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NewsForecourt crime incidents up 13%
A 13% rise in incidents of crime on Britain’s retail forecourts has been revealed by the latest BOSS Forecourt Crime Index. Rising fuel prices during the quarter have pushed up the average initial loss per site, before any BOSS Payment Watch recovery, to £420 per site in Q3 2018 (Q2 ...
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NewsRontec sells controlling joint stake in fuel card business
Top 50 Indie Rontec, together with Bayford Group, has sold a controlling interest in a fuel card business to a French company. Edenred, which specialises in prepaid corporate services, has signed an agreement to acquire 80% of the share capital of The Right Fuelcard Company (TRFC) group, which has 27,000 ...
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NewsMachete-wielding thugs attack forecourt staff
Lancashire Police has appealed for witnesses after robbers attacked employees at the Asda petrol station in Burnley. At 10pm on Saturday 24 November, a silver Nissan Juke pulled up near to the petrol station as the staff were locking up and leaving for the night. Three men left the car ...
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NewsACS calls for Making Tax Digital to be delayed by a year
The Association of Convenience Stores (ACS) is calling on the government to delay Making Tax Digital (MTD) until 2020, following a report from the House of Lords Economic Affairs Finance Bill Sub Committee. MTD is scheduled to change the way retailers submit their VAT return from April 2019, requiring them ...
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NewsNisa’s latest format bringing sales increases of 12%
Nisa has reported that retailers who have converted their stores to the latest Evolution format over the past 12 months are experiencing sales increases averaging almost 12%. Since the start of January this year, 42 stores have converted to the latest format which offers retailers a greater degree of ...
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NewsLeeds Spar site relaunches after £1m revamp
Spar Victoria Service Station, located on the outskirts of Leeds, has been relaunched after a £1m revamp of its filling station and food store. Owned by the Patel family for 25 years, the store’s re-investment programme was led by James Hall & Co, Spar UK’s distributor for the North of ...
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NewsMaxol aiming to raise £20,000 for mental health charity
Irish forecourt and convenience retailer Maxol is aiming to raise £20,000 this Christmas for its charity partner, AWARE – which provides support, education, and information, for people affected by depression, bipolar disorder and mood-related conditions in Northern Ireland. The initiative, now in its second year, will see Maxol donate 10p ...
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NewsGloucester man defrauds forecourt
A 30-year old Gloucester man was jailed for 36 months yesterday, for a string of crimes including one of defrauding a petrol station. In the forecourt aspect of the crime, Moulder stole his partner’s car and in doing so was driving without a licence or insurance. He filled the car ...
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NewsForecourts lead convenience sector in food-to-go category
Forecourts have the highest food-to-go spend across convenience, according to exclusive research from HIM – a leading shopper insights agency within convenience, wholesale, discounters and foodservice.Their performance compares favourably against independent convenience stores who are missing out on the food-to-go category, according to HIM’s latest report, which highlights that average ...
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NewsDouble blow for Lee-on-the-Solent site
Double blow for Lee-on-the-Solent site Police have released CCTV images in a bid to find the burglars who stole £1,200-worth of scratchcards from a BP garage in Broom Way in Lee-on-the-Solent. According to Portsmouth.co.uk, there were two incidents at the site. The first took place at around 2am on November ...
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NewsFuel prices drop in time for Black Friday weekend
Supermarkets are cutting fuel prices in time for Black Friday weekend.Asda has cut up to 1ppl off unleaded and 2ppl off diesel from its national price cap, across its 319 petrol stations following a further decrease in the wholesale cost.The retailer’s new national fuel price cap means that drivers across ...
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NewsTechnology, sustainability and healthy eating among key retail trends, says IGD
Innovative advances in technology, coupled with seamless in-store shopping experiences, are among the IGD’s top predictions for 2019’s global retail trends. Toby Pickard, head of Insight, Innovation and Futures at IGD, said: “2019’s biggest trend of all is likely to be the continuation of rapid and radical change in the ...
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NewsAlfa Power electric charger for Leeds forecourt
Alfa Power installed of one of its fastest public rapid-charge points last week, at Shell-branded Victoria Service Station, Morley, Leeds, owned by Dilawer Patel.The company says the installation of the 50kW rapid charger in an area that suffers from high pollution levels is a positive step for the local environment. ...
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NewsSuper charging hub given planning consent in Norwich
Planning permission has been granted for a £25m large-scale battery and electric vehicle (EV) supercharging hub in Norwich. Pivot Power has been given the go-ahead for the 50 megawatt battery, with the hub scheduled to open in April 2020. The Norwich site is the third hub announced by the company, ...
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NewsFreeWire trials mobile charging service for commercial fleets
FreeWire Technologies, which is trialling chargers for electric vehicles on BP forecourts, has teamed up with Centrica for another feasibility study. FreeWire has received funding from the Office for Low Emission Vehicles and Innovate UK to participate in the Wireless Electric Vehicle Charging for Commercial Users competition. Delivered ...
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NewsWest Mercia Police release CCTV image of knife raider
West Mercia Police have released CCTV footage and are appealing for witnesses, dashcam footage and any further CCTV footage following a robbery at Northwick Service Station on Ombersley Road, Worcester at around 5.30am on Sunday 18 November. It took place when a man entered the garage and threatened staff with ...
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NewsThieves use JCB to rip ATM out of garage forecourt
Detectives are investigating after thieves ripped a cash machine out of a wall at a forecourt in Chalfont St Peter, in Buckinghamshire. Police attended the Esso petrol station, in Gravel Hill, at 1.20am Sunday November 18 after reports that a ram raid had taken place. A vehicle had been used ...
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NewsSeven arrested over rash of raids on cash machines
Seven people have been arrested after Thames Valley Police conducted several warrants in connection with a rash of ATM burglaries across four counties. On Wednesday November 21, officers from Thames Valley Police, working alongside partners from Wiltshire Police, Gloucestershire Police, West Mercia Police, the National Crime Agency, South West Regional ...
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NewsServices on A roads given high approval ratings by drivers
A survey of drivers using services on two important ‘A’ roads in Southern England found high levels of customers satisfaction, but warned this was partly because their expectations of such facilities are low.In the latest research from road user watchdog Transport Focus 96% of drivers using services on the A3 ...
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NewsForecourt sites among winners at Appleby Westward awards
Forecourt sites performed well at this year’s awards ceremony run by Appleby Westward, the regional distribution company for Spar stores in the south west. Olly Andrews’ Spar forecourt store at Maiden Newton won the Community Retailer of the Year award, as well as the Best Neighbourhood Forecourt Store award, while ...