All Forecourt Trader articles in October 2012 – Page 3
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Drivers cut back to keep car
The increasing costs of running a car are forcing nearly three quarters of drivers (70%) to make cut-backs to their outgoings to keep themselves motoring, according to research by MoneySupermarket.com.The research found that a third of drivers (33%) "cannot live" without their car, and a further 31% would find life ...
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GB Oils recognises retailer standards at inaugural awards ceremony
Fairlee Service Station from Newport on the Isle of Wight was revealed as the Best GB Oils site at Superstation 2012, GB Oils’ inaugural forecourt standards competition.Open to all GB-supplied independent petrol retailers, the finalists were selected following judging by the event sponsors and GB Oils’ management team, and were ...
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Treasury is listening to economic growth argument for cutting fuel duty, says FairFuelUK
There’s a 70% chance of getting the 3ppl rise in fuel duty planned for January deferred, according to motoring journalist and FairFuelUK spokesman Quentin Willson. Commenting after his meeting with Danny Alexander, chief secretary to the Treasury, Willson said FairFuelUK’s National Institute for Economic and Social Research was “accepted with ...
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Amscreen installed at UK’s biggest forecourt
Digital out-of-home media company Amscreen has installed media screens in Britain’s biggest petrol station. The Shell site in Cobham, Surrey features 36 pumps, 141 nozzles and the capacity to serve 3,400 motorists a day. Located on the M25, the forecourt has screens featuring real-time messaging including customer information, live traffic ...
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Awards Focus: All’s swell at Wells
A winning team mentality was how the Top 50 Indie Symonds Forecourts described its approach to business in its entry for this year’s Forecourt Trader of the Year awards. And how prophetic that turned out to be. The group’s site in the city of Wells, Somerset, was judged to be ...
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Engineers create carbon-neutral petrol from air
Air capture technology, which scrubs carbon dioxide (CO2) out of the air, has the potential to become a ’game-changer’ in the battle against climate change, according to the Institution of Mechanical Engineers.One small British firm has become the first company in the world to demonstrate CO2 air capture as a ...
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Exelby Services gets go ahead...at long last
Top 50 Indie and truck stop operator Exelby Services has been given the official go-ahead for a new £5m state-of-the-art site at Leeming Bar in North Yorkshire. Local authority planning approval was granted back in August 2010 but following the upgrade of the A1 to motorway status the ...
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Valid ID system helps with age-related purchases
Auto Time Solutions is launching Valid ID, a Windows-based application system that assists retailers in the transaction of age-related sales of cigarettes and alcohol.The launch follows Auto Time’s acquisition of Valid ID’s leading distributor, Time2 Biometric Clocking Systems, earlier this year.Valid ID software allows forecourt retailers to record the working ...
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Diageo adds colour to Christmas time
Diageo is launching a new in-store media campaign to encourage shoppers to serve more exciting drinks over the festive season. The ’Add Colour to Christmas’ campaign is designed to challenge beer and wine as the default at-home drinks choice over the crucial festive period.Rolling out nationwide this month, the campaign ...
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Coca-Cola is a £185m seasonal sales winner
Soft drinks were a winner last Christmas with growth of 10.3% and sales reaching £1.1bn, which was up nearly £100m (Nielsen).Sales of Coca-Cola reached £185m last Christmas a staggering figure when you consider that mince pies and turkeys only accounted for £52m-worth of sales apiece.As ever, Coke will be ...
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FTA welcomes face-to-face with Treasury over fuel duty
Freight Transport Association (FTA) welcomed the opportunity to take part in a face-to-face meeting today with the Chief Secretary to the Treasury, Danny Alexander MP, to discuss the impact of fuel duty on the economy. The talks held today (Monday 29 October) at HM Treasury were agreed as a result ...
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RHA joins fuel campaigners in meeting with top Treasury team
Road Haulage Association joined fuel campaigners FairFuel UK and the Freight Transport Association in London today (Monday, October 29) for discussions with chief secretary to the Treasury, Danny Alexander and his team of officials. "The Minister listened carefully to what we had to say," said RHA chief executive Geoff Dunning. ...
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Deferring business rates will hasten rural closures, says Madderson
The Government’s recent decision to defer Revaluation of Business Rates from 2015 to 2017 effectively kills off any hopes of cost reductions harboured by struggling owners of rural filling stations, says Brian Madderson, Petrol Retailers’ Association (PRA) chairman. "The closure rate for the remaining rural filling stations is now likely ...
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Good service and broad choice help UK c-stores weather the slowdown
The British public is still committed to supporting its local high street according to research released by PayPoint. The study of 22,000 shoppers, conducted by Him, has revealed that when it comes to grocery shopping, the local convenience store is still a very worthy contender for the British shopper’s pound ...
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Chartman signs with Esso
Top 50 Indie 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. We are really ...
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ACS welcomes forward step in campaign for fairer energy market
Energy regulator Ofgem has announced its intention to extend protections afforded to ‘micro businesses’ to thousands of additional small businesses, signalling a victory for a key part of the Association of Convenience Store’s ‘Switch to a Fair Energy Market’ campaign. The proposals set strict rules for the information that energy ...
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Economic growth not yet reaching local shops
Figures from the Office of National Statistics show that the economy returned to growth in the third quarter of 2012, but local shops did not benefit from economic growth according to a survey by the Association of Convenience Stores. Their Voice of Local Shops survey, which was conducted between July ...
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Treasury engages FairFuelUK in fuel duty talks
FairFuelUK has been invited to take part in face-to-face talks at the Treasury on Monday (October 29) to discuss the impact of fuel duty on the UK economy, following discussions between the campaign group and chief secretary to the Treasury Danny Alexander. The meeting takes place ahead of the government’s ...
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Chewing gum levy proposal defeated in Wales Assembly vote
A proposal for a new law imposing a 5p levy on chewing gum sales was defeated in the Welsh Assembly on Wednesday. The measure was voted down by 30 votes to 17. Darren Millar AM (Assembly Member) had put forward the plans in an attempt to raise revenue to tackle ...