All Forecourt Trader articles in February 2024 – Page 5
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PRA breaks with tradition as it welcomes supermarket membership
The PRA has opened its doors to supermarket membership as it seeks to enhance its stature and influence within the industry, particularly in the face of the government’s spotlight on fuel pricing.
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Rebecca Harper promoted at Rapleys
Rapleys has named Rebecca Harper as head of investment, within the Partnership’s Commercial Division.
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Government must be more positive about EVs, says new report
Stories of EVs catching fire, long queues to charges EVs and celebrities such as Rowan Atkinson ditching his EV have not gone down well with the House of Lords’ Environment and Climate Change Committee, which is calling on the government to be more positive about EVs and ‘robustly counter misinformation’.
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FOCUS ON EASTER: Hatching a plan
Easter is early this year with Good Friday on March 29 and Easter Sunday on March 31, and this means fewer days to sell chocolate eggs, which in turn means getting them out on display early to tempt shoppers. And we all know that many of those shoppers who buy early, also eat early and therefore need to come back for more!
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BP convenience strategy is paying off, as it reports fourth-quarter record
BP’s investment in its non-fuel retail offer is paying off according to the energy giant, which reported a record fourth-quarter gross margin - an indicator of the profitability of its convenience outlets.
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Lotus announces new EV charging partnerships
Prestige car manufacturer Lotus has announced two new pan-European charging partnerships to support the growing number of customers taking delivery of its EVs.
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Schools offered funds to provide EV charging to public
Increased help for schools to install electric vehicle chargepoints that could be made available to the public are among a series of measures announced by the government to encourage motorists to switch from petrol and diesel cars.
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Sonya Adams plans to share BP’s vision at Forecourt Trader Summit
BP’s transformation from an international oil to “integrated energy” company and what that means for its UK forecourts will be the subject of Sonya Adams’ keynote talk at this year’s Forecourt Trader Summit.
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Millionth electric car hits Britain’s roads, driven by fleet sales
Britain has seen its millionth electric car take to the road - 22 years after the first registration - but sales of electric vehicles to private buyers continue to slide, according to latest registration figures.
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January brought an end to three months of falling pump prices
A three-month trend of falling pump prices came to an end in January, with drivers paying 140.5p for a litre of unleaded, and 148.5p for diesel – the same as December – according to the RAC’s monthly Fuel Watch report.
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MONEY TALK: The only people to really benefit from real time fuel price notifications will be app and website developers
It didn’t take very long into the new year for politicians to make themselves look either desperate for popularity or just plain silly, with their proposal to force fuel retailers to share price changes within 30 minutes.
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InstaVolt partners with Plugsurfing app
InstaVolt has partnered with the Plugsurfing app and, as a result, added 1,350 nationwide InstaVolt chargepoints to Plugsurfing’s existing network of nearly 30,000 chargepoints in the UK and over 600,000 in Europe. InstaVolt says this will improve the customer experience for existing and future customers by allowing easier access to public charging infrastructure.
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British Gas says it offers cheapest EV home charging
British Gas says it offers the cheapest way to charge an EV in the UK, with its Hive SmartCharge service.
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More than two-thirds of chargepoint users unhappy with infrastructure
A new survey from Which? has revealed that 69% of people who use public EV chargers are unhappy with the current infrastructure.
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Man charged with forecourt murder
Detectives investigating the fatal stabbing of a man at the Texaco garage in Meadow Lane, Nottingham, have charged a suspect with murder.
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Former Environment Secretary to head new UK transport decarbonisation initiative
A new task force to help drive the UK’s transport decarbonisation transition through its “crucial delivery stage” has been unveiled.
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Miles Retail withdraws extension plans
Miles Retail Ltd has withdrawn plans to extend its Jet forecourt at Desborough Park Road in High Wycombe. The decision comes after the site was hit with a contaminated fuel problem, where some cars which had been filled with diesel subsequently broke down.
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Rontec applies for planning for EV bays at Preston site
Top 50 Indie Rontec has applied for planning permission to install seven EV charge bays at its Fulwood Service Station in Garstang Road, Preston.
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Petroassist UK installs new pay@pump terminals at Tesco forecourts
Petroassist UK, a subsidiary of the Petrotec Group, has begun installing its latest pay@pump terminals at 600 Tesco forecourts.
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EG Group awarded planning permission – and partial costs
EG Group’s plans to build a new petrol station on a greenfield site, off the A14 at Elmswell in Suffolk, have finally been approved after an appeal. As well as getting planning permission, EG Group was also awarded partial costs by The Planning Inspectorate due to delays on Mid Suffolk District Council’s part.
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