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ExxonMobil wins license to sell Dexos in UK
ExxonMobil is now licensed to provide Dexos2 products in the UK and Ireland, making it the first major oil supplier to secure the official Dexos licensing. Continuing a long association with General Motors’ dealers across the UK, ExxonMobil now has two products – Mobil 1 Formula ESP 0W-40 and Mobil ...
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Fairbanks gives wetstock training to petroleum regulators
Wetstock management specialists Fairbanks has hosted an open day for 60 Petroleum Officers, Trading Standards Officers and Fire Authority personnel at its offices in Lancashire. The event was aimed at petroleum regulators who wanted to gain a better understanding of the latest technologies available to forecourt operators throughout ...
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88% drive-off debt recovery
Fuel retailers represented by BOSS, the British Oil Security Syndicate, are recovering 88% of money owed to them for fuel following ’no means to pay incidents’ at service stations, since partnering with leading debt collection agency Daniels Silverman. It is estimated that the UK oil industry lost around ...
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Car Wash Association sets target on hand car washers
The Car Wash Association (CWA) is urging officials to act to improve car washing standards with the launch of a national campaign to raise awareness of the major problems affecting the industry. According to industry figures, there has been a huge growth in hand car wash operations in ...
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Lack of bank lending hits forecourt sales
One of the key factors within the forecourt property sector in 2010 has been the continued lack of available bank funding, according to Calum Campbell, partner Petroleum & Roadside Services at chartered surveyor Graham & Sibbald. "The availability of funding first started to tighten in 2008 as a ...
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Brobot’s Bunny is a great success
Top 50 Indie Brobot Petroleum has relaunched the first of its stores to undergo a full redevelopment since partnering with Londis last June. The newly-developed site in Bunny, Nottinghamshire, is one of 22 in the Midlands owned by Brobot, all supplied by Londis. Clive Leeson, Brobot area and ...
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NewsRural fuel duty pilot is ’complete cop out’
RMI Petrol’s chairman Brian Madderson has branded the government’s announcement on a rural fuel duty rebate pilot a "complete cop out and a complete sham". The government announced its intention to introduce a pilot scheme that will deliver a maximum of 5ppl duty discount on petrol and diesel ...
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Xmo Strata now focusing on dealer groups
Forecourt sign installation and maintenance contractor Xmo Strata has confirmed its recent restructuring was prompted by a decision to focus on dealer groups. Following an announcement in June that it was beefing up senior management, staff were instructed to work more closely with dealers. Xmo Strata managing director, ...
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Media screen first for UK
A new Budgens forecourt has opened in Yeovil this week and will be the first in the UK to offer a media screen system at its petrol pumps. The BP forecourt offers 10 new filling pumps, each with the new German-manufactured media screen, which will welcome customers and ...
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Jet secures seven more forecourts
Jet has signed up seven more dealers this autumn, bringing its total number of additional signings this year to more than 50. South Inch in Perthshire; Thunder Lane in Norwich; Swift Service Station, a new site in Stoke on Trent; an ex Gulf site in Aldershot; Sandy Brae ...
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Gulf launches premium fuel
Gulf has announced the launch of Endurance, its new premium grade fuel brand, which is now available to all dealers nationwide. The company claims the new product offers Gulf retailers an additional revenue stream while reflecting Gulf’s long-term association with motorsport and, in particular, classic world endurance events such as ...
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Results of this month’s online poll:
Are you concerned that half of the refineries in the UK are now up for sale? yes 75%no 25% The proposed sale of half the UK’s refineries has added to the anxiety felt by the majority of Forecourt Trader readers about the state of the market, ...
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Madderson brands rural fuel duty pilot scheme a "cop-out"
RMI Petrol’s chairman Brian Madderson has branded the government’s announcement on a rural fuel duty rebate pilot a “complete cop out and a complete sham”. The government announced its intention to introduce a pilot scheme that will deliver a maximum of 5ppl duty discount on petrol and diesel in the ...
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Success of fuel payment debt collection scheme
Fuel retailers represented by BOSS, the British Oil Security Syndicate, are recovering 88% of money owed to them for fuel following ’no means to pay incidents’ at service stations, since partnering with leading debt collection agency Daniels Silverman, the company claims. It is estimated that the UK oil industry lost ...
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Jet secures seven new dealers
Jet has signed up seven more dealers this autumn, bringing its total number of additional signings this year to more than 50. South Inch in Perthshire; Thunder Lane in Norwich; Swift Service Station, a new site in Stoke on Trent, an ex Gulf site in Aldershot; Sandy Brae in Leven, ...
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Gulf launches premium fuel
Gulf has announced the launch of Endurance, its new premium grade fuel brand, which is now available to all dealers nationwide. The company claims the new product offers Gulf retailers an additional revenue stream while reflecting Gulf’s long-term association with motorsport and, in particular, classic world endurance events such as ...
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Tough times ahead after government cutbacks
Consumer spending is likely to be further curtailed next year following cutbacks announced in the government’s Spending Review yesterday. Chancellor George Osborne revealed round 490,000 public sector jobs are likely to be lost, £7bn in welfare support would be cut, and regulated rail fares will rise 3% above inflation. Shane ...
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Calling all Northern fuel retailers
RMI Petrol is holding the first of three regional meetings next week following the success of its Forecourt Shows and sell-out Inverness event this year.On October 26, RMI Petrol, formerly known as the Petrol Retailers’ Association, will be at the Best Western Cumbria Park Hotel in Carlisle, giving retailers the ...
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Morrison fuel mix-up
A mix-up by suppliers led to motorists at a forecourt in the West Midlands putting the wrong fuel in their tanks. Petrol was pumped into two diesel supply tanks at the Morrisons site in Kingswinford. One customer was only alerted when his diesel card would not work when he went ...