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Asda cuts could trigger fuel price war
A fuel price war could be in the offing following Asda’s announcement this week that it was cutting the price of both unleaded and diesel by up to 1ppl and 2ppl respectively. The latest move means drivers filling up at Asda will not pay more than 111.9p for unleaded ...
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Switch to Spar boosts sales for MRH
MRH (GB)’s Nettlebed site has seen a 75% increase in shop sales since it underwent a major development and switched to Spar last year. The store, previously a kiosk, opened in August 2009 after following the Spar ‘Stores of the Future’ format. Located in an Oxfordshire Village, Spar ...
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NewsRMI Petrol calls on PM to come up with fuel stabilizer plan
RMI Petrol has written to the Prime Minister urging him to set up a working party to produce a comprehensive plan for a fuel stabilizer. The stabilizer was proposed in the Conservatives’ pre-election manifesto and would work by offseting global oil price increases by reducing duty. Brian Madderson, RMI Petrol ...
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Last chance to vote for your Retailer Champion
This week is your last chance to vote for who you think should be named Forecourt Trader and P&H Retailer Champion 2010. The award aims to recognise the key industry players in the fuel retailing sector and is run in conjunction with the principal sponsor of the awards, Palmer and ...
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Pace adds 15 new sites after brand refresh
Pace Fuelcare has announced that it has added 15 new independent sites to its network since it refreshed its brand and image 10 months ago. Pace said these sites included the MRH (GB)-owned Elmstead site near Colchester which had switched from Texaco. According to Pace, 45 existing Pace dealers have ...
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New "green" M5 site gets thumbs up
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 Costa Coffee and MacDonald’s, the thumbs up this week. ...
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ACS launches Stop the Tobacco Display Ban campaign
The Association of Convenience Stores (ACS) has launched a national campaign called Stop the Tobacco Display Ban. The postcard campaign aims to get retailers to lobby Health Secretary Andrew Lansley to overturn the legislation on the ban while plans are still being discussed by the government.ACS chief executive James Lowman ...
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Diesel cars sales overtake petrol for first time
Sales of diesel cars have overtaken those of petrol cars for the first time as motorists opt for more fuel-effecient vehicles.The Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT) reported that diesel car registrations accounted for 50.6% of the market in July while alternative fuel vehicles also achieved record market share ...
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Pump prices set to soar again
RMI Petrol has warned that fuel prices are likely to rise by up to 8% by the start of 2011. Motorists are also expected to see a hike of 3% at the pumps by this Bank Holiday weekend. Currency movements and oil price increases have been blamed, along with hikes ...
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Number of Business Rates appeals tops 2,000
More than 2,000 fuel retailers have already lodged appeals against the 2010 Business Rates. The figure emerged following a Parliamentary Question last week from MP Charlie Elphicke. Elphicke’s enquiry was: "To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many appeals against Valuation Office Agency rating assessments by independent petrol filling ...
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New traffic after Gulf switch
Lancashire retailers Paul and Elaine Wellings have seen new traffic at their site since switching their fuel brand to Gulf. The husband and wife team said the move had already proved a success at Houghton’s Filling Station in Garstang, Preston, which they have run for 15 years. Their decision to ...
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ACS welcomes new ombudsman
The ACS has welcomed the Government’s decision to introduce a Grocery Code Adjudicator (GCA) to oversee the relationship between supermarkets and suppliers from as early as next year. In the announcement made this week, Ministers confirmed a departure from the Grocery Ombudsman proposed by the Competition Commission in 2008. The ...
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BP announces ’significant milestone’ in plugging oil leak
BP announced today that it had reached a ’significant milestone’ in its efforts to permanently seal the leak at Deepwater Horizon. The company said its ’static kill’ procedure in the Gulf of Mexico had been successful, adding: "The well pressure is now being controlled by the hydrostatic pressure ...
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Tanker drivers strike threat
Retailers have been warned that fuel tanker drivers could strike later this year unless job losses, pay cuts and ’constant reorganisation’ are stopped. Unite, the country’s biggest union, said it had called an autumn summit to discuss what action needed to be taken after warning that morale among drivers was ...
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AA backs RMI Petrol fight to scrap Dartford Crossing toll
The AA has added its support to RMI Petrol’s new campaign to scrap the tolling system on the Dartford Crossing. RMI Petrol said the toll, which currently costs £1.50 for a car and £2 for a van, regularly causes huge tailbacks which are not linked to ’incidents’ but are ...
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Retailers urged to respond to Licensing Act proposals
The Association of Convenience Stores (ACS) has warned fuel retailers that proposals to overhaul the Licensing Act threaten their rights and are ’poorly conceived’. The Home Office yesterday unvieled the plans which include a ban on the below cost sale of alcohol and new powers for local authorities. James Lowman, ...
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Rural site gains grant for pay@pump
A remote community-run petrol station in the West Highlands of Scotland is now offering petrol 24 hours a day,seven days a week thanks to the installation of pay@pump machines.Funding from the Big Lottery Fund, the Scottish Rural Development Programme and the Applecross Trust has enabled the Applecross Community Company (ACC) ...
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Murco UK network put up for sale
Murphy Oil has confirmed plans to put its UK network of sites up for sale as well as its Milford Haven Murco refinery. In a statement, the company said its Board of Directors had "approved plans for exiting the Company’s refining businesse. The refineries at Superior, Wisconsin; Meraux, Louisiana and ...
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BP sites reopen after Greenpeace action
BP said today that most of the forecourts targetted by Greenpeace activists yesterday had been able to reopen. Greenpeace yesterday stopped dozens of sites in London from selling fuel while putting up signs which stated ’Closed. Moving beyond petroleum’. In a statement on it website, Greenpeace said: "50 stations have ...
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Hand car washes take 45% of market sales
Drivers spent £523m on car washes last year, according to a new report from Datamonitor. The research company found that hand car wash operations, including those in supermarket car parks, accounted for 45% of value sales with the remainder of the market split between standalone car wash businesses and ...