All Forecourt Trader articles in October 2016 – Page 6
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In brief
Newcomers to the forecourt sector have acquired the leasehold of their first forecourt Holmfirth Filling Station in West Yorkshire. The sale of the operation to local business owners Rehan Rana & Associates was handled by property adviser, Christie & Co. The forecourt is located along Huddersfield Road, a mile from ...
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JTI unveils gantry modification to cater for e-cigarette brands
JTI is unveiling a new solution for existing gantry units to support the fast-growing e-cigarette category. Described by JTI as "the first of its kind", the modification includes dedicated space for e-cigarettes built into the tobacco gantry.The new-look gantries with space available to stock JTI’s Logic e-cigarette brand as ...
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HKS Group extends its supply deal with BP
Top 50 Indie HKS Group has signed a deal with BP to extend its supply deal for 24 petrol stations for a further five years.Commenting on the deal, Howard Nunn, BP’s UK sales manager, said: "I’m delighted that BP and HKS have committed to another five years, underlining our deep ...
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Merril Boulton: Wow what a night!
Wow what a night! Many congratulations to Patrick Sewell and his team at Sewell on the go South Cave for becoming our latest Forecourt Trader of the Year winner. It’s a second time around for him he last won in 2009. There was generally a very high standard of entries ...
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Kevin Eastwood: BOSS executive director
Technology plays a big part in our campaign to reduce forecourt crime by speeding up communications and the processing of large amounts of information. More efficient ways of working are absolutely necessary when you consider that approximately 900,000 times a year drivers either drive-off from a forecourt without paying for ...
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Day in the Life: Ray Blake
Since leaving my 35-year career in the enforcement of petroleum legislation, just over a year ago, I don’t have a typical day and I’m very happy with this situation. Gone are the frustrating car journeys into and around London, and not having the daily commute alone has given me an ...
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Best Community Engagement
Awards host Brian Conley (left) and Billy Tank, sales and marketing director at HTEC (right), present Karl Screeton with the award for Best Community Engagement. The team at Sewell on the go Maybury has been working with its local community for more than 20 years and has built up many ...
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Best Customer Service
Awards host Brian Conley (left) and Jan Louw, head of convenience at JTI, present Sarah Spafford with the award for Best Customer Service. The South Cave staff pride themselves on delivering world class customer service. The company has a rigorous recruitment process to try and employ the best people for ...
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Best Food-to-go Outlet
wards host Brian Conley (left), and Tony Owen, sales and marketing director of Rollover, present Terry Mulkerns with the award for Best Food-to-go Outlet. A passionate and dedicated team who work six days a week each have helped to make this food-to-go operation a winner, and contribute to a 50% ...
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Best Forecourt Loo
Awards host Brian Conley (left), and Asif Ayub, managing director of Fast Trak, present Susan Ferrall with the award for Best Forecourt Loo. Over a million people pass through the Green Welly Stop Filling Station each year and almost everyone will use its toilets. The company’s aim is always to ...
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Best Forecourt Innovation
Awards host Brian Conley (left) and John Pattison, brand director from Londis (far right), present Jonathan Tout and Zena Bishop with the award for Best Innovation. The team at Tout’s decided to bring the Nailsea Store up to the standard of its flagship site at Langford, but did not have ...
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Best Hot Beverages Outlet
Awards host Brian Conley (left), and Tim Warner, head of sales at Costa Express (right), present Geoff Johnston on behalf of David Heenan with the award for Best Hot Beverages Outlet. The owners have put a great deal of thought into how the store works for the customer in both ...
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Best Site Manager
Awards host Brian Conley (left), and Stuart Cufflin, transport and retail contracts manager at Jet, present Jan Hawthorne with the award for Best Site Manager. Mill Lane is situated in a high crime area and Jan’s approach is not to tackle one site issue at a time but to tackle ...
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Best Soft Drinks Outlet
Awards host Brian Conley (left), and Amy Burgess, trade communications manager from Coca-Cola European Partners, present Sarah Spafford with the award for Best Soft Drinks Outlet. The site offered an excellent and well-presented range of chilled colas, juices, sports and energy drinks, adhering to the strict disciplines required for successful ...
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Best Valeting Facilities
Awards host Brian Conley (far left), and Kevin Pay, managing director of Wilcomatic (far right), present David Penny and Vicky Hennessy with the award for Best Valeting Facilities. The recently refurbished valeting centre at Penny Petroleum Seamer Road offers the latest in wash technology and introduces the new image of ...
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Best Oil Company Initiative
Awards host Brian Conley (left), and Blake Gladman, research and insight director of Him, present Stuart Cufflin of Jet with the Highly Commended Award for Best Oil Company Initiative. Last year Jet announced a commercial and brand partnership with Spar UK as a key addition to its convenience strategy, giving ...
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Best Oil Company Initiative
Awards host Brian Conley (left), and Blake Gladman, research and insight director of Him, present SB Prasad of Essar Oil UK, with the award for Best Oil Company Initiative. Essar has embarked on a strategy to be part of the UK’s fuel retail sector, promoting itself as a reliable partner ...
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Award Winners
’Best of British’ on parade in London Patrick Sewell and his team at Sewell on the go South Cave were the triumphant overall victors at last month’s glorious celebration of the Best of British fuel retailers, held at the London Hilton on Park Lane, in front of a record crowd. ...
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Special Recognition Award
Awards host Brian Conley (left), and Ramsay MacDonald, Gulf retail director (right), present Joe Barrett with the Special Recognition Award. We used an online voting system to enable the readers of Forecourt Trader to cast their vote for the pre-selected nominees. Bob Etchingham and Joe Barrett have built a network ...
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Wrest assured
Retailers turned out in force to attend last month’s PRA Live & Local event in the grand setting of Wrest Park Mansion in Bedfordshire, where the headline speaker was Andrew Bonnington, the editorial director for strategic oil markets development at S&P Global Platts. For despite the many other developments that ...