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THE FORECOURT TRADER BUSINESS DIRECTORY 2005 is out now and packed with more than 2,000 company listings. With contacts for fuel suppliers and distributors to shop equipment and services, this directory has all the information you need at your fingertips. It also includes features on legal and tax issues, as ...
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NewsNew Year hassle with chip and pin
While the Chip and Pin Programme has hailed the first weekend of using the new technology a success, many in the forecourt sector have encountered problems. From January 1, the liability has shifted in the way fraudulent transactions are managed. Any transaction from the start of this year that has ...
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Pensioner injured in drive-off
An 82-year-old filling station owner was rushed to hospital after trying to tackle two vehicles that drove off without paying.Fred Wood of Wood’s Garage, Clipstone, Nottinghamshire, was hit by a Ford Fiesta driven by a teenager. Another Fiesta, again driven by a teenager, had driven onto the forecourt at the ...
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NewsLaunch of world’s first motorbike wash
THI UK has launched the first machine in the world to wash motorbikes. The patented Motorbike-Wash with water reclaim system – retailing at under £20,000 – is self-contained and washes one motorbike in just a few minutes. The unit needs to be mounted to a flat surface and has a ...
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Forecourts targeted to sell mortgages
A new mortgage services company is giving forecourt retailers the chance to earn money by marketing financial solutions to its customers.Bournemouth-based Ethical Mortgage Solutions (EMS) is recruiting local store/petrol forecourt owners to act as ‘introducers’ to new customers to market a ‘fees free’ remortgage/debt consolidation service.EMS director Steve Royal said ...
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BOSS shows how to cut crime by 50%
Details of how forecourt crime can be reduced by between 35% and 50% were unveiled to more than 200 delegates representing 12 UK police forces, major oil companies and petrol retailers at a Fighting Forecourt Crime seminar in Birmingham.Research from the seminar organisers, BOSS – the British Oil Security Syndicate ...
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ACS fights for fairer post office contracts
The Association of Convenience Stores has lodged a complaint to the Office of Fair Trading in its battle for fairer contacts between the Post Office Ltd and subpostmasters.Described as a “ground-breaking complaint”, it could signal an end to the charges by Post Office Ltd on National Lottery commission and to ...
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Site count falls again
Nearly 300 forecourts have closed in the past six months, according to the latest figures from Catalist UK, the service station data specialist. In our last Fuel Market Review (see June issue) there were 10,867 UK sites.The latest data shows 10,577. The biggest loss is in the oil company-owned sector, ...
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Esso licensee case dismissed on appeal
The lengthy fight by a group of former Esso licensees who felt they had been seriously wronged by the oil major, finally ground to a halt last month when the appeal against an earlier judgement in Esso’s favour was dismissed.The much-publicised case, which, in its original trial covered three main ...
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Forecourt shows set to be the biggest yet
Europe’s premier show for the forecourt and fuel equipment industry is back, and is bigger and better than before, according to the organisers, William Reed Events. The International Forecourt & Fuel Equipment show has the backing of major trade associations including the PRA, PEIMF, Garage Watch, Energy Institute and APEA, ...
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FORECOURT TRADER PUBLISHER WILLIAM REED PUBLISHING, has scooped a major award in the UK Family Business Honours Programme. The company, which publishes top titles such as The Grocer and Convenience Store, won the Business Success Category. The competition is organised by private bank JP Morgan and supported by the London ...
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Jailed for robbing garage
A man convicted of threatening an Essex filling station cashier with a kitchen knife during a robbery has been sentenced to five years’ imprisonment at Chelmsford Crown Court.The sentence followed earlier conviction of David Brockett by a jury, who heard he had been living in an apartment next door to ...
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Torex targets growth
Retail solutions provider Torex Retail (formerly known as Arciris) has appointed founder member and former sales director Billy Tank as managing director of its Petroleum & Convenience UK division to strengthen its team further. The company has also announced the conditional acquisition of the retail division of Alphameric plc. Torex ...
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NewsTraders at risk with new licensing laws
Petrol retailers could unknowingly break the law by selling hot food throughout the night if they fail to fork out £775 for a premises licence under the new licensing regime.The government’s failure to focus on the late night refreshment angle in its draft legislation means that many retailers could be ...
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Q8 dealers will retain branding
Q8-branded dealers will be able to retain their branding until the end of their existing contracts, according to Brian Handley, general manager of Pace Petroleum, the new company running the former Kuwait Petroleum retail and distribution network. The business was acquired in September by Refined Holdings, a newly formed joint ...
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Spar aims high with package to shape up
Spar has launched a radical package of initiatives as it sets out to reinforce its position in a fiercely competitive marketplace and realise its goal of becoming the biggest and best convenience retailer in the UK. Spar managing director Jerry Marwood announced the programme on the eve of the company’s ...
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Garagewatch & FPS call for duty freeze
Garage Watch and the Federation of Petroleum Suppliers are calling on the Chancellor to make an early announcement on his plans for fuel duty in the forthcoming budget.The two organisations fear that with oil prices at a record high and still rising, fuel prices could easily break the £1-a-litre mark ...
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Esso injects Energy into its fuel brand
Esso is introducing a new fuel brand name ‘Energy’, which is currently being rolled out throughout its network in time for a new advertising campaign. The new brand ‘Fuel System Energy’ has been unveiled to coincide with fuel improvements and to help the company create a stir in the marketplace, ...
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NewsJames brands fixed penalties ’pathetic’
Cambridgeshire-based retailer Jonathan James is embarking on what feels to him like a “one-man crusade” to contest the government’s introduction of fixed penalty notices for shoplifters.From November 1, police forces will be able to issue thieves with an £80 fine rather than drag them through the courts, but James has ...
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Unwelcome break for motorists
Motorists were left stranded on the M1 after filling up at a service station where an unleaded fuel tank had been filled with diesel.Vehicles littered the forecourt of the BP site at the Welcome Break Service Station at junction 21 of the M1, after filling up with the wrong fuel. ...