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Esso reigns in the Pricewatch tiger
Esso is bringing its long-running Pricewatch campaign to an end next month. Launched as a trial in August 1995 and rolled out nationally in January of the following year, the promotion caused chaos and outrage in the industry, sparking intense price wars as the major oil companies battled it out ...
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Safety first at Total site
Management at Total have praised the quick actions of staff when a car burst into flames. The incident happened at the Narborough Road, Leicester, outlet after the vehicle was left parked next to pumps. The engine suddenly burst into flames and thick smoke began to pour from the car.Staff immediately ...
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Police support sites with self-reporting
A self-reporting process for drive-offs established in Northampton is being extended to other parts of country this month.Launched by Northampton Police in May last year, the scheme is now being adopted by police and retailers in Coventry. Kings Heath Police in Birmingham, and police in Lancashire and Staffordshire are also ...
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Switch is on right track for rebrand
With 18 months to go before the Switch debit card disappears, 380,000 retailers have already signed up to accept the replacement debit brand Maestro.The target is for the remaining 370,000 Switch-accepting outlets to upgrade during 2004, according to S2 Card Services, the independent company that administers the debit card scheme.Thirteen ...
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Stansted airport shake up
The planned second runway at Stansted Airport in Essex will bring more road traffic to the area, but other aspects of the airport’s expansion have brought mixed fortunes to forecourts on the A120 and the A10 access roads. Related changes to the road network are boosting the prospects of ...
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Low prices better than promotions
Six out of 10 shoppers prefer every day low pricing (EDLP) to pure promotions, although they miss the excitement of buy-one-get-one-frees (bogofs) and similar offers, according to IGD’s new Shopper Insight Loyalty and Pricing report.IGD found that over half of those who stated a preference for EDLP did so because ...
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Rugby’s last indie closes
A Midlands town has lost what is believed to be its last independent petrol station due to mounting losses on the forecourt activities in the face of competition from supermarkets. The business will in future concentrate on selling and repairing cars.Keith Tiernan, who had operated the former Overslade Service Station ...
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LRP supply not in crisis
Fuel distributor, Bayford & Co, has vowed to continue meeting demand for low sulphur leaded fuel, despite Government claims of an imminent LRP supply crisis.Jonathan Turner, managing director, Bayford & Co, said: “Whether intentional or not, recent comments from both the AA and Department for Transport are misleading and have ...
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New show shares the stage with CRS
The importance of convenience retailing for today’s forecourt operators is acknowledged this March with the launch of the Forecourt Retailing Show, NEC, Birmingham, March 14-17. Part of the Convenience Retailing Show 2004, the event is the initiative of Forecourt Trader and Convenience Store publisher, William Reed Business Media Ltd, which ...
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Prices galore as website goes live
A new website, is being launched this month which could radically change the way independent fuel retailers do business, according to Darren Briggs, managing director of a recently formed company based in Wales, called Big Oil Associates. The company hassigned an agreement with Platts – the global leader in energy ...
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Surprise at level prices
The prices of unleaded fuel and diesel are in a period of almost unprecedented stability, according to the latest Allstar Fuel report from fleet and fuel management company Arval PHH. It has found that since mid-August the prices of both diesel and unleaded have varied by less than a penny ...
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Industry upbeat for 2004
The forecourt market looks set for a rewarding year in 2004, according to a survey by financial publishers Plimsoll. Sales are expected to increase an average of one per cent with profit margins remaining low but steady at one per cent. The survey found three distinct views on the ...
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Greenergy calls for tax break on biofuel
Greenergy is calling on the Chancellor to support the development of the UK biodiesel market by introducing a targeted duty incentive to promote blended biodiesels.The company recommends that the government introduce a duty rate for five per cent biodiesel blends set at 1.4 pence per litre below the duty on ...
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BP connect for new toll
RoadChef opens the doors on its BP Connect forecourt on the M6 toll road this month. The main Norton Canes motorway service area will open at the end of January, but the forecourt is available as soon as its part of the toll road around the north of Birmingham is ...
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NewsBudgens Local man joins indie
Budgens Local senior business development manager Brett Corder has left the multiple to join Forecourt Trader of the year winners Jonathan and Rebecca James.They have employed Brett as operations director with responsibility to oversee the management team at their three forecourts in Ely and Chatteris, and Budgens Local supermarket in ...
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Double murder at Cornish forecourt
Shockwaves rippled through the West Country forecourt trade in November as news emerged of a double shooting at a filling station in Cornwall. The incident near Wadebridge on the main Barnstaple to Falmouth road left garage proprietors Graham and Carol Fisher fatally injured with gunshot wounds.Police were called to the ...
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New Year tobacco deadline
Retailers are being reminded that from January 1 next year all cigarettes displayed on shelf must adhere to the new yield requirements set out by the EU Tobacco Product Directive.The maximum yields permitted for cigarettes will be 10mg of tar, 1.0mg of nicotine, and 10mg of carbon monoxide.
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Double trouble
An intruder who inflicted almost £900 of damage at a forecourt in Hertfordshire received a double punishment – he cut himself while smashing a glass door panel with a lump of concrete , an injury which led to his identification.Magistrates at Hertford heard the 21-year-old defendant admit the offence at ...
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NewsDTI throws lifeline to rural retailers
More than 1,000 rural forecourts have been thrown a lifeline following a government announcement on Stage IB vapour recovery.Retailers selling less than 500,000 litres of fuel a year will be exempt from the legislation which comes into force at the end of 2004 as part of a European Directive. The ...
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Today’s fascia for smaller forecourts
Nisa-Today’s has launched a forecourt fascia for small independents, following the launch of Nisa Express for larger sites in July (Forecourt Trader, August, p13).Today’s Express is designed for smaller sites who trade with a Today’s wholesale member to encourage retailer loyalty. Nisa Express is aimed at retailers with a higher ...