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Lord Steel demands French-style motorway petrol price displays
Former Liberal leader Lord Steel of Aikwood has called for Britain to follow the French and display the price their competitors charge for petrol, in a question to the House of Lords about fuel prices at motorway service stations. He said motorway prices were about 10ppl higher than elsewhere ...
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Petrol and diesel cars will be gone by 2050, says new government proposal
All of Britain’s road vehicles will be battery powered by 2050, according to proposals by energy secretary Chris Huhne. Under the government’s carbon plan, the 30 million petrol and diesel cars and vans on Britain’s roads will be replaced by a new generation of electric vehicles that can be charged ...
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Euro Garages joins RMI Petrol
Euro Garages, this year’s Forecourt Trader of the Year winner, and one of the UK’s largest independent forecourt retailers, has joined RMI Petrol. During 2012 all 81 of Euro Garages’ sites will be given membership status, and the company will also subscribe to the fuel-price analysis system Big Oil. RMIP ...
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100 ’pop-up’ petrol stations sell illegal fuel
Pop-up’ petrol stations selling fuel illegally, are a growing problem in Northern Ireland, according to a BBC Panorama programme which aired last month. In the past year more than 100 temporary illegal petrol stations selling laundered red diesel for as little as 90ppl, have apparently been discovered.One site was said ...
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NewsShop Doctor: Jempson’s Express & Jet Petrol Station, Peasmarsh, East Sussex
GENERAL APPEARANCE: Located on the A268 in the village of Peasmarsh (some three miles north of Rye) is a Jempson’s Superstore and Jempson’s Express Petrol Station. Jempson’s claims its Peasmarsh Superstore is Britain’s largest independent food store. FORECOURT: The location of the Jempson’s Superstore is clear but ...
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RMI Petrol appoints Barber Wadlow as property advisor
RMI Petrol has appointed property firm Barber Wadlow as advisers to its members in all property-related matters.The property advisory service is due to be launched by the RMI on October 7 and will enable its members to access Barber Wadlow’s wide knowledge and expertise.Services will range from acquisition and disposal ...
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Petrol sales down 1.7 billion litres
Record pump prices between April and June helped UK retail petrol sales fall 77% faster than in the first three months of this year, new research from the AA reveals. Petrol sales that had fallen 186.5m litres (-3.9%) in the first quarter of this year, compared to the same period ...
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NewsRMI Petrol rejects RHA’s call for 5ppl price cut
The Road Haulage Association’s (RHA’s) demand for an immediate 5ppl cut in fuel prices has been dismissed by RMI Petrol. Chairman Brian Madderson told Forecourt Trader: “We don’t think there is a 5ppl reduction in the system at the moment.” The RHA’s call followed the major supermarket chains’ cuts in ...
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RMI Petrol to meet Treasury
RMI Petrol is preparing to meet with the Treasury at the end of this month to give its views on the government’s outline proposals for a Fair Fuel Stabiliser. The Coalition proposes to replace the Fuel Duty Escalator introduced by the previous government with a Fair Fuel Stabiliser that will ...
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Jac Roper looks at petrol pricing; the growing importance of the shop; and equipment
Tony Barlow, whose Local Service Station trades in beautiful Shrewsbury in Shropshire, puts a real stress on independence and individuality. He has been buying fuel on the open market since 1998 and he wonders why a lot more forecourt retailers don’t do the same. "I switched because I was contracted ...
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Survey says petrol cars still more popular than diesels
Petrol cars still beat diesel models in the popularity stakes despite the typically higher fuel economy of diesel engines, a study of UK motorists shows.ContractHireAndLeasing.com asked more than 1,700 people: ’When you next change your car, what type of fuel will you opt for?’ of which 35% opted for a ...
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Survey says petrol cars still more popular than diesels
Petrol cars still beat diesel models in the popularity stakes despite the typically higher fuel economy of diesel engines, a study of UK motorists shows.ContractHireAndLeasing.com asked more than 1,700 people: ’When you next change your car, what type of fuel will you opt for?’ of which 35% opted for a ...
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Petrol cars still the people’s choice
Petrol cars still beat diesel models in the popularity stakes despite the typically higher fuel economy of diesel engines, a recent study of UK motorists shows. ContractHireAndLeasing.com asked over 1700 people; ‘When you next change your car, what type of fuel will you opt for?’ of which 35% ...
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Petrol prices are nation’s biggest worry
The price of petrol is the number one concern for Britons today. In its first-ever Life Index, Swiftcover found that 61% of consumers said their biggest worry was the price of petrol and diesel. And 23% of respondents said they were ‘extremely concerned’ by it. The next most worrying things ...
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Hotel offers free petrol with room booking
A luxury hotel in Bournemouth is giving away free petrol with bookings. The four-star Norfolk Royale will refund the cost of a tank of petrol to couples who stay for three nights in an executive room.Manager Clive Moss said everybody was trying to come up with offers and he had ...
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Scheme to recycle clothes for petrol
An enterprising West Midlands recycler is giving people the chance to swap their old clothes for petrol.Lee Featonby, from Rugeley Rags and Wipers, said that with petrol prices so high, it was a good way of encouraging people to recycle.People are asked to donate a black bin liner full of ...
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RMI Petrol: calling northern retailers
RMI Petrol will be holding its regional meeting in Durham on April 5, 2011. Held at the Ramside Hall Hotel, just off the A1 in Carrville, will start at 10am and conclude at 2pm after a free buffet lunch.Presentations will include: business rates & fuel pricing/taxation review; Harvest Energy;market trends ...
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Asda sold 12.9p petrol by mistake in Bradford
Asda has admitted drivers paid just 12.9p a litre for petrol after staff put a decimal point in the wrong place.The blunder at the Rooley Lane site in Bradford, West Yorkshire happened on a self-serve pump after the 24-hour site switched over to just pay@pump for the night shift.About 50 ...
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New chief executive for Federation of Petroleum Suppliers
The Federation of Petroleum Suppliers (FPS) has announced the appointment of a new chief executive.Joining the FPS from his previous role as Executive Secretary at the Nuclear Institute, Mark Askew succeeds Susan Hancock who will retire in the summer.For the past five years Askew has run the Nuclear Institute’s secretariat, ...
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Petrol hits £6 a gallon
Soaring oil costs have pushed the UK’s average price of petrol above 132ppl – £6 a gallon – for the first time ever. Figures from Experian Catalist put yesterday’s average price of unleaded at 132.30ppl and diesel at 138.20ppl. And the cost of petrol has risen 7.11ppl a litre since ...