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Crime costs rise - but it’s not all bad
Forecourt crime rose by 1.9% last year, according to the 2005 Forecourt Crime Statistics compiled by BOSS - the British Oil Security Syndicate campaigning to reduce crime on Britain’s forecourts.The estimated total losses suffered by the forecourt industry in the UK last year were £26.2m (compared to £25.7m in ...
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NewsBank helps couple live their dream
A couple from Stevenage are now running their own forecourt after securing six-figure funding from Bank of Scotland Corporate.Wendy Bamford had worked for a housing association while her husband James was a commercial car fitter when they both decided they wanted to run their own business. With the help of ...
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NewsCoryton for sale as BP targets bio fuels
BP is selling its last remaining UK oil refinery - Coryton, in Essex - so it can invest more in its other European refineries so they remain "top class assets".The refinery processes 172,000 barrels a day and BP chief executive John Manzoni described it as a "well-placed and profitable refinery ...
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Statoil has reached agreement on the terms of the sale of Statoil Ireland, its downstream Retail and Commercial & Industrial business, to Topaz, a financial consortium led by Ion Equity. Topaz is an established national forecourt retailer, based in Dublin, which acquired the Shell Ireland service station network in 2005. ...
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NewsCadbury confident over recall
Cadbury is confident the recall of seven of its products over a salmonella scare will have no long-lasting effect on sales.The products that are affected are 250g bars of Cadbury Dairy Milk Turkish, Caramel and Mint; CDM eight-chunk, CDM 1kg, CDM Buttons Easter egg and Cadbury Freddo.Cadbury has said retailers ...
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Staff tip-off puts driver in the dock
Staff at a Shell forecourt have helped to bring a banned driver back to court. Mobile hairdresser Anne Davis was given a three-year ban in January for a string of motoring offences, but 72 hours after being banned, 45-year-old Davis, of Deeping St James, Lincolnshire, was behind the wheel again,She ...
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Safety under spotlight in wake of Buncefield
A new task group set up to improve safety standards following the Buncefield fuel depot explosion holds its first meeting today (Wednesday, June 14). Meanwhile, a report has revealed that inadequacies were found at five similar storage sites during inspections carried out in the wake of the December disaster.The Buncefield ...
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Spar Scotland increases retailer support
Spar Scotland has restructured its field sales team in a move which it says will strengthen the support available to its independent retailers.The forecourt division is to be boosted by an extra field sales executive, Neil Horsburgh, whose role will be to help existing retailers increase their c-store business. This ...
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Alcohol opportunity increasing
The number of forecourts with an alcohol licence has almost doubled in two years as new research shows that at-home drinking is growing faster than drinking in pubs, cafes, clubs and restaurants,Consumers spent £10.8bn last year on alcohol to drink at home, according to a new report by market analysts ...
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PRA backs ES3 as industry standard
The Petrol Retailers’ Association is backing Edensure’s ES3 wet stock monitoring service and its efforts to improve retailers’ efficiency and profitability.The ES3 performs, on average, 500 daily checks to give retailers what Edensure claims is the most accurate monitoring service available.As a result of its support, Edensure’s managing director, Martin ...
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News’Essentials’ plan for 94 Somerfield sites
Somerfield is to significantly increase its brand presence in the forecourt sector, with the start of a demanding store development programme throughout 2006/2007 on the sites acquired from Texaco and Fuelforce last year.The first of 94 sites to be rolled out in the Somerfield Essentials format will be at Solent ...
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NewsAct now to avoid car wash closure
Retailers should be campaigning for the curbing of roadside car washing, following the announcement of drought orders last month, says independent retailer David Charman of Parkfoot Garage, who has just had a bore-hole installed on his forecourt to ensure water supply to his car washes."Every retailer in the country ...
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NewsInnovation the key to BP staying ahead
BP is driving innovation in the forecourt c-store sector in the face of tough competition, said Andy Davis, BP Retail’s trading director, at last month’s annual ACS conference - now rebranded as Summit 2006 - in Birmingham, attended by nearly 300 delegates."We own almost 400 stores, BP demands a return ...
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Dealers get better offer
Murco has extended its dealer package by renewing its membership to Garage Watch and rolling it out to all its 244 sites throughout England and Wales, plus any new dealers who sign up in the next 12 months. Previous membership had only covered 74 sites on the Garage Watch ’Happy2Help’ ...
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Pace Petroleum is switching 22 of its forecourt stores from Budgens to Spar. The transition will take place between now and the end of the year. Pace/Malthurst already trades with all five of Spar’s mainland UK regional distribution companies via 20 of its existing sites.Chevron’s Europe marketing vice-president, ...
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Pit stop screen clean
BP has just completed a four-week Pit Stop Screen Clean campaign to boost awareness of its Ultimate range of advanced performance fuels.Brand ambassadors gave customers at more than 200 forecourts a complimentary screenwash. BP Ultimate marketing communications manager, Nicola Beckett, explained: "Through entertaining face-to-face engagement we’ve been able to increase ...
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NewsDealer groups drive convenience growth
Independent dealer groups are set to drive future growth in the forecourt convenience sector, according to the IGD’s Convenience Retailing 2006 report.Although the total number of forecourt c-stores fell by 3.6% during 2005, the report found that the number of dealer-owned stores increased by 4.2% (210 stores) as ...
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Further drought orders granted
Two more water companies have been granted drought orders, which will allow them to restrict the operation of car wash facilities. Southern Water has been given powers to ban non-essential use in parts of Kent and Sussex, while Mid Kent Water has also been granted an order for its entire ...
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Distribution still stretched as Buncefield report reveals faulty fuel gauge
Fuel distribution capacity continues to be stretched following the Buncefield oil terminal disaster, according to Nick Vandervell, spokesman for the UK Petroleum Industry Association (UKPIA). Commenting on the latest report into the December explosion, which identified the cause of the blast as a faulty fuel gauge, Vandervell said that the ...
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Drought order threat to Surrey car wash facilities
Car wash restrictions are set to come into place after Sutton and East Surrey Water was granted a drought order to limit non-essential use of water. The company is the first in the South East to be given extra powers, with Southern and Mid Kent awaiting decisions on similar applications. ...