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Criminal gangs defrauding petrol stations
Criminal gangs are systematically defrauding petrol stations out of thousands of pounds worth of fuel using bogus fuel cards, according to national press reports. They report a warning by the City of London Police’s National Fraud Intelligence Bureau (NFIB) that criminal gangs are taking advantage of the weaker security on ...
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New head of petrol at PRA
The Retail Motor Industry Federation (RMI) has announced the appointment of Richard Chadderton as the new head of petrol for the PRA. He commenced the role on Monday 8 July and will be based at the London head office in Great Portland Street. Chadderton has more than 30 years experience ...
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Asda withdraws petrol station plan
Asda has withdrawn plans to build a new petrol station at its Highbridge store in Burnham-on-Sea, Somerset after objections over safety issues.
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Costco voted North America’s favourite petrol station
Costco is where North American consumers prefer to fill their fuel tanks, according to a study by US customer intelligence company Market Force Information. Traditional petrol stations lost out to wholesale clubs, with Sam’s Club coming in second among more than 7,600 consumers across the US and Canada. QuikTrip, Wawa ...
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Police publicise crime campaign on petrol pumps
Police in Staffordshire are using messages on supermarket petrol pumps to publicise a campaign targeting uninsured drivers. ‘Cars Behind Bars’ is a campaign instigated by Staffordshire Police and Crime Commissioner Matthew Ellis and has resulted in about 200 uninsured vehicles being seized, some to be scrapped, in the five weeks ...
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Fuel pump crash closes petrol station
A Co-operative Food petrol station near Bournemouth has had to be evacuated after a car drove into one of the fuel pumps. Fire crews were called to the petrol station at 6.30 this morning after a 26-year-old female driver hit the pumps at the service station, on the westbound A31 ...
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Supermarkets force petrol station out of business
A petrol station in York was forced to close by competition from supermarkets, documents related to a planning application have revealed. The former Shell-branded Mill Lane Filling Station and Spar shop closed on November 1, 2012, after trading for more than 40 years, according to a planning application lodged with ...
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Man charged with petrol station robbery
A man has been charged following a robbery at the Shell petrol station in South Normanton, Derbyshire. Duane Langford, 34, from Sutton-in-Ashfield, has been charged with robbery and has appeared before magistrates in Chesterfield yesterday. He has been remanded in custody to appear at Derby Crown Court on Tuesday, June ...
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Diesel stolen from Kent petrol stations
Thousands of litres of diesel have been stolen from two petrol station in Kent in a rash of thefts which have only taken place on Friday nights. The first occurred on the night of April 5 between 7pm and 7am the next morning, when 2,200 litres of diesel was taken ...
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Petrol price fall has ground to a halt, says AA
A fall in the UK’s average petrol price has ground to a halt just 2p below the year’s high of 140p a litre in early March, according to the AA. This is despite a 3p-4p fall in wholesale costs, with VAT, from late February into the middle of March. Although ...
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Sainsbury’s sparks petrol price war
Sainsbury’s has sparked a supermarket price war on fuel after an announcement it was cutting its prices was rapidly followed by Asda and Tesco also announcing cuts. It began yesterday when Richard Crampton, Sainsbury’s head of fuel, said that from today Sainsbury’s petrol prices will drop by 4p per litre ...
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Shop Doctor: Morrisons Petrol Station, West Bay Rd, Bridport, Dorset
GENERAL APPEARANCE: Just south of Bridport, on the B3157, is a Morrisons. But my stealth check target was the supermarket’s petrol station and shop. FORECOURT: The petrol station and its shop are right by the entrance to the superstore. The large forecourt looked functional and the approach to the ...
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Report highlights supermarket growth in petrol
The massive impact supermarkets have had on the petrol market in the decade between 2001 and 2011 is highlighted by a new report, The Way We Pay, published by the Payments Council. It says the amount spent on petrol in supermarkets almost tripled in the decade to 2011, and the ...
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Petrol theft halved after police initiative
Petrol theft from forecourts across Bassetlaw, Nottinghamshire, has halved in the past year after a crime prevention drive by the local police force. Last year there were 61 reported crimes, compared with 124 in 2011. Inspector Steve Cartwright, the county east lead for forecourt crime, said the drop is due ...
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Petrol stations are home of snacking
Forecourt shops are the home of snacking for the UK’s peckish drivers, new research from Palmer and Harvey has revealed. Compared with regular c-stores, petrol stations sell two-and-a-half times as many sandwiches, one-and-a-half times as many savoury slices, 13% more confectionery and nearly double the number of energy drinks.The analysis ...
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Engineers create carbon-neutral petrol from air
Air capture technology, which scrubs carbon dioxide (CO2) out of the air, has the potential to become a ’game-changer’ in the battle against climate change, according to the Institution of Mechanical Engineers.One small British firm has become the first company in the world to demonstrate CO2 air capture as a ...
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Sainsbury’s joins Asda in petrol price cut
Sainsbury’s is reducing the price of petrol across its forecourt estate by up to 2ppl from tomorrow (Thursday October 25). The move was announced just after Asda said it was also cutting the price of petrol by the same amount in response to a fall in wholesale prices. Richard Crampton, ...
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UK engineers create petrol from air
Air capture technology, which scrubs carbon dioxide (CO2) out of the air, has the potential to become a ‘game-changer’ in the battle against climate change, and the Institution of Mechanical Engineers claims British engineers are at the forefront of making it a reality. The technology was the subject of a ...
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Best way to driver’s petrol tank is through their stomach, says Shell
Shell UK is focusing on developing food and coffee on the go offers in a bid to fuel growth on its forecourts. Addressing the Chartered Institute of Marketing’s Food, Drink & Agriculture Group last week, Shell UK marketing manager David Wood explained how Shell has spent the past few months ...
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ACS and RMI Petrol team up for 2012 Forecourt Seminar
Current political issues affecting forecourt retailers, testimonials from successful emerging players in the sector and how the sector will continue to evolve over the next few years will be the key topics discussed at this year’s Forecourt Seminar. Jointly organised by the Association of Convenience Stores and RMI Petrol for ...