All Forecourt Trader articles in September 2016 – Page 6
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Brian Madderson: chairman PRA
Post-Brexit there’s been understandable concern that the predicted drop in the value of sterling versus the US dollar would immediately force Platts’ wholesale costs upwards. While there has been devaluation of sterling, the pessimists in the City predicting lows of $1.20 or even $1.10 have so far proved well wide ...
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Merril Boulton: Maintaining standards
I hope you’ve all had a good summer - yes it eventually arrived, encouraging people to get out and about and make the most of the warm temperatures by driving to the beach, shopping for barbecues, or generally travelling around the country as they took in the sights on their ...
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Birthday Boost
Boost Drinks is celebrating its 15th anniversary by giving retailers the chance to win £1,000.The company’s trade marketing manager, Amy Ankrah, has hidden 15 special-edition crystal bottles randomly in 15 cases of 500ml Original Boost. These are being distributed now via the usual channels.Retailers who find a crystal bottle in ...
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Service Centre: Jac Roper on an epos integration problem sorted plus a costly banking issue
A question of integration and co-operation: This one was a really very different case for me involving as it does, some fast-moving technology and two big organisations. Imran Khan runs St Giles Filling Station with a Costcutter convenience store in Durham. He rang me with what appeared to be a ...
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Money Talk: How hard are you sweating your assets?
In every business there comes a time when major expenditure is required just to be able to keep that business going. In the world of petrol retailing that could be new tanks and underground plumbing (maybe every 20-25 years); new pumps or rollover washes (maybe every 15 years); new canopy, ...
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Completion of Premier site for Asda
The first completed Asda filling station, in a multi-site project for the supermarket retailer, has been handed over by the construction division of fuel engineering company The Premier Group. The site, at the supermarket’s East Retford store in Nottinghamshire, has been completed as part of a new contract with Asda, ...
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Applegreen considers plans for UK MSAs
Less than a month after Forecourt Trader revealed Top 50 Indie Applegreen was planning its first motorway service area (MSA) in mainland Britain, proposals for a second have emerged. Applegreen has approached Basingstoke and Deane Borough Council (BDBC) about proposals to build a motorway service station on the M3 at ...
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Major alternative
Expect to hear more about Harvest Energy in the coming months and years. Its goal is to double its dealer business over the next five years, growing 20% every 12 months. It also plans to grow its company owned network, both operated and unmanned. The reason for such ambitions is ...
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Air quality agenda means LPG should be considered for fleets, says UKLPG
Now is the time for LPG to be considered as a viable alternative fuel for fleet vehicles - as urban air quality rises to the top of the government’s agenda and is regularly featured in the national news - believes UKLPG, the trade body that represents the LPG industry. With ...
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PSNI reviews drive-off plan after slating
The Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI) has "postponed" a scheme to make petrol station owners responsible for tracing drivers who do not pay, after a storm of criticism. Letters were sent to petrol stations in two districts Lisburn and Castlereagh, and Ards and North Down in July notifying them ...
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Jet adds seven new dealer sites
Jet has added seven new sites to its network over the past few months. Since joining, five sites have already been reimaged with Jet’s brand on canopies, stanchions and pumps, and the other two sites will be reimaged by the end of this month. In Essex, Jet welcomed Cressing Service ...
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Alex James adds taste
Musician and foodie Alex James is the new ’chief taste curator’ for Jacob’s. The partnership is part of a new campaign #CRACKINdiscoveries. James is working with Jacob’s to come up with inspirational recipes, helping Britain to re-think their lunch and discover new ways they can enjoy crackers as a ...
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Platinum acquires Rotherham site
Top 50 Indie Platinum Retail has added to its estate with the purchase of a high-turnover site in South Yorkshire.Specialist business property advisor, Christie & Co, brokered the sale of Dearnside Motor Co in Rotherham. Instructed last November, the company was asked to secure a ’premium’ figure for the business ...
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E&S acquires electrical specialists WES
E&S Environmental Services, part of the Adler & Allan Group, has expanded its M&E offering through the acquisition of Worcester Electrical Services (WES). WES specialises in all areas of electrical installations, engineering, maintenance and design. As an NICEIC-approved electrical contractor, the bulk of its work is carried out in hazardous ...
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MFG buys two Top 50 firms
Top 50 Indie Motor Fuel Group (MFG) has agreed deals to buy two fellow Top 50 Indies which will add a total of 29 sites to the group. The largest deal was for Bolton-based Synergie Holdings Limited, which has a network of 19 forecourts situated throughout the north-west of England, ...
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Costa drive-thru opens at M27 Roadchef
he first drive-thru Costa at a British motorway service area (MSA) has been opened by Roadchef at its Rownhams East site in Hampshire.The development on the M27, between junctions three and four, adds to the range of services on offer at Rownhams, which includes an eat-in Costa, McDonald’s, WH Smith ...
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DfT has heeded warning on E10 says PRA’s Madderson
PRA chairman Brian Madderson believes the government is taking a more "realistic" and "pragmatic" approach to the introduction of E10 fuel, following a meeting with officials at the Department for Transport (DfT). The government has had a long-term plan to introduce E10 fuel to meet emissions targets, but the PRA ...
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Jonathan James starts work on new site
A Cambridgeshire-based construction company, owned by former Forecourt Trader of the Year Jonathan James, has begun work on a new petrol station in Soham. James Construction and Developments Ltd was formed in 2015 and this is its first project, supported by Lloyds Bank Commercial Banking. The new petrol station and ...
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P&C and Tokheim work on Jonathan James project
P&C Services Ltd and Tokheim have been appointed on the development of a petrol filling station and retail store for former Forecourt Trader of the Year Jonathan James. Work started on the new to industry site, which sits on the Soham by-pass in Cambridgeshire, earlier this month and will see ...
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Sewell on the go opens second Subway
Top 50 Indie Sewell on the go has opened its second Subway with a third due to be operational next month. The latest Subway at Chanterlands opened on September 7, alongside new indoor and outdoor seating areas in an overall £100,000 investment on the site. The third Subway is planned ...