All Forecourt Trader articles in October 2015 – Page 2
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Top 50 Indie slams minimum wage list
A Top 50 Indie, which was included in a list “naming and shaming” companies for not paying the national minimum wage, has slammed the exercise as a publicity stunt that did not tell the full story. The Department for Business Innovation & Skills (BIS) issued the list which featured ...
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£2.7bn lost to illicit alcohol and tobacco
HMRC estimates that £2.7bn was lost in excise duty due to illicit tobacco and alcohol in the 2013-14 tax year. The latest HMRC Tax Gaps report also said there had been a £0.1bn reduction in duty lost through illicit alcohol, but a £0.1bn increase in the level of duty ...
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New food safety qualifications launched
New regulated food safety qualifications that enable workers, supervisors and managers in the catering, sectors to learn how they can ensure food safety standards have been launched by the British Safety Council. The Level 2 Awards in Food Safety in Catering, Retail and Manufacturing enable staff in workplaces such as ...
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NewsNew investor offers European growth for Euro Garages
Top 50 Indie Euro Garages looks set to become a leading player in Europe after a private equity firm agreed to invest in the company. TDR Capital, which already owns European Forecourt Retail Group (EFR-Group), has agreed to take a minority stake in Euro Garages which values the overall business ...
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HMRC crackdown in East Midlands
A two-day operation by HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC), to disrupt the sale and supply of illegal tobacco and alcohol in Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire, has uncovered more than 34,000 cigarettes and 10,000 litres of alcohol, all believed to be illicit. HMRC officers, supported by Derbyshire Police, Nottinghamshire Police and Derby ...
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Back to The Future was wrong on fuels
Today’s date, 21 October 2015, is the future date the De Lorean time machine travelled to in the second film in the Back to the Future trilogy. In honour of this landmark Forecourt Trader looks back at how accurate – or not – the 1989 movie was in predicting the ...
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Asda slows rollout of standalone forecourts
Asda has announced a slowdown of its plans to open standalone forecourts as it re-prioritises the business to cope with the challenges facing the big supermarket groups. The group had previously set a target of opening 100 standalone forecourts by 2018 and in March this year it bought 15 sites ...
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ACS keeps up fight on bag tax
The Association of Convenience Stores (ACS) is continuing to urge the government to include smaller retailers in England’s single-use carrier bag charge after a government report shows Scotland’s universal charge has cut usage by 650 million bags in its first year. The figures, released by the Scottish government, show that ...
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Phillips 66 presents disabled driving award
Phillips 66 presented the award for Young Achiever at the Disabled Motoring UK Awards last month at the Silverstone Wing, organised by the charity Disabled Motoring UK (DMUK). The winner of the award was 16 year old Alex Tait from Sheffield. Alex is a young driver with Myotonic Dystrophy, who ...
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Supermarkets trim 1ppl off fuel prices
Tesco, Sainsbury’s and Morrisons have all announced 1ppl price cuts in unleaded petrol and diesel. Morrisons announced that it had made the cut on October 20 and Tesco, which now bills itself as “Britain’s biggest fuel retailer”, made the cut from 6pm the same day. Sainsbury’s followed with the ...
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Three robbers strike at Sefton site
Detectives in Sefton, Merseyside, are appealing for information following a robbery at the Esso filling station in Waterloo on Monday, 12 October. At around 10.45pm, police received a report that a robbery had taken place at the filling station on College Road. Three offenders entered the premises and restrained a ...
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MPs question Sunday Trading plans
MPs from a range of political parties have raised concerns in parliament about the government’s plans to devolve decisions on Sunday trading to local authorities. Many MPs were expecting the proposals to be included as an amendment to the Cities & Devolution Bill, which had its second reading in the ...
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FuelGenie in refer-a-friend promotion
Supermarket fuel card provider fuelGenie has a launched a refer-a-friend programme to reward new and existing business customers. Current fuelGenie account holders will receive £10 off their next monthly fuel invoice by recommending the service to a friend. New sign-ups from the scheme will also receive £10 credit when they ...
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Workers strike over forecourt plan
EDF Energy workers carrying out Smart meter installations are set to strike for a week in a dispute that could see them collecting their Smart meters from supermarkets and petrol stations. About 70 staff, members of Unite, the country’s largest union, are due to strike from 00.01 Monday (19 October) ...
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Sewell focuses on local suppliers
Customers at a service station on the M62 corridor that is currently being refurbished are being urged to have their say on what local produce they would like to see stocked on the shelves – pushing the site’s retail offering to 150 local products. Top 50 Indie Sewell on ...
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Hoyer wins contract to deliver fuel to Tesco Express
Hoyer Petrolog has been awarded a new three-year contract by Esso to cover its UK delivery business for Tesco Express (Alliance). The contract to June 2019 also covers Esso’s industrial and wholesale delivery network in the UK. Under the new contract Hoyer Petrolog will also undertake all supply chain management ...
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product news: Gillette celebrates Spectre partnership
Gillette is celebrating its partnership with the new James Bond film, Spectre, with a campaign called Bond Moments across TV, print, online and in-store. The campaign will kick off with a TV spot linking the action inspired by the world of Bond to the tools from Gillette that together prepare ...
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product news: McVities unveils festive cakes
McVitie’s Chocolate Digestives Christmas slices are available in two festive flavours: orange and mint. Building on the increasing popularity of McVitie’s Chocolate Digestives in cake – currently growing 32% year-on-year – the new range is designed to help retailers make the most of Christmas cake sales. In addition, McVitie’s Jaffa ...
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product news: Burton’s launches Fish ’ n Chips pack
Burton’s Biscuit Company has introduced a new Fish ‘n Chips pack for the festive period. The 170g Fish ‘n Chips Salt ‘n Vinegar Seasonal Caddy, with an RRP of £1.99, is available in cases of six and has been designed with Christmas in mind. The launch is supported by six-sheet ...
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product news: Bonds gears up for Christmas
Bonds Confectionery, which is this year celebrating its 120th anniversary, has announced that it will release a limited range of own-brand Christmas confectionery gifting ranges this festive season on the back of the overwhelming private label success during the festive period last year. Christmas 2014 saw the confectioner inundated with ...