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PayPoint is the first payment network to offer Noodle top-ups. Noodle is a new mobile phone service which claims to give customers very low-cost national and international calls. Noodle e-vouchers are available in £5, £10 and £20 denominations. PayPoint retailers earn 4% commission.Michael and Mary Johnson have opened a ...
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Task group’s final say on Buncefield
The Buncefield Standards Task Group has published its final comprehensive four-part report, following which its work is to be continued by a new group - The Petrochemical Process Safety Leadership Group.The Task Group was established in the aftermath of the explosions and fire at the Hertfordshire Oil Storage Buncefield terminal ...
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NewsGlint of hope for flood-hit retailers
Despite the worst floods in living memory, retailers should use the opportunity to improve their businesses, according to James Lowman, chief executive of the Association of Convenience Stores. Many retailers have been feeling the effects after water poured into their businesses, wrecking years of work and causing hundreds of thousands ...
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New name for Garage Watch
The name Garage Watch will now disappear, as the trade association set up during the fuel crisis of 2000 to safeguard the interests of rural retailers becomes fully integrated into the Federation of Petroleum Suppliers.From August 1, it will become known as the FPS Forecourt Division.Mark Bradshaw, founder of the ...
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Shell rolls out V-diesel
Shell V-Power diesel is being rolled out nationally following a successful launch in the south east last November.Nick Adams, general manager retail sales & operations, said: "With the popularity of diesel growing all the time, we hope to improve the driving experience of many more diesel drivers."
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NewsForecourts under water as floods hit the west
Many forecourt retailers have been badly hit by the floods as large areas of the West Midlands and south west spent the weekend under water.One of the worst-affected areas was Tewkesbury, where Guy Warner – managing director of Warners Retail Ltd – owns a site. Today (Monday) it stands in ...
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Bomb alert on tankers
Police are stopping and checking petrol tankers travelling into London amid fears they may be used as travelling ’bombs’ in a terrorist attack.Scotland Yard has been questioning drivers for the last few months as part of a range of measures to counter the terrorist threat to the capital. Al-Qa’eda is ...
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Asda ’rollback’ on fuel rocks indies
Retailers are reeling from the latest fuel price cuts at Asda and Tesco. At the end of last month Asda ’rolled back’ the price of bothdiesel and unleaded petrol across the country by up to 2ppl to 93.9ppl. And an Asda spokesperson told Forecourt Trader that if fuel was cheaper ...
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Healthier focus for the Wild Bean Café
Wild Bean Café has given its food and drink a major facelift to tempt shoppers with cheaper and more healthy fare.The BP Connect concept has redesigned coffee cups and packaging and put a new focus on healthy eating. Sandwich ranges now have front-of-pack nutritional sign-posting to help shoppers make more ...
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New rules will open biofuel floodgates
A new ’homebrew’ revolution is set to increase biofuel production after the government relaxed duty rules.The law previously required anyone producing biofuel to pay duty of 28.35p on every litre as well as submit returns to HM Revenue & Customs and to hold a permit. However, from July, ...
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The businesses and trading subsidiaries of Torex Retail have been acquired for £204.4m by Cerberus European Investments through Torex Retail Holdings, an acquisition vehicle owned by Cerberus.Harvest Energy has launched a new fuel which claims to reduce CO2 emissions by as much as 18% and sulphur emissions ...
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Call for Highland drivers’ discount
Drivers in remote parts of the Highlands and Islands should pay less duty on fuel than other parts of the UK, according to the Liberal Democrats.The party’s Highland MPs are trying to get an amendment to the Finance Bill that would see petrol prices cut by nearly 2.5ppl.Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch ...
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Off licences still an issue on forecourts
A Burnley forecourt has won its appeal to sell alcohol around the clock.Local residents had expressed concerns about the threat of anti-social behaviour if the station was granted a 24-hour licence, which prompted the council licensing committee to rule that Rossendale Road Service Station would only be ...
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Wash group premiere
The first meeting of the Car Wash Campaign Group took place last month in London, during which the nuts and bolts of setting up the group and membership criteria were discussed.This month the ACS will make its submission to Defra on its consultation on water usage and management of waste ...
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Cerberus acquires Torex Retail
The businesses and trading subsidiaries of Torex Retail have been acquired for £204.4m by Cerberus European Investments, through Torex Retail Holdings, an acquisition vehicle owned by Cerberus, following the process announced previously by Torex Retail plc.The business includes all of the subsidiary companies globally, including the retail, hospitality and petrol ...
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New biofuel from Harvest Energy
Fuel company Harvest Energy has launched a new fuel which claims to reduce CO2 emissions by as much as 18% and sulphur emissions by up to 90%. Called Harvest BioDiesel B30, it is blended in the UK from renewable resources and has a maximum biodiesel content of 30%. In every ...
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Award winner sells out to Tates chain
Forecourt Trader of the Year 2006 winner, Westbridge Motors, has sold its filling station and shop to Spar retailer Tates on a leasehold deal. The 60-year-old Northampton-based family-owned company will continue running its ancillary businesses including a taxi and breakdown service.Owner Nick Brocklehurst said it had been ...
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Local specialities give range a boost
Londis retailer Brian Charlton has responded to customer demand by using extra space in his forecourt store for more local lines. His shop, in Middleton, North Yorkshire, burned down in November 2005 but was rebuilt then re-opened at Easter this year. The new store was given the Londis treatment - ...
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Anglian Regional Co-op has rolled out HTEC’s petrol retailing solution to all 12 of its Shell- branded forecourts. The system includes HydraPOS with its touchscreen operation, resilient site controller and integrated Chip & PIN card payment.Somerfield is putting in self-service Coffee Nation bars at its busiest forecourts. The ...
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Retailer fury at Daily Express
A Yorkshire retailer has slammed the Daily Express for publishing a story accusing forecourts of charging rip-off petrol prices. Tony Boorman of Tyke 2000 in Malton, North Yorkshire, was so incensed by what he read that he rang the paper and spoke directly to the journalist responsible."The whole story was ...