All PRA articles – Page 25
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PRA calls for delay in duty rise
The Government should postpone the fuel duty increase scheduled for October 1, or risk putting undue financial strain on motorists and petrol retailers alike, according to Ray Holloway, director of the RMI Petrol Retailers Association (PRA). The upcoming two-pence-per-litre increase was announced in March as part of the Budget, but ...
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PRA pushes for grants scheme
The government is being urged to take action and inject public funds into struggling forecourts. The Petrol Retail Association (PRA) is calling on Westminster to consider a grant scheme similar to one already operating in Scotland. The plea comes in light of the latest figures from forecourt network specialist Catalist, ...
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NewsPRA URGES CHANCELLOR TO SUPPORT BIOFUELS
The Petrol Retailers Association (PRA) is calling on the Chancellor to cut duty on biofuels in next week’s Budget to encourage investment in the product and the necessary infrastructure to deliver it.PRA director, Ray Holloway said: “A cut in duty on biofuels would generate demand and help expand this nascent ...
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NewsLeak practice
Forecourt owners need to be more proactive in their approach to their tanks and pipework to prevent problems from happening, according to Steve Watts, UK sales director at Torex Retail. "We can all be guilty of waiting for an event to happen before doing anything about it, but cleaning up ...
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NewsPRA seeks OFT reaction to Shell
Shell’s cut-price fuel strategy in certain parts of the country has prompted the Petrol Retailer’s Association to write a letter of complaint to the Office of Fair Trading, pushing for a meeting to discuss the matter in depth.PRA director Ray Holloway believes that Shell is selling below-cost on some of ...
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PRA backs ES3 as industry standard
The Petrol Retailers’ Association is backing Edensure’s ES3 wet stock monitoring service and its efforts to improve retailers’ efficiency and profitability.The ES3 performs, on average, 500 daily checks to give retailers what Edensure claims is the most accurate monitoring service available.As a result of its support, Edensure’s managing director, Martin ...
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NewsSims signs off with praise for top indies
Forecourt retailers should club together to extract greater value from their supply deals, urged Graham Sims, BP’s erstwhile UK retail director in a colourful and rousing speech at the inaugural ’Top 50 Indies’ dinner held at the Crowne Plaza Hotel in Birmingham last month.Describing the 160 or so independents gathered ...
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Praising the bar
Christmas is coming and with it the countless number of special chocolate lines – advent calendars, tree decorations, selection packs and mega-size tins to name but a few. However according to Andrea Taylor, trade relations manager at Masterfoods, forecourts shouldn’t get too carried away with seasonal lines: “You’ve got to ...
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Total is praised for underage scheme
Total has been praised by Trading Standards for the successful implementation of its underage drinking policy, ‘Challenge 21’. Trading Standards were apparently so impressed by the professionalism displayed at a Total service station in Sunderland, that the team also received an award from the local Mayor.Sarah Sutton, communications manager at ...
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Jet top in PRA survey
Jet has come top of the PRA’s dealer survey for the third time in a row, while Esso and Shell are considered the worst.Ray Holloway, director of the PRA, said the latest survey of retailers’ views of their relationships with oil companies has revealed that better communication is what the ...
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PRA welcome for the ‘velvet’ Budget
Fuel prices are likely to remain volatile during the spring, so the Chancellor Gordon Brown’s decision to freeze fuel duty levels until September is a wise one – especially with a general election on the horizon – according to Ray Holloway, director of the Petrol Retailer’s Association, commenting on last ...
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PRA launches fund to fight stock loss
A fighting fund to tackle the industry-wide problem of wetstock losses is being launched by the Petrol Retailers’ Association.PRA director Ray Holloway is casting the net to see how many retailers will support his challenge to change the way fuel is delivered without any check on the quantity actually dropped ...