All Forecourt Trader articles in November 2017 – Page 5
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News
BP opens two and plans to develop a third
BP has opened two new service stations with M&S Simply Food and bought a third site for redevelop-ment. Sixteen new jobs have been created with the opening of a new BP with M&S Simply Food on Oakleigh Road South, in Southgate, north London, and BP said approximately £800,000 had been ...
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Analysis
Merril Boulton: editor
The electric agenda seems to be pushing along at a high rate of knots at least as far as the headlines are concerned. Just this week PRA chairman Brian Madderson has twice given evidence to MPs on the subject. He first appeared as a witness before a committee of MPs ...
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Ray Blake: PRA technical director
One of the services the Petrol Retailers Association offers to its members is that of conciliation between themselves and their suppliers particularly fuel ones. Our help is sought a number of times each year, most often when cross-overs have occurred (petrol into a diesel tank or vice versa), during a ...
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Pladis wishes: Merry Biscuits Everyone
Pladis has unveiled plans for its biggest- ever Christmas brand campaign. It’s the first time well-loved brands under the McVitie’s, Jacob’s and Carr’s master brands will come together under the campaign banner ’Merry Biscuits everyone’. At the heart of the campaign is the concept of sharing, so Pladis will bring ...
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Hi-Spirits offers new big-brand gift range
Hi-Spirits has a new range of gift packs featuring Southern Comfort, Buffalo Trace Bourbon, Fireball and the King of Soho Gin. Rrps range from £14 to £34. Dan Bolton, managing director of Hi-Spirits, said: "Spirits gift packs are a very important driver of sales as customers look for interesting gifting ...
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Get behind the layers with new Ferrero experience
Ferrero Rocher is back on TV with a new £3.5m campaign which will run through to the end of December. The brand is also launching a new experience for consumers where they will be able to book tickets to go ’Behind the Layers’ and discover the "passion for perfection that ...
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QP Petroleum takes top gong at Bestway awards
Forecourts have excelled at Bestway Wholesale’s annual Retail Development Awards, taking two of the top awards.Overall winner was Best-one forecourt operator QP Petroleum in Runcorn, with owner Kuperan Murugesu collecting the trophy and a cheque for £10,000.Husband and wife team Kalpesh and Meeta Raja, who run a forecourt shop in ...
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PRA calls for cut in fuel duty in Autumn Statement
The PRA has written to the Chancellor urging him to not just freeze, but cut fuel duty by 5ppl in the Autumn Budget on November 22. Since the beginning of October, the Platts cost of petrol has risen by more than 6ppl. This has resulted from Brent Crude oil recovering ...
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Applegreen - winner by design
M1 Lisburn was designed to be bigger and better than anything Applegreen had done before, and so it proved. At the Forecourt Trader awards ceremony in September, the company walked off with the biggest prize the Forecourt Trader of the Year trophy. "We were absolutely delighted to win this award ...
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Esso officially launches pay app and starts roll out
Esso officially launched its new mobile payment app at MRH’s Robin Hood North Service Station on the A3 in south London. The new app has been live since April and is already available on 75 sites. But it will now be rolled out at the rate of 25 sites a ...
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Certas moves another network’s ops to the cloud
Certas Energy has moved its operations for another service station network to the cloud. Following the migration in France, Certas Energy is now also controlling its 210 stations in Denmark using iGOS (Implico Global Operation Services), the cloud solution for downstream services. Implico again carried out the migration. All processes ...
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Analysis
Charlotte Blum: analysis editor, Argus Media
The after effects of Hurricane Harvey can still be felt at UK sites, with diesel prices at a wide premium to petrol. In the international markets, the premium has begun to shrink again now that US refineries have resumed normal operations, but growing underlying diesel demand is keeping distillate crack ...
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NewsFinancial adviser appointed for MRH IPO
US private equity company Lone Star, which acquired Top 50 Indie MRH GB in 2016, is reported to have appointed a financial adviser for a potential London listing of the UK’s biggest independent service station operator, which has 450 sites. Bloomberg reported that an initial public offering could value the ...
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Admedia continues with its Nexus network roll out
Out-of-home media owner Admedia has announced the next roll-out phase of Admedia Nexus, which it describes as the largest roadside digital full-motion network across the UK. From this month, the Nexus network will increase from 18 to 30 key sites that connect the UK’s top 20 conurbations. Admedia said the ...
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Adler & Allan buys OHES to expand its services
Adler & Allan Group has expanded its range of services with the acquisition of specialist environmental consultancy, OHES Environmental.OHES’ consultancy-led approach covers a broad range of areas, including environmental pollution claims, managing the incident from response to remediation; 24/7 spill response, managing incidents; water quality monitoring programmes and investigations; and ...
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Jenny Wren: quality chocs for less than £10
Kentish chocolate firm Jenny Wren has introduced its first-ever Christmas box for what it calls the ’neglected’ sub-£10 gifting category. Based on its three-layered folding format, the Christmas Collection features 12 hand-finished Belgian chocolates and truffles including Fleur de Sel Caramel, Raspberry Yogurt and White Mocha. Rrp is £7.99 for ...
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Robot will inspect tank while product is still present
A robot that will allow tanks to be inspected while they are still in service is being developed by Phillips 66, the owner of the Jet brand. Working with Square Robot, a Boston-based start-up, the two companies are developing an autonomous robot that would have the capability to inspect petroleum ...
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product news: Hi-Spirits introduces new gift packs
Hi-Spirits has a new range of gift packs featuring Southern Comfort, Buffalo Trace Bourbon, Fireball and the King of Soho Gin. Rrps range from £14 to £34. Dan Bolton, managing director of Hi-Spirits, said: “Spirits gift packs are a very important driver of sales as customers look for interesting gifting ...
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product news: Ginsters unveils festive line-up
Ginsters has launched its festive range, which will include two festive limited edition sandwiches and a festive limited edition pasty. Two of Ginsters most successful limited edition sandwiches will feature in the line-up - the Festive Edition Christmas Cracker, which is a mix of turkey breast, sausage, stuffing and bacon ...