All Forecourt Trader articles in November 2012 – Page 2
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Action on fuel duty should be top priority, says FSB
Action on fuel duty should be the top priority for the Chancellor George Osborne, according to the Forum of Private Business. The FSB has written to the Chancellor ahead of his Autumn statement next month with a five-point plan which it says will help the small business sector flourish and ...
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Transport minister promises road improvements at twice the speed
Motorists and hauliers will benefit from increased capacity on England’s motorways by spring 2015 thanks to the acceleration of three upgrades, Transport Secretary Patrick McLoughlin announced today (November 20).These will be delivered in this spending review period rather than the next, as the Government introduces major improvements to the way ...
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Energy Secretary urged to include local shops in Tariff Plans
ACS (the Association of Convenience Stores) has responded to the Energy Secretary’s announcement today, calling on the Government to include local shops in plans to give customers fairer tariffs. In an energy select committee meeting, Ed Davey announced plans to reduce the number of tariffs that energy companies can give ...
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Queenborough gets Big Brother Washtec security
WashTec Security Systems – powered by Big Brother, a Dutch CCTV Specialist – has recently installed a fullCCTV-based monitoring system at the George Hammond plc service station site in Queenborough, nearSheerness in Kent.The system, specially designed for forecourts, captures images from cameras located throughout the siteand links them with the ...
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Independents ’do’ help to lead fuel prices down, says angry Madderson
Contrary to reports, independent fuel retailers have helped to lead fuel prices down recently with several reporting that they had dropped prices below local supermarket competition, according to Brian Madderson, chairman of the Petrol Retailers’ Association (PRA). The PRA has reacted to claims in the AA’s November fuel price report ...
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Motorists are again being ’short-changed’ by fuel retailers, says AA fuel price report
The fuel retailing industry has been accused of ‘short-changing’ motorists by failing to reflect the recent fall in wholesale fuel prices at the pump – despite the threat of an Office of Fair Trading investigation.In its latest fuel price report, the AA reveals that the average UK petrol price between ...
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Symbol group operators on track for 50% share of c-store sales
Symbol group operators are expected to account for half of UK convenience store sales by 2020, according to the latest research published today by IGD. They currently have a 40% share of c-store sales, worth £13.96 billion, which is nearly three times the value they delivered 10 years ago. Joanne ...
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BP to pay $4.5bn as settlement for Deepwater oil spill
BP has announced its agreement with the US government to resolve all federal criminal charges and all claims by the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) against the company resulting from the 2010 Deepwater Horizon accident, oil spill, and response.BP will pay a total of $4.5bn – said to be the ...
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Tesco launches ’up to 50ppl off fuel’ promotion
Tesco has launched a new fuel promotion which enables motorists to earn up to 50ppl discount when they buy five selected products or deals.The promotion – which runs from November 14-20 – means customers can earn 10ppl discount vouchers by buying certain products, with a maximum of five coupons (50 ...
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Innovation and efficiency drive success, says Kay Group MD
The key to a successful independent forecourt network is embracing innovation and operational improvements, according to the Kay Group’s managing director Richard Cox. Presenting at the APEA Live 2012 conference last week, Richard said an organisation such as the Kay Group – a Top 50 indie retailer with 11 24-hour ...
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Fraser’s overcomes challenges to open new-to-industry site
Independent forecourt group Fraser’s Retail has opened a new-to-industry site in Marlborough, Wiltshire, and quickly changed the fuel-buying habits of local motorists after selling 120,000 litres of fuel in the first week. Budgens of Marlborough took 17 weeks to develop from a brownfield location and comprises a BP-branded forecourt, Budgens ...
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Labour’s bid to defer fuel duty rise defeated following House of Commons debate
Labour’s motion to delay the Government’s proposed 3ppl fuel duty rise from January to April was defeated by 284 votes to 234 following a debate in the House of Commons last night (Monday 12).Cathy Jamieson, Labour MP for Kilmarnock and Loudoun led the debate calling upon the Chancellor of the ...
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Chancellor should give up on fuel duty increases as a bad job, says FTA
The Freight Transport Association has hailed yesterday’s Parliamentary debate as confirmation that fuel duty has now become a mainstream political issue, and welcomes the suggestion that the Chancellor George Osborne may be about to cancel the increase in fuel duty planned for New Year’s Day. The indication that the Treasury ...
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Autogas ’duty’ bound to highlight cheaper motoring
With the fuel duty debate once again hitting the headlines, Autogas Limited is championing more affordable motoring by reminding struggling drivers and businesses how much money they could save simply by switching to autogas LPG. Paul Oxford, business development manager, Autogas Limited, said: “The bid to delay the proposed fuel ...
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AUK Investments take on cycling challenge
Three directors from independent forecourt group AUK Investments have helped raise £7,000 for charity in a 150-mile Coast to Coast cycle race. Brothers Simon, Marcus and Angus Hockings joined four others to make the ‘Magnificient Seven’ team that rode the gruelling hilly route from Whitehaven in Cumbria to Tynemouth in ...
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Rock-loving Kingsley wins top Forecourt Sales Assistant award
Kingsley Elliff from Suffolk-based AW & D Hammond was the winner of the Forecourt Sector in the Sales Assistant of the Year competition run by Forecourt Trader’s sister publication Convenience Store.He was presented with his award today (Tuesday 13) at the prestigious Dorchester Hotel in Park Lane, by celebrity presenter ...
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Pinpoint launches refuelling alert system to aid disabled motorists
A new forecourt alert service called Pinpoint has been launched to take the stress out of refuelling for disabled motorists. Developed by Contacta Incisive Solutions, which is headed up by London 7/7 bombing survivor Daniel Biddle, Pinpoint uses a two-way radio frequency for petrol station staff to be alerted as ...
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ACS presses Government on rates data
ACS chief executive James Lowman has today given evidence to the Growth and Infrastructure Bill Committee, urging the Government to give more details on the impact of delaying business rates revaluation by two years.The Government has described the measure – to be introduced as part of the Growth and Infrastructure ...
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Motorists will ’waste’ £50m on fuel to defrost their cars this winter
UK motorists will waste nearly £50 million of fuel this winter by leaving their cars to idle with the engine running in order to defrost them, a new study of regular drivers by Direct Line Car Insurance has discovered. The study calculates that the fuel wasted equates to over 300 ...
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RHA welcomes fuel duty support by SNP
The Road Haulage Association has welcomed the news that the Scottish National Party are to vote against the 3ppl fuel duty increase planned for January 2013."The more opposition to the planned increase, the more chance of the Chancellor abandoning his plans to increase fuel duty and thereby reducing the stranglehold ...
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