All Forecourt Trader articles in October 2014 – Page 4
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Life less sweet
Sugar is the latest food to be demonised by the health brigade. It’s addictive and damages your health, the headlines cry. Typically these stories are accompanied by a picture of a can of Coke and the amount of sugar it contains. Indeed, in a story last month on the Mail ...
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Three limited lines
Mars is launching three limited-edition Snickers called More Caramel, More Choc and More Nuts, with the nuts one replacing original Snickers for a limited time.The activity is supported by a £3m media spend including an in-store campaign entitled ’Who Are You When You’re Hungry?’, driven by point-of-sale material, including dumpbins.Tony ...
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Man stabbed in Spar store on MRH site
A man was seriously injured after being stabbed at a MRH-owned BP service station in Downfields, near Soham, Cambridgeshire. Police were called to the site in Fordham Road at around 2.20pm on September 5, after receiving reports that a man had been stabbed inside the forecourt’s Spar store. It is ...
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Multi-tasking
When tills, or pos as they are known in the jargon, became epos, it opened up a host of new challenges and opportunities. More than two decades later the suppliers are still bringing out new refinements to their systems, as well as entirely new functions, and if anything the pace ...
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Car sales hit 10-year registrations for September
The introduction of the new ‘64’ numberplate helped drive registrations of new cars up to 425,861 in September, reaching the highest level for a September since 2004. Registrations for the year-to-date reach 1,958,196 – up 9.1% on January-September 2013. September and March – the months of the plate change – ...
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NewsPenny Petroleum additions strengthen Jet in North East
Jet has increased its presence in north-east England through new contracts with Penny Petroleum that have seen seven new sites join the network and a further three sites sign retie deals. Penny Petroleum has a portfolio of 25 retail sites, the majority of which are located in the north of ...
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PRA appoints new commercial director
The PRA has appointed Gordon Balmer as commercial director, reporting to the PRA chairman Brian Madderson, with effect from Monday 6th October. The PRA chairman explained that Gordon would replace head of petrol Richard Chadderton, who moved to a role in Shell at the end of August. The difference in ...
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Asda wins permission for Dewsbury outlet
Asda has won planning permission to add a petrol station to its supermarket in Dewsbury, West Yorkshire. Kirklees Council’s planning committee voted to approve the plans by 13 votes to one. Asda’s UK estate town planning manager, Alan Jones, said: “We welcome the positive vote by the planning committee today ...
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NewsFlying Squad investigates attempt to blow up ATM
Detectives from the Metropolitan Police’s Flying Squad are investigating after thieves are believed to have attempted to blow open a cash machine on a garage forecourt. The incident occurred in the early hours of Tuesday morning at the Shell petrol station in Lower Richmond Road, Richmond. Fire fighters were called ...
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Knife man attempts to rob petrol station in Dundee
Police Scotland is appealing for information after a man walked into a petrol station in Dundee, threatened a member of staff with a knife and demanded money. He made off empty handed. The incident happened at the Shell Petrol Station at Forfar Road about 9.50pm on Tuesday 7 October. The ...
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BP garage owner still fighting BP plan to ’wipe him out’
The owner of a BP garage, who accused the oil giant of aiming to wipe out his business after it won planning permission for a massive development just 50m from his site, has forced his local council to reconsider its decision. Simon Privett has owned and operated the Tollgate Service ...
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15 UK hydrogen fuelling stations to be set up
The arrival of hydrogen cars on UK roads is a step closer, according to the business minister Matthew Hancock, after he announced up to £11m of funding. The investment is intended to prepare the UK for the roll-out of hydrogen fuel cell electric vehicles (FCEVs), and will be used help ...
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ACS to vote on allowing major multiples to join
The Association of Convenience Stores, (ACS) is holding an EGM on 4 December at which it will ask members to vote on changes to its constitution to allow any convenience store operator to become a member of the Association. ACS chairman Jonathan James, a former winner of the Forecourt Trader ...
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PRODUCT NEWS: Mr Bean in Snickers advert
Mr Bean is making his first public appearance since the opening ceremony of the London Olympics in Mars Chocolate UK’s latest Snickers advertisement. The advert is the latest instalment in the hugely popular “You’re Not You When You’re Hungry” campaign. Set in ancient China and filmed in the style of ...
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No charges for men arrested after pipeline breach
Police have announced that no further action will be taken against two men who were arrested over the theft of 30,000 litres of diesel from an underground fuel pipeline. Two men from Salisbury were arrested in April after police discovered that thieves had dug down to Esso’s Midline pipeline at ...
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Illegal tobacco and alcohol seized from shops
An operation to disrupt the sale and supply of illegal tobacco and alcohol in Cardiff and Newport uncovered more than 165,000 cigarettes, 100 kilos of hand-rolling tobacco and 400 litres of alcohol. Around 40 officers from HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC), with support from Gwent Police, South Wales Police, and ...
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EU directive to increase infrastructure for alternative fuels
The European Union’s new directive (PE-CONS 79/14) on minimum infrastructure requirements for alternative fuels has been welcomed by Gasrec, a supplier of liquefied natural gas to the transport sector. The directive requires each member state to produce an alternative fuel deployment strategy within two years along with new common technical ...
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PRODUCT NEWS: OCB brand enters e-liquids market
Republic Technologies (UK) is introducing OCB, continental Europe’s best-selling rolling papers brand, into the UK’s fast-growing e-liquids market. The OCB range (10 ml; rrp £3.99) will offer vaping enthusiasts a choice of six flavours, which currently account for 80% of the market, in four nicotine strengths. John Catania, managing director ...
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PRODUCT NEWS: UB tour vists C&C depots
United Biscuits (UB) has this week launched its second in-depot activation, this time designed to increase growth in the savoury category by driving distribution of its core lines in the convenience and impulse channels. The ‘Snack Happy’ tour will see UB visit 22 cash and carry depots across the UK ...