt’s Nisa-branded convenience store in Stockton-on-Tees, County Durham, features in the £1.3m campaign that will be screened until February 6. The advertising campaign, which runs ...
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Tesco bans hand washes
Tesco has confirmed that it has banned all hand car washing from its car parks nationwide, but not as a direct result of campaigning by the Car Wash Association. David Charman, chairman of the CWA, said: "The CWA understands that contrary to its statement made in the December ...
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Trend for convenience beats grocery sector
The £32.1bn UK convenience sector will continue to outperform the grocery market and is projected to increase sales by 5.8% a year to £42.6bn in 2015, according to the latest figures released by food and grocery analyst IGD. The UK Grocery Retail Outlook: Opportunities Beyond 2010 report reveals ...
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US report on Gulf blast
Better management could have prevented the Gulf of Mexico oil well disaster in which 11 people died last April, according to a US government report. The National Commission on the BP Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill and Offshore Drilling concluded that the well blew out "because a number of ...
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BOSS scheme nets thief
The recent arrest of a fuel thief highlighted the value of the partnership between Strathclyde Police and the British Oil Security Syndicate. Staff at a BP service station in Kirkintilloch, Glasgow, noted the car’s registration number, which appeared to have been altered, before the driver drove off having ...
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Khans open with Londis Experienced retailers Siemi and Shoaib Khan relaunched their forecourt, Hylands Service Station, last month after leaving their previous symbol group and joining forces with Londis as their new retail partners. Under the Londis brand the service station now features an ...
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Fraser Group opens sixth forecourt despite the freeze
Former Forecourt Trader of the Year, the Fraser Group, has opened its sixth forecourt and first site with a Budgens store. The BP-branded forecourt has a 2,950sq ft Budgens store, a Subway franchise, Post Office, an Aquatec-branded car wash and two jet washes. The ...
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Sickness as fuel escapes
Environmental health teams and fire-fighters were called in when over 50 homes were filled with petrol fumes after 600 litres of fuel escaped from a tank at the Total filling station in Glenfield Road, Leicester. Residents were left feeling sick, dizzy and with throat pains with some ...
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’Perfect storm’ triggering record fuel price rises
As fuel prices continue to soar following the new year’s 1ppl fuel duty hike, 2.5% rise in VAT and rising oil prices, RMI Petrol’s chairman Brian Madderson, continued to beat the drum of the independent petrol retailer with another high-profile TV interview on January 6. Madderson was interviewed ...
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Results of this month’s online poll:
Does the success of RMI Petrol’s year-long campaign to achieve reductions to business rates, make you more inclined to sign up to the organisation as a member? yes 94%no 6% It seems RMI Petrol’s campaign is a big hit with forecourt retailers, with a massive 94% ...
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P&H named top supplier
Palmer and Harvey (P&H) has been named Supplier of the Year by top 50 indie Park Garage Group. P&H was up against other companies including Esso, BP and Total at the group’s annual awards which recognise individuals and companies that have contributed to Park Garage Group’s success over ...
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P&H scoops Park Garage Group award
Palmer and Harvey (P&H) has been named Supplier of the Year by one of the largest independent forecourt groups, Park Garage Group. P&H, which supplies the group with FMCG products, was up against other branded blue-chip manufacturers as well as Esso, BP and Total at the group’s annual awards, which ...
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Bad management led to Gulf oil disaster, says US report
Better management could have prevented the Gulf of Mexico oil well disaster in which 11 people died last April, according to a US government report. The National Commission on the BP Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill and Offshore Drilling concluded that the well blew out “because a number of separate risk ...
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Perfect storm brewing for fuel prices, says Madderson
As fuel prices continue to spiral following the new year’s 1ppl fuel duty hike, 2.5% rise in VAT and rising oil prices RMI Petrol’s chairman Brian Madderson continued to beat the drum of the independent petrol retailer with another high-profile TV interview. Madderson was interviewed for the BBC Breakfast programme ...
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Forecourt Watch launches in Clydesdale
Strathclyde Police has broadened its association with the British Oil Security Syndicate (BOSS) and independent retailers to introduce Forecourt Watch in Clydesdale. The Clydesdale scheme, being rolled out at 11 key sites in the district, is the latest addition to some 70 schemes already operating throughout the UK. BOSS estimates ...
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Roll-your-own tobacco is vital source of income for retailers
With more than one in four adult smokers now choosing to smoke roll-your-own (RYO) tobacco, new research commissioned by tobacco manufacturer JTI has identified that retailers are now capitalising on this profit opportunity and recognise that RYO is an important source of income for their store. The majority of retailers ...