All Forecourt Trader articles in September 2015 – Page 6
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Express delivery
Earlier this year, Top 50 Indie the Chartman Group was named as the first independent retailer to install three Costa Express machines at one of its sites. And on the day the third machine was installed at the company’s Winning Post site just outside Exeter, the three machines served 350 ...
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Deferred justice
Brobot Petroleum, a Top 50 Indie which operates 23 filling stations in the Midlands, has successfully appealed via the First Tier Tax Tribunal against HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) imposition of unreasonable conditions to obtain an excise duty Deferment Account Number: Oil Products. The case was prepared and presented by ...
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Synergy rolled out to dealers
The roll-out of Esso’s new Synergy forecourt and fuel branding has continued with its first appearance on a dealership supplied by Greenergy under its branded wholesaler agreement with Esso. Shailesh Parekh said his Midland Link site in Birmingham had been an Esso forecourt for nearly five years and was coming ...
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Euro’s Fairbanks deal
Top 50 Indie Euro Garages has extended its relationship with Fairbanks, the fuel management specialist, by signing a five-year contract for the real-time monitoring of its forecourt network. The service that Fairbanks provides includes the transfer of ’business critical’ data to third-party service providers to assist Euro Garages in optimising ...
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Vape crusaders
The e-cig industry must have been collectively jumping for joy last month after an expert independent review concluded that e-cigs were around 95% less harmful than tobacco and had the potential to help smokers quit. In what is still a relatively new industry, there has been some controversy about whether ...
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New Popcorn Crisps
Metcalfe’s Skinny has launched Popcorn Crisps, which are gluten free and have up to 35% less fat than the average tortilla chip.The Popcorn Crisps are created through a flash-griddled process. The kernels, oil and salt are dropped into triangular-shaped moulds; with the right pressure, temperature and moisture they pop to ...
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NewsRAC claims on diesel security rejected
Greenergy has reassured the industry about the security of diesel supplies after the RAC warned there is a possibility that pumps in the UK could run out of diesel because of the growing reliance on imports. The RAC pointed to UK’s increasing need to import diesel as diesel demand has ...
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Day in the Life: Chris Loach
A typical working day starts at 6.30am with an espresso to kick start the day. This is followed by a brisk walk with the dog, making sure we avoid the postman! It’s a great time to gather my thoughts for the day ahead. I then spend an hour or so ...
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Analysis
David Charman - chairman CWA
As the summer months continue with the better weather, the excellent car wash sales of 2015 have continued. I was reminded recently by a personal event that there has been a dramatic increase in some of the costs incurred by our business, such as water and refuse. Water is, of ...
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Chargepoint chain opens
Transport minister Andrew Jones visited the Eden Project in Cornwall on August 6 to open the first rapid plug-in car chargepoint at the site, part of 16 being installed across Devon and Cornwall this summer.The public will be able to use the new infrastructure to charge their plug-in cars in ...
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Robbers steal cashbox on forecourt
A cash box has been stolen after a security worker was threatened at a service station in Middleton, Greater Manchester. At 2.25pm on Monday 14 September, the worker got out of the van after parking at Middleton Service Station on Oldham Road and she was approached by two men. One ...
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Cashier involved in card scam is spared prison
A garage cashier has narrowly avoided jail for his part in a fuel-card cloning scam in which £30,000 of petrol and diesel was stolen from forecourts across Birmingham.Khaled Abdulkawi cloned at least 46 cards at the Esso Falcon Service Station, Halesowen, and passed them to accomplices who topped up their ...
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Cool capsule cig
Imperial Tobacco’s L&B Blue Ice Capsule is now available natonally in both king size 19s and 10s. Positioned in the economy sector of the factory-made cigarette (FMC) category, Ice Capsule combines the taste of a smooth Virginia tobacco blend with a capsule in the filter that releases a burst of ...
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Analysis
Brian Madderson - chairman PRA
I wrote after the election to Mike Penning MP, newly appointed minister for policing, crime, criminal justice and victims at the Home Office about possible changes to police policy on forecourt crime. He replied (also offering a personal discussion): "First, I can assure you that there has been no change ...
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Big brands line up to get behind Football League
ou can tell football season is under way again because of all the promotional activity tied into the ’beautiful game’. McCoy’s, for example, as part of its second season as the ’Official Crisp Partner of the Football League’, has announced an on-pack promotion and a heavyweight marketing campaign.The McCoy’s ’Win ...
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Passing the baton
Susie Hawkins always knew she was going to join the family business Top 50 Indie the Simon Smith Group but she joined sooner than she’d intended. "I was never going to go straight into it so I did a Masters then worked in the city first in insurance broking then ...
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Caramac gets bagged
estlé Confectionery’s Caramac brand is moving away from its bar format for the first time in its history with the launch of a Caramac Buttons sharing bag. The 110g pack has an rrp of £1.59.Launched in the UK in 1959, Caramac is known to have a loyal, hardcore following.Nestlé reckons ...
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Londis prepares for carrier bag levy
Londis has developed dedicated in-store pos displays to prepare retailers and shoppers in England for the carrier bag levy. From Monday 5 October, as part of the Government’s policy to reduce waste, a minimum 5p charge for single use carrier bags comes into force in England for retailers with over ...
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Tax experts back retailers over vapour recovery
Tax experts have strongly supported the case for fuel retailers to receive refunds for fuel removed by oil company’s vapour recovery equipment during deliveries. The case is argued by the Chartered Institute of Taxation (CIOT), the leading professional body in the UK concerned solely with taxation, in its response to ...