All Forecourt Trader articles in April 2025 – Page 3
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NewsOver half of councils in the dark on working status of their EV chargers
Despite their investment in EV infrastructure, UK councils are neglecting to monitor whether chargers are working or not.
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NewsMan arrested after spate of BP thefts
A Southend man has admitted committing more than 25 shop thefts at BP forecourts in Basildon, Hullbridge, South Woodham Ferrers and Wickford.
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NewsTop 50 Indie Brookfield Group takes on two marathons for charity
Staff from The Brookfield Group, which owns and operates eight forecourts and leases a further 13, are taking part in the London Marathon and the Boston Marathon to raise money for a children’s charity.
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NewsSlough Council to install 1,600+ kerbside chargepoints
Slough Borough Council is planning to install at least 1,600 on-street, kerbside charging points between now and 2040.
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NewsControversial Minehead EV charging hub garners 300 comments from locals
More than 300 people have already commented on plans for an EV charging hub with the “additional provision” of petrol/diesel and ancillary retail, coffee shop facilities and valeting in Minehead.
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NewsLocker firm InPost buys Yodel to create UK’s third largest logistics firm
InPost, which operates around 9,000 drop-off and collection lockers around the UK, including at numerous forecourts, has acquired delivery firm Yodel in a £106m deal that creates the third largest logistics firm in the UK.
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NewsRoadworks on over 1,000 miles of major roads lifted ahead of Easter break
Roadworks are being lifted on 1,127 miles of motorways and A roads in time for the Easter getaway, when an expected 21 million people will take to the road.
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NewsMoto submits second planning application for Basingstoke MSA
Moto has submitted a revised planning application for a motorway service area (MSA) at land adjacent to Junction 6 of the M3 near Basingstoke, Hampshire.
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NewsGridserve adds 7,200kWh batteries to Gatwick EV forecourt
EV chargers are increasingly being combined with large batteries to optimise electricity use, and a new installation at Gridserve’s Gatwick hub has seen two 3.6 megaWatt-hour batteries installed to store energy generated by on-site solar panels.
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NewsANPR data reveals 5m drivers are set to stop at motorway services this Easter
Figures extracted from automatic number plate recognition (ANPR) logs indicate that five million vehicles are set to pull into motorway service areas over the long Easter weekend.
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Focus On FeatureFOCUS ON INSURANCE: Cutting costs will cut your cover
Slips and trips might be among the biggest insurance claims. But make sure you are covered for less likely events such as cyber attacks, warn brokers.
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NewsJet EV chargers store electricity harnessed during off-peak hours
Jet’s roll-out of its Jet Charge EV offering is bolstered by tech that allows chargepoints to store electricity harnessed when demand and grid prices are low, later using this power to charge vehicles.
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NewsPark Garage Group replaces Greggs with own-brand Bakery 79
Top 50 Indie Park Garage Group (PGG) is hoping to franchise out its Bakery 79 food to go concept to other forecourt operators next year, having completed its roll-out at 12 of its own sites last month.
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NewsAscona raises nearly £70k in six months for Wales Air Ambulance
Top 50 Indie Ascona Group has helped raise £67,814 in just over six months for the Wales Air Ambulance charity.
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NewsUrban Fox to install EV lamp post charging in Newport
Urban Fox has secured a contract with Newport City Council to install one of the first lamp post EV charging networks in Wales.
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NewsSewell on the go receives GroceryAid Gold Award
Top 50 Indie Sewell on the go has been awarded a prestigious GroceryAid Gold Award for the second year running.
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NewsGround broken at Be.EV’s Manchester Charging Oasis
Work has begun on Be.EV’s £4m Manchester Charging Oasis in Failsworth.
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NewsVast amounts of retail crime go unreported
Fresh figures have revealed both how common crime in the retail sector is, and how little of it goes reported, with shopkeepers logging only half of all thefts, and just one in five incidents of verbal abuse, with police.
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Product NewsMaking sense of the Simpler Recycling regulations
The Simpler Recycling regulations, requiring forecourt operators and other businesses to provide bins for different types of waste, are now in force in England.
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ArticleTebay Services: 10 takeaways from the UK’s poshest motorway services
From giving away used coffee grounds for customers to use as mulch in their gardens, to highlighting EV charging prices on totems, there are many best in class practices at Tebay Services, we discover on a recent visit to this famous destination pitstop.