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US retailers fear BP boycott over oil spill
US fuel retailers have expressed concern that calls for boycotts over the BP Gulf oil spill could harm their businesses. Retailers have reported that they have been coming under increasing pressure as consumer groups have asked people not to buy fuel from BP filling stations in the US. BP has ...
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Motor Fuels Group expands network
Motor Fuel Group has added two more BP sites to its network. The Top 50 Indies retailer has bought Loxford Service Station in Ilford, Essex, and Wednesbury Service Station in the West Midlands. The sites were bought from BP and had an M&S shop offer – both stores have since ...
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A sad day as Bentley’s Garage closes after nearly a century
One of the UK’s last remaining petrol stations that offered a pump attendant service has closed after nearly 100 years in business. The pumps were turned off at Bentley’s Garage in the seaside town of Exmouth, Devon, last week, with the owners blaming competition from the supermarkets and EU rules ...
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We’re preparing to buy not sell, stresses MRH (GB)
MRH (GB), the UK’s biggest independent fuel retailer, has vigorously denied a recent story in the Daily Telegraph which claimed the company was "about to change hands for an estimated £300m", and that PricewaterhouseCoopers had been retained to manage the sale. The story also suggested that Tesco was the most ...
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NICE proposals threaten forecourt stores
Forecourt stores could be under threat if proposals announced by (the National Institute for Clinical Excellence) NICE to limit the number of alcohol licences in a given area became Government policy. James Lowman, chief executive of the Association of Convenience Stores, said: “Artificial limits on the number of licences allowed ...
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Supermarkets cut fuel prices again
Asda and Sainsbury’s have entered round two of the supermarket fuel price war, cutting the cost at the pumps from today. Asda said it was dropping the price of a litre of unleaded petrol to a maximum of 113.9p, and diesel to no more than 116.9p. Sainsbury’s followed suit, saying ...
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Business Rates warning ahead of Emergency Budget
The Association of Convenience Stores (ACS) has highlighted Business Rates as a key issue in its submission to the new chancellor ahead of the upcoming Emergency Budget. The ACS said forecourts had been hardest hit of all businesses in the sector by the latest revaluation and urged the government to ...
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Forecourt Trader of the Year to speak at seminar
Forecourt Trader of the Year winner and Top 50 independent Patrick Sewell of the Hull-based Sewell Group, will be one of the speakers at the Forecourt Seminar 2010, organised by The Association of Convenience Stores. The day-long, conference-style seminar is being held at the Walker Stadium in Leicester on July ...
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Total launches mobile internet website
Total UK today launches its mobile internet website, which is designed for customers on the move and accessible by all internet smartphones. The website content includes a service station finder that provides location details by nearest, or by requested area. Additional features include which service stations are open 24 hours, ...
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Soaring fuel prices see 50% rise in drive-offs
Soaring prices at the pumps has triggered an alarming rise in drive-away thefts from forecourts in one East Midlands county. Leicestershire police have warned outlets in the area to be on their guard against thieves, who are hitting some garages up to five times a week. ...
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Osborne urged to act on rates
RMI Petrol has been quick off the mark in writing to George Osborne to call for his support in the campaign against the current Business Rates system. The letter to the new Chancellor, from RMI Petrol chairman Brian Madderson, outlined the organisation’s campaign to persuade the Valuation Office Agency to ...
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Robbers jailed after knifepoint theft
A 27-year-old who robbed a Total station, as his accomplice held a knife to a cashier’s neck, has been jailed for eight years. Danny Cordwell, of Clifton, Nottingham, was one of three men who raided the Hucknall Road outlet in the city in August last year. He took ...
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Agency probes crime link to hand car washes
The Serious Organised Crime Agency (SOCA) is investigating the hand car wash trade for its suspected links with organised crime. David Charman, chairman of the Car Wash Association, told Forecourt Trader: "Someone from SOCA saw our website and contacted me for information. They said hand car wash operations had been ...
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Applegreen set for UK expansion
Irish petrol retailing company Petrogas hopes to have a network of around 50-60 Applegreen-branded service stations in the UK mainly in the south within the next five years, according to the company’s managing director Michael O’Loughlin. During a presentation at last month’s Association of Convenience Stores annual Summit ...
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Boxing champ does the honours at store relaunch
Johnny Nelson, local boxer and former World Boxing Organisation Cruiserweight World Champion, helped Jet garage, Bridgehouse Service Station on Renishaw Hill, Sheffield, celebrate the recent opening of its new c-store. Along with service station owners Karon and Pete Swinden, and many local customers, Johnny marked the re-opening of ...
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Shailesh out but not (too) down
Forecourt retailer Shailesh Parekh came third in the General Election voting for the Hodge Hill constituency in Birmingham. Shailesh, who owns Molineux Service Station in Wolverhampton, stood as a Conservative parliamentary candidate. He told Forecourt Trader: "I never thought I’d win but I did increase the Tory vote from around ...
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End to ’war on motorists’
On his first day as Minister for Transport, Philip Hammond MP vowed to put a halt to Labour’s ’war on the motorist’. Hammond promised to end the way the country’s 33 million drivers have been targeted by the government, by reining in costs at the pump when oil ...
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Price war kicks off at the pumps
Tesco has joined Asda, Sainsbury’s and Morrisons in a price war at the pumps. Last month all four supermarket giants announced they were slashing fuel prices. Tesco cut petrol and diesel prices by 2ppl at all its 450 petrol stations in the UK, with Asda and Morrisons both lowering unleaded ...
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Results of this month’s online poll:
Which of the three main political parties offers the best policies for you and your business? Conservatives 52% Labour 32% Lib Dems 16% For the second time in a few weeks the Conservatives manage to nab themselves a ...