Having moved to the UK from Ireland in 2016, Ian started working for AF Blakemore as a national account manager. Ian remained at AF Blakemore for 6 years predominantly working with large forecourt groups.
Park Garages became one of his accounts and whilst working closely with Park Garages, Ian was offered the opportunity to become part of the team. Ian started working for Park Garages 2 years ago as Head of Operations.
Gordon has extensive experience in Downstream Oil working in several roles with BP. During his 30-year career Gordon managed sales teams, fuel card operations, strategic projects and was UK country manager for European Fleet Services. Gordon left BP and started his own business specialising in payments and in 2014 joined the PRA as Commercial Manager.
A highly motivated, innovative, and resourceful Director within the retail and hospitality sectors with over 28 years’ experience. Having worked in both the corporate & independent sectors (Whitbread, Premier Inn, M&B, Tesco One Stop franchise, M&S, Londis) A proven track record in delivering the best from a brand and providing exceptional sales growth and profitability. Specialising in turning around under-performing businesses and instilling key culture changes to drive performance.
Taking place on 31st January at the King Power Stadium in Leicester, the ACS/PRA Forecourt, Power and Convenience Conference is a must-attend event for anyone interested in fuel retailing, the challenges facing convenience and petrol retailers and the opportunities for growth in the future of the forecourt sector.
This call for input is the first part of Ofgem's discussion paper to engage with the debate on and whether we need to make changes.
The discussion paper outlines:
ACS (the Association of Convenience Stores) is calling on convenience retailers to take part in the 2024 Crime Survey and share their experiences of retail crime over the past 12 months.
The survey explores the impact and scale of crime across the convenience sector, looking at the number of incidents experienced and the steps that retailers have been taking to try and reduce crime in their stores, such as investment in crime prevention measures.
DEFRA (the Department for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs) has published a new consultation looking at reforms to electrical waste regulations to increase recycling levels.
ACS (the Association of Convenience Stores) is calling on convenience retailers to take part in the 2024 Crime Survey and share their experiences of retail crime over the past 12 months.
The survey explores the impact and scale of crime across the convenience sector, looking at the number of incidents experienced and the steps that retailers have been taking to try and reduce crime in their stores, such as investment in crime prevention measures.
Taking place in Birmingham on 5th March 2024, ACS’ Safe and Responsible Retailing Conference is a new event that will explore key responsibility issues affecting the convenience sector and launch ACS Crime Report 2024 alongside guidance on retail crime prevention. The conference provides retailers with the chance to learn how to keep colleagues safe, discuss how to ensure they are trading and prepare for new vaping and tobacco policies.
The event will be split into three insightful sessions:
