All Forecourt Trader articles in May 2010
View all stories from this issue.
-
News
Total launches mobile internet website
Total UK today launches its mobile internet website, which is designed for customers on the move and accessible by all internet smartphones. The website content includes a service station finder that provides location details by nearest, or by requested area. Additional features include which service stations are open 24 hours, ...
-
News
Forecourt Trader of the Year to speak at seminar
Forecourt Trader of the Year winner and Top 50 independent Patrick Sewell of the Hull-based Sewell Group, will be one of the speakers at the Forecourt Seminar 2010, organised by The Association of Convenience Stores. The day-long, conference-style seminar is being held at the Walker Stadium in Leicester on July ...
-
News
Business Rates warning ahead of Emergency Budget
The Association of Convenience Stores (ACS) has highlighted Business Rates as a key issue in its submission to the new chancellor ahead of the upcoming Emergency Budget. The ACS said forecourts had been hardest hit of all businesses in the sector by the latest revaluation and urged the government to ...
-
News
Supermarkets cut fuel prices again
Asda and Sainsbury’s have entered round two of the supermarket fuel price war, cutting the cost at the pumps from today. Asda said it was dropping the price of a litre of unleaded petrol to a maximum of 113.9p, and diesel to no more than 116.9p. Sainsbury’s followed suit, saying ...
-
News
Soap stars
The past year has definitely been a challenging one for the car wash industry what with the recession and the continued competition from hand washing operations, but things are looking up. Kevin Pay, managing director at Wilcomatic, says: "January was very poor in terms of wash volumes due to the ...
-
News
Revolutionary road
Forecourt designer Robert Onion has seen the future of fuel retailing and warns there’s a radical shake-up ahead.As an expert on forecourt and shop formats in many parts of the world, he is sure the years ahead will see some very challenging and exciting changes for the independent sector. ...
-
News
MRH signs WashTec
Top 50 indie MRH (GB) Ltd has given WashTec a new and extended three-year contract to maintain a substantial part of its fleet of rollover and jet wash equipment.According to WashTec, this includes a large number of Christ car washes, which were formerly maintained by Wilcomatic.Commenting on the new contract, ...
-
News
Morning story
In its ’Eight tips to eating well’ recommendations, the Food Standards Agency advises people not to skip breakfast. However, a recent survey conducted on behalf of yogurt brand Onken found that 64% of people sacrifice breakfast for extra time in bed or the chance to get to work earlier. The ...
-
News
Results of this month’s online poll:
Which of the three main political parties offers the best policies for you and your business? Conservatives 52% Labour 32% Lib Dems 16% For the second time in a few weeks the Conservatives manage to nab themselves a ...
-
News
United in Race for Life
United Biscuits (UBUK) brand Go Ahead! is becoming an official partner of Cancer Research UK’s Race For Life 2010 as part of the brand’s ’Together We Feel Good’ campaign.
-
News
Law and order
All change as new government arrives?As we all knew at the time, the March 2010 Budget was likely to be out of date before the ink on it was properly dry, with the General Election due just six weeks later. Now after the protracted political horse-trading following the most unusual ...
-
News
Shrek surpise with Kinder
Kinder Surprise has teamed up with summer blockbuster, Shrek Forever After, to offer retailers and consumers a big surprise this summer one in five eggs will contain a film character.
-
News
Price war kicks off at the pumps
Tesco has joined Asda, Sainsbury’s and Morrisons in a price war at the pumps. Last month all four supermarket giants announced they were slashing fuel prices. Tesco cut petrol and diesel prices by 2ppl at all its 450 petrol stations in the UK, with Asda and Morrisons both lowering unleaded ...
-
News
Protect with HTEC
HTEC has launched a security device called Forecourt Protect which is aimed at helping UK fuel retailers prevent drive-offs.The company says it runs independently of the pos, so retailers do not need to have its petrol forecourt HydraPOS system installed to benefit from the central database of ’drive-off’ records.The system ...
-
News
It’s ’wash and grow’ for Karcher’s Peter Spencer
A typical working day starts at around 5.30am, when I get up to get ready for my journey from Breedon on the Hill, where I live, to Banbury home of Kärcher’s UK HQ. I normally arrive at the office at about 7.30am and plan my schedule and activities for ...
-
News
P&H goes for PCMS
Palmer & Harvey has signed a five-year deal with retail software experts PCMS. The Coventry-based company will offer epos support to retailers.P&H chief executive officer, Chris Etherington, says: "We see the need for a next-generation epos solution that will offer convenience retailers significant benefits."This includes improved support and system monitoring, ...
-
News
Nestlé summer of fun
Nestlé has launched its 2010 ’Get Set, Go Free’ promotion, which offers consumers the opportunity to try out a range of activities for free over the summer holidays. Backed by a £3m media campaign, the points collection promotion is Nestlé UK’s biggest ever and will run across six categories ...
-
News
You can grab a taste of Friday
Coca-Cola Enterprises Ltd (CCE) recently launched a new brand campaign for Fanta, encouraging consumers and retailers to ’Grab a Taste of Friday’ throughout the summer. The company says the activity aims to invigorate the flavoured sparkling soft drinks sector. By positioning Fanta as a signpost to ...
-
News
HOW TO ENTER GIVEAWAYS
Write your names, address and phone number on a postcard or sealed envelope stating what you want – Coca Cola, Energizer, Lucozade or Jack Link’s – and we’ll do the rest, including delivery. Send it to us at Forecourt Trader, William Reed Business Media, Broadfield Park, Crawley, West Sussex ...
-
News
Wired for energy
Food Connections has launched new energy boost bar Wired. Containing caffeine and taurine, the 80g bar is said to have the equivalent kick to leading energy drinks but with the added bonus of oats, so enabling a longer-lasting energy fix."The need for an energy boost is the biggest reason for ...