All PRA articles – Page 19
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NewsPRA urges government caution on plain packaging
The PRA is urging the Government not to rush ahead with plain packaging before properly reviewing all evidence. It is concerned that the Government is seeking to move ahead with draft regulations at the same time as carrying out a further consultation. It believes the Government should take a full ...
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PRA warning against plain packaging plan
A poll commissioned by the PRA shows retailers are increasingly opposed to Government proposals to introduce plain packaging of tobacco products in the wake of evidence from Australia. Last month, as an independent review into plain packaging was due to report to the Department of Health, the Populus poll undertaken ...
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PRA poll demonstrates opposition to plain packaging
A poll commissioned by the PRA shows retailers are increasingly opposed to Government proposals to introduce plain packaging of tobacco products in the wake of evidence from Australia. In the week that an independent review into plain packaging is due to report, the Populus poll undertaken for the PRA reveals ...
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NewsPRA welcomes confirmation of fuel duty freeze
The Petrol Retailers’ Association has welcomed the confirmation in today’s Budget of the measure outlined in the Autumn Statement, to cancel the 2ppl fuel duty increase in September 2014. Today’s announcement marks the longest period of duty freeze (4 years, 4 months), in more than 40 years. Taking into account ...
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PRA to hold forum in Durham
The PRA’s next regional forum is being held in Durham, at Ramside Hall Hotel, Carrville, on Wednesday 19th March. Coffee will be available from 10am, and a free buffet lunch will be provided. It will include an introduction by Richard Chadderton, head of petrol, PRA, on the outlook for 2014, ...
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Brian Madderson: chairman PRA
After four years at the helm of the Petrol Retailers Association, it is good to be able to pen a more positive note at the start of 2014. Retailers may have forgotten that despite PRA’s late intervention, cutting back the overall liability by around 14% for forecourt properties in England, ...
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Spreading best practice
Oil Company initiative: certas energyCertas Energy won the Oil Company Initiative award for its SuperStation competition. SuperStation was introduced in 2012 with three main objectives: reinforce the retail credentials of the then GB Oils as a relatively new supplier within the marketplace but one with ambitious plans for growth; signal ...
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Rural indies would be disadvantaged by E10, says PRA
Rural independent fuel retailers could be severely disadvantaged by the introduction of E10 fuel, claimed PRA chairman Brian Madderson in Friday’s edition of Radio 4’s You & Yours. He was responding to the news that transport minister Baroness Cramer had said the introduction of E10 would not be pushed through ...
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PRA victory over rates confirmed
The Government published guidance for English local authorities last week confirming that petrol stations will be eligible for a rates discount for the next two years. It outlines the £1,000 discount for small businesses with premises with a rateable value of under £50,000 that was announced by the Chancellor in ...
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PRA to hold forum in Colchester
The PRA’s first Regional Forum of 2014 is being held in Colchester, at Colchester United FC, Weston Homes Community Stadium, United Way, Colchester, Essex, CO4 5UP, on Thursday 13th February. Coffee will be available from 10am, and a free buffet lunch will be provided. Topics on the ...
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NewsPRA victory over rates discount is confirmed
The Government has published guidance for local authorities today confirming that petrol stations will be eligible for a rates discount for the next two years. The guidance outlines the £1,000 discount for small businesses with premises with a rateable value of under £50,000 that was announced by the Chancellor in ...
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PRA secures rates discount
Petrol filling stations will be included in a business rates discount after intervention by the PRA. In the Chancellor’s Autumn Statement on December 5 he announced a £1,000 discount for small businesses with premises with a rateable value of under £50,000. However, when PRA asked The Treasury and Department for ...
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NewsPRA wins business rates concession
Petrol filling stations will be included in a business rates discount after intervention by the PRA. In the Chancellor’s Autumn Statement on December 5 he announced a £1,000 discount for small businesses with premises with a rateable value of under £50,000. However, when PRA asked The Treasury and Department for ...
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NewsPRA follows lead from down under in call for curb on supermarket fuel discounts
The PRA is to follow Australia’s lead in seeking a voluntary agreement to curb the fuel discounting practices of the supermarkets, which have been so damaging to the independent petrol retailing sector. It is also calling for the OFT to re-open its investigation into the UK market. “As Australia’s largest ...
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Treasury minister to hold talks with PRA
Nearly two and a half years after major problems regarding vapour recovery were first raised with the Government and HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC), a Treasury minister has finally agreed to meet representatives of the PRA.Chairman Brian Madderson and taxation expert Alan Powell are scheduled to meet the recently appointed ...
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PRA warning over changes to packaging
The PRA has called on the Government to consider carefully the potential impact on retailers of standardised packaging for tobacco.The Government is to carry out another review into imposing plain packaging products just four months after announcing the results of a previous consultation.The Department of Health has announced that a ...
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Brian Madderson - Chairman PRA
We all remember the ’panic buying’ in late March 2012 when there was the prospect of industrial action by Unite tanker drivers that could have interrupted fuel supplies to forecourts across the UK. This situation had been inflamed by ill-judged advice from a Cabinet Minister that encouraged motorists to stock ...
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NewsPRA to meet Treasury minister over vapour recovery
Nearly two and a half years after major problems regarding vapour recovery were first raised with the Government and HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC), a Treasury minister has finally agreed to meet representatives of the PRA. Chairman Brian Madderson and taxation expert Alan Powell are scheduled to meet the recently ...
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Drunk driver praises "public spirited" forecourt staff
Petrol station staff have been praised by a drunk driver for seizing his keys and calling the police after he staggered across the forecourt at North Street, Wetherby, clutching an empty bottle of wine. Retired solicitor Trevor Beddoe, 64, admitted driving while over the drink drive limit when he appeared ...
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PRA to hold forum in Derby
The PRA’s next Regional Forum is being held in Derby on Wednesday 4 December. The event is taking place at The Derby Conference Centre, London Road, Derby, , with coffee available from 10am, and a free buffet lunch will be provided. Topics on the agenda include: PRA – update ...