All Forecourt Trader articles in October 2012 – Page 2
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Analysis
News Extra: Station rationalisation
Widespread economic uncertainty coupled with soaring oil prices has seen fuel consumption decline since 2008, leading international oil companies to review their service station portfolios across Europe and exit unprofitable sites, according to new analysis by CBRE, a property company which advises some of the world’s biggest oil companies on ...
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Limited editions
JTI is introducing three limited- edition Hamlet tins for large whiff fives and miniature fives and 10s. Each features ’manly knowledge’ designs printed directly inside the inner lids.
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NewsShop Doctor: Rampton Service Station, Rampton, Nottinghamshire
GENERAL APPEARANCE: Roughly in the centre of a triangle comprising Lincoln, Gainsborough and Retford, is the village of Rampton and R&R Motors and Linda’s Convenience Store, which is also known as Rampton Service Station. Linda and Richard Sheppard, the owners of Rampton Service Station, were awarded a ’My Shop ...
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Day in the Life: Talking to customers is a key part of Simon’s job
The alarm goes off at 5.30am to signal the start of another working day. I gulp down a quick orange juice, remember to grab my Kindle so I can read The Times on the commute in, then dash to my local station to get the 6.32am train to Waterloo. ...
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Motor Fuel Group signs deal with Costcutter
Top 50 Indie Motor Fuel Group (MFG) has signed a new shop supply agreement with Costcutter Supermarkets Group. The deal will replace its existing shop agreement with Palmer and Harvey, and between now and the end of March next year, MFG will introduce the latest Costcutter imagery across its 48-forecourt ...
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Concern over two-year delay in rates revaluation
The Association of Convenience Stores has expressed concern over the announcement that Ministers intends to delay the 2015 Rates Revaluation by two years.The move would be particularly concerning for forecourts who saw dramatic rises in their business rates bills in 2010. The Valuation Office Agency must, by law, revalue all ...
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Focus on Security: Close protection
It would be logical to place the blame for a rise in forecourt crime on soaring fuel prices, but according to the British Oil Security Syndicate (BOSS), there are wider factors at work. BOSS carries out quarterly surveys of its members to monitor the scale of financial losses incurred ...
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Petroman clarification
Petroman would like to clarify that the recent agreement with OPW Fuelling Components EMEA to market Petroman’s Total Vapour Solution (TVS) system comprising the Accumulus, Softfill and Vapour Management Panel does not cover The UK, Republic of Ireland, Canada or the US, where Petroman retains all its marketing ...
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chris Hunt
Well, the Olympic Games have come and gone since the last column I wrote, and most commentators have judged them to have been a huge success. That was certainly my personal experience and it is gratifying to know that we can do things well in this country. Even the weather ...
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FPS launches fuel certification scheme
Commercial fuel oil storage is now subject to greater scrutiny with the introduction of a fuel certification scheme by the Federation of Petroleum Suppliers (FPS).Developed in conjunction with tank hygiene specialists OTS TankCare and Scarletts Systems, the scheme will enable FPS members to safeguard themselves against the potential risk and ...
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Analysis
Question time with Caroline Hobson
Q Last month was the deadline for submissions to the Office of Fair Trading (OFT) for its short inquiry into the petrol retailing sector. What happens now? A The OFT will now go away and review the submissions it has received, seek further information from industry players and consider ...
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A Capital contract
Murco Petroleum has recently awarded a two-year nationwide contract to Capital Cooling to provide preventative maintenance, servicing and repairs for refrigeration and air conditioning on all of its 230 company-owned stations.Established in 1996 and employing 150-plus people across five UK sites, Broxburn-based Capital Cooling offers national coverage. Its service division ...
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MPs debate business rates policy
The Association of Convenience Stores (ACS) has asked MPs to call on the goverment to take action to address the increasing problems presented by business rates policy at national and local level. MPs had an opportunity to raise their concerns today (Tuesday October 30) in a Westminster Hall debate led ...
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in brief
Esso signs ChartmanTop 50 Indie the Chartman Group has signed a new five-year supply deal with Esso for three previously BP-branded sites. John Hartshorne, managing director, said: "Despite a 30 years-plus trading history with BP we were persuaded to change by an ultimately more determined and convincing approach from Esso. ...
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Merril Boulton: Exciting times
As some of you will know, this is my last issue of Forecourt Trader as a full-time employee, so I thought it would be appropriate to reflect on the industry that I’ve been reporting on for many years. This past year has shaped up to be particularly exciting. A ...
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Service Centre: A headache is cured and Jac welcomes new blood into the forecourt world
A chronic headache When Jon Brownsey rang me in mid September from Fordingbridge Service Station in Hampshire he said he had had "a permanent headache for 10 days". The headache was called Torex. In the week prior to his call, the site lost the ability to take ...
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Biscuits for everyone
Burton’s Biscuit Company has unveiled its Cadbury Christmas range which includes family sharing packs and novelties.There is a silver assortment tin, rrp £10.99 and two occasions assortment cartons, rrp £5.49 and £8.99. Cadbury Fingers packs include an assortment carton which contains milk, dream and Bournville Fingers, rrp £5.49; the fabulous ...
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Money Talk: Beware hype, spin and selective statistics
You’ve read the headlines: ’Fuel sales plummet by 500 million litres’ and the like, based on figures from the Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC). Naturally these headlines have prompted the inevitable cries of doom from the usual suspects, to the effect that it’s all down to fuel pricing ...
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No smoking sign laws have been relaxed
Retailers are being reminded about the new relaxed requirements for ’No Smoking’ signs in England. Robert Botkai, partner at Winckworth Sherwood, said: "The Smoke-free (Signs) Regulations 2007 have been revoked and replaced with the Smoke-free (Signs) Regulations 2012." Before October 1, 2012, the 2007 Regulations required that signs displayed on ...
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Focus on Batteries: Staying power
The big news in the batteries market is Varta’s new on-pack claims that its cheaper AA and AAA cells last just as long as Duracell’s. Independent research has found that Varta Max Tech AA alkaline lasts as long as Duracell Ultra Power; Varta High Energy AA lasts as long as ...