All Forecourt Trader articles in October 2016 – Page 4
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product news: Diary Crest Cheddar wins Which? award
Dairy Crest’s Cathedral City cheese brand has been awarded Which? Best Buy Cheddar, after competing in a premium extra-mature and vintage cheddar cheese blind taste test alongside 13 other own-label and branded cheddars. Which?’s panel of cheese experts nibbled their way through 14 premium cheddars before crowning Cathedral City’s Extra ...
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product news: Ferrero highlights Asian festival opportunity
Asian festivals offer retailers a major opportunity to grow their business, according to Ferrero. It invested in research to understand the opportunity that Asian festivals, such as Diwali or Eid, can offer retailers, and found that 71% of retailers do not actively engage around the occasion with their customers. Ferrero ...
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product news: Ben & Jerry’s launches winter trio
Luxury ice cream brand Ben & Jerry’s is introducing three new flavours this winter. The hero flavour, One Sweet World, is set to launch as part of the brand’s European social mission campaign One Sweet World, which reflects Ben & Jerry’s belief that, “communities, just like ice cream, come ...
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product news: Oxo returns to TV advertising
Oxo is back on TV with two new adverts that follow a modern-day family as they go about their busy daily lives. The brand will be investing £3m behind the campaign, which airs through to the end of February. The adverts will feature both Oxo stock cubes and the Oxo ...
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£35m funding for low emission vehicles
A £35m package to boost the uptake of ultra-low emission cars and scooters has been announced by transport minister John Hayes. The fresh funding commitment is intended to provide thousands more electric vehicle chargepoints on streets and at workplaces. Hayes said: “No matter what mode of transport you need – ...
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Hydrogen refuelling station opens in London
ITM Power has officially launched its third public access hydrogen refuelling station (HRS) and its second in London at the Centre of Engineering Manufacturing Excellence CEME, in Rainham East London. The HRS was opened to the public by Bill Williams, CEO of CEME, and Prof Roger Putnam CBE, chairman of ...
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Fuel pump makers facing competition probe
A merger deal between two of the main fuel pump suppliers to the UK market is facing a full scale investigation by the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA). In June Dover Corporation agreed a deal to buy Wayne Fueling Systems for $780m, but the CMA said it has found that ...
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London Mayor consults on emissions charge
The Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, has launched on a consultation on proposals to levy an emissions surcharge (ES) on the most polluting vehicles in the capital next year. The ES will be an additional daily £10 supplement to the Congestion Charge payable by owners of older, more polluting, vehicles ...
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NewsPRA urges Chancellor to cut duty
With fuel prices predicted to rise by 5ppl by the end of this month the PRA is calling for a cut in excise duty. The PRA has written to the Chancellor of the Exchequer advising that the Government should support the economy in the face of such fuel cost increases ...
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SuperStation awards name winners
Kiln Park Service Station, Tenby, has won the Best Gulf Site category at the SuperStation awards, the forecourt standards competition developed by Certas Energy. Judges said they were impressed by the impact of its roadside presence, immaculately presented forecourt and commitment to the community. Following victory, Paul Merriman of Kiln ...
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NewsApplegreen UK chief resigns
Applegreen plc has announced that Michael O’Loughlin, managing director of its UK operating subsidiary PetrogasGroup UK Limited, has resigned to return home to Ireland. He will be replaced by John Diviney, effective 1 December 2016. CEO Bob Etchingham commented: “Michael has been with the Applegreen business for 19 years and ...
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Motorcycle sales soar with new 66 plate
There has been strong growth in motorcycle market following the 66-plate change in September. Sales were up 17.3% with 2,359 more units registered in September 2016 compared to the same period in 2015. Stephen Latham, head of the National Motorcycle Dealers Association (NMDA) which represents motorcycle retailers across the UK, ...
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ACS calls on retailers to make their voices heard
Convenience retailers should ensure they are making their voice heard with local decision makers, the ACS announced today (October 11) at its annual Heart of the Community Conference, held in Westminster. Since the launch of the Localism Act in 2011, Government has been committed to devolving more powers to local ...
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Shop Talk: Tracy West
I have a confession I love Nutella. I have to avoid buying it because I can eat so much of it. A while back I bought the teensiest of jars the glass one with the white lid and sat and ate it all with a teaspoon. Then, feeling more than ...
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Sales of ULEVs soaring
Take-up of ultra low emissions vehicles (ULEVs) is soaring, according to the Department for Transport. Its latest figures show 9,657 ULEVs were registered in the UK in the last quarter (April to June), an increase of 49% on the same period last year and 253% on two years before. The ...
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Raw talent
Joan and Barry Raw make a very talented brother and sister team. Together they have developed a network of four successful forecourt operations which collectively sell 24 million litres of fuel a year.They complement each other well. Barry does the building. The colourful and engaging entrepreneur who lives abroad ...
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Rates rollercoaster
As this issue of Forecourt Trader went to press the Government had just published the headline figures on the results of its revaluation of business rates, and forecourt owners were waiting to see how their bills in April 2017 were likely to be affected. It reported that rateable values in ...
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Motorway Services
Awards host Brian Conley (left), and Ramsay MacDonald, Gulf retail director (right), present June Fessey with the award for Best Motorway Services. Corley Services is the flagship of a multi-million pound investment by Welcome Break to upgrade the fuel and retail offer, and shopping experience for its many customers. The ...
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Money Talk: Make sure you take time to take stock
Sometimes it comes as a bit of a shock to end up discussing something as basic as stocktaking with a retailer. We all tend to assume that the principles of stock management including knowing how much stock is really there are so fundamental to any sort of retail activity as ...
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Move it with Lucozade
Lucozade Sport has launched the Made to Move campaign, which has one target: to get one million people to move more by 2020.The activity involves a £5m investment, with almost 16 million 16-34 year olds being exposed to the campaign. Made to Move TV advertising will run until the end ...