Ireland’s Competition and Consumer Protection Commission has approved the purchase of oil company Esso by Irish gas station chain Topaz, reported RTÉ News. The acquisition has expanded the Topaz network to 425 service stations nationwide, raised the number of its employees to 2,000, and has given it a 35% share of Ireland’s fuel retailers market.…
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Scheidt & Bachmann increases profitability of petrol stations by introducing the virtually attended petrol station
Place: UK Client: Harvest Energy Implementation: Scheidt & Bachmann GmbH Initial situation: Today many petrol stations suffer from decreasing profitability due to high operating costs and low sales volumes. In times where costs exceed income operators will close down sites and focus on well selling profitable sites instead. Over the last years this has led…
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Italian fuel retail industry braces for 48-hour stoppage on June 23-25
The Federazione Autonoma Italiana Benzinai (Faib), Fegica, Cisl and Anisa, which are organizations related to the Italian fuel retail industry, have jointly announced a new 48-hour stoppage from 22.00 of June 23 until the same time of June 25. The decision, which follows a similar stoppage in April, was announced amid disagreements between the groups…
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