All PRA articles
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NewsPRA pulls Chancellor up on “inflammatory and disrespectful” Budget comments
The Petrol Retailers Association has written to Chancellor of the Exchequer Rachel Reeves, accusing her of deploying “inaccurate characterisation and disappointing rhetoric” when she discussed forecourt operators in last week’s Budget speech.
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NewsConcerns grow that fuel duty could be hiked in Budget 2025
The Petrol Retailers Association has urged Chancellor Rachel Reeves not to increase fuel duty in her upcoming Budget, due November 26.
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NewsFive Labour MPs accuse fuel retailers of “ripping off” drivers
A group of Labour MPs have written to the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) asking it to “immediately launch an investigation and consider fining or reprimanding retailers who are ripping off consumers”.
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NewsTrade associations meet with government on Fuel Finder scheme
The Petrol Retailers Association (PRA) is hopeful that government officials will now consider the issues that forecourt operators face with their plans to require sites to report unavailability of specific fuel grades within 30 minutes of an outage.
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NewsPRA raises questions over new Fuel Finder scheme
The government may only have awarded the tender for the national Fuel Finder scheme, set to launch by the end of the year, but the Petrol Retailers Association has already raised significant questions over how the programme will operate.
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NewsBeware illegal workers, and rights to play music, warns law firm
It is not just hand car washes which are being targeted by immigration officers checking that employees are legally allowed to work in the UK, lawyer Robert Botkai warned delegates at the Petrol Retailers Association’s roadshow in Brands Hatch last week.
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NewsSUMMIT: PRA in talks with Competition and Markets Authority over forecourt profits and Fuel Finder Scheme
The Petrol Retailers Association (PRA) is meeting with officials from the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) every two months to discuss matters relating to profitability, and the upcoming Fuel Finder scheme, attendees at Forecourt Trader’s 2025 Summit were told.
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NewsTough-on-crime Bill starts path through Parliament
A Bill, which introduces a separate offence of assaulting a retail worker and removes the effective immunity for shop theft of £200 and below, has started its Parliamentary process to becoming law.
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NewsPRA: Forecourt owners should join farmers in fighting inheritance tax changes
Forecourt operators should follow the example of Britain’s farming community which descended on Whitehall in hundreds of tractors on Monday to protest the government’s inheritance tax changes, says the PRA.
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NewsPRA puts forecourt crime at top of agenda
PRA chief executive Gordon Balmer believes a meeting with a group that links police and businesses to tackle crime will help to move the issue of fuel and other forecourt theft up the agenda.
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NewsBrian Madderson takes non-executive role at Forecourt Eye
Anti-drive-off specialist Forecourt Eye has appointed industry veteran Brian Madderson non-executive chairman.
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NewsPRA rallies forecourt operators to join inheritance tax campaign
The Petrol Retailers Association (PRA) is calling on members to back a campaign urging ministers to reverse inheritance tax plans it fears will lead to reduced investment, forced early business sales, and site closures.
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NewsPRA calls for fuel duty and business rates freeze in Budget
The Petrol Retailers’ Association is calling on Chancellor Rachel Reeves to freeze fuel duty and reverse a planned rise in business rates from April next year in her upcoming Budget, steps it says would benefit an embattled industry, as well as motorists.
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NewsPRA and ACS call on Reeves to give retailers a financial lifeline in upcoming Budget
Associations representing forecourt and convenience retailers have called for measures to ease financial pressures on their members in their submissions to Chancellor Rachel Reeves ahead of the October Budget.
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NewsPRA is making progress with DVLA initiative which “could save forecourts thousands of pounds a year”
The PRA is making progress with plans for a scheme which will speed up receiving vehicle keeper details after a forecourt fuel theft, which the association believes could save operators thousands of pounds a year.
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NewsCWA welcomes measures to deter illegal car hand washes
The Car Wash Association has welcomed measures in this week’s King’s Speech it believes will help deter operators of thousands of illegal car hand washes in the UK.
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NewsPRA demands stronger police action ahead of elections as shoplifting reaches record levels
The Petrol Retailers Association is demanding tougher police action to combat store theft after a report that shoplifting offences in England and Wales rose 37% in 2023 to the highest figure since records began 21 years ago.
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NewsPRA vows to ramp up pressure on government to help tackle forecourt crime
The Petrol Retailers Association (PRA) plans to “start ramping up the pressure” on government to help forecourt operators tackle rising crime amid a perceived lack of support from police.
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AnalysisCOMMENT: As the PRA welcomes supermarket membership - how times have changed!
Time was when the mere mention of the term ‘supermarket’ - or ‘hypers’ as they were unaffectionately referred to by many - would spark an eye-rolling, frothing rage among long-suffering fuel retailers.
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NewsPRA breaks with tradition as it welcomes supermarket membership
The PRA has opened its doors to supermarket membership as it seeks to enhance its stature and influence within the industry, particularly in the face of the government’s spotlight on fuel pricing.