All Forecourt Trader articles in April 2026 – Page 4
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NewsDisruptor brand Unity Coffee secures £2m to roll out 500 vending machines
Unity Coffee has secured £2m to fund the rollout of 500 examples of its AI-powered vending machine, with the firm having forecourts very much in its sights.
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NewsHGV sector calls for “new approach” as electric truck market withers
Sales of electric trucks have fallen from a small 1.4% to a trace 0.9% of the market, prompting the industry to ask ministers for a “new approach” to the ban on sales of new diesel HGVs pencilled in for 2040.
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NewsLack of enforcement creates Fuel Finder ‘Wild West’
The three-month period of grace for forecourts to comply with Fuel Finder is creating a ‘Wild West’ scenario in which unscrupulous petrol station owners are reporting cheaper prices to the government scheme than they offer to the public, warns operator Oliver Blake.
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NewsGenerational smoking ban agreed by parliament
The Tobacco and Vapes Bill, which, when it comes into force in 2027, will ban anyone born after 2008 from ever being able to legally buy cigarettes, has been approved by the Houses of Commons and Lords.
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NewsValue of fuel taken in no-means-of-payment incidents up by 65%
Rising fuel prices coupled with increasing boldness from drivers have led to the value of fuel drawn during no-means-of-payment incidents rise by 65%, while opportunism has seen motorists fill drinks bottles with fuel.
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NewsTwo companies target forecourts with laundry machines to buy
Electrajet is among a growing number of players taking on ME Group with external laundry machines, with operators able to purchase its Spinbox outright.
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NewsNew 600kW EV charger debuts
A new ultra-ultra-rapid EV charger capable of delivering electricity at 600kW has been unveiled by manufacturer ChargePoint.
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NewsGovernment fights to keep EV charging expensive
The government doesn’t know how it feels about electric cars: on the one hand it subsidises them via grants, while on the other it hits EV drivers with a new pay-per-mile tax. Now, after a tax tribunal ruling that VAT on public charging should be 5%, HMRC is fighting to keep it at 20%.
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NewsScottish forecourt hits back at contaminated fuel claims
An independent forecourt operator on the outskirts of Kilmarnock has taken to social media to tackle accusations from customers that their cars have broken down after filling up at the station.
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NewsEXCLUSIVE: A third of all ‘motorway’ petrol stations on Fuel Finder aren’t at motorway services
A third of all the petrol stations registered on the government’s Fuel Finder database as motorway sites are not at Motorway Service Areas, with some being 50 or 100 miles away from the nearest motorway, Forecourt Trader can reveal.
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NewsBelfast forecourt set for extension
A Maxol filling station with a Spar store in Belfast is set to be significantly extended after local planning officers recommended the project go ahead.
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NewsCertas launches Evolo EV charging brand
Certas Energy, which supplies around 1,200 forecourts and operates dozens of sites itself, has launched a new EV charging offer branded Evolo Rapid Charge.
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NewsFlagship Liverpool forecourt brings EET Retail to 17 leased locations
EET Retail has signed a flagship forecourt in Liverpool onto its 15-year lease model, as part of its long-term plans to expand to 600 Essar-branded sites.
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NewsForecourt thief jailed after leaving receipt at crime scene
A thief who stole cigarettes worth £11,000 from a petrol station in Chester was caught after police found a till receipt left at the scene of the crime.
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NewsBattery-fire concerns see government refuse EV charging hub
The risk of contaminated water runoff following attempted extinguishing of potential battery fires at a proposed charging hub in Devon have seen the government turn down a planning application.
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NewsBeliev strikes deal with Mitchells & Butlers to roll out chargers at 65 pubs and restaurants
Chargepoint operator Believ has signed a deal with pub and restaurant company Mitchells & Butlers to install devices at as many as 65 locations.
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News20p deposit confirmed for DRS scheme
Twenty pence has been confirmed as the deposit to be applied on soft drink purchases and then refunded on return of the container as part of the Deposit Return Scheme in England, Scotland and Northern Ireland.
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NewsKorean-style ice drink concept comes to UK forecourts
Pricewatch Group has high hopes for a Korean-inspired ice drink concept which is set for its first summer at two of its forecourts this year.
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NewsLatest stats reveal 40.65m vehicles need petrol and diesel
The latest round of statistics detailing the UK’s ‘parc’ of vehicles has revealed there are now 42.55m cars, vans, trucks and buses in the UK, with just 1.9m of those being zero emission.
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AnalysisCOMMENT: Apparently nobody in government is really looking at Fuel Finder
The fact that around 70 of the 214 petrol stations listed on Fuel Finder as being on motorways don’t meet the criteria for this classification is small fry in the grand scheme of things – but a more significant issue lurks beneath this.