All Forecourt Trader articles in October 2017 – Page 9
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Suresite’s transactions reach £2bn-a-year mark
Suresite, the UK card services and risk management company, has achieved a new landmark with its processing of bank card transactions exceeding £2bn per annum. From its launch in 2005, Suresite Card Services has grown to become the leading provider to group retailers and large multinational organisations in the UK ...
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Forecourt Trader of the Year: Joe Barrett and John Diviney, Applegreen M1 Southbound Lisburn, County Down
This is a site with the wow factor, and the highest-scoring operation across all the regional entries in this year’s awards, with its striking design, full of innovation and flair. M1 Lisburn was designed to be bigger and better than anything that Applegreen had done before. It has a total ...
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NewsPRA cancels Live and Local forum in Chester
The PRA has cancelled the Live and Local forum which was scheduled for October 5 at Chester racecourse. It explained the reason for the cancellation was a conflicting trade show taking place, which was being staged by a food wholesaler, and which members might be attending. It said: “Therefore rather ...
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NewsBOSS Forecourt Crime Index hits highest ever level
Forecourt Crime is continuing to rise, according the latest BOSS Forecourt Crime Index for the period from April to June 2017 (Q2 2017), and has reached its highest level since the index was established in 2015. The results from the latest BOSS analysis show that the Index has risen by ...
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NewsRobbers blow up cash machine on forecourt
Police are investigating after four people blew up a cash machine and stole money from a petrol station in Longwick, Buckinghamshire in the early hours of Tuesday October 3. An Audi car and a Ford truck were used to attempt to remove the ATM at the Shell petrol station on ...
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NewsWoman badly injured in car crash as she turns onto forecourt
A woman had to be cut free from her car and taken to hospital with potentially life-changing injuries after a crash as she turned into a forecourt on Tuesday October 3. The woman’s car was hit from behind at the junction of Wolseley Road and Saltash Road in Plymouth, as ...
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NewsACS warns over bottle deposit impact after minister’s speech
The Association of Convenience Stores (ACS) has responded to Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Michael Gove’s announcement of a new call for evidence on bottle deposit return schemes, urging the Government to consider the negative impact that such schemes would have on the convenience sector. The ...
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NewsSupermarkets cut 2ppl from price of petrol
Major supermarkets have cut “up to 2ppl” off the price of unleaded petrol a day after the RAC highlighted the fall in wholesale prices and called for reductions. On Tuesday October 3, the RAC said the cost of fuel rose for the third consecutive month in September despite the wholesale ...