All Forecourt Trader articles in October 2013
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Grangemouth union official resigns
The union official whose dispute with the chemicals giant Ineos escalated to the stage where it threatened the future of the Grangemouth oil refinery has resigned from his job with the company. Stephen Deans’ union, Unite, released a statement saying: “He has worked at Ineos for 25 years and has ...
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Warning over future of LPG
LPG fuel could disappear from many UK forecourts unless the government makes a long-term commitment to support it, a leading supplier has warned. “Due to its better environmental credentials when compared with petrol and diesel, LPG enjoys a much lower level of fuel duty from the government,” said Paul Oxford, ...
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NewsHigh voltage hazard at forecourt
A site engineer about to valet a forecourt in Staffordshire had a narrow escape after he discovered high voltage overhead cables less than three feet from a price sign. Gary Green, who works for Xmo Strata, spotted the hazard during a last minute risk sssessment, aborted the work and posted ...
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Supermarkets announce cuts in fuel prices
The big four supermarkets have all cut their fuel prices from today. Sainsbury’s reported a 3ppl fuel price cut across its 286 forecourts, and said it was the cheapest price at its pumps for two and a half years. Chris Biggs, Sainsbury’s fuel buyer, said: “We are always looking at ...
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NewsMinister addresses PRA Regeneration Forum
Energy minister Michael Fallon was the keynote speaker at a forum today set up by the PRA to assess how the decline in independent forecourt operators can be arrested. The Regeneration Forum was attended by leading members of the forecourt sector, 11 MPs in addition to the minister and staff ...
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ACS welcomes voice for business victims of crime
Businesses will be able to make Impact Statements when they are victims of crime, as part of new measures announced by the government in the revised Victims Code. The Association of Convenience Stores has welcomed changes to the Code to give a stronger voice to retailers affected by crime. In ...
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Digital advertising launched across Tesco’s forecourts
Tesco has signed a deal which will provide digital advertising and customer messaging across its entire estate of 450 petrol stations in the UK. Tesco, and its customer research specialists Dunnhumby, have signed a partnership deal with digital media network owner Amscreen, which claims the new network will deliver content ...
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PRA to hold forum in Swansea
The PRA’s next Regional Forum is being held in Swansea, on Wednesday 6 November. The event is taking place at The Towers Hotel & Spa, Jersey Marine, Swansea, with coffee available from 10am, and a free buffet lunch will be provided. Topics on the agenda include: PRA – regeneration ...
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Second Simply Fresh on a forecourt opens
The second Simply Fresh store on a forecourt, and the 45th overall, has been launched at Grafton, Bolton. The community launch day event was held by Asif Patel who, together with his family, runs a string of shops in the Bolton area. Asif said he joined Simply Fresh because of ...
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Major tanker problem sparks supply concerns
The government is in talks with the oil industry to ensure the security of fuel supplies after a safety problem affecting about 12% of the British tanker fleet was discovered. About 230 fuel tankers do not meet the standards required to transport dangerous goods by road and will need to ...
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Jail sentences for cigarette smugglers
Prison sentences have been handed down to two men who attempted to smuggle more than eight million cigarettes into the UK from the Republic of Ireland. James Francis McDonnell, 42, from Ferryhill Road, Newry, and Michael Fearon, 21, from The Village, Jonesborough, were arrested by HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) ...
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New members strengthen hydrogen cell body
The Greater London Authority, Welsh Government, and Transport Scotland have all joined the UK H2Mobility project. The project aims to promote the use of hydrogen fuel cells in the transport sector, to reduce CO2 emissions for the transport sector, and has been responsible for building hydrogen fuel stations in ...
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Minister backs Small Business Saturday in online chat
Enterprise minister Matthew Hancock will take part in a live chat on Twitter next week to discuss plans for Small Business Saturday and answer questions from small business owners. He will be addressing the background to Small Business Saturday UK, which will take place on December 7, and will be ...
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NewsUnion awaits decision on Grangemouth
Owner of the Grangemouth refinery Ineos, is expected to make a decision later today about the future of the Scottish plant. Yesterday leaders of the Unite union met with government officials and Ineos management to bring an end to the dispute which has led to the closure of the petrochemical ...
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NewsGrangemouth reopens after reprieve
The Grangemouth petrochemical plant in Scotland is to stay open after a new deal was struck with the workers’ union, Unite. Workers were told in a meeting at 11:00 that the decision to close the site would be reversed. On Wednesday the owner Ineos announced that the petrochemical plant would ...
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NewsOwner wants to reopen Grangemouth refinery
The owner of the Grangemouth oil refinery in Scotland says it wants to restart production at the facility, but it is calling in liquidators to the petrochemicals business that it shares its site with. Last week the company, Ineos, shut down the plant and employees were given until Monday to ...
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HMRC raids fuel laundering plant
A laundering plant capable of producing more than 9.1 million litres of illicit fuel a year and potentially evading around £5.9m in taxes and duty has been dismantled by HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC). Officers from HMRC and the Police Service of Northern Ireland searched premises in the Kilnasaggart Road ...
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Shooting at Liverpool forecourt
Five people have been arrested in connection to the shooting of a taxi driver on a Liverpool forecourt on Saturday 19 October. Emergency services were called at about 1.15am to the BP garage on Whitefield Drive, Kirkby, and found a 61-year old taxi driver inside his car, a silver Skoda ...
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Robbers strike at Esso petrol station
Staffordshire Police are appealing for witnesses following a cash-in-transit robbery at a petrol station in Stafford on Saturday 19 October. The incident happened at around 1.30pm on the forecourt of the Esso petrol station at Lammascote Road. Officers are keen to trace two men who arrived at the forecourt on ...
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RMI slams decision to freeze MOT fee
The Retail Motor Industry Federation (RMI) has slammed the government for freezing MOT test prices without properly consulting the industry. The RMI recently met with the under secretary of state for transport, to discuss the pricing of MOTs with the focus being on increasing the MOT fee. RMI director Stuart ...