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Meet Nakendram Piratheepan, winner of our Special Recognition Award
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IN PICTURES: Why redeveloped Grimshaw Park won Kay Group Forecourt Trader of the Year
Sainsbury’s sells all Northern Irish petrol stations
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Meet Nakendram Piratheepan, winner of our Special Recognition Award
Bestowing a special recognition award to a personality who many in the room at the Forecourt Trader Awards ceremony might not be familiar with might not seem an obvious choice. But there are many reasons that Nakendram (Theepan) Piratheepan, founder of 31-site operator Sterling Petroleum, was chosen as the winner of this prestigious category.
FOCUS ON SHOP SECURITY: People power
Retailer Ben Lawrence used to pay around £30,000 a year for security on the door of his BP Sholing forecourt – nowadays his policy is to “overstaff” the shop to help protect staff, customers and stock.
IN PICTURES: Why redeveloped Grimshaw Park won Kay Group Forecourt Trader of the Year
It was always going to be personal for industry stalwart Ken Kay, redeveloping a forecourt just 400 metres from where he was born in Blackburn, and a site which he has owned for over 30 years. The project has just won The Kay Group the Forecourt Trader of the Year award.
FOCUS ON IN-STORE SERVICES: Locker room
Penny Petroleum is one of many forecourt operators seeing the merit in on-site parcel lockers, with its Scaling Dam Services, near to the North York Moors National Park, in fact, having a 10-metre run of them.
2026 AWARDS WINNERS: Kay Group crowned Forecourt Trader of the Year
Two industry legends – Ken Kay and Sir Gerald Ronson – triumphed at this year’s Forecourt Trader Awards, with The Kay Group taking the top prize, and the Rontec boss a lifetime achievement accolade.
MONEY TALK: Welcome to the new normal for fuel retailing
There’s little sign that the multiple issues causing a spike in fuel prices will be settled any time soon, says industry commentator Jan Mikula.
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