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The Association of Convenience Stores (ACS) is holding its Summit ’09 in Birmingham on April 30th. Guest speakers at the association’s flagship event include David Smith, CEO of research company Global Futures and Foresight. An expert panel will also discuss future predictions for the industry.Forecourt Systems, part of ...
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Euro opts for Spar in expansion plan
Blackburn-based Euro Garages, which is number five in our Top 50 Indies listing for 2008, has converted all its company-owned stores to Spar. The symbol group fascia was already in place on 20 of its sites but, in a deal with Spar wholesaler James Hall, the remaining 40 or ...
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New site for Jonathan James
Retailer Jonathan James has got the green light to build a new site following a three year battle with the local planning authorities in Cambridgeshire. Jonathan, who estimates the fight has cost him about £70,000 in legal fees and numerous reports and studies, received the news that the site could ...
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Results of this month’s online poll:
Do you think the changes announced in the Government’s Pre-Budget Report are likely to have a positive effect on your business?YES9%NO91%The Pre-Budget Report received a pretty frosty reception when it was first announced before Christmas -and your feelings don’t seem to have thawed much since!
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Tongues wagging over PRA review
The Petrol Retailers’ Association (PRA) has moved to allay retailer concerns about its future direction, amid widespread rumours that its days were numbered, and that director Ray Holloway had quit. Retailers have been withholding their membership fees as they await confirmation of the current state of affairs. The furore ...
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Exxonmobil to invest £1bn in cleaner burning diesel
ExxonMobil is set to invest more than $1 billion in three refineries to boost supply of cleaner burning diesel by about six million gallons per day. ExxonMobil Refining and Supply will construct new units and modify existing facilities at its refineries in Baton Rougein Louisiana, Baytown, Texas, and Antwerp in ...
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Bank Machine celebrates 10th anniversary
This month marks the 10th anniversary of the first independent cash ATM being installed in the UK. The cash machine was installed by Bank Machine in a Spar store in Birmingham, creating a market that it says has been one of the fastest growing of the last decade.Commenting on the ...
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New venue for APEA 2009
APEA, the conference, exhibition and awards event run by the Association for Petroleum & Explosives Administration, is moving to the Ricoh Arena in Coventry for 2009. Next year’s event will be held on October 15th at the Jaguar Exhibition Hall, which the group says offers more than 3,000 squaremetres of ...
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NewsACS hits out at business rate hike
The Association of Convenience Stores (ACS) has hit out at the government’s decision to increase business rates in April 2009 by 5%. The ACS said the government wrote to Billing Authorities earlier this month informing them of the rise. The rise was calculated on September’s Retail Price Index (RPI) rate, ...
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Tobacco ban proposals branded anti-competitive
Reacting to yesterday’s Government announcement proposing banning the display of tobacco products in England and Wales, Imperial Tobacco has re-iterated its view that the proposals are anti-competitive; undermine the principle of adult choice; create a huge work and cost burden for retailers; and will further fuel the illicit ...
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Tobacco display ban announced
The government is to ban the open display of tobacco in shops in England and Wales. Health secretary Alan Johnson said this morning that the big supermarkets would have to implement the ban first. There will also be steps put in place to prevent underage access to vending machines.Today’s ...
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Diesel drops to under £1 a litre
Morrisons has slashed the price of a litre of diesel to under £1 a litre. The supermarket was the first to announce the price drop, effective from today, which will see diesel sold for 99.9p alitre at all Morrisons UK forecourts. The move was followed by Tesco, which announced ...
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ACS welcomes government alcohol crackdown
The Association of Convenience Stores (ACS) has welcomed plans outlined by the Government yesterday to crack down on irresponsible alcohol misuse.The organisation said ministers had also indicated there would be extra powers for local authorities to act against the minority of premises which do not retail responsibly or who ...
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New partnership deal for Gulf and Arval
Gulf Retail and fleet and fuel management specialist Arval, have entered into a new partnership agreement that will see the continued acceptance of Arval-issued fuel cards throughout the Gulf network. The new agreement ensures that Arval’s 1.3m fuel card holders have access to the ever growing Gulf Retail operation and ...
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Greenergy doubles fuel capacity in Scotland
Greenergy announced today it had consolidated its position as the biggest independent oil company in Scotland after doubling its fuel storage capacitynorth of the border. The UK fuel supplier confirmed it had secured exclusive use of the Clydebank fuel terminal, which is near Glasgow on the west coast ...
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Jonathan James to trial M&S franchise
Former Forecourt Trader of the Year winner Jonathan James is to be the first independent retailer to pilot the Marks & Spencer Simply Food franchise. The trialwill take place at his Witchford Road Service Station, in Ely, Cambridgeshire, which he runs with his wife Rebecca. The announcement was ...
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Fuel sales up at Morrisons
Fuel sales at Morrisons are up 5.4%, according to its quarter three results, contributing to an overall sales increase of 14.9%. Like-for-like sales including fuel increased by 13.3% (8.1%excluding fuel). Morrisons has gained a lot of publicity through its forecourts in recent weeks, sparking a price war by being the ...
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Chevron may sell some refineries
Chevron Corporation may sell some refineries and parts of its fuel businesses, according to John Watson, the company’s executive vice president of strategy and development. He isreported to have made the comments during a presentation to an energy conference in New York earlier this week. Watson said that the ...
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BP adds 11 Moto sites
BP is adding eleven Moto sites to its network by the end of next month.The oil company said the sites were at Washington North, Washington South, Trowell North, Trowell South, Leigh Delamere East, Leigh Exeter.It is also opening a new site near Glasgow on December 10. Cr Delamere West, Birch ...
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Le Mans winner on show at IFFE 2009
Visitors to the International Forecourt & Fuel Equipment (IFFE) show 2009, which is being held at the Birmingham NEC from March 1-3, will get to see Gulf’s Le Mans-winning Aston Martin DBR9. That’s because the company is sponsoring the entrance to the show and its Gulf Oil Visitor Experience will ...