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NewsUK new car market struggles while Europe thrives
The UK new car market was up marginally last month, but this was not enough to offset the overall decline this year which leaves 2019 down by 2.5% compared with the same nine months in 2018.Figures released by the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT) showed September saw growth ...
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NewsRAC claims that fuel prices are too high despite reduction
The RAC has claimed fuel prices are too high, but conceded independent retailers may not be able to cut prices for financial reasons.Despite fears refinery fires in Saudi Arabia in the middle of September would lead to higher pump prices, the cost of a litre of petrol fell by just ...
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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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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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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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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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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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NewsPRA arranges Business Breakout event in Shrewsbury
The PRA will be staging a Business Breakout in Shrewsbury on Wednesday October 23. It is being held at the Arthur Rowley Suite at Shrewsbury Town FC’s Montgomery Waters Stadium. Coffee will be provided from 10am and there will be a free buffet lunch with opportunities to network. Presentations will ...
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NewsDisappointment at Chancellor’s plan to hike living wage rate
The Association of Convenience Stores (ACS) has urged the Government to allow the Low Pay Commission to set wage rates based on evidence rather than political pressure in response to an announcement from the Chancellor.In his speech to the Conservative Party Conference, Chancellor Sajid Javid announced plans to raise the ...
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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 ...
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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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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 ...