All Applegreen articles – Page 5

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    Applegreen buys share in Dublin terminal

    2017-01-05T00:00:00Z

    Applegreen plc has announced that it has entered into a conditional agreement to acquire a 50% share in the Joint Fuels Terminal in Dublin port from the Topaz Energy Group for a consideration of €15.7m which will be funded from existing resources. The acquisition is subject to the satisfaction of ...

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    ’OK’ for Applegreen A-road site

    2016-12-01T00:00:00Z

    Fast-growing Top 50 Indie Applegreen UK has won planning permission for its biggest development on the UK mainland. Its application for a 5,000sq ft trunk road service area (TRSA) on the A14 at Spaldwick, Cambridgeshire, was approved by nine votes to four by Huntingtonshire District Council’s planning committee. Applegreen’s parent ...

  • Applegreen to build its biggest GB site
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    Applegreen to build its biggest GB site

    2016-11-25T00:00:00Z

    Fast-growing Top 50 Indie Applegreen UK has won planning permission for its biggest development on the UK mainland. Its application for a 5,000sq ft trunk road service area (TRSA) on the A14 at Spaldwick, Cambridgeshire, was approved by nine votes to four by Huntingtonshire District Council’s planning committee. Applegreen’s parent ...

  • Applegreen UK chief resigns
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    Applegreen UK chief resigns

    2016-10-12T00:00:00Z

    Applegreen plc has announced that Michael O’Loughlin, managing director of its UK operating subsidiary PetrogasGroup UK Limited, has resigned to return home to Ireland. He will be replaced by John Diviney, effective 1 December 2016. CEO Bob Etchingham commented: “Michael has been with the Applegreen business for 19 years and ...

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    Applegreen increases profits

    2016-10-10T00:00:00Z

    Applegreen has revealed pre-tax profits up 37.9% and the addition of 20 sites in its half- year results for the six months ended June 30, 2016. The company has sites across Ireland, the UK and in the US, and grew its estate from 200 sites as at 31 December 2015 ...

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    Applegreen considers plans for UK MSAs

    2016-09-08T00:00:00Z

    Less than a month after Forecourt Trader revealed Top 50 Indie Applegreen was planning its first motorway service area (MSA) in mainland Britain, proposals for a second have emerged. Applegreen has approached Basingstoke and Deane Borough Council (BDBC) about proposals to build a motorway service station on the M3 at ...

  • Applegreen adds 20 sites in first half of year
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    Applegreen adds 20 sites in first half of year

    2016-09-07T00:00:00Z

    Applegreen has revealed pre-tax profits up 37.9% and an addition of 20 sites in its half year results for the six months ended 30 June 2016. The company has sites across Ireland, the UK and in the US, and grew its estate from 200 sites as at 31 December 2015 ...

  • Applegreen plans second English services
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    Applegreen plans second English services

    2016-09-01T00:00:00Z

    Less than a month after Forecourt Trader revealed Top 50 Indie Applegreen was planning its first motorway service area (MSA) in mainland Britain, proposals for a second have emerged. Applegreen has approached Basingstoke and Deane Borough Council (BDBC) about proposals to build a motorway service station on the M3 at ...

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    Acquisitions for Applegreen and Platinum Retail

    2016-08-25T00:00:00Z

    Top 50 Indies Applegreen and Platinum Retail have both added to their estates through acquisitions. Applegreen bought Central Garage (Bos) Ltd in Burnham-on-Sea, Somerset, for an undisclosed sum, in a sale handled by specialist business property adviser, Christie & Co. The forecourt was owned and operated for more than 30 ...

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    Applegreen plans English motorway services

    2016-08-05T00:00:00Z

    Applegreen is planning its first motorway service area in mainland Britain, at junction 4 of the M42, near Shirley in the West Midlands. The Top 50 Indie company has been holding consultation meetings with local residents prior to lodging a planning application in September. In its brochure for the scheme ...

  • Applegreen buys Somerset site
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    Applegreen buys Somerset site

    2016-07-22T00:00:00Z

    Top 50 Indie Applegreen has added to its estate with the acquisition of Central Garage (Bos) Ltd in Burnham-on-Sea, Somerset, for an undisclosed sum. The sale was handled by specialist business property adviser, Christie & Co. The forecourt is accompanied by a convenience store with a trading area of about ...

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    Applegreen NACS win

    2016-07-17T00:00:00Z

    Applegreen has won the NACS Insight 2016 International Convenience Retailer of the Year Award for its recently opened M1 Lisburn Motorway Service Area in Northern Ireland. The award, sponsored by Accenture, was presented during the NACS Insight Convenience Summit Europe in London on June 9 at this year’s International ...

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    Applegreen wins international convenience retailer award

    2016-06-10T00:00:00Z

    Applegreen has won the NACS Insight 2016 International Convenience Retailer of the Year Award for its recently opened M1 Lisburn Motorway Service Area in Northern Ireland. The award, sponsored by Accenture, was presented during the NACS Insight Convenience Summit – Europe in London on June 9 at this year’s International ...

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    17 sites for Applegreen this year

    2016-06-01T00:00:00Z

    Applegreen has opened 17 new sites this year, including one in the US, chairman Daniel Kitchen told its AGM on May 20. In the UK it has opened four new petrol filling stations (PFS) and two service areas. This includes its latest motorway service area (MSA) in Lisburn, Northern Ireland, ...

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    Applegreen adds 6 UK sites so far this year

    2016-05-20T00:00:00Z

    Applegreen has opened 17 new sites this year, chairman Daniel Kitchen told its AGM today (May 20), including one in the US. In the UK it has opened four new petrol filling stations (PFS) and two service areas. This includes its latest motorway service area (MSA) in Lisburn, Northern Ireland, ...

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    Applegreen offers free coffee in safety drive

    2016-04-29T00:00:00Z

    Applegreen and the Road Safety Authority (RSA) in the Irish Republic and have teamed up to help drivers to combat the effects of driver fatigue over the May Bank Holiday Weekend by providing free cups of coffee to drivers at Applegreen service stations around the country. This is the fourth ...

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    Applegreen moves 18 more sites to Greenergy

    2016-04-07T00:00:00Z

    Top 50 Indie Applegreen plc has chosen to move to Greenergy for fuel supply at an additional 18 of its UK sites. This takes the number of Applegreen sites that Greenergy supplies to 23, out of 68 in its UK estate. Applegreen, which was ranked fifth in this year’s Top ...

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    Applegreen turnover tops €1bn

    2016-04-07T00:00:00Z

    Turnover at Applegreen plc has topped 1bn in its first set of full-year results since its flotation in June last year. Turnover for the year to 31 December 2015 was up 15% to 1,081m, compared with 937m the previous year, and adjusted EBITDA (earnings before interest, tax, depreciation and amortisation) ...

  • Applegreen turnover tops €1bn
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    Applegreen turnover tops €1bn

    2016-03-16T00:00:00Z

    Turnover at Applegreen plc has topped €1bn as it announced its first set of full-year results since its flotation in June last year. Turnover for the year to 31 December 2015 was up 15% to €1,081m, compared with €937m the previous year, and adjusted EBITDA (earnings before interest, tax, depreciation ...

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    Greenergy wins deal to supply 18 more Applegreen sites

    2016-03-11T00:00:00Z

    Applegreen UK has chosen to move to Greenergy for fuel supply at an additional 18 of its sites. This takes the number of Applegreen sites that Greenergy supplies to 23, out of 68 in Applegreen’s UK network. Applegreen, which was ranked 5th in this year’s Top 50 Indies, became a ...