All Forecourt Trader articles in March 2018 – Page 3
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NewsFreehold of service station leased by Rontec sold for £3.9m
The Automotive Division of estate agents Knight Frank in Bristol has sold the freehold of a service station leased by Top 50 Indie Rontec for £3.9m. The Esso-branded service station at Hengrove Way, in Bristol, is one of around 50 Rontec sites where it has a Morrisons Daily convenience store. ...
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NewsMaxol invests £1m in partnership with coffee shop chain
Maxol has announced it will invest £1m with Ground Espresso Bars, Northern Ireland’s largest independently-owned scaled artisan coffee chain, in a new commercial partnership. The first of the new stores will open towards the end of this month in Maxol’s flagship site on the A26 at Tannaghmore, Co Antrim, with ...
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Suresite’s new solution
Suresite has launched a new wet-stock management solution, which it claims has zero tolerance to water, the catalyst for accelerated tank corrosion due to modern fuel formulations. Biofuels and ultra-low sulphur products have turned the tank maintenance rules upside down with microbial activity, facilitated by the presence of water, causing ...
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Analysis
Opportunity knocks?
With the two biggest members of Forecourt Trader’s Top 50 Indies snapping up more and more of the other groups in the listing, it was only a matter of time before they began to consider the biggest deal of all, but its timing still took many people by surprise.It was ...
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Under the spotlight: Jane Lindsay-Green
Horses are a passion for Shell’s Jane Lindsay-Green so much so that her favourite vehicle would be a horse-drawn carriage 01 Career history: I’ve been lucky to have a really varied career, from spending time in the fashion world, to working for a telecoms company, as well as time in ...
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Pastures green
If you want to be inspired about the potential of forecourt retailing, you could do no worse than a visit to our friends in the Republic of Ireland, where Forecourt Trader was recently taken on a whistle-stop tour of some of the brightest and best sites around Dublin. Many of ...
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Getting singled out
Nine out of 10 people eat chocolate, with 57% of them doing so more than once a week. So says Mintel in its latest chocolate category report. Bars and blocks are the most popular formats thanks to their availability and price. And confectionery singles or countlines are the most important ...
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New Nisa Local forecourt finds favour with locals
A new Nisa Local forecourt store that has just opened in West Yorkshire has been met with compliments from locals who have been using the site for two decades, according to its owners Salim and Mumta Patel. Crown Services in Brighouse was closed last September to allow a much smaller ...
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TLM launches evoPOS ’for a mobile-first world’
This month sees the much-heralded launch of the evoPOS system from TLM Technologies. Designed specifically for the convenience and fuel sector, it aims to not just fulfil the functionality of traditional EPOS systems, but includes advanced features that more closely align with a modern retail environment. Group sales and marketing ...
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Money Talk: Time to talk pensions as not even you can work forever
If you’ve been running your own business and employing staff for more than a couple of years, you’ll no doubt remember all of the publicity about Pensions Auto Enrolment. How between 2012 and 2017 every employer, down to the smallest, was repeatedly reminded to ensure that they had a recognised ...
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Jet signs up two more forecourts in England
Jet has secured two new site wins, with Jet Barton Road Garage on the Shropshire/Wales border and Penny Newby Service Station in Scarborough joining the fuel brand’s expanding network. Both sites now have Jet’s latest image on the canopies, stanchions, pumps and pole signs, and both have opted to introduce ...
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Lucozade Energy links with new Tomb Raider movie
Lucozade Energy has announced a joint campaign with Tomb Raider, which opens in cinemas later this month. The campaign kicked off with a new TV ad, supported by a nationwide outdoor and in-store campaign. The campaign is the latest in the Tomb Raider and Lucozade Energy partnership which has proven ...
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M-way pricing trial ends
Motorway fuel price signs will not be rolled out across the network, after a pilot scheme failed to deliver the hoped for benefits, Highways England has announced.Signs showing the price of fuel at up-coming motorway service stations were introduced on a section of the M5 between Bristol and Exeter in ...
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New no-added sugar Nurishment drink
Vitamin-enriched milk drink Nurishment now has a no-added sugar variant available in vanilla flavour. The 400g cans are launched in £1 price-marked packs.Nurishment is backed by a £1m campaign this year. Trade marketing support includes Nurishment’s biggest-ever pos- distribution drive in cash and carries and independent stores, backed by an ...
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HTEC creates demo c-store to show off its technology
HTEC has created a demonstration convenience store at its head office in Hampshire to show its clients how its technology would work, and for training staff. The c-store was created by using imagery from some of its local client stores to replicate the products and ensure it is as real ...
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Final countdown
As we prepare to launch the Forecourt Trader Awards for 2018 in next month’s issue, we complete our review of the amazing winners at last year’s competition Best Oil company initiative winner shell: From a very competitive entry list, Shell was unanimously judged to have the Best Oil Company ...
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EG Group completes takeover of Italian sites
EG Group has completed its takeover of Esso Italiana which includes around 1,100 Esso service stations and 100 fuel supply contracts for third-party sites in Italy. The deal is part of the EG Group’s strategic partnership with ExxonMobil, which has made it the oil major’s largest global wholesaler customer. Italy ...
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Tracy West: retail commentator
The first of the Bank Holidays hits later this month with Good Friday on March 30, followed closely by Easter Monday on April 2. The true meaning of Easter may have been forgotten by most people, but it still resonates with many thanks to those extra days off work for ...
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Snow closes much of UK but forecourts stay open
When amber weather warnings for snow were in place last month for parts of Scotland, northern England, the Midlands, the East and South East, motorists were advised to avoid driving if at all possible and emergency services were on alert to deal with crashes.Many schools were closed, flights were cancelled ...
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Leading the charge
When it comes to electric vehicles (EVs) their capabilities and how they’ll be charged there always seems to be more questions than answers. An Office for National Statistics survey published last summer found that the most significant barrier to purchasing an EV surrounded the battery, and specifically a perceived lack ...