All Forecourt Trader articles in August 2026
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NewsForecourt employee spared jail over £21k theft
A former employee of a Norfolk petrol station, who defrauded her employer out of £21,000, has been spared jail.
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NewsWitness appeal following attempted ram raid at Wetherby Services
North Yorkshire Police are appealing for witnesses and information following an attempted ram raid at Wetherby Services at junction 46 of the A1(M), at 2am on Wednesday, July 29.
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NewsForecourt Eye and Facewatch double down on crime with police reporting app
Forecourt Eye and Facewatch are partnering to offer petrol station operators a single crime reporting platform “in an urgent response” to the growing number of incidents at the pump and in the shop.
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NewsChilderley Gate praised for being a ‘posh petrol station’
It’s not often that ‘posh’ and ‘petrol station’ are used in the same sentence, but it happened recently when a journalist described a visit to Tom Highland’s award-winning Childerley Gate site near Cambridge.
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NewsEnergy Secretary makes excuses for drive-off perpetrators
Energy Secretary Miatta Fahnbulleh has said that the cost of living is partly to blame for a sharp rise in drive-offs.
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NewsTatton Services to set ‘new benchmark for sustainability’
Westmorland has revealed that it aims to make its Tatton Services £65 million motorway site near Manchester Airport a “new benchmark for sustainability”.
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NewsFraser’s Retail sells Marlborough site to MFG
Award-winning forecourt operator Fraser’s Retail has sold its Marlborough Business Park site, which opened in 2012, to MFG.
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NewsChaiiwala opens new format café at Sandbach Southbound on the M6
Indian street food and café brand, Chaiiwala, is expanding its partnership with Roadchef with the opening of an express format café at Sandbach Southbound Services on the M6.
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NewsExtra MSA Group wins three-year planning battle
Extra MSA Group has finally been given permission to build Chiltern Chalfont Services between junctions 16 and 17 of the M25.
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NewsBeliev supports Devon and Torbay Councils with major EV chargepoint rollout
Devon County Council and Torbay Council have partnered with Believ to deliver more than 1,300 fully funded EV chargepoints across the region. The rollout is designed to serve residents without access to a driveway.
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NewsHuge EV sales boost in July but mandate gap persists
July’s new car registrations were the best since 2019 thanks to a huge jump in EV take-up, yet the latest industry outlook shows sales will still not meet the 33% mandate target.
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NewsBP profits soar thanks, in part, to Iran war
Oil giant BP’s profit hit $5.7bn (£4.26bn) in the second quarter of this year, more than double what it made a year earlier, thanks in part to the Iran war and the resulting rise in crude oil prices.
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NewsMoto moves closer to building new services on M4
Moto has moved another step closer to breaking ground on new motorway services at Junction 16 on the M4.
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NewsWork underway on Rontec’s new M56 site
Work is well under way on Rontec’s new roadside development at Junction 12 of the M56, next to the Rocksavage roundabout, at Weston Point Expressway near Runcorn.
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NewsRaceTrack Pitstop switches gear to Co-op Wholesale
RaceTrack Pitstop is planning on extending its convenience store partnership with Co-op Wholesale to its petrol station sites, which are known more for banks of slush machines, American confectionery and Instagrammable desserts than for fresh food.
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NewsNew tech sees Met catch BP robbers
New technology being rolled out as part of the Met’s crackdown on retail crime has helped catch criminals targeting BP forecourts as well as other retailers across London.
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NewsAscona boss helps turtle on first leg of 5,000 mile journey home
Ascona boss Darren Briggs is preparing to help a turtle, stranded on a beach in Anglesey more than two and a half years ago, back to his home 5,000 miles away.
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NewsShopping around is not a waste of time for Oliver Blake
The sage advice from the likes of money-saving expert Martin Lewis is to shop around when looking at renewing things like insurance and other contracts.
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NewsTesco gives drivers 5% off fuel
With events in Iran still playing havoc with oil prices, Tesco is currently offering shoppers 5% off the cost of filling their fuel tank when they spend £60 or more in store.
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NewsShrewsbury forecourt gets permission for jet wash and EV chargers
Ford Service Station near Shrewsbury has been granted permission to add EV chargepoints and a jet wash.