All Forecourt Trader articles in October 2017 – Page 4
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NewsACS report shows importance of forecourts
New research from the Association of Convenience Stores (ACS) has shown the essential contribution that the UK’s petrol forecourts make to the economy, to working people, and to communities. The 2017 Forecourt Report highlights the continuing evolution of forecourts as both retailers and service providers, with stores often leading the ...
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NewsJTI removes 30th gantry for selling illegal tobacco
JTI has removed its tobacco gantry from Grover Superstore in Canterbury Avenue, Slough, following the decision taken by Slough Borough Council to revoke the store’s Premises Licence. Evidence presented to the council’s Licencing Sub-Committee by Slough Trading Standards showed repeated seizures of illegal tobacco. Charlie Cunningham-Reid, UK head of corporate ...
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NewsRobbers threaten forecourt staff and take money from tills
Police are appealing for information after the Nisa convenience store at the petrol station on Wilton Way in Eston, North Yorkshire, was robbed. The incident occurred on Saturday October 7, just after 8am, when two men walked into the shop and one of them was armed with a bladed weapon ...
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NewsKnife and crowbar used in robbery from Esso garage
Armed robbers threatened staff at a petrol station in Whittlesey, Cambridgeshire, with a crowbar and knife before making off with cash from the till. The robbery was at the Esso garage in Peterborough Road. A Cambridgeshire police spokeswoman said: “We were called at around 10.30pm on Friday, October 6 to ...
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NewsPolice commend taxi driver who tackled robbers
Nottinghamshire Police have commended a taxi driver for his bravery after two armed robbers he tackled at a Warsop petrol station were jailed for a combined ten years six months. Otis Kirby, 20, was locked up for five years and three months after pleading guilty to robbery and possession of ...
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NewsBP/M&S site opens in Southgate
Sixteen new jobs have been created with the opening of a new BP service station with M&S Simply Food on Oakleigh Road South, in Southgate, north London. The joint BP and Marks & Spencer development will offer motorists a wide range of M&S quality food alongside BP’s Wild Bean Café ...
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NewsThieves cause major damage to Tesco site to steal from ATM
West Yorkshire Police are appealing for information after an ATM at a petrol station was broken into in Dewsbury. The incident happened around 1.20am on Friday October 9 at the Tesco Express store on the Esso-branded forecourt at Wakefield Road in the Earlsheaton area of Dewsbury. The perpetrators are thought ...
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NewsFive arrests over illegal tobacco and alcohol
Five men have been arrested in Liverpool during raids linked to a suspected £100,000 tax fraud involving smuggled cigarettes, an illegal vodka factory and tax credits fraud. HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) officers visited several addresses across Liverpool and Sefton, on Tuesday October 3 as part of an investigation into ...
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NewsHKS Retail listed in Sunday Times Top Track 250
Top 50 Indie HKS Retail, part of the HKS Holdings Limited group, is a new entrant this year in the Sunday Times Grant Thornton Top Track 250 - the league table which ranks Britain’s private mid-market growth companies with the biggest sales. HKS Retail made its debut at number 103 ...
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NewsNisa board recommends £137.5m Co-op offer
The board of Nisa Retail Limited, the member-owned retail and wholesaling group, has unanimously recommended to its shareholders an offer of up to £137.5m from The Co-op Group. The offer, if successful, would bring Nisa members access to the Co-op range - including the Co-op own label - while retaining ...
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Analysis
Spending spree
By the standards of recent years the number of acquisitions by the Top 50 Indies has been quite modest since the 2017 listing was published in March. But that all changed in September, with a flurry of deals. However, with all the major sell-offs by oil companies completed, it is ...
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Analysis
Tracy West: Shop Talk
It’s not often nowadays that I get excited about a new product. That’s because most aren’t really new at all as often they’ve just been resurrected in new packaging. However, I’m loving the new Tic Tacs I discovered very recently. They’re called Breeze, they’re sugar free and they come in ...
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Reducing the risks
There are two main drivers for maintenance on a forecourt. One is reactive, where something technical breaks down, such as a pump or a car wash, and calling out someone to fix it is the natural solution. But the other type of maintenance, preventative, is if anything more important, and ...
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Monitoring progress
Suresite has been hitting the headlines recently with its announcements about deals with Greenergy and its £2bn-worth of bank card transactions processed in the past 12 months.And it’s likely to become even more of an industry name, if new legislation is introduced in November concerning wet-stock monitoring. "We’ve been involved ...
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A tribute to Nick Lloyd
Family, friends and colleagues paid tribute to Nick Lloyd, former managing director of Symonds Forecourts Ltd, at his funeral in Sherborne St John, near Basingstoke, last month.He died suddenly at the age of 47, as he was embarking on new ventures in the convenience retailing sector, including a project with ...
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Under the spotlight: Julian Rinaldi
Name: Julian Rinaldi Job title: Jack of all trades MD, MOT tester, sub-postmaster, car and van rental franchisee Company: Musbury Garage 01 Career history: 1986-1989 Somerset College studying Motor Vehicle Engineering & Motor Vehicle Management. Joined company business in 1988 working alongside my parents before taking over in 2008. ...
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product news: Schweppes makes major investment
The mixer brand Schweppes has announced what it describes as its biggest GB investment in more than 200 years. Responding to the growing demand for premium mixers, the investment includes the launch of a new premium skittle-shaped bottle that pays homage to its heritage and a multi-million pound marketing campaign. ...
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Industry honours retailer success
Applegreen’s M1 Southbound, Lisburn site took top honours at last month’s Forecourt Trader Awards, held at the London Hilton on Park Lane, in front of a record crowd.Applegreen’s CEO Joe Barrett, and UK MD John Diviney, were presented with the prestigious Forecourt Trader of the Year trophy, following a night ...
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Pumpkin Spice Oat So Simple for Halloween
Quaker Oats is launching a limited-edition Pumpkin Spice variant for Halloween. It comes in a sachet format (eight per pack) with an rrp of £1. The launch is supported by a social media campaign and in-store pos and theatre. According to Nielsen, half of UK adults who buy Halloween foods ...