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NewsFastned to add five further rapid charger hubs in North East
Fastned, which is building a European network of fast charging stations for electric vehicles, has won a second tender in the UK led by the North East Joined Transport Committee. Fastned will build and operate five fast charging stations (hubs) for electric vehicles across the region. Each station will ...
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NewsLincolnshire Co-op reopens site after £1.6m redevelopment
Lincolnshire Co-op has reopened Whaplode Food Store and Filling Station after a £1.6m redevelopment. The site on Main Road has been given a major overhaul including the creation of a new, larger food outlet to replace the former kiosk on the site.It has doubled the retail area, creating room for ...
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NewsCCTV footage shows staff member hit and run on forecourt
Dramatic CCTV footage of a forecourt staff member being knocked down by a driver who failed to pay for their fuel has been released in a bid to identify her attacker. In footage released by the Texaco garage in Leicester Road, Lutterworth, a man can be seen filling an Audi ...
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NewsNorthern Irish police set up team to tackle ATM crime
A team of detectives has been set up to tackle ATM thefts in Northern Ireland after another attack on a forecourt over the weekend. The Organised Crime Branch of the Police Service of Northern Ireland has set up the team and is appealing to the public for information. Detective inspector ...
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NewsPRA arranges Business Breakout in Belfast
The PRA has arranged a Business Breakout in Belfast on Thursday March 28.The event will be at The Crowne Plaza Hotel, 117 Milltown Road, Shaws Bridge, with registration from 10am.Presentations will include: PRA – market update; PRA – AFID fuel labelling; Edge Petrol – fuel margins under the microscope; Grip ...
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NewsSuffolk Police investigating after failed cash machine heist
Suffolk Police are appealing for witnesses following the attempted theft of a cash machine in Great Barton. The incident occurred at around 1.30am on Saturday 9 March at the Esso service station in The Street. A car pulled up outside and two people wearing high-visibility jackets got out and hooked-up ...
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NewsTop 50 Indie relaunches Tonbridge site after KDRB
Top 50 Indie George Hammond plc has relaunched its Three Elm site at Tonbridge, in Kent, following a full demolition and rebuild, which has included moving the shop from Spar to Southern Co-op’s Welcome franchise. The former site, which closed in August last year, was a four-square forecourt with one ...
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NewsKnife-wielding robber escapes with £200 in cash
Detectives from Wiltshire Police are appealing for witnesses after a knifepoint robbery at a shop in Westbury on Monday March 11. Police were alerted at about 10.30pm to a report of a robbery at the Esso Service Station in Warminster Road, Westbury. A man had entered the store, threatened a ...
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Vapestore opens at Rusdene Waterlooville
Forecourt group Rusdene has launched a new partnership with a vaping company, trialling new retail offers across all of its five sites. Working with Vapouriz Group it opened the first example, a 300sq ft Vapestore, at the Waterlooville BP Service Station, in Hampshire. The partnership will roll out further Vapestores, ...
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Jet unveils new image
Jet has unveiled a new image prototype at Jet Abbeyside in Selby, North Yorkshire, one of the fuel brand’s new company-owned sites, acquired from independent retailer Nick Baker last October. The new design has been developed in response to dealer and consumer feedback, and incorporates an array of improvements, including ...
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NewsShell launches new rewards programme – Shell Go+
Shell has launched a new rewards programme – Shell Go+ – which will replace its current Drivers’ Club scheme and is designed to completely update the way the company rewards customers for the business they bring to Shell service stations. “It’s a fresh start to a brand new rewards programme, ...
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Gulf Retail gives it retailers more Oomph
Gulf Retail is rolling out out a new forecourt loyalty platform, Oomph, across its UK network, utilising latest technology to drive new revenues to its dealers and enable them to strengthen customer retention. Working in partnership with Azpiral, the new initiative allows Gulf dealers to talk to their customers and ...
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September will see new rules on fuel labelling
The government has announced that new rules on the labelling of petrol and diesel at service stations are to be rolled out from September. The labels are intended to help motorists to make sure they have the right fuel for their vehicle, preventing mis-fuelling and enhancing understanding of the fuel’s ...
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Forecourt owner partners with Co-op for new site
Forecourt owner Visvanathan Ragunathan has partnered with Southern Co-op for the opening of his new site at Southwater in West Sussex. The store at the Texaco fuel station is trading under Southern Co-op’s Welcome franchise brand. He said: "Our customers love the Co-op own-label range and promotions. They love our ...
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Shell replaces Driver’s Club with Shell Go+ rewards
Shell is updating the way it rewards customers for the business they bring to Shell service stations with a new rewards programme Shell Go+, officially launched on March 11. The new programme will replace the existing Shell Drivers’ Club scheme. Michael Hominick, marketing manager for Shell Retail UK, said: "We ...
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profits rise at rontec Top 50 Indie Rontec has revealed it increased pre-tax profits by 8% to £28.8m on turnover of £1.2bn in its accounts for the year to September 30, 2018. In his chairman’s statement, Gerald Ronson said that although fuel volumes had been under pressure, shop sales increased ...
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Phoenix Service Station rises with new BP branding
A newly rebuilt forecourt in the centre of Bradford has been added to the BP dealer network. Phoenix Service Station, which is run by brothers Ismail, Nazir and Mohammad Bismillah, has been converted from Gulf branding, and has undergone a full knockdown and rebuild in partnership with forecourt solutions company, ...
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Essar Oil (UK) is principal sponsor of Forecourt Awards
Essar Oil (UK) has been revealed as the new principal sponsor of this year’s Forecourt Trader Awards the industry’s most prestigious awards programme. The long-established competition is the showcase for the petrol retailing industry recognising and rewarding those businesses at the leading edge of their profession. The Forecourt Trader Awards ...
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BOSS figures for Q4 2018 show forecourt crime fell
Incidents of forecourt crime recorded by BOSS (British Oil Security Syndicate) fell by 4% during the final quarter of 2018, according to the latest results from its Forecourt Crime Index. The index is based on no means of payment incident reports that are made as part of its Payment Watch ...
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NewsEssar on a mission to grow dealer network
Essar Oil (UK) has restated its aim of 400 sites within the next five years, following the appointment of Ramsay MacDonald as head of retail at the start of the year.“We’ve got fuel quality, we’ve got scale, we’ve got the ambition, the image, the team,” said MacDonald. “It’s not a ...