All Forecourt Trader articles in November 2014
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Brookfield Group opens £2m service station
Top 50 Indie Brookfield Group has opened Pocklington Services Shell in East Yorkshire after a £2m investment. The opening was marked by a two-day event with a visit from a Ferrari Formula 1 racing car, giveaways and a wide range of in-store offers. The service station was officially opened by ...
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NewsMilford Haven refinery closes after sale collapses
The Murco refinery at Milford Haven in South Wales is being closed following the collapse of a deal to sell it. Its owner, Murphy Petroleum, said the agreement reached at the end of June to sell the refinery to Klesch Refining was no longer in effect. In a statement the ...
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Armed robber strikes at Plymstock
Police in Plymouth are appealing for information following an armed robbery at a service station in Plymstock. The incident occurred between 5am and 5.30am on Tuesday 4 November at the Morley Service Station on Billacombe Road in Plymstock. A man armed with a knife threatened a member of staff, and ...
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Man charged with arson and robbery at service station
Customers of a service station helped to detain a robber who is believed to have started a fire as a diversionary tactic. The incident at the Warren Service Station in Easington Road, Hartlepool, began when staff were alerted to a fire on the site at about 6.50pm on Tuesday November ...
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Raid on diesel laundering plant in Irish Republic
Customs and police officers have raided a diesel laundering plant at County Monaghan in the Republic of Ireland, close to the border with Northern Ireland. The plant at Drumboat, Inniskeen, had the capacity to launder 20 million litres of diesel a year, equating to an annual loss to the Irish ...
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Solar-powered hydrogen refuelling plant opened
The UK’s first commercial scale solar-powered hydrogen production and refuelling facility has been opened in Swindon. It was developed by a consortium of businesses including BOC and Honda, which has its UK manufacturing site on the outskirts of Swindon. The consortium claimed the development had achieved a number of significant ...
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Asda takes unleaded petrol below 120ppl
Minimum supermarket prices for unleaded petrol have fallen below 120ppl, as predicted in the November issue of Forecourt Trader, after the big three all cut 1ppl off their fuel prices. Today Asda introduced its fifth price cut in less than six weeks, taking 1ppl off both unleaded petrol and diesel, ...
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Londis to run first above the line national media campaign
Londis UK is investing in its first above the line national media campaign to drive more shoppers into stores over Christmas and New Year. The campaign launches on 27 November and will run across national newspapers and radio, to support direct marketing and in-store promotions. John Pattison, Londis retail director, ...
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ACS welcomes investigation into lending to SMEs
The Association of Convenience Stores (ACS) has welcomed the announcement from the Competition Markets Authority (CMA) to conduct a full market investigation into lending to the small and medium-sized enterprises (SME) market. The investigation will look specifically at lending to SMEs and core products such as business current accounts. ACS ...
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PRODUCT NEWS: Two additions to Mars drinks range
Mars Chocolate Drinks and Treats (MCD&T) is extending its range of treat size hot chocolate pouches with the launch of two new variants – White Maltesers and Chocolate M&M’s. While the malted drinks market is showing a slight year on year decline of 1.4%, the original Maltesers hot chocolate is ...
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Tobacco and alcohol seized from shops
More than one million cigarettes and 2,000 litres of alcohol have been seized after officers from HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC), with support from Oldham, Rochdale, Salford, and Trafford Council Trading Standards and Greater Manchester Police, visited 25 retail premises and self storage units this week. The visits, as part ...
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Sales of alternative fuelled vehicles surge
There has been a major rise in registrations of alternatively-fuelled vehicles (AFV), according to figures for October from the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT), with the market up more than 50% in both month and the year-to-date. With two months still remaining in the year, registrations are already ...
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Cashier attacked during robbery
Masked robbers vaulted a counter and attacked a cashier during a raid on a Manchester petrol station. Three men pushed customers aside and then punched the cashier in the face several times before stealing money and cigarettes from the Shell service station on Eccles New Road in Salford. The offenders ...
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NewsPRA attacks Government stance on fuel prices
The PRA has attacked the Government’s stance on fuel prices following warnings by the Treasury to pass on cost savings to motorists. Chief secretary to the Treasury Danny Alexander has vowed to write to all main fuel suppliers and distributors for “assurance” that they will pass on the benefits of ...
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PRODUCT NEWS: JTI cuts price of B&H Silver RYO tobacco
JTI is repositioning its B&H Silver Roll Your Own (RYO) brand into the Value sector, with a new lower price point which it says offers smokers better value from the same quality product. The changes affect all B&H Silver RYO SKUs, with 12.5g, 25g and 50g available at an RRP ...
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PRODUCT NEWS: Outdoor campaign for Smint in capital
The Smint brand from Perfetti Van Melle will be appearing across London from mid-November in a new outdoor campaign that highlights the size of its Smint XXL mint product. The campaign, which will run across high traffic traditional poster sites and digital sites at main transport terminals, will emphasise the ...
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EQUIPMENT NEWS: CCTV certified for use on unmanned sites
High tech CCTV systems have now developed to a stage where they are a viable way of operating unmanned forecourts and enabling 24-hour operation of sites that are unmanned overnight, according to Farsight Security Services. Malcolm O’Shea Barnes, senior operations manager at Farsight Security Services, said: “Over the past three ...
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PRODUCT NEWS: L&B marks centenary with limited edition
Imperial Tobacco is marking the 100th anniversary of its Lambert & Butler brand with a limited-edition pack next month. The company says the limited edition design printed on the external rayophane of the Lambert & Butler silver range, commemorates Lambert & Butler’s longevity in the category as well as reflecting ...
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PRODUCT NEWS: Coca-Cola unveils Xmas plans
Coca-Cola has unveiled details of its Christmas campaign for 2014, which began on Saturday November 8 with the ‘Holidays are Coming’ TV ad break during X Factor. The campaign also features a new “Give A Little Happiness” TV advert inspired by acts of kindness which also aired that evening and ...