All Forecourt Trader articles in March 2015 – Page 7
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Leeds site re-opens after £2m rebuild
A family-owned service station in Leeds has re-opened after a £2m redevelopment of the site.Woodman Service Station comprises a 1,800sq ft Nisa Local store, Starbucks drive-thru, car wash and a 24-hour Shell forecourt. It takes the place of a former pub and the existing services, which was previously run by ...
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Asda buys 15 petrol stations from Rontec
Asda has purchased 15 petrol stations from Top 50 Indie Rontec in the latest move towards its aim of opening 100 standalone petrol stations by the end of 2018.Asda intends to close and convert the 15 petrol stations over a number of weeks and will re-open the sites under the ...
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NewsFireball injures staff at filling station
Four staff have been hurt by a mini fireball at an operator-run BP filling station at Spring Hill in Birmingham, according to local press reports. The fireball was caused by a fan heater in the shop. West Midlands Fire Service were called to the incident and Dave James, station commander ...
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New challenge to plain packaging decision
A detailed response to the government’s plan to introduce plain packaging for tobacco products has been issued by JTI UK managing director Daniel Torras. He said that successive introductions of regulations on tobacco made it impossible to assess the impact of individual changes and pointed out the decision to press ...
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Report says shop theft has been decriminalised
A report released by the influential think tank Policy Exchange has suggested that shop theft has been ‘decriminalised’ because of a weak response from courts and police. Association of Convenience Stores (ACS) chief executive James Lowman said: “Shop theft is one of the biggest operational challenges retailers face and it’s ...
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Assistant injured during robbery
Police are appealing for information after a staff member was injured during a robbery at a filling station near Houghton le Spring, Northumberland. The robbery happened at 9pm on Sunday, March 1, at Chilton Moor Filling Station in North View Terrace in Chilton Moor. A man went into the premises ...
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Raiders armed with hammers steal cash and tobacco
Thames Valley Police is appealing for witnesses following a robbery at a service station in Beaconsfield during the early hours of Tuesday March 3. Just before 3.30am, two men entered Holtspur Service Station, A40, Beaconsfield, and threatened members of staff with a hammer. The pair then went onto steal a ...
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NewsRontec aims to raise £1m for charity
Rontec’s Shop’ N Drive chain is aiming to raise up to £1m for the national sight loss charity RNIB after it chose it as its first charity of the Year. The money will be raised by customers, in a scheme which allows them to ‘top up’ their credit or debit ...