Forecourt Trader
September 2010 issue
Last updated: 27 August, 2010

RMI Petrol has warned that the mass exodus from the UK refinery market could result in the major oil company brands disappearing from the dealer sector. The comments followed US company Murphy Oil putting its Murco Milford Haven operation on the market

Last updated: 02 September, 2010

Top 50 independent retailer Manor Service Stations has joined the Association of Convenience Stores.

Last updated: 02 September, 2010

Tesco is to ramp up the promotional campaign behind its exclusive Faithless

Last updated: 02 September, 2010

Although 89% of consumers know there will be a VAT increase, only 53% know when it will happen, according to a recent study by global pricing and marketing strategy consultants Simon-Kucher & Partners.

Last updated: 02 September, 2010

Henderson Group, owners of the Spar, Eurospar, Vivo and Vivoextra retail brands, has announced what it described as an "exceptional" performance for 2009 despite the tough economic trading conditions.

Last updated: 27 August, 2010

Police are still trying to work out how daring thieves pulled off one of Britain's biggest-ever fuel thefts, by siphoning off

Last updated: 27 August, 2010

Westmorland Ltd has been granted planning permission for a new 'eco-friendly' motorway service station on the M5 in Gloucestershire.

Last updated: 27 August, 2010

Tesco has launched the first drive-thru supermarket in the UK aimed at shoppers who don't want to wait at

Last updated: 27 August, 2010

Over half of British motorists regularly wash their cars by hand or have them done at hand car wash operations,

Last updated: 27 August, 2010

Retailer Michael Exelby has expressed his frustration over a planned £5m truckstop project after it was delayed by

Last updated: 27 August, 2010

More than 2,000 retailers have lodged appeals against the 2010 Business Rates. The figure was revealed by

Last updated: 27 August, 2010

Fleet Services in Padstow, Cornwall, was recently given a starring role in an

Last updated: 27 August, 2010

When Murphy Oil recently announced plans to sell off its Milford Haven refinery in Wales along with the entire Murco

WEEKLY FUEL PRICES 1 SEPTEMBER 2010
RegionDieselLPGSuper ULUL
EAST ANGLIA118.07 61.90 122.91 115.66
EAST MIDLANDS117.35 63.56 122.92 114.86
LONDON118.48 65.45 123.49 116.34
NORTH WEST116.85 69.90 123.23 114.24
NORTH117.37 60.10 122.83 114.32
NORTHERN IRELAND118.59 126.23 115.72
SCOTLAND118.00 62.76 120.81 115.07
SOUTH EAST118.13 65.56 122.83 115.91
SOUTH WEST118.05 61.90 122.40 115.51
WALES118.14 58.76 122.92 115.72
WEST MIDLANDS117.29 65.56 122.40 114.74
YORKSHIRE AND HUMBERSIDE116.70 62.90 122.73 114.14
all price data supplied by Catalist
Product & equipment focus
>>Twix Fino - the new lighter bite from Mars
Last updated: 27 August, 2010

New Twix Fino is a lighter version of the best-selling countline bar. Based on the original Twix recipe, it combines chocolate and caramel but instead of biscuit, it has a light-textured wafer. Launching this month, it will initially be available through small independent retailers and other impulse outlets.


>>All GO as chain opens it second automated site
Last updated: 27 August, 2010

GO, part of Northern Irish LCC Group, is this month due to open its second fully-automated site, at Belfast Road, Carrickfergus, Co Antrim.



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Product Giveaways
>>UB rewards you with biccies
Last updated: 27 August, 2010

To celebrate the launch of McVitie's first consumer biscuits 'collect and reward' scheme, United Biscuits is giving readers the chance to win £50-worth of products. There are four prizes.




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Shop doctor
>>In the surgery this month - Thornfalcon Garage, Taunton, Somerset
Last updated: 27 August, 2010

GENERAL APPEARANCE: The Thornfalcon Garage and shop is difficult to miss. It's a large corner site with two Jet-branded poles one on the A358 and the other on the A378 and both include illuminated prices. And those prices were some 5ppl less than my local supermarkets so the Thornfalcon site appeared well worth a visit.



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Retail focus
>>Going for gold
Last updated: 27 August, 2010

Not many people would wave goodbye to a stable job at one of the biggest oil companies in the world to take on the challenge of buying their own forecourt.



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