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RMI Petrol rallies northern retailers
RMI Petrol is calling for retailers to attend its first regional meeting of the year on February 15. Sponsored by Harvest Energy, the meeting will be held at the Best Western Willerby Manor Hotel, close to the A164 junction of the M62 in Humberside. Presentations include updates on business rates ...
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Petrol prices hit record average high
Petrol prices have hit a new average high of 121.76 pence a litre, ahead of further price rises due in the New Year with VAT rising to 20%. The peak was reached following a week in which snow and ice had brought chaos to the UK’s roads, and oil companies ...
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Fairbanks gives wetstock training to petroleum regulators
Wetstock management specialists Fairbanks has hosted an open day for 60 Petroleum Officers, Trading Standards Officers and Fire Authority personnel at its offices in Lancashire. The event was aimed at petroleum regulators who wanted to gain a better understanding of the latest technologies available to forecourt operators throughout ...
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First full refit for Brobot Petroleum Londis store
Brobot Petroleum, the family owned Top 50 Indie, has relaunched its first store to undergo a full redevelopment since partnering with Londis last June. The newly developed site in Bunny is one of 22 sites in the Midlands owned by Brobot, all supplied by Londis. Clive Leeson, Brobot area ...
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Customer service in petrol stations not up to scratch
Less than 1% of shoppers think petrol stations deliver good customer service, according to a poll by Retail Eyes. The National Customer Satisfaction survey of 5,712 UK shoppers revealed that only 0.8% of shoppers felt they got good service at forecourts. Furthermore, 92% confirmed they had left an ...
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Forecourts warned over under-age petrol sales
Three South Lanarkshire forecourts have received formal warnings after petrol was sold to an under-age volunteer during a test-purchasing exercise. The sales were made to a 14-year-old, who was carrying out test purchases on behalf of South Lanarkshire Council’s Consumer and Trading Standards Service. The garages were warned ...
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Tesco trials music in 420 petrol stations with Faithless release
Tesco is to ramp up the promotional campaign behind its exclusive Faithless album with a £100,000 burst of activity which will put CDs into 420 Tesco petrol stations for the first time. And in another first for music, advertising promoting Faithless and featuring a competition to win a special edition Faithless Fiat Punto Evo will appear on thousands of petrol pump nozzles in one hundred of Tesco’s biggest petrol forecourts. The roll-out of the Faithless CD on to petrol forecourts marks the latest step in Tesco’s plan to increase distribution for entertainment. In February the supermarket introduced music into its Express stores for the first time with its exclusive Simply Red release Songs of Love. The new Faithless campaign, which began on September 1, will last a month. Sales through the petrol stations will be chart-eligible under Tesco’s existing deal with the Official Charts Company. Tesco secured exclusive rights to The Dance for its release in May when it entered the charts at number two, the first time in UK chart history that an album had scored so highly on the strength of sales from only one physical retailer. Tesco Entertainment director Rob Salter said, “Securing the future of the CD market means constantly trying new things and reaching out to new audiences in new ways. “As of September 1, The Dance will be available in 1200 outlets, more than three times the number of locations operated by the UK’s biggest specialist music retailer.” Each of the 420 Tesco petrol stations will have counter units displaying the Faithless album. The advertising on petrol pump nozzles is expected to reach over 4m motorists over the course of the month. Salter said: “The world has changed and nearly 90% of music outlets – like Tesco – major on products other than entertainment. Music has to be prepared to do new things in new ways in order to justify its shelf space. We are particularly lucky in working with Faithless, artists who are determined to push the envelope in trying out new ideas. "Bucking the trend of music industry retrenchment and the declining number of music retail outlets, Tesco is expanding the number of locations in which it offers music. “Persuading the people who run Tesco’s petrol business to take on this album is a major coup,” he said. “I would like to think if this goes well we will see a fuller music offering in all Tesco’s petrol outlets in the run-up to Christmas.”
