All articles by John Wood – Page 93
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NewsScottish forecourt owner converts a second store to Spar
Scottish forecourt owner Shyam Karthikeyan has converted a second store to Spar.
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NewsOsprey and Marston’s celebrate 100th charger installation in their partnership
EV charging network Osprey and pub group Marston’s have unveiled the 100th rapid EV charging site in their partnership, and published a new study suggesting almost half (42%) of UK drivers expect to go electric in the next five years, equivalent to more than 16 million additional EVs on UK roads by 2025.
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NewsGreen number plates launched to raise awareness of zero-emission vehicles
Green number plates will be seen on roads for the first time from today, transport minister Rachel Maclean has announced.
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NewsMinimum age limit for all National Lottery products to be raised to 18
An announcement that from next October National Lottery products can only be sold to customers aged 18 or over, has been welcomed by the Association of Convenience Stores (ACS).
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Equipment NewsLogan Energy delivers hydrogen refuelling station with new filling method
Edinburgh-based Logan Energy has delivered the first hydrogen refuelling station in Europe to adopt an industry-leading fuelling method.
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NewsBP Chargemaster and the Polar charging network brought together as BP pulse
BP has brought together two of its brands – the electric vehicle charging company BP Chargemaster and the public charging network Polar – under a new brand called BP pulse.
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NewsCNG Fuels agrees partnership to provide £80m funding for nationwide network
Foresight Group is providing an initial £80
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NewsBOSS Forecourt Crime Index climbs by 41% in third quarter
Incidents of forecourt crime increased by 41% during the third quarter of 2020, according to the latest Forecourt Crime Index from BOSS – the British Oil Security Syndicate.
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NewsMFG buys six sites from fellow Top 50 Indie AUK Investments
The number one Top 50 Indies forecourt operator Motor Fuel Group (MFG) has acquired six forecourts in the Lake District from fellow Top 50 Indie AUK Investments.
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NewsRetailers hold pump prices steady in November despite increasing wholesale costs
Fuel prices at the pumps remained almost unchanged in November despite the price of oil increasing by $10 to $46 a barrel – a 27% monthly rise – according to RAC Fuel Watch.
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NewsTraffic figures for the year to September suffer biggest fall since records began
The amount of miles travelled by traffic in Great Britain fell by nearly 18.9% for the year to the end of September, according to the Department for Transport (DfT), the greatest fall since quarterly records started in 1994.
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NewsBattery and hybrid cars thrive as sales of new vehicles suffer another Covid-19 slump
New car sales in the UK took another hit in November as Covid-19 restrictions across the home nations pushed sales down by 27.4% compared with the same month in 2019 to 113,781.
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NewsDetectives investigating attempted robbery at Morrisons petrol station in Scotland
Detectives are appealing for information following an attempted robbery at a petrol station in Hawick, in the Scottish Borders, on Friday 27 November.
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NewsNorthern Ireland government invests £66m in provision of zero and low emission buses
A £66m investment in provision of 145 zero and low emission buses in Northern Ireland has been made by the Department for Infrastructure.
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Equipment NewsDover Fueling Solutions launches its next generation tank gauge console
Dover Fueling Solutions has launched its next generation tank gauge console, the ProGauge MagLink LX 4.
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Product News Weetabix Food Company launches a new variant of its Alpen Light bars
Weetabix Food Company is adding a new variant to its Alpen Light bars range.
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NewsTop 50 Indie AK Fuel buys leaseholds on three forecourts
Top 50 Indie AK Fuel has bought the leaseholds on a portfolio of three petrol filling stations in Liverpool and Manchester. The three sites – Stanley, Green Energy and Prescot Service Station – came to market through specialist business property adviser Christie & Co around the start of the year.
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NewsSewell on the go launches Christmas prize draw as “thank you” for customers
Top 50 Indie Sewell on the go is giving customers the chance to snap up prizes in the run-up to Christmas as a way of saying “thank you” for shopping local in 2020.
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NewsRobber who made forecourt assistant fear he had acid spray jailed for 32 months
A man from Hertfordshire has been jailed for more than two-and-a-half years after admitting robbing a petrol filling station in Peterborough.
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NewsHMRC proposals to tackle tobacco duty evasion welcomed by ACS
Proposed action from HMRC to tackle tobacco duty evasion, highlighting the impact that the illicit trade has on legitimate retailers, has been welcomed by the Association of Convenience Stores (ACS).