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NewsRaiders steal cash machine from Scottish petrol station
Police Scotland have launched an appeal for witnesses after raiders stole a cash machine from a Borders petrol station. The suspects forced entry to Harrison’s Petrol Station on Edinburgh Road in Peebles, stole the free-standing ATM with a four-figure sum of cash in it, and made off in a red ...
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Petrol use falls to lowest ever level on record
UK petrol consumption in January fell to its lowest level ever, government figures show. Statistics released by HM Revenue and Customs show that, in January, UK drivers got through 1,351m litres of petrol. That is marginally down on the previous January’s consumption of 1,365m litres, and 12.7% less than five ...
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NewsTesco cuts 2ppl from petrol and diesel prices
Tesco stole a march on its major supermarket rivals this morning by announcing it is to cut the cost of petrol and diesel by 2ppl at all of its petrol stations this afternoon. If the usual pattern is followed Asda, Morrisons and Sainsbury’s will announce similar fuel price cuts within ...
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NewsPetrol consumption slumps to a record low
UK petrol consumption in January fell to its lowest level on record, new government figures show. Figures released by HM Revenue and Customs show that, in January, UK drivers got through 1.351 billion litres of petrol. That is 1% down on the previous January’s consumption and 12.7% less than five ...
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Knife man robs Tesco petrol station
Hampshire Police are appealing for information following a robbery at a service station in Dibden. Between 7.30pm and 7.50pm on Saturday, February 25, a man carrying a knife entered the Tesco petrol station on Sizer Way and demanded cash from the till operator. The cashier opened the till and gave ...
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NewsGreenergy extends supply deal with Penny Petroleum
Greenergy has signed agreements to supply a further three sites owned by Top 50 Indie Penny Petroleum, taking the number of Penny Petroleum sites supplied by Greenergy to seven. All of these sites are Esso-branded. Two of the sites, at Sadberge on the A66 between Darlington and Stockton-on-Tees and in ...
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Money Talk: Petrol versus pub
How’s trading been so far this year for you? While it’s too early for any figures, conversations with retailers in both the petrol and hospitality sectors (regular readers will know that at EKW we’ve had a foot in both camps for many years), suggest that the recent post-Christmas ’quiet period’ ...
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Petrol Sign in new five-year agreement with Esso Europe
Petrol Sign, a division of MS International plc, has signed a five-year supply agreement with Esso Europe.The agreement will see Petrol Sign supply Esso signage materials to the UK, Benelux, Norway, Germany, France, Cyprus and Italy.Since it was incorporated into MS International plc in June 2015, the Petrol Sign UK ...
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NewsPetrol Sign signs five-year deal with Esso Europe
Petrol Sign, a division of MS International plc, has signed a five-year supply agreement with Esso Europe. The agreement will see Petrol Sign supply Esso signage materials to the UK, Benelux, Norway, Germany, France, Cyprus and Italy. Since it was incorporated into MS International plc in June 2015, the Petrol ...
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Worker steals £450,000 from Asda petrol kiosks
An Asda worker has been jailed after she stole more than £450,000 from the company’s petrol kiosks over a four-year period. Wendy Clements, who worked in the cash office of the South Bank supermarket in Middlesbrough, discovered that the electronic records on the tills were not linked to the “smart ...
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Rontec extends Hoyer Petrolog contract to 2021
Hoyer Petrolog has announced that it has extended its agreement with Top 50 Indie Rontec to supply more than 200 of the company’s forecourts across the UK through to September 2021. Allan Davison, operations director for Hoyer Petrolog UK, said: "Rontec has been a major customer of Hoyer Petrolog since ...
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NewsMRH buys Spring Petroleum
MRH, number one in Forecourt Trader’s Top 50 Indies, has bought Spring Petroleum which was ranked 11th in the list. In the 2016 Top 50 Indies MRH had 452 sites and the acquisition of Spring Petroleum, which included Mercury Forecourts, adds a further 27. MRH company secretary David Hathaway confirmed ...
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Four men rob Newport petrol station
Gwent Police are appealing for information following a robbery that happened at the BP Petrol Station on Malpas Road in Newport, at 4.10am on October 26. They are looking for four men in connection with this incident, and have appealed for information to locate 18-year-old Thomas Hunt from Pontypool. The ...
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Yuk! Petrol pumps are more germy than a loo seat
On average, fuel pumps have more than 11,000 times more bacteria on them than a household toilet seat. That’s the shock finding from bus-travel booking website busbud.com, which collected bacteria samples from three forecourts and three charging stations in the US. A previous study conducted by the Kimberly-Clark Corporation ...
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Demand for petrol stations in South West rising
Specialist business property adviser Christie & Co has revealed an increase in demand in the South West forecourt sector for the first half of 2016, with this demand looking set to continue into the second half of the year. When compared with the same period in 2015, Christie & Co ...
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MP visits local petrol station to discuss issues
BP and Spar retailer Namesh Nagamani has invited his local MP, Steve Double, into his store to discuss the issues affecting his business, including fuel theft and business rates. The Spar convenience store at the BP Fuel station at Cornwall Gateway Services is located in the heart of Cornwall near ...
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RAC urges retailers to cut price of petrol
The RAC is urging retailers to cut the forecourt price of petrol to reflect the falling price of unleaded fuel on the wholesale market. The price of oil is currently on the slide, and this helped to cancel out the declining price of Sterling and depress wholesale fuel prices. A ...
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Germany “needs” to phase out new petrol and diesel cars by 2030
Sales of new petrol and diesel cars in Germany will have to be phased out by 2030, in order for it to meet pollution targets, a minister has warned. Deputy economy minister Rainer Baake said all new cars registered in Germany will have to be emissions free by 2030 if ...
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Shell unveils prototype petrol car of the future
Shell has unveiled a low carbon prototype car in a bid to demonstrate that internal combustion engines can be part of the solution to urban environmental problems. The ultra-light city car’s low-cost, low-carbon construction uses the kind of weight reduction and aerodynamics found in Formula One racing to minimise emissions ...
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Petrol station owner fined more than £4,000
A petrol station owner has been fined more than £4,000 after he was prosecuted by East Sussex Fire and Rescue Service. Sultan Hayat, the owner of Bexhill Service Station, Barnhorn Road, Bexhill, pleaded guilty at Eastbourne Magistrates Court on Friday 1 April to two offences of failing to comply with ...