Consultation to restore 2030 ICE ban launches today
Nisa boss Peter Batt exits business
A look back on 2024: the highs and lows
A look back on 2024: MFG motors on
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A look back on 2024: Zuber starts to build his empire
A look back on 2024: food to go keeps on innovating
A look back on 2024: Rising crime hits sector hard
Shell to construct Scotland’s first all-EV charging forecourt in Aberdeen
PRA rallies forecourt operators to join inheritance tax campaign
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COMMENT: Food to go, go, go in 2025
Deliver to car services for motorists charging their vehicles, micro stations that do away with the need for on-site kitchens, and using AI to reduce waste. These are some of the food to go trends that will make their mark in forecourts in 2025, predicts foodservice consultant Matt Cundrick.
MONEY TALK: Looking forward to 2025?
Expect more of the same when it comes to accusations of profiteering in the sector in 2025. However, from disruptive investors to all-electric forecourts, the industry could witness plenty change over the next 12 months, says commentator Jan Milkula in his new year outlook.
A look back on 2024: the highs and lows
It’s been another busy year for forecourt retailers. We’ve had the completion of the MFG/Morrisons deal and Zuber Issa buying EG Group’s UK forecourts and starting an ambitious acquisition spree.
FOCUS ON EASTER IMPULSE: Egging you on
On December 9, a TikTok video was posted by Goran Raven, who owns Ravens Budgens Abridge.
LEGAL DOCTOR: The Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers Act 2024: What retailers need to know
The Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers Act was passed into law in May this year, slightly under the radar of the impending election. The ‘Consumer’ bit of the Act is clearly underappreciated but has the potential to be a quiet revolution for petrol retailers, warns David Emery a senior associate at law firm Winckworth Sherwood.
UNDER THE SPOTLIGHT: 20 questions for Highland Group’s managing director Tom Highland
Tom Highland had to earn himself a place in his family’s forecourt business by learning a trade, before his father would let him anywhere near taking a job there as a £7 an hour sales assistant. But the tough love has paid off, with Tom given special recognition at this year’s Forecourt Trader Awards for his achievements as managing director of the now four site operator, aged just 32.
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