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’Spar’kling results from Hendersons
Henderson Group, owners of the Spar, Eurospar, Vivo and Vivoextra retail brands, has announced what it described as an "exceptional" performance for 2009 despite the tough economic trading conditions. Ron Whitten, financial director, Henderson Group, said: “Turnover has increased by 11 per cent compared to 2008. We ...
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Rate appeals top 2,000
More than 2,000 retailers have lodged appeals against the 2010 Business Rates. The figure was revealed by MP David Gauke in response to a Parliamentary Question who said there were 2,076 rating proposals outstanding relating to forecourts (excluding supermarkets) 1,966 in England and 110 in Wales. ...
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Go-ahead for M5 ’eco-site’
Westmorland Ltd has been granted planning permission for a new ’eco-friendly’ motorway service station on the M5 in Gloucestershire. Officials at Stroud District Council gave the £35m Gloucester Gateway project which will serve locally-sourced food and ban fast food outlets like MacDonald’s the thumbs up last ...
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Tourists flock to site after Top Gear stunt
Fleet Services in Padstow, Cornwall, was recently given a starring role in an episode of Top Gear. The Jet forecourt was picked as a location after the three presenters faced a random challenge for the episode which was screened in July to build and drive their own ...
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Morrisons is victim of biggest-ever fuel theft
Police are still trying to work out how daring thieves pulled off one of Britain’s biggest-ever fuel thefts, by siphoning off £45,000-worth of petrol and diesel from a supermarket filling station. Morrisons, in Burton-on-Trent, was hit in a night-time raid on August 3, when the gang managed to ...
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Spar refit boosts sales at Hillcroft
Retailer Malcolm Williams has seen sales increase 15% since finishing a refit at his Hillcroft Service Station site in Newport, Wales. Malcolm, who has been a prominent local businessman in the area for the past 33 years, joined Spar in December 2005. Then his trading area was just ...
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Refinery sell-off may hit major fuel brands
RMI Petrol has warned that the mass exodus from the UK refinery market could result in the major oil company brands disappearing from the dealer sector. The comments followed US company Murphy Oil putting its Murco Milford Haven operation on the market meaning four out of the eight refineries in ...
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Fairbanks’ big deal Fairbanks has been appointed by Morrisons to provide tank alarm monitoring, wet-stock analysis and loss investigations. The company will also provide on-site meter calibration and verification services. This is all in addition to the risk assessment work it already does for ...
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Scoring with Costcutter
Costcutter Supermarkets Group has rewarded four retailers with a £1,000 prize for each adding extra zing to their in-store promotions during the 2010 World Cup. The company said the sites managed to boost footfall during the tournament by adding in-store theatre such as dressing staff in team kits, ...
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Truckstop project delay
Retailer Michael Exelby has expressed his frustration over a planned £5m truckstop project after it was delayed by a planning enquiry. Michael, who runs Exelby Services, said the project at Leeming Bar in North Yorkshire had been given the green light by the local council. But ...
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Driver ignorance on hand washes
Over half of British motorists regularly wash their cars by hand or have them done at hand car wash operations, oblivious to the effects this has on the environment. A survey of 1,000 motorists, released by Total and supported by thegreencarwebsite.co.uk, found that 74% of drivers understand that their ...
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Tesco trials its first UK ’drive-thru’ supermarket
Tesco has launched the first drive-thru supermarket in the UK aimed at shoppers who don’t want to wait at home for a delivery. Run by the Tesco dotcom team, the trial started last month at the supermarket’s Baldock Extra store in Hertfordshire. Customers order shopping on the Tesco.com ...
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Results of this month’s online poll:
How confident do you feel that the government will act to help retailers over Business Rates? very 21%not very 79% A pretty clear message here to Cameron and Clegg retailers don’t have much faith that the coalition will make the changes needed to create a ...
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Police still investigating after £45,000 Morrisons fuel theft
Police are still trying to work out how daring thieves pulled off one of Britain’s biggest-ever fuel thefts, by siphoning off £45,000-worth of petrol and diesel from a supermarket filling station. Morrisons, in Burton-on-Trent, was hit in a night-time raid on August 3, when the gang managed to drill into ...
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Spar refit boosts sales
Retailer Malcolm Williams has seen sales increase 15% since finishing a refit at his Hillcroft Service Station site in Newport, Wales. Malcolm, who has been a prominent local businessman in the area for the past 33 years, joined Spar in December 2005. Then his trading area was just 600sq ft. ...
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Major fuel brands may decline due to refinery sell off
RMI Petrol has warned that the mass exodus from the UK refinery market could result in the major oil company brands disappearing from the dealer sector. The comments followed US company Murphy Oil putting its Murco Milford Haven operation on the market – meaning four out of the eight refineries ...
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Drivers ’green’ over hand car washing
Over half of British motorists regularly wash their cars by hand or have them done at hand car wash operations, oblivious to the effects this has on the environment. A survey of 1,000 motorists, released by Total and supported by thegreencarwebsite.co.uk, found that 74% of drivers understand that their ...
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Tesco trials UK’s first ’drive-thru’ supermarket
Tesco has launched the first drive-thru supermarket in the UK aimed at shoppers who don’t want to wait at home for a delivery. Run by the Tesco dotcom team, the trial started last month at the supermarket’s Baldock Extra store in Hertfordshire. Customers order shopping on the Tesco.com website in ...
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LCC Group opens second 24hr pay@pump site using HTEC technology
GO, part of the Cookstown based energy company the LCC Group, is set to open its second fully automated site at Belfast Road, Carrickfergus, Co Antrim on September 20, 2010.The new site in Carrickfergus follows the successful opening of LCC’s first GO pay@pump site in Cookstown in August 2008. ...
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New to the UK - Aquarama Stargate S5 arrives in Thaxted
Motorists in Thaxted were celebrating this week following the arrival of a new, state-of-the-art car wash at the town’s main high street service station. Craig Reynolds, manager of the Saracens filling station in Thaxted High Street, Essex, switched on the new Aquarama Stargate S5 before an appreciative audience of local ...