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NewsSainbury’s and Asda request more time for merger evidence
The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has rejected a claim by Sainsbury’s and Asda that they need more time to process all the evidence generated by the inquiry into their proposed merger.The CMA responded after the retailers applied to the Competition Appeal Tribunal for a judicial review of the CMA’s ...
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NewsScottish site sold at auction for twice the guide price
A former petrol filling station site in Fife Scotland, has sold at auction for twice its guide price. The deal took place at the final sale of the 2018 season held by Scottish independent property auction company SVA Property Auctions. Viewforth Filling Station at Higgins Neuk, near Kincardine Bridge, was ...
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NewsCar makers forecast to fail to meet emissions targets
Eight out of thirteen car manufacturers will fail to meet EU CO2 emission targets in 2021 and face significant fines according to PA Consulting. Its annual forecast predicts that Volkswagen, Ford, Fiat, PSA, BMW, Daimler, Mazda and Hyundai-Kia will miss their specific 2021 targets. Volkswagen could be fined up to ...
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Million-pound revamp for Co-op forecourt
The Co-op petrol filling station and food store in Princess Parkway, Manchester, has re-opened after a near £1m revamp. The four-week programme of works involved replacing pumps, signage and the forecourt, while enhancing the shop to include a Costa Express, in-store bakery, Amazon lockers and a bigger fresh food, food-to-go, ...
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NewsUK shoppers set to spend £21.6bn on Christmas groceries
The UK grocery market is set to experience 2.4% growth this Christmas, with shoppers predicted to spend £21.6bn over the festive period, according to the latest forecast from research organisation IGD. With nearly half (48%) of shoppers agreeing that food and drink is the most important part of Christmas Day, ...
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NewsRobber armed with hatchet raids BP site
A robber armed with a hatchet, terrified staff in a raid on a Paisley forecourt earlier this week. According to the Daily Record, the armed robber, who was wearing a high-vis vest, entered the BP site on Greenock Road at around 6.30am on December 3. He demanded that the cashier ...
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NewsValero and the Co-op join forces to raise money for charity
Members of Valero’s retail team recently joined forces with Co-op Texaco Thorne, Doncaster, to raise money for local charity, ‘Pride of the Isle’, who help improve the quality of life for people with life-limiting illnesses. The eight Valero employees and Co-op staff spent five hours washing cars at Co-op’s Thorne ...
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NewsEssar supports learning charity
Children from schools local to Essar’s Stanlow refinery recently participated in a special visit to Cheshire College South and West (CCSW) in Ellesmere Port. The visit was organised through Essar’s partnership with Passion for Learning, a local charitable organisation working to support primary school age children.The aim of the visit ...
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NewsMore supermarket fuel price cuts
For the fifth week in a row, supermarkets are cutting the price of unleaded petrol and diesel. As of tomorrow Sainsbury’s is cutting the price of unleaded petrol and diesel by up to 2ppl across its 314 forecourts. David Pegg, Fuel buying Manager for Sainsbury’s, said: ...
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NewsRefuel & Go like-for-like sales up 10% after move to Spar
Top 50 Indie Refuel & Go has increased like-for-like sales by 10% since it relaunched its eight forecourt sites in London and the Home Counties under the Spar fascia. Museum Service Station in Bethnal Green moved to Spar in December 2017, with the remaining seven sites coming on board in ...
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NewsRAC predicts further falls after petrol drops 5ppl in November
Despite the average price of petrol falling by more than 5ppl in November, the biggest monthly drop since January 2015, the RAC claims prices should fall by at least as much again. RAC Fuel Watch shows unleaded petrol fell from 130.61ppl to 125.43ppl (down 5.18ppl) in November and diesel dropped ...
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NewsACS welcomes guidance on business rates discounts
The Association of Convenience Stores (ACS) has welcomed the publication of new guidance from the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government on the details of how business rates discounts announced in this year’s Budget will be allocated. During the Budget on October 29, Chancellor Philip Hammond announced that businesses ...
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NewsTwo new BP with M&S Simply Food sites open
Thirty eight new jobs have been created with the opening of two BP service stations with M&S Simply Food. The new site on the A358 at Cross Keys, Norton Fitzwarren, in Somerset, has created 18 new jobs while 20 new jobs have been created in north-west England with the opening ...
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NewsSales of new cars continue to slide in November
The UK new car market declined by 3.0% in November with 158,639 units registered, according to figures released by the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT). Reflecting recent trends, demand for petrol and alternatively fuelled vehicles (AFVs) rose 3.5% and 24.6%, to 96,441 and 10,796, but failed to ...
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NewsEG Group wins planning consent at North Lincolnshire site
Euro Garages’ parent company EG Group has won planning permission for a new service station at Barton-upon-Humber, in North Lincolnshire. According to the planning application the development will create 60 jobs. The scheme replaces proposals for a pub and restaurant on part of land known as Top Field, where a ...
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NewsKnife-wielding robber jailed for raid on petrol station
A man from Warrington has been jailed after carrying out an armed robbery at a petrol station in the town. Jason Williamson, of Ramsay Close, Birchwood, pleaded guilty to charges of robbery, threatening a person with a bladed article in a public place and possessing a drug of class B ...
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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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NewsHome Office Minister agrees to retail violence summit
Home Office Minister Victoria Atkins has agreed to meet with retail representative bodies and trade unions to discuss violence against retailers and shopworkers following amendments tabled to the Offence Weapons Bill by David Hanson MP. The amendments proposed tougher sanctions for attacks on shopworkers that are “intentionally obstructed” in exercising ...
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NewsBP and Shell among seven oil companies signed up for The Forecourt Show
BP and Shell are among seven oil companies that have already signed up for The Forecourt Show 2019, making it the most must-attend forecourt exhibition of the year. BP, Greenergy, Gulf, Harvest Energy, Jet, Murco and Shell will be out in force at the NEC from April 8-10, giving retailers ...
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NewsSupermarkets announce weekend fuel price cuts
Another round of fuel price cuts begins as supermarkets rush to make announcements about their plans in time for the weekend. From tomorrow Asda customers will see a cut of up to 2ppl off the company’s national price cap on unleaded at 116.7ppl and diesel at 127.77ppl. This is Asda’s ...