All articles by Tracy West – Page 2
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NewsBristol’s diesel-free city plan
Bristol could become the first UK city to ban diesel vehicles from part of its city centre. Bristol City Council’s Cabinet is being asked to approve a small area diesel ban for all privately owned vehicles and a charging zone for non-compliant commercial vehicles such as buses, taxis, HGVs and ...
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NewsInquest opens into man crushed to death on forecourt
An inquest has been opened into the death of man who was crushed by a car on a Tesco Express/Esso forecourt in Wales. According to Wales Online, 66-year-old Brian Griffiths had gone to the site at Brynymor Road, Gowerton, with his wife on September 30. He got out of his ...
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NewsEuro Garages seeks planning permission for St Austell site
Euro Garages has submitted planning permission for a new 24-hour forecourt with convenience store and two drive-thrus at Holmbush Road, St Austell. Asbri Planning, on behalf of Euro Garages, said the proposed development would include a 320sq m forecourt store; 185sq m drive-thru coffee outlet and 245sq m drive thru ...
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Tracy West: retail commentator
I don’t like the concept of ’schadenfreude’ ie deriving pleasure from someone else’s misfortune, but I must admit that when I heard Sainsbury’s first till-free store trial had not worked, I did smile. At the end of April, to much fanfare, the supermarket giant said its Holborn Circus Local shop ...
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NewsNo disruption to supplies following Extinction Rebellion refinery protest
Valero has reported that everything is back to normal following an Extinction Rebellion protest at its refinery in Pembroke ended last night with two arrests. The protest at the refinery started at around 5.45am on Thursday September 19 with a group of people blocking entrances to the site. Police described ...
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NewsRat in kitchen forces forecourt closure
Applegreen has been forced to close its Cherry Orchard site in Dublin after a video showing a rat in the kitchen at the forecourt was circulated on social media. The 23-second film shows a large brown rat emerging from a packaged loaf of bread, climbing across shelving then going behind ...
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NewsEuro 6 engines could boost diesel demand
Diesel cars could be set for a comeback thanks to cleaner Euro 6 standard cars now coming off lease and entering auction halls. That’s the view of Alex Wright, managing director of Shoreham Vehicle Auctions (SVA), who believes that despite the controversy surrounding diesels, the appearance of Euro 6 standard ...
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NewsReviewers rave and rant over motorway services
The MyLondon website has published some of the hilarious reviews posted on Google Reviews about the motorway services on the M25. The 117-miles of the M25 are served by four motorway service areas: Clacket Lane, Cobham, South Mimms and Thurrock. One reviewer gave South Mimms one star for the service ...
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NewsJempsons wins first-ever Gold Standard safety award
Jempsons Service Station in Rye, Sussex, which earlier this month won the Best Forecourt Team accolade at the Forecourt Trader of the Year Awards, has now become the first site in the UK to be awarded a new Gold Standard site safety sticker. The site was awarded the Gold Standard ...
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NewsFuel theft spree man jailed for 13 weeks
A Bristol man who stole over £300-worth of fuel from six different forecourts on seven different occasions has been jailed for 13 weeks. The Bristol Live website reported that 31-year old Jonathan Savage’s fuel theft spree took place between December 2018 and April 2019. Savage stole £50.61-worth of petrol from ...
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Dairy Crest changes name to Saputo Dairy UK
Dairy Crest is changing its name to Saputo Dairy UK, following its acquisition by Saputo Inc. The name change will have no impact on Dairy Crest’s consumer-facing brands, including Cathedral City, Clover, Country Life and Frylight. Tom Atherton, president and chief operating officer of Saputo Dairy UK, said, “Since the ...
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30% Less Sugar Maynards Wine Gums launched
Maynards Bassetts Wine Gums are now available in a new 30% Less Sugar variant. Brand owner Mondelez says that by displaying the new Wine Gums alongside core packs, retailers can enhance their current confectionery offering by satisfying their shoppers’ demand for lower sugar sweets. With approximately 19g less sugar per ...
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NewsCraft baker eyes forecourt
Traditional craft bakery, Somerset Bakehouse has applied for planning permission to convert a convenience store on a BP forecourt in Bridgwater, into a bakers. According to Somerset Live, two separate planning applications have been submitted to Sedgemoor District Council. The first relates to a change of use from shop to ...
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Grill seekers
Retailers will be crossing their fingers for a repeat of last summer’s heatwave as barbecue season approaches. The UK’s love-in with al fresco casual dining shows no sign of abating and barbecues provide a great cross-category opportunity for increased sales, including meat, vegetarian and vegan barbecue food, alcohol, soft drinks, ...
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Tidying up the shopfront
If you’re looking for some new kit to house shopfront items such as coal and logs, then you need to get yourself to stand S141. That’s where you’ll find Sturdy Products and its range of bunkers. The new Sturdy Tidystore Plus is a secure and lockable unit ideal for the ...
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LED that’s leading the way
Visive Group designs and manufactures quality, robust and efficient LED contour acrylic tubes. The company’s primary LED contour tube products are Hi-Lite and Hi-Brow. Hi-Brow is a clear acrylic tube containing LEDs with lenses to provide an even wash light, up or down an elevation, while Hi-Lite 30 is a ...
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NewsFORECOURT SHOW SPECIAL NEWSLETTER
THE KEY TO FORECOURT FURNITURE INSTALLATION The NAL Retention Socket system is a patented range of fittings developed to secure all types of illuminated and non-illuminated forecourt furniture, enabling a quick installation and removal with a key and a spanner. All Retention Sockets are manufactured with a cast steel or ...
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Keeping track of energy costs
Energy costs always seem to go up, and never come down. This is where Energy Management’s new bespoke EM-Powered portal comes in as it gives you an instant overview of your organisation’s actual energy consumption, predicted energy consumption and peak loads in an easily downloadable report. As such, it can ...
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Counting your cash
Volumatic offers a comprehensive range of forgery detectors. You can see just some of them on stand S127. For example, the BV30 is a compact, portable, multi-currency forgery detector with advanced forgery detection technology. The BV30 has passed the Bank of England’s Framework test for banknote machines, which means it ...
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Boost your screenwash sales
Air-Serv says that an increasing number of its customers who had air units that dispensed free water, have either started charging for the water or have upgraded their old unit to the new Air-Serv Tallboy DA11 Air & Screen Wash machine. The company says that as most modern cars use ...