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Do you know what 'mystery shopping' is about?

Mystery shopping is now considered the most successful way of securing and optimising quality standards at franchising companies. INTERNATIONAL SERVICE CHECK is an international mystery shopping provider which has focused exclusively on this key competency since the company's foundation in 1996

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Fuel retailers from Russia expanding in Central and Western Europe Since 1998, when Lukoil settled in Bulgaria, Russia has slowly increased its presence and influence in Balkan energy markets by buying companies throughout the region [ more ]
Preventing theft and driveaways at petrol stations IQinVision, market leader in high-performance HD megapixel network cameras, smart IP cameras, and network video recording systems, announced that IQeye HD Megapixel cameras are being deployed in an innovative Swedish project to cut down on costly gas station "driveaways" [ more ]
When will the F1 Grand Prix circus arrive to Russia? Zombies don't just live in horror films. Sometimes you can find them in the news cycle, those stories that keep coming back, no matter how many times you think they've been buried for good.

One such story is Bernie Ecclestone's desire for a Russian Grand Prix. [ more ]
Mobile hydrogen for London’s fuel cell black cabs The 200 fuel cell black cabs due on London’s streets in time for the Olympics will have additional locations from which to refuel following the news that the city will have ‘mobile’ hydrogen filling stations in 2012. There is currently only one hydrogen refuelling station in Britain [ more ]
Another group of countries went metric On January 1st the United Arab Emirates switched the metering devices of petrol pumps to litres as the new unit of measurement, leaving only a few countries measuring liquids in gallons.

Nevertheless, many cardholders had doubts how this change would affect fuel cards. Fuel retailers in the United Arab Emirates confirmed that debit, credit and prepaid cards will be charged with the correct amount of the refueling. [ more ]
Have you ever seen planes and helicopters built in Vietnam? No? But they do exist. Private entrepreneurs and manufacturers were engaged in the design, construction and testing of the flying machines. Unfortunately, they never reached production status.

If you are keen to see how they look and what happened to them, then . . . [ more ]
First solar-powered hydrogen filling station unveiled Last week Honda switched on a prototype solar-powered hydrogen filling station at its Los Angeles research centre capable of producing enough hydrogen during an overnight 8-hour fill to power a fuel cell electric vehicle for a typical day’s driving. The prototype is designed to fit in the user’s garage and is significantly more compact and 25% more efficient than existing solar hydrogen stations. [ more ]
Qatar petrol stations to invest in safety and care of the environment A recent incident at a petrol station in the United Arab Emirates motivated the corresponding authorities to issue a regulation which targets safety as well as the environmental consequences.

From June on, all petrol stations must install electronic devices for leak detection, which will not only improve safety at outlets but also avoid environmental pollution by hydrocarbons. [ more ]
A Supply Crunch In The Next 4 - 6 Years Is A Strong Possibility GlobalData’s Report on ‘Global Financial Credit Crunch: Will it lead to a Global Oil and Gas Supply Crunch’ analyzes the oil and gas markets focusing on the effects of the reduction in capital expenditure by oil and gas companies and the delayed and cancelled upstream and downstream projects on the future of the oil and gas industry. The report provides an in-depth analysis of the effects of the credit crisis on the capital expenditure of companies and the current and future projects in the upstream and the downstream sectors. [ more ]

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