All Petrol articles – Page 24
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Petrol retailer wins Londis store award
A forecourt scooped the top prize at the Londis Store of the Year awards. Blair Girvan’s c-store in Aberfeldy, Perthshire won the ’best forecourt store’ category then went on to take the awards’ top accolade. Blair, who has run the shop in Dunkeld Street for five years, received his award ...
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France bans alcohol at petrol stations
The sale of alcohol from French petrol stations is to be banned in a new campaign against drink drivers that includes the permanent confiscation of their vehicles for a second offence, according to a report in The Times. Petrol retailers were said to be angered by a measure that is ...
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MPs given the lowdown on the plight of petrol retailers
Fuel retailers work under great financial pressure in order to provide a vital service, Ray Holloway, director of the Petrol Retailers Association told a group of MPs at a meeting in London yesterday (Wednesday, February 6). Holloway met the cross-party group of MPs to discuss the current position of the ...
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Service Centre with Jac Roper - When petrol dries up
In the past few days I’ve spoken to two people engaged in retailing with businesses which had each clocked up 40 years as petrol forecourts.One, a youngish chap, had recently pulled out of petrol retailing completely to concentrate on convenience, investing a bomb, joining a symbol group and turning his ...
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Future of Petrol Stations
The Henry Stewart Conference ’The Future of Petrol Stations’ on Friday 31 March will address issues in ensuring survival and profitability for forecourt owners and strategies for cashing in on alternative use site values. The conference will also discuss what is happening in the market by alluding to real world ...
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Texaco sells 14 sites to Petrol Express
Texaco Ltd has sold 14 of its UK service stations to independent forecourt operator and distributor, Petrol Express. The sites are expected to transfer to Petrol Express once the relevant stock-taking and systems changes have taken place. This announcement follows the sale of 118 Texaco sites to Somerfield in ...
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Hello! I’m at the petrol station!
A new study by Dr Adam Burgess entitled ‘Cellular Phones, Public Fears and a Culture of Precaution’ says claims about risks of using mobile phones on forecourts have crossed into ‘the realm of urban legend’. There is no risk. According to The Observer, BP fire safety officer Richard Coates agrees: ...
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Petrol and diesel - main fuels till 2030
Petrol and diesel will continue to supply the bulk of the road transport fuel market until at least 2030, according to the UK Petroleum Industry Association. In its evidence to the House of Commons Select Committe on Transport’s enquiry into ‘Cars of the Future’ UKPIA – which represents refiners and ...
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Passable petrol profits - just nostalgia?
Don’t look back they say. Those who do are often accused of viewing the good ol’ days through rose-tinted specs. But as Chris Cundall points out, he was operating on better profits 10 years ago. He runs two petrol stations with Londis stores in West Yorkshire. He’s been a Texaco ...