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BP fined for underage petrol sales
BP Oil UK Limited has been fined £200 after admitting selling petrol to a customer under the age of 16. The sale at a site in South Queensferry, Edinburgh, was made to a 14-year-old volunteer working on behalf of The City of Edinburgh Council’s Environmental Health and Trading Standards ...
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Chancellor urged to help small stores in Budget
Alastair Darling is expected to deliver the last Budget of this Parliament later this month. According to the ACS (the Association of Convenience Stores), local shops have called on the Chancellor to support them to continue to serve their community and contribute to the economy. The ACS said it had ...
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Chevron refinery put up for sale
Chevron has announced it is looking for a buyer for its Pembroke refinery in west Wales. The operation, which is Chevron’s only refinery in Europe, employs about 1,400 staff – including 600 staff and 80 contractors and is capable of processing 220,000 barrels of crude oil a day. The US ...
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Spar launches new website for food and fitness
Spar (UK) Limited has launched a new consumer website aimed at enhancing its food and drink credentials and championing its ongoing commitment to athletics sponsorship.Spar said the website would bring the company’s long-term link with UK and European Athletics to life in the run up to the 2012 Olympics, as ...
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Motorists slash fuel spend
One in three motorists in the UK (one in five in Europe) are reducing their car journeys in order to slash their fuel spend, according to research from Datamonitor. The trend, driven by the global financial crisis and high pump prices, has led to a shift in consumer behaviour, testing ...
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Get ready for ACS Summit
This year’s Association of Convenience Stores’ Summit will take place at the Birmingham Hilton Metropole at the NEC on Wednesday, May 5. The themes for the day are vision, creativity, risk and determination. Speakers include Tim Hurrell, chief executive of the Co-operative Food Group, ACS chief executive James ...
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Murco adds four more sites to its network in Scotland
Murco Petroleum is expanding its Scottish network with four more sites, adding to its presence in Scotland’s central belt following its acquisition of seven filling stations from group dealer Brownwright & Wall in September 2008. The four new forecourts were previously owned by Express Service Stations and are ...
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Jet winners aim high with award
Jet has announced the winners of its annual Aim Hi awards, which recognise commitment to offering friendly, efficient and safe service in the local community. The highest accolade went to Woolmer Service Station in Bordon, Hampshire, which beat over 350 Jet dealers in the UK. The family-owned site has been ...
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Shell expands trial Shell UK has expanded its trial with Waitrose to offer its convenience products at three additional sites. Shell, which originally announced the trial with Waitrose in November, said the latest move followed ’extremely positive feedback’ from customers who had commented on ...
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NewsTop indies cautious but upbeat
The Top 50 Indies sector has seen plenty of activity in the past year even though many retailers have opted to upgrade their existing networks rather than splash the cash on new acquisitions. According to the data gathered in our latest Top 50 Indies listing, published as a ...
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Last chance to push for rates rethink
RMI Petrol is urging retailers to continue piling pressure on their MPs as the April 1 business rates deadline looms. A total of 45 MPs have now signed the Early Day Motion (EDM) tabled by Conservative MP Philip Dunne, which calls for the government to postpone the business ...
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Forecourt friends get in the pink for charity
During the floods that hit Cumbria last November, staff at Fairfield Garage in Cockermouth went out of their way to help. Robin Benn, owner of the Gulf-supplied site, let the emergency workers, as well as Cumbrian Mountain Rescue and the Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI)teams, use it for lighting as ...
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Forecourt stores serve up confusion
Many shoppers are confused about what to expect from forecourt stores and, as a result, it’s costing the industry footfall and sales.That’s the verdict of research company Him’s chief executive officer Mike Greene. Speaking at the recent IGD Convenience on the Forecourt conference, Greene said: "The increasing amount of segmentation ...
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Police presence at Total site works for everyone
Total is paying for a mobile police station that has been set up on one of its forecourts to combat anti-social behaviour. Staff at the outlet in Allenton, near Derby, were getting worried by youths constantly hanging around the forecourt, drinking alcohol and causing trouble. Total managers came up with ...
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Results of this month’s online poll:
In light of the strong feelings against VOA revaluations for forecourts, are you planning to appeal your business rates bill? yes 90%no 10% The majority of those who voted in our online poll are planning to appeal their new business rates once they come into force ...
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Get your ACS Summit tickets
Tickets are available for the ACS Summit taking place on May 5th at the Birmingham Hilton Metropole. The Summit is the ACS’s flagship event which it says is the biggest of its kind in the convenience sector. According to ACS, the 2009 Summit attracted over 400 delegates representing retailers and ...
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Jet’s winners Aim Hi
Jet has announced the winners of its annual Aim Hi awards, which recognise dealers’ commitment to offering friendly, efficient and safe service in the local community. During a ceremony held at the Welcombe Hotel, near Stratford-Upon-Avon, the highest accolade went to Woolmer Service Station in Bordon, Hampshire, which beat over ...
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New warning over Business Rates
RMI Petrol is urging retailers to continue stepping up the pressure on their MPs as the April 1st deadline approaches for business rates. A total of 45 MPs have now signed the Early Day Motion (EDM) tabled by Conservative MP Philip Dunne, which calls for the government to postpone the ...
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Texaco cleans up with mural campaign
Specialist media agency Ambient Media is running a reverse graffiti ad campaign for Texaco in Cardiff over the next two months which aims to dramatically highlight the cleaning properties of its Techron additive. According to the agency, it has created a 50 foot-long mural on a section of wall near ...
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Shell expands Waitrose trial
Shell has expanded its trial with Waitrose to include its convenience products at three more sites. Shell UK Oil Products Limited (Shell), which originally announced the trial with Waitrose in November, said the latest move followed "extremely positive feedback" from customers who had commented on the quality and enhanced choice ...