All articles by Hugo Griffiths – Page 15
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NewsNew Electric Car Grant brings £3,750 retail discount for EVs
Just days after it earmarked extra funding for local councils to help with EV charging, the government has announced a new £650 million grant scheme that will bring discounts of up to £3,750 for a new electric car.
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NewsSurge in number plate cloning incidents
There has been a 41% increase in reports of number plates being cloned over the last five years, with the crime known to be undertaken by people who steal fuel from petrol stations.
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NewsMarket for forecourt properties “remains hot”
An increasing number of retailers are looking to buy their first forecourt or expand their existing portfolios, with the property market for petrol stations said to be “hot”.
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NewsMore government subsidies earmarked to encourage EV uptake
The Department for Transport has pledged a further £63m to make the prospect of electric vehicle ownership more attractive to motorists.
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NewsPolice inaction sees a third of operators not bothering to report drive-offs
Around one in three forecourt operators doesn’t bother reporting drive-offs to police, research indicates.
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NewsPartnership with Allstar and The Electric Car Scheme brings charging savings for company-car drivers
A collaboration between fuel-card firm Allstar and The Electric Car Scheme, a firm that provides Salary Sacrifice cars to corporate customers, could save drivers up to £1,000 per year.
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NewsResearch indicates pharmacies and Post Offices have forecourt potential
Forecourt operators looking to expand their services could consider adding Post Offices and pharmacies to their ever-broadening diversification strategies, after consumers placed these at the top of their wish lists for community services.
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NewsBe.EV chief exec on the ‘death’ of the forecourt: “This was never an attempt to knock petrol stations”
Forecourt Trader recently published an opinion column responding to claims from chargepoint firm Be.EV that it is time to “call in the undertakers” for petrol stations. After reading that op-ed, Be.EV’s chief executive, Asif Ghafoor, asked if we’d like to interview him.
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NewsEV chargers should be classified as Critical Infrastructure to stop cable theft, says chargepoint boss
The chief executive of the UK’s leading chargepoint firm has said the government should classify public chargers as “critical infrastructure” to tackle the organised criminals targeting cables for their scrap metal.
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NewsCar wash owner applies to convert business into petrol station
The owners of a carwash in Pelsall, a village to the north of Walsall, West Midlands, have submitted a planning application to convert their existing business into a petrol station, which the site previously played host to.
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News£6.5bn worth of discounts help EVs make up one in four new cars
Almost one in four new cars registered in June was electric, though this achievement came at a cost: over the last 18 months, car makers have knocked an “unsustainable” £6.5bn off EV list prices.
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NewsFormula 1 British Grand Prix to be powered by HVO
This weekend’s Formula 1 British Grand Prix will see HVO (hydrotreated vegetable oil) power festivities at Silverstone.
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NewsMFG gets permission to substantially upgrade Suffolk forecourt
East Suffolk Council has granted planning permission for MFG to significantly update a BP filling station in Martlesham, a village to the east of Ipswich.
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NewsHalf-year chargepoint installation figures show strong growth in ultra-rapid hubs
Ultra-rapid EV charging hubs – defined as a group of six or more chargers delivering electricity at 150kW or more – are growing in number more quickly than any other type of chargepoint installation, according to an analysis of the first six months of 2025.
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NewsMiddle East conflict impacts fuel prices, though stability looks set to return
The conflict between Israel and Iran that pushed the price of oil up by 24% at the beginning of June has affected the average price of petrol and diesel at the pump, a new analysis has found.
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NewsEXCLUSIVE: Forecourts warned to be vigilant as August is the busiest month for drive-offs
An analysis of five years’ worth of police drive-off data has revealed August to be the peak month for fuel theft.
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NewsPolice appeal for help following drive-offs
Officers from North Yorkshire Police are appealing for help from members of the public as they seek a man they wish to speak to in relation to a pair of drive-offs.
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NewsForecourt sector impacted by Prax insolvency
Hundreds of jobs have been put at risk after the owner of a Lincolnshire oil refinery was forced into liquidation, with the future of dozens of petrol stations also uncertain.
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NewsPlanning granted on appeal for forecourt digital advertising board
Plans to erect a 1.4m by 2.4m high digital advertising board by an MFG Esso forecourt in Chepstow, Monmouthshire, have been approved after initially being declined by the local authority over concerns the billboard would distract drivers.
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News#ShopKind campaign promotes respect for retail staff
Leading representatives from the retail sector, and the Home Office, have united to launch the latest #ShopKind campaign, which aims to recognise the key role retail workers play in their communities.