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NewsPenny Petroleum adds to estate with Northumberland acquisition
One of the leading Top 50 Indies, Penny Petroleum, has added to its estate with the acquisition of Stannington Service Station in Morpeth, Northumberland.The deal was arranged by Christie & Co, which acted for its retained client Penny Petroleum, and follows another smaller acquisition of Gillens Filling Station in Hartlepool ...
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NewsACS lists financial support available for retailers
The Association of Convenience Stores (ACS) has collated the business rates and cash grant support measures that have been made available for retailers in England, Scotland and Wales in response to the coronavirus outbreak.In England the funding that has been made available is: Small Business Grant Fund - £10,000 one-off ...
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NewsCoronavirus lockdown sparks big reduction in forecourt crime
The British Oil Security Syndicate (BOSS) has recorded a significant reduction in forecourt crime reports during the first full weekend of the coronavirus lockdown.The news comes as BOSS releases the results of the latest Forecourt Crime Index covering the final quarter (Q4) of 2019 which reported that forecourt crime continued ...
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NewsMadderson urges Chancellor to give dealers three months credit
PRA chairman Brian Madderson has written to the Chancellor Richi Sunak urging him to introduce an emergency three-month credit line for fuel retailers and warning many will be forced to close without it. He added that the news of major oil producers planning to cut their output will quickly impact ...
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NewsMurder victim found fatally wounded on Coventry forecourt
West Midlands Police have named a teenage murder victim, who was found fatally wounded on a forecourt, as his family appealed for anyone with information to contact detectives.Pavandeep Daudher, aged 19, from the Holbrooks area of Coventry, was found with a stab wound to his leg at the BP petrol ...
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NewsKnife-wielding robber strikes at forecourt store in Suffolk
Police are appealing for witnesses after a man with a knife robbed a forecourt store in Suffolk.The incident occurred just after 6am on Thursday 2 April, at the Esso Service Station in Combs Ford, Stowmarket. Officers were called immediately after the incident took place, arriving at the scene within minutes.They ...
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NewsExtra MSA opens £64m Leeds Skelton Lake Services on M1
Extra MSA has opened its £64m Leeds Skelton Lake Services at Junction 45 on the M1, two miles east of Leeds City Centre.However, due to the coronavirus regulations, it will be opening on a phased basis. Currently the Texaco-branded petrol filling station, run under contract by Top 50 Indie Jos ...
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NewsNew £45 limit on contactless payments introduced
From today (1 April) the contactless card payment limit in shops is increasing to £45 as part of measures to combat the spread of coronavirus.Shoppers will now be able to make contactless card payments of up to £45 per transaction, an increase of £15 from the previous £30 limit, which ...
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NewsBroxbourne Service Station lease sold after retirement of owners
The lease of Broxbourne Service Station in Broxbourne, Hertfordshire, has been sold in a deal handled by specialist business property adviser Christie & Co.Comprising a service station and convenience store, the business is in a residential area off the busy on the High Road Wormley A117, between Chestnut and Broxbourne, ...
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NewsLowCVP highlights tax benefits of zero-emission company cars
New car tax regulations coming into effect this week will make zero-emission and some ultra-low emission company cars far more attractive, according to the Low Carbon Vehicle Partnership (LowCVP).From 6 April drivers of zero-emissions models will now pay no benefit-in-kind (BIK) tax whatsoever, down from 16% currently. On smaller electric ...
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NewsBP pledges no redundancies for three months due to coronavirus
BP has made a commitment not to make any staff redundant in the next three months as a part of the cost-cutting measures it is implementing to deal with the coronavirus.In a statement about the actions it is taking to deal with the situation it said: “Job security is a ...
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NewsPRA warns filling stations may be forced to close as sales dry up
Petrol filling stations could be forced to close because the financial pressures caused by coronavirus will render them unviable, the PRA has warned. The warning came as figures released by the Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy (BEIS) showed a massive fall in retail fuel sales. A survey covering ...
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News“Heavy-handed” officials try to stop c-stores selling Easter eggs
Convenience stores selling Easter eggs are facing interference from “heavy-handed” officials trying to restrict the range of goods they can sell under coronavirus curbs, according to the Association of Convenience Stores (ACS).Some stores have been told by police and local council officials that the chocolate eggs are considered non-essential goods.ACS ...
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NewsOver 1,000 forecourts take up offer of free GripHero dispensers
More than one thousand forecourts globally have taken up Devon-based GripHero’s offer of providing hand-protection dispensers free to protect their customers from the transmission of Covid-19 at the fuel pump. GripHero is a hand-protection dispenser, which sits on top of each hand-pump on the forecourt, so that the first thing ...
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NewsFast-growing Top 50 Indie Ascona adds forecourt to estate
Fast-growing Top 50 Indie Ascona has added another acquisition to its estate.It has bought the lease of Dorking BP Service Station for an undisclosed sum from husband and wife Mike and Kim Prior, who were looking to retire.The forecourt has four fuel pumps and facilities include a car wash and ...
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NewsApplegreen boss confident of achieving long-term growth
The chief executive of Applegreen has said he is confident the business can achieve long-term growth, despite any uncertainty caused by the coronavirus pandemic, and revealed how it is affecting the company in the short term.Unveiling the group’s results for 2019, Bob Etchingham said: “We are highly conscious of the ...
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NewsChristie & Co publishes guidance for petrol filling station owners
Advice for petrol filling station and convenience store owners on how to deal with the coronavirus crisis has been published on a blog post by specialist business property adviser Christie & Co.The post, by Steve Rodell, managing director – retail, outlines the government support that is available for businesses and ...
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NewsGreen light for automatic car washes but HCW outlawed
Forecourt operators are being advised by the Car Wash Association (CWA) that they can continue to operate automatic car washes and jet washes under the current coronavirus regulations, but hand car washing and other types of valeting have been outlawed. The guidance comes after discussions between the CWA and the ...
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NewsCentral England Co-op installs plastic screens at tills
Central England Co-op has announced that it is planning to install plastic screens at all till points as part of its efforts to keeps colleagues and customers safe during the coronavirus crisis.The retailer, which has 22 forecourts in its estate, has also announced that bread from its in-store bakery will ...
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NewsDefra secretary praises workers in the convenience store sector
The Association of Convenience Stores (ACS) has welcomed a letter from DEFRA secretary George Eustice, recognising the enormous contribution of the people running and working in convenience stores.In the letter, he said: “Everyone working in the food and drink industry has rallied in an extraordinary way to respond to this ...