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Health and safety experts have welcomed a report into the Buncefield disaster, calling for a review of the current planning system for land use around major hazard sites. The Institution of Occupational Safety and Health (IOSH) said it supported, in principle, the findings of ’Recommendations on land use planning ...
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Retailer gloom as fuel volumes fall
Gloomy predictions of a further cull in the number of forecourts is echoing around petrol retailing network as high fuel prices in particular and the credit crunch in general have hit fuel sales. Paul Sykes, MD of Huddersfield-based Shaws Petroleum Ltd, said the past eight weeks had seen volumes on ...
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Results of this month’s online poll:
In the light of soaring card charges, would you consider terminating your Arval contract unless there is a review of the current fee structure in the near future?YES76%NO24%Arval has promised a review of charges, and has yet to make an announcement. But clearly retailers are prepared to vote with their ...
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Esso moves to 100% Mobil
ExxonMobil is to focus on its premier lubricant brand by moving to a 100% Mobil offering at Esso sites. The company said the decision was in response to an increasing number of vehicles requiring specific grades of oil, and in most cases a specialised synthetic oil. ExxonMobil will now solely ...
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Co-op to buy Somerfield
The Co-operative Group has entered into an agreement to buy Somerfield for £1.57bn. Peter Marks, The Co-operative Group’s chief executive, said: “This is good news for consumers and for competition in the grocery market, where we will create a stronger fifth player in food and a convenience store chain with ...
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NewsDarling ditches fuel tax hike
The government has postponed the planned 2p a litre rise in fuel duty - due to come into force in October. The move, announced by the Chancellor Alistair Darling, is the second delay to the planned rise. The government originally planned to introduce the increase in April, then postponed the ...
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NewsRAC warns fuel tax delay is just “drop in the ocean”
The government has postponed the planned 2p a litre rise in fuel duty - due to come into force in October. The move, announced by the Chancellor Alistair Darling, is the second delay to the planned tax. The government originally planned to introduce the increase in April, then postponed the ...
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Manor - flying high with airport deal
Manor Service Stations, number 19 in the Forecourt Trader Top 50 Indies 2008 listing, has won the contract to run the two service stations at Manchester Airport. The two sites, at Terminals One and Two, will be run by the Macclesfield-based business for 10 years.Both will continue ...
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Threat to Scotland’s alcohol licences
Four out of five forecourts in Scotland are in danger of losing their alcohol licences under new legislation. And the ramifications could spread to the rest of the country, retailers have been warned by licensing practitioner Chris Mitchener.Under the Licensing (Scotland) Act 2005, forecourts will not be able to sell ...
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Arval promises card fee review
Fuel card company Arval has agreed to review its charges, following uproar by retailers in the wake of soaring fuel prices. In a statement issued to Forecourt Trader, Arval said it was talking to retailers about making changes to its current system. Danny Clenaghan, Arval card development director, stated: "We ...
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New class of ’bilking’
Soaring fuel costs have led to a new class of ’bilkers’ in one East Midlands city. Forecourts in Leicester are reporting a growing number of people wearing hooded jackets going to the pumps, quickly filling jerry cans with petrol, and running off. And outlets in the city are now being ...
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Biofuels the hottest topic at Esso forum
Concerns over handling biofuels on the forecourt were the hot topic at last month’s Esso Dealer Forum, which was themed ’In Good Company’. The two-day event, held at The Belfry hotel in the West Midlands last month, included a series of seminars on topical issues, with the biofuels seminar proving ...
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Harvest Energy has signed up three Jet-branded forecourts owned by Sectorsure Limited. The sites, Grange Filling Station, Rayleigh in Essex; and London sites Cricklewood Broadway Service Station and Goldhawk Road Service Station, will be rebranded over the next couple of months.Three Ways Service Station near Mansfield in Nottinghamshire has been ...
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ExxonMobil quits US retail market
ExxonMobil Corp is quitting the retail fuel market in the US, and sticking to wholesale operations. The company said the exit from its direct served - dealer and company operated - business would "include the conversion of a majority of markets to branded distributor to build on the strength of ...
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Results of this month’s online poll:
As the Government’s consultation on proposals to reduce smoking begins, do you believe a ban on the display of tobacco products will have a negative effect on your business?YES68%NO32%Tobacco is a key part of many forecourts’ shop business, and proposed legislation would clearly be a blight on trade.
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NewsTruckers step up pressure with refinery protest
Hauliers angry at the rising cost of fuel have descended on two oil refineries in west Wales. About 65 lorries were reported to be outside Chevron in Pembroke Dock and Murco in Milford Haven, with protesters asking drivers not to leave the sites. Those involved in the demo, organised to ...
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Shell trucker strike talks go ahead - amid fuel rationing
Talks were taking place today aimed at resolving the fuel tanker drivers’ dispute - as UK retailers introduced fuel rationing. Representatives from the two haulage companies involved were reported to have met with officials from the Unite union at a secret location in a bid to end the industrial action. ...
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Euro Garages MD scoops entrepreneur award
The MD of Top Indie Euro Garages has been named Ernst & Young’s Young Entrepreneur Of The Year (Northern Region). Judges at last week’s ceremony highlighted how Zuber Issa had built Blackburn-based Euro Garages from scratch, doubling the business over the last three years.The business has a turnover of £230 ...
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Fear government red tape - not the supermarkets
Retailers need to be more worried about government red tape strangling their business than about a Tesco opening down the road. That was the message from the Association of Convenience Stores (ACS) Forecourt Seminar 2008 last week.Those at the event in Reading heard how futureproposals for alcohol and cigarette restrictions ...
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GreatGas adds six forecourts to its network
Irish-owned independent fuel supplier GreatGas has signed six forecourts to its network. The deals, which GreatGas said were worth more than 15m euros, or £11.9m, means 50 forecourts in Ireland are now supplied by the company. The six new signings by the Co Cork-based company will be fully branded as ...