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Total signs 31 Co-op forecourts
Total UK has signed a new five-year contract to supply fuel to 31 Co-op forecourts nationwide, representing a significant piece of business for the oil company, particularly in light of its up-for-sale status.Richard Laden, Total UK retail director, said: “We are delighted to have completed this deal with a company ...
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Victory for RMIP campaign as VOA reveals business rate reductions
A 12-month battle over 2010 Business Rates, during which more than 2,000 fuel retailers lodged appeals, has resulted in some notable triumphs for the lobbying team – led by RMI Petrol – and most importantly for the industry. Almost a year to the day since Brian Madderson was made chairman ...
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Last chance to catch RMI regional meeting
RMI Petrol is holding its last of three regional meetings on November 30. The event will be held at Brook Hotel in Norwich, giving retailers the opportunity to get updates on the latest issues affecting the fuel retailing industry. The meeting is free to both members and non-members, and will ...
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MPK Garages warns of closures
A Midlands garage chain has warned that Government plans to ban the display of cigarettes in shops could lead to closures.MPK Garages – which operates 42 stations – claims that up to nearly half of sales could be lost. Plans brought in by the previous Labour government would ban ...
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Confusion follows plain tobacco packs proposal
The government’s intention to explore the possibility of plain packaging for tobacco products has left the industry confused about what this will mean for the planned display ban. Speaking ahead of the launch of a Health White Paper in December, Secretary of State for Health Andrew Lansley said it was ...
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IFFE success for Harvest
Since exhibiting at the International Forecourt & Fuel Equipment exhibition (IFFE) in March this year, Harvest Energy has more than trebled the number of independent forecourts which have converted to its brand. Two of the most recent conversions, completed in the last month, are at Holloway Head in Birmingham and ...
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Forecourt sales assistant wins top prize at 79
Forecourt sales assistant Elaine Leaney was named as Sales Assistant of the Year at a prestigious awards ceremony in London this week, organised by Forecourt Trader’s sister magazine Convenience Store. The hard-working 79-year-old works for Top 50 independent, the Park Garage Group, at its Total-branded site in Eastern Road, Brighton. ...
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Jet dealer becomes lifeline to flood-struck Cornwall
A Jet site in Cornwall has kept the county moving when flooding forced cars to use the forecourt as a road. Barrie Richards, who runs St Blazey Service Station, closed for business and allowed cars to drive through his 110m-long forecourt and escape the six-foot deep flooding in the road. ...
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Free fuel promo causes chaos
Police had to stop a forecourt pumping out free fuel to motorists earlier this week after it created traffic chaos.Hundreds of drivers queued from 7.30am on Monday to get their hands on £20-worth of free fuel at the Jet site in Chipping Norton.The free fuel was part of tyre maker Goodyear’s launch campaign to promote its environmentally friendly EfficientGrip tyres. The company teamed up with five forecourts across England to give motorists a free £20 top-up of unleaded or diesel fuel.Goodyear had apparently put aside about £12,000-worth of fuel at Chipping Norton and approximately 600 drivers were expected to benefit from the offer between 7.30-9.30am and 5-7pm.But at 5.30pm, managers called off the giveaway after complaints from residents about the “overwhelming” numbers of cars trying to get into the garage.Locals said drivers were not allowed to queue to get into the forecourt, but instead were being asked to keep driving up and down the road until a space became available.PC Michael Anderton, based at Chipping Norton, told the Oxford Mail: “We received many complaints from residents about the traffic. After a friendly discussion with the promotion organisers the fuel giveaway stopped, which remedied the situation.”
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London set for more electric charging points than forecourts
London is set to become Europe’s electric car capital, with Mayor Boris Johnson hoping to establish more charging points in the city than there are petrol stations. Mayor Johnson intends to have 1,300 charging points operating by 2013, to serve the 100,000 electric cars he hopes will populate the capital’s ...
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£700,000 revamp for Barking Service Sation
Independent retailers Ken and Rekha Popat have unveiled their newly-refurbished forecourt on the A13 in Barking, the main route from Essex and the Dartford Crossing into East London. Offically opened last Friday by Margaret Hodge MP, Barking Service Station is the first forecourt within the M25 to feature Texaco’s new ...
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Gulf retailer turns to TV Dad for design advice
Independent retailer Oliver Plaskitt looked to famous Dad Peter for the renovation of his Gulf-branded North Road Garage in Shipton-by-Beningbrough. Peter, a prominent face on BBC design shows including ‘Home Front’, has been integral in making the formerly run-down garage one of the focal points of the community. ...
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Calling all central and western retailers
RMI Petrol is holding the second of three regional meetings on November 23 following the success of its Forecourt Shows and sell-out Inverness event this year. The event will be held at the Three Counties Hotel in Hereford, giving retailers the opportunity to get updates on the latest ...
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Autogas lobbies for alternative fuel incentives
LPG fuel provider Autogas is upping its lobbying and stakeholder communications as it strives to persuade the UK government to commit to offering long-term incentives to eco-friendly fuel users. The action comes after it was announced that the London congestion charge exemption for alternative fuel vehicles – including those converted ...
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Aviemore residents campaign for a Tesco forecourt
Inhabitants of Aviemore in the Highlands of Scotland have started a Facebook campaign to get a Tesco forecourt in the town, in a bid to bring down the price of fuel there. Called Aviemore Wants a Tesco Fuel Station, the Facebook site was created by Newtonmore businessman Ruaridh Ormiston last ...
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Mobile Phone Xchange pays out at PayPoint
PayPoint has introduced a new scheme to boost retailers’ incomes by offering a nationwide cash payout option to customers of Mobile Phone Xchange, the UK’s leading mobile phone recycling company, through the PayPoint network. Until now, customers wishing to sell their mobile phone through the various schemes available have ...
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Forecourt Watch rolls out to Aberdeen
Grampian Police has joined forces with the British Oil Security Syndicate (BOSS) and independent retailers to introduce Forecourt Watch in Aberdeen in a bid to reduce drive-offs in the area. The Aberdeen scheme, being rolled out at eight key sites in the district, is the latest addition to some 70 ...
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ACS warns of ’perfect storm’ threat to high streets
A perfect storm of aggressive supermarket expansion, poor planning laws and low investment could wipe out hundreds of British high streets, according to James Lowman, chief executive of the Association of Convenience Stores. Lowman was addressing a packed audience of forecourt and convenience retailers and suppliers at the Association’s Heart ...
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Duty crackdown could close alcohol retailers
Independent retailers who buy cheap alcoholic products from illegitimate wholesalers are putting their business at risk as HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC ) adds new powers and extra resources to its fight against duty fraud.New penalties introduced earlier this year and increased funding mean that anyone handling products on which ...
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Euro Garages boss in line for business award
Top 50 Indie boss Mohsin Issa, director of Euro Garages, has been shortlisted for Entrepreneur of the Year in the Growing Business Awards 2010.This particular award is sponsored by Coutts and judges are looking for “outstanding entrepreneurs whose vision, charisma and achievements merit national recognition”.Mohsin Issa ...