All Shell articles – Page 17
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Retailers urge OFT to investigate Shell
Retailers are calling on the Office of Fair Trading (OFT) to investigate Shell’s "unfair" pricing policy which they say is "murdering" the industry. Independents want OFT officers to tackle what they see as aggressive pricing because they feel simply unable to compete in the current climate. With oil prices rising ...
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Shell under fire as retailers struggle
Shell has again come under fire from the petrol retailing fraternity with its discount pricing strategy. As retailers struggle to balance scaring customers away with sky-rocketing fuel prices and making some kind of margin, those in the vicinity of a Shell company-owned site are scratching their heads in disbelief.Former ...
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Shell takes control of Swayfields sites
Shell UK has agreed terms to create a long-term relationship with the Swayfields Group under which it will take operational control of a package of filling stations across the UK. It will take new long-term leases on all Swayfields Group existing and new development motorway service area filling stations. ...
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Shell rolls out V-diesel
Shell V-Power diesel is being rolled out nationally following a successful launch in the south east last November.Nick Adams, general manager retail sales & operations, said: "With the popularity of diesel growing all the time, we hope to improve the driving experience of many more diesel drivers."
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Shell launches V-Power Diesel
Shell has announced the launch of an advanced performance diesel fuel, V-Power Diesel, which went on sale in 31 company-owned forecourts in the South East yesterday and will be rolled out across the UK in 2007.The new fuel targets the growing number of diesel drivers and further extends Shell’s differentiated ...
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Shell fined £30,000 for leak
Shell UK Oil has been fined £30,000 following a 3,500 litre fuel leak at a Bishops Stortford petrol station.The leak from an underground storage tank at the oil company’s Oaklands Park site polluted environmentally sensitive ground water, a hearing at St Albans Crown Court was told.Shell voluntarily reported the leak ...
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Shell launches Optimax replacement
Shell is rolling out a new premium petrol which will replace its Optimax brand. V-Power is described as a performance fuel, which has been developed by the same Shell scientists who create Formula 1 racing fuel for Ferrari. It has an octane rating of 99 RON and is said to contain unique Friction Modification Technology to help the engine turn more freely. It also claims to offer a powerful cleaning formula, designed to remove carbon deposits and boost responsiveness. Shell says the fuel will retail at 1p per litre more than Optimax and around 7p more than their standard unleaded fuel offering. The oil company aims to have 96% of its sites switched to V-Power this week.
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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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NewsShell trials pump attendant service
Shell is running a new pump attendant service on 20 UK sites as part of a three month trial. The attendants are available to fill up customers’ cars, wash windscreens and clean headlights for an discretionary charge of £1. If successful the scheme will be rolled out nationwide.Shell spokesman Nick ...
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NewsChips down at Shell
News that Shell has been hit by Chip & PIN fraud couldn’t come at a worse time as it’s just weeks after national adoption of the technology. However, the good news is the criminals did not get past the new Chip & PIN system itself, but instead used a skimming ...
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Provenco Shell deal
International technology company Provenco is to supply an electronic payments system and outdoor payment terminals to more than 200 Shell petrol stations in Belgium. This is the first European deal for the New-Zealand based company, which has already worked with Shell in the Asia Pacific region. It has been ...
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NewsRetailers fuming over Shell stance
As the pound sign begins to break out on forecourts around the country, the running sore over Shell’s long-standing ’cut-price’ strategy is also adding to the tension felt by retailers.With price poles once again being the focus of the national media, retailers believe Shell’s cavalier approach to pricing is unnecessarily ...
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Shell raid suspect arrested
A police helicopter tracked a van loaded with stolen cigarettes for 30 miles through Hertfordshire, Essex and East London before officers arrested a man suspected of breaking into a filling station.An alert passer-by dialled 999 after seeing suspicious activity at the Shell Rye Street Garage in Bishop’s Stortford, Herts, just ...
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NewsShell moves dealer contracts to Platts
Shell is to replace the number of existing margin share dealer contacts currently active in the UK market with new Platt Plus deals.The deal is constructed from the bottom up, using the cost of product as a starting point. This cost will be made available to dealers on a daily ...
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NewsShell’s Irish network snapped up by Ion
Shell’s all-Ireland network of 55 petrol stations, 35 fuel distribution depots and six oil-importing facilities has been bought by venture capital group Ion Equity. The value of the deal, which was agreed after Shell recently decided to exit the business for strategic reasons, was not disclosed. The business, believed to ...
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NewsCo-op/Shell, Pavilion Square, Westhoughton, near Bolton
Last month’s issue of Forecourt Trader featured the Petrol Division of United Co-operatives and reported some very impressive shop developments and results. I resolved to visit a site as soon as possible then remembered that the report mentioned one at Westhoughton near Bolton – I was up that way so ...
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NewsCo-op/Shell site, Pavilion Square, Westhoughton, Nr Bolton
Last month’s issue of Forecourt Trader featured the Petrol Division of United Co-operatives and reported some very impressive shop developments and results. I resolved to visit a site as soon as possible then remembered that the report mentioned one at Westhoughton near Bolton – I was up that way so ...
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Shell seeks buyers for Irish business
Shell is planning to pull out of Ireland, lock, stock and barrel. The news follows Esso’s announcement last month that it is withdrawing from Northern Ireland.Shell is in negotiations with prospective buyers for its retail and commercial businesses in the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland. The move is indicative ...
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Shell unveils plans for 100 ‘clusters’
Retailers operating Shell’s 570 company-owned sites are facing an uncertain future following the unveiling of plans for a new multi-site contract at roadshows around the country. Shell’s latest strategy is for its company-owned sites to be run in groups of about six, operated by one organisation – be it as ...
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AnalysisCluster bombshell
Shell has been through many changes in the management of its UK company-owned retail network in the past decade – and it’s about to embark on another one. The last radical changes came towards the end of the ‘90s when, after several years trying to settle on a variety of ...