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NewsRMI Petrol calls on PM to come up with fuel stabilizer plan
RMI Petrol has written to the Prime Minister urging him to set up a working party to produce a comprehensive plan for a fuel stabilizer. The stabilizer was proposed in the Conservatives’ pre-election manifesto and would work by offseting global oil price increases by reducing duty. Brian Madderson, RMI Petrol ...
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Diesel cars sales overtake petrol for first time
Sales of diesel cars have overtaken those of petrol cars for the first time as motorists opt for more fuel-effecient vehicles.The Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT) reported that diesel car registrations accounted for 50.6% of the market in July while alternative fuel vehicles also achieved record market share ...
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AA backs RMI Petrol fight to scrap Dartford Crossing toll
The AA has added its support to RMI Petrol’s new campaign to scrap the tolling system on the Dartford Crossing. RMI Petrol said the toll, which currently costs £1.50 for a car and £2 for a van, regularly causes huge tailbacks which are not linked to ’incidents’ but are ...
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Petrol stations unite to catch fuel thieves
Four petrol forecourts in the Forest of Dean, Gloucestershire have joined forces in a new drive-off report scheme. This means that drivers in the Newent area who make off without paying for their fuel will find their cars blacklisted at neighbouring garages. Called Garage Watch, the scheme was created by ...
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It’s lights, camera, action for RMI Petrol’s Madderson
I get an alarm call at 6.30am as I am heading to London again, with a 45-minute train journey from Kent into Victoria. I have a breakfast meeting at Simpson’s in the Strand with the CEO of a fast-growing, independent fuel supplier who is going to be one of my ...
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Petrol pricing may not be as important as we all think
The price of fuel on the forecourt might not be nearly as important as many people think. That’s one of the findings from the new 2020 Vision report on forecourts from brand consultancy Circle. This states that a recent survey found that 70% of customers questioned after paying ...
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Top 50 Indie MRH (GB) joins RMI Petrol
RMI Petrol has signed up Top 50 Indie MHR (GB) Ltd as one of its newest members. The organisation, formally the Petrol Retailers’ Association (PRA), said it was delighted to welcome Essex-based MRH, which has 296 co-owned sites plus 142 Pace dealers, into its membership. RMI Petrol chairman Brian Madderson ...
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BP fined for underage petrol sales
BP Oil UK Limited has been fined £200 after admitting selling petrol to a customer under the age of 16. The sale at a site in South Queensferry, Edinburgh, was made to a 14-year-old volunteer working on behalf of The City of Edinburgh Council’s Environmental Health and Trading Standards ...
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Morrisons’ petrol director moves to Brulines
The man heading up Morrisons’ forecourt division, Phil Maud, is moving to Brulines – which owns wet-stock management specialist Edensure – as managing director of the group’s petrol forecourt services division.He is leaving Morrisons after eight years as director of petrol forecourts, where he was responsible for the second largest-by-volume ...
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NewsPetrol prices set to soar to £1.20 by year end
The RAC has warned that petrol prices are set soar to £1.20 a litre by the end of the year. The organisation said that several facters were to blame, including rising oil prices, the government’s planned fuel duty hike, and the end of the lower rate of VAT. It added ...
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Aldi launches first petrol stations
Aldi has launched its first petrol stations offering cut price fuel. IGD Retail Analysis reported that the three trial sites in Austria had initially been selling diesel at 52 cents a litre. The petrol stations, located in the store car parks of the discount supermarket in the Salzburg area, were ...
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Murco buys Petrol Express
Murco Petroleum has confirmed the £51.66 million acquisition of Petrol Express Limited from its parent company GNE Group plc. Earlier this year GNE Group reported a full-year profits jump by 93% to just over £1 million after margins in both shops and fuel improved. GNE chairman David Port, said margins ...
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GNE Group to sell Petrol Express
GNE Group plc has entered into a conditional share purchase agreement to dispose of its main operating subsidiary, Petrol Express Limited (PEX), operating under the brand name Petrol Express, to Leopard No. 2 Investments Limited for £51.66 million. The deal is subject to the purchaser assumingresponsibility for PEX’s bank ...