All Forecourt Trader articles in September 2017 – Page 3
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NewsMajor fuel thief jailed after high speed car chase
A fuel thief who attempted to evade arrest by driving at high speeds through Tunbridge Wells in Kent has been jailed. Harry Kerwick collided with other vehicles and mounted pavements, following a pursuit by Kent Police on 21 June 2017. Kerwick had been driving a Mercedes which was in convoy ...
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NewsTop award for Hockmeyer Motors at Blakemore event
Hockmeyer Motors Spar Sleaford has been crowned best Spar store in the Meridian & Welsh Guild. Owners Rachael Hockmeyer and Christian Slingby were presented with the annual award – The Baldwin Tropy – at this year’s Blakemore Trade Partners SRS event in Telford, in recognition of their relentless focus on ...
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NewsDrunk who set himself on fire not charged
A drunk man who stripped and set himself on fire on a filling station forecourt was released without charge after being arrested by West Yorkshire Police officers. Several national newspaper websites featured CCTV footage which they claimed was recorded at a Shell garage in Hunslet, on the outskirts of Leeds, ...
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NewsMotorway service station raiders escape with five figure sum
Police at Cambuslang in Scotland are continuing enquiries after a break-in at the Bothwell Services on the M74. Between 2.35am and 3.15am on Monday 4 September, the premises of Roadchef within the service station on the M74 Southbound at Fallside Road, Bothwell was broken into while it was closed. The ...
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A £25,000 prize fund for Boost drinkers
Boost Drinks is launching a major new initiative this month to drive sales of its 500ml PET. An on-pack promotion offers over 1,000 prizes out of a total prize fund of £25,000, comprising cash, Amazon vouchers and cinema tickets.All entrants will also be placed in a prize draw to win ...
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NewsSector still waiting for an answer on E10
The wait to find out whether E10 petrol will be introduced looks set to continue after the latest Government announcement on the issue failed to indicate a way forward. The trade had been waiting for a response to the consultation on the Renewable Transport Fuel Obligation, which ended in January. ...
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Symonds gets planning approval for 10th site
Top 50 Indie Symonds Forecourts has won planning approval for a new site, which will bring its total number of forecourts to 10. The new-to-industry site in Weston-super-Mare, Somerset, covers two acres and will provide a 10-pump filling station, which has projected sales in excess of 6mlpa. It will include ...
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NewsShop Doctor: In the surgery this month - MRH Feering, A12, Colchester, Essex
LOCATION: MRH Feering is located on the busy A12 London Road, northbound towards Colchester. The forecourt is on a large site that also includes a Little Chef/Burger King and a Travel Lodge. FORECOURT: Competitive fuel prices are illuminated on the pole and the forecourt is clearly identified by a very ...
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NewsUK Fuels expands network to over 2,250 UK sites
UK Fuels, the fuel card provider and part of Radius Payment Solutions, has expanded its UK Fuels network to over 2,250 UK sites. This includes reaching the 550-site mark for fuelling stations for heavy goods vehicles (HGVs), making it the largest independent network in the UK, according to UK Fuels. ...
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Suresite bank card transactions top £2bn pa
Suresite, the UK card services and risk management company, has achieved a new landmark with its processing of bank card transactions exceeding £2bn per annum. From its launch in 2005, Suresite Card Services has grown to become the leading provider to group retailers and large multinational organisations in the UK ...
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Shell expands Budgens venture to 20 more sites
Shell UK is rolling out a partnership with Budgens to 20 sites, following its success on four pilot sites.The new Budgens at Shell stores will sell a wide range of products including fruit and vegetables, dairy, deli, meat and fish and ready meals.The first new site launched on September 1 ...
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HTEC starts Gempay 3 roll-out to forecourts
HTEC has started the roll-out of the new Gempay 3 payment solution to thousands of fuel forecourts. The new payment system will bring contactless payment and updated security to thousands of customers. In conjunction with HTEC’s payment partners, there are currently over 3,000 Gempay terminals in use in the UK ...
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NewsEssar extends target for 400 branded outlets to five years
Essar UK has put back the target for expansion of its retail network to 400 outlets to five years, shortly after revealing plans to open its first company owned forecourt site. The first Essar-branded forecourt opened in November 2015 and last year it said it planned to grow its retail ...
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Top 50 Indie Chartman Retail bought by MRH
MRH has exchanged contracts to acquire Top 50 Indies dealer Chartman Retail, as part of its strategic drive to increase its offering across the South West.Chartman Retail operates 10 service stations across Devon, Cornwall, Somerset and Dorset, two of which have been shortlisted for the Forecourt Trader of the Year ...
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NewsGovernment accused of ignoring the issue of mileage fraud
The Government has been accused of ignoring the issue of mileage fraud – where criminals alter the mileage on cars’ odometers - after it gave a non-committal response to the latest consultation on the issue. Ten months after the consultation closed the Government finally gave its response but said only ...
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Applegreen agrees to acquire seven Carsley sites
Applegreen has reached an agreement to acquire a network of seven sites from its fellow Top 50 Indie Carsley Group, consisting of six service areas and one forecourt. The service area sites are predominantly located on the major arterial route of the A1 (M).Applegreen will acquire the business for a ...
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Action on slavery
As many forecourt owners with car wash facilities know to their cost, unscrupulous hand car washes (HCWs), with no regard for labour laws or environmental regulations, can steal many of their customers away by undercutting legitimate businesses. Initially, the authorities seemed reluctant to tackle this scourge, but after intense lobbying ...
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New ad supports ’Choose me or lose me’ campaign
Walkers is supporting its Choose or Lose campaign with a new TV ad that’s on air for six weeks. Via the campaign, Walkers is putting some of its favourite flavours in jeopardy by giving customers the chance to keep their favourite flavours or swap them for a new flavour.Shoppers can ...