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== Murco rebrands sites == Murco Petroleum is to change its 56 Jet-branded sites to Murco when its four-year retail supply agreement with ConocoPhillips ends later this year. The rebranding will take place between August and October and will include sites in England and Scotland. Jeremy Clarke, Murco ...
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Oil industry cricket tournament
On Monday June 22 three teams representing the oil industry will take part in a cricket tournament at Lord’s, the home of cricket. Manufacturers, retailers and suppliers will do battle on the nursery pitch to decide the champion and win the coveted trophy. Anyone can take part in the charity ...
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Police investigate scam on Shell site
Customers at one of Shell’s leading outlets in the East Midlands have been told it is now safe to use the forecourt after hundreds of people lost cash when their bank cards were cloned. Banks have been contacting motorists who used the Shell Trocadero forecourt, on the outskirts of Leicester, ...
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Race night is Jet’s treat
Jet teamed up with Royal Windsor Racecourse to treat all Armed Forces and NHS staff to a free night at the races last month. "Hosting the six-race event was a way for Jet to demonstrate to service personnel how much they are valued within their local communities," said Patrick Hudson, ...
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New look for Sherlodge
Sherlodge Garage at Lordswood near Chatham in Kent has been rebranded as a Harvest Energy site, replacing Pace.It is the first of many planned re-brands for 2009, according to a spokesman for Harvest Energy. The official launch took place last month, and involved local press and radio coverage in the ...
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Results of this month’s online poll:
Do you think the upgrading of drive-offs to a criminal offence will do anything to discourage such crimes in the future? yes 53%no 47% A pretty even split, although a small majority of you feel that the government’s move to introduce the stricter drive-off law will work as ...
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ACS concern over confusing alcohol code
Following the publication by the Home Office of a draft code of practice on alcohol sales, ACS (the Association of Convenience Stores), representing 33,000 convenience stores that would be affected by the code, has urged Home Secretary Jacqui Smith to think carefully about the confusion that these changes ...
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Bad timing for minimum wage increase, says SGF
The Scottish Grocer’s Federation has criticised the Government’s timing following its announcement of the increase in the national minimum wage –up by 1.2% from October 1, 2009. It mens the the adult NMW rate will increase from £5.73 per hour to £5.80. John Drummond, chief executive of the Scottish Grocers’ ...
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NewsForecourt crime down, says BOSS
Crime at Britain’s petrol service stations fell by eight per cent to £29.9 million in 2008, reversing a 13 per cent increase in estimated losses suffered by forecourt retailers in Britain during the previous year (2007) according to the latest forecourt crime statistics from BOSS – the British Oil Security ...
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Plant power fuels NFU chief’s car
Plant power is being harnessed to fuel a car for the National Farming Union’s renewable energy chief, underlining the technical possibilities and importance of sustainable biofuels. The low-emissions Elsbett Audi A6 diesel will run on pure vegetable oil fuel produced by British rapeseed growers. Elsbett Ltd supplied ...
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Forecourt store numbers on the rise
The convenience store market has rocketed in value to £29.1 billion in the last year, with fresh food and symbol group partnerships helping boost the forecourt sector. According to IGD’s Evolution of Convenience Retailing report, published this month, the figure represented a 6.1% increase. In addition, there was a slight ...
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MP promises action on fuel theft
MP Greg Barker visited independent retailer Carol Smith at her forecourt in East Sussex to show support for a local business and discuss the pressure of rising costs in the economic downturn and the problem of crime. The Conservative MP for Bexhill and Battle praised Carol for her site, Ashdene ...
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You’re hired - said BP to Sir Alan
BP has appointed Amscreen, Sir Alan Sugar’s new digital signage company, as its exclusive partner in a five-year contract. Initially Amscreen’s close-proximity signage units will be installed in BP’s 335 company-owned sites, with the concept offered to its dealer sites later this year. The screens carry customer information including live ...
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BB’s partners Elite in café venture
BB’s Coffee & Muffins has joined forces with Elite Fuels to open its first forecourt café in the UK - at Fleet Point in Middlesbrough. BB’s is targeting the forecourt sector for further expansion after a successful two-year pilot in the Irish market. The company claims to be the fifth-largest ...
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UK exceeds biofuel targets set by RTFO
The UK oil industry has exceeded the government’s 2.5% volume target for biofuel content in road fuels (achieving 2.7%) in the first full year of the Renewable Transport Obligation (RTFO) according to Hugh Tucker, technical co-ordinator at the UK Petroleum Industry Association (UKPIA). He said the target had largely been ...
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Greenergy boosts Teeside fuel facilities
Greenergy Fuels Ltd has made a multi-million pound investment in new petrol and diesel blending and storage facilities in Teeside. The facility, which marks the first phase of a more extended planned investment programme in the area, will deliver diesel supplies from summer 2009 and full petrol and diesel ...
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BOSS victory over stricter drive-off law
Stricter rules on drive-offs have come into force following a long campaign by the British Oil Security Syndicate (BOSS). The Home Office National Crime Recording Standards (NCRS) guidelines were amended last month so that making off with fuel from a forecourt without paying is now a criminal offence. According to ...
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New-look Mace drives sales
Wholesale distributor Palmer & Harvey unveiled a new format for its flagship symbol offer, Mace – which is currently celebrating its 50th anniversary – at last month’s Pro-retail exhibition in Telford, Shropshire. Michaela Honeywood, trade sector manager, and driving force behind the new Mace proposition said: "We have listened to ...
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Euro Garages: three new sites and more on the way
Blackburn-based Euro Garages, number four in our Top 50 Indies list, has acquired three more sites taking its total to 75. The new acquisitions are a one-acre brownfield site on the Runcorn Expressway, and two trading forecourts - one on the A6 in Hazel Grove, Stockport, the other in Fallowfield, ...