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NewsAdvertising watchdog rejects challenges by Esso and Shell
BP has won a victory over Shell and Esso after they challenged claims in the advertising for BP Ultimate fuel. Shell and Esso made a total of three complaints to the Advertising Standards Authority about adverts that ran in April and July 2016, but they were all rejected. Esso and ...
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NewsArgus predicts rapid expansion of car AdBlue pump network
The European passenger car AdBlue pump network has more than doubled since 2017 and is likely to quadruple by 2025, according to research by commodity news and price reporting agency Argus. AdBlue has been required in most new diesel cars and vans in Europe since 2016, and new diesel vehicles ...
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NewsACS joins in fringe event at Conservative Party conference
The Association of Convenience Stores (ACS) has highlighted the serious impact that crime has on staff working in the convenience sector at a fringe event during Conservative Party conference. The event, Violence against Shopworkers: Breaking the Cycle, was hosted by the Co-operative Group and looked at how the industry, police ...
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NewsACS welcomes move to provide cash deserts with ATMs
The launch of a new initiative from UK Finance, which aims to help local communities to identify and secure appropriate access to cash and payment services, has been welcomed by the ACS.The Community Access to Cash Initiative will provide communities with the opportunity to report gaps in cash provision through ...
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NewsCash machine raiders jailed for total of more than 30 years
Five members of a gang who stole 17 ATMs across the South East have been jailed for total of more than 30 years. The group carried out a total of 52 offences spanning London, Hertfordshire, Cambridge, Essex, Kent, the Thames Valley area, Suffolk, and Surrey. In addition to the 17 ...
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NewsCo-op adds its 133 sites to UK Fuels card network
UK Fuels and The Co-op have signed an agreement to add Co-op filling stations to the UK Fuels network. This will enable UK Fuel card holders to use their cards to purchase fuel at 133 Co-op sites nationwide. The Co-op deal means that the UK Fuels network now totals more ...
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NewsFormer petrol station owners jailed for fuel fraud
Five people, including the former owners of a Sussex petrol station, have been sentenced for distributing and selling an estimated 4.8 million litres of illicit fuel to motorists and haulage companies across the south east of England.Three were given jail sentences totalling more than 16 years.Brothers Dean Chapman, 43, from ...
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NewsMan charged with robbery at Morrisons petrol station
A man has been charged with robbery and having a knife after a petrol station in Ilkeston, Derbyshire, was raided. At around 10.20pm on Saturday 21 September, an employee at Morrisons petrol station, in Nottingham Road, called police to report that a man had gone into the shop with a ...
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NewsCar hits forecourt employee in drive-off
A car has hit a member of staff on a petrol station forecourt in south Wales as thieves drove off without paying for fuel. The incident took place at around 11.10am on Monday 23 September at the petrol station on Blaina Road in Brynmawr. A member of staff approached a ...
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NewsPRA arranges Business Breakout in Suffolk
The PRA has arranged a Business Breakout in Suffolk at The Millennium Grandstand, Rowley Mile Racecourse, Newmarket, on Thursday October 3.Coffee will be provided from 10am and there will be a free buffet lunch with opportunities to network.Presentations will include: PRA – latest market update; Allego – electric vehicle charging ...
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NewsExplosives team called to service station after failed ATM attack
Explosives experts were scrambled to a service station in Lancashire to check out a device inserted into an ATM in a failed attempt to blow it up.The incident, at the Texaco Service Station on Burnley Road, Padiham, began at about 1am on Tuesday September 24.Thieves pulled up at the site ...
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NewsMaxol wins planning permission for £6m motorway service area
Maxol Group has won planning permission for a £6m motorway service station in Newry, Northern Ireland. The company submitted a planning application in August 2017 for a motorway service area (MSA) on the Armagh Road outside the city. It said it would bring 80 jobs during the construction phase and ...
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NewsCo-op site in north Wales reopens after £1m overhaul
The Co-op has unveiled its new-look petrol filling station and food store at Old Colwyn in North Wales following a £1m overhaul of the site.The petrol filling station in Abergele Road, Old Colwyn, re-launched on Thursday September 26 following a three-month closure.Commencing in June, the works included replacement tanks, forecourt ...
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NewsConvenience store retailers fear Brexit-led food shortages
A quarter of convenience store retailers are concerned about Brexit-led food shortages, according to a survey by shopper insight agency HIM.It found that out of a sample of 250 independent and symbol retailers, 27% were concerned about food shortages if the UK leaves the EU.Eight per cent of retailers have ...
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NewsPRA organises Forecourt Roadshow in Belfast
The PRA will be presenting a Forecourt Roadshow in Belfast on Wednesday October 16, which will be supported by 30 major exhibitors.The event will be at The Maldron Hotel, at Belfast International Airport, running from 12 noon to 7pm and includes a buffet lunch at 1pm and a champagne tea ...
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NewsGulf Retail appoints new regional manager for South East
Gulf Retail has appointed Myra McPartlin as regional manager, South East, replacing Steve White who has retired.Myra was previously area business manager in Scotland and more recently in the North West, having joined Certas Energy in 2016 from its parent company DCC where, as part of the company’s graduate programme, ...
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NewsApplegreen expects greater benefits from Welcome Break
Applegreen has reported the integration of Welcome Break into the business is going well and could provide greater savings than originally expected, as it published its results for the six months ended 30 June 2019.It said: “The integration of Welcome Break, which was acquired in October 2018, is going well ...
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NewsACS takes retail crime message to Labour Party conference
The Association of Convenience Stores (ACS) has called for more to be done to tackle the root causes of retail crime at a fringe event at the Labour Party Conference in Brighton.The event, Safer Communities, Safer Shopworkers, was hosted by the Co-operative Party and aimed to find ways to tackle ...
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NewsDfT expands funding to provide accessible facilities
A new round of funding to improve accessibility at service areas has been launched as the government revealed the successful applicants from the first round.The Department for Transport (DfT), in partnership with Muscular Dystrophy UK (MDUK), announced that 22 motorway service areas had been successful in their bid for a ...
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NewsEuro Garages starts work on £3.5m redevelopment of site
Top 50 Indie Euro Garages has commenced a £3.5m redevelopment of its Esso site at Scarborough Road Bridlington in East Yorkshire. The scheme, which is expected to last until 2020 is expected to create 10 new job roles in addition to the current jobs at the site. Tom Jeremiah, group ...