All Forecourt Trader articles in January 2026 – Page 3
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NewsUnder 10% of forecourts signed up for Fuel Finder as deadline draws near
A week after registration opened, only 700 filling stations have signed up to the government’s mandatory Fuel Finder scheme, with just two firms making up 83% of registrations.
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NewsPark Garage Group follows MFG into partnership with digital ad firm Wildstone
Hot on the heels of a deal to upgrade advertising boards throughout MFG’s portfolio, outdoor media company Wildstone is partnering with Top 50 Indie Park Garage Group to install digital ad boards across at least three forecourts in the firm’s estate.
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Focus On FeatureFOCUS ON PROPERTY: The art of the deal
Neil Findlay is a man who spends much of his working life in a car. That’s because he is the acquisitions director at EG On The Move, and he says if you don’t ride the roads, you’re not going to identify the opportunities. Forecourt Trader caught up with him, as well as other property experts, on a rare occasion he was at his desk.
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NewsScottish Budget 2026: business rates cut ahead of revaluation
Scottish finance ministers have taken a leaf out of their English counterparts’ books by introducing business-rate relief in the country’s budget, ahead of a revaluation of properties due in April.
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NewsBeliev begins another multi-million council chargepoint project
Believ has installed the first chargepoint in a £21m scheme that will see 6,000 devices rolled out across Suffolk.
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NewsEssar reports bumper year for forecourts and refinery
Essar Energy Transition enjoyed “record sales” in 2025, with the firm’s forecourt arm of 58 branded sites continuing to “scale rapidly”, and over 100 filling stations now signed up to take fuel from the company.
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NewsSecond supplier announces automatic Fuel Finder reporting solution
TSG UK Solutions is claiming to be the first epos provider to launch an automated reporting system to help forecourts comply with the government’s Fuel Finder scheme, which is less than three weeks from going live.
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OtherCOMMENT: Evolving epos
AI introduced into epos does not signal the end of manned tills, rather it should work in harmony with humans, freeing forecourt staff to concentrate on customer service, says Darren Nickels, retail technology operations director at Henderson Technology.
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OtherTwo epos suppliers debate the pros and cons of self-checkouts
Renowned forecourt operators such as David Charman and Joseph Richardson have extolled the virtues of self-checkouts in busy sites. But the equipment, while reducing queues and allowing staff to concentrate on other jobs, is not the panacea for every outlet, admit two epos suppliers we spoke to.
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NewsUltra-rapid charging reduces EV battery capacities by a quarter
A Canadian study has found that regularly charging electric cars at speeds of 100kW or more leads to a 24% loss of battery capacity over eight years.
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NewsWelcome Break seeks new charity partners
Motorway services operator Welcome Break is on the lookout for a new charitable partner for its operations in Great Britain and Northern Ireland.
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NewsBusiness rates rise set to hit independent retailers hardest, ACS warns
The Association of Convenience Stores has written to the Treasury warning that April’s business rates’ changes will impact independent retailers most severely, with forecourt firms among the companies facing significant tax rises.
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OtherThe ‘death of diesel’ report isn’t really about diesel
When a pro-EV think tank is so bold as to predict the UK’s 10m diesel cars will dwindle to just 250,000 within a decade, it’s worth having a look under the bonnet to see what’s really going on, says Hugo Griffiths.
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NewsFormer Harvest dealer successfully transitions all sites to Jet
A Top 50 Indie operator who had 10 sites signed up to take fuel from Harvest has successfully transitioned them to Jet on the same terms that the defunct supplier used to offer.
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NewsRaven cleans up on valeting with car mat machine
Shell dealer Goran Raven has seen a 7% uplift in his valeting business since installing a car mat washing machine at his Raven’s Budgens Abridge forecourt in Essex.
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NewsPetrol-station pudding thief gets just desserts
A thief who stole 24 puddings from a Cambridgeshire filling station has been jailed for 26 weeks.
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NewsParfetts opens first Shop & Go outlet in the south
Parfetts has opened its first Shop & Go convenience store in the south, cutting the ribbon at Muresh Seevaratnam’s Gosport forecourt, which previously featured a Premier store.
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NewsPark Mogador picks up pace with Valero
Park Garage Group has seen an uplift of at least 20% on its shop and fuel sales since spending £1.2m on its Mogador site in Surrey, which now sports Valero branding.
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NewsCamelot acquisition takes Ascona to 70 sites
Ascona continues its march across the UK with the acquisition of Camelot Garage, a busy petrol station on the A39 Atlantic Highway – a popular tourist road running along the North Devon and Cornwall coast.
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NewsEG Group set for £6.7bn US flotation
EG Group, the forecourt firm founded in 2001 by Mohsin and Zuber Issa, is set to be listed on the US stock market for an estimated $9bn (£6.7bn).