All articles by Juliet Morrison – Page 16
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Hydrogen-powered chargepoints to boost electric vehicle charging infrastructure
Forecourt retailers struggling to install or upgrade to faster electric vehicle (EV) chargepoints because of a lack of grid capacity now have access to a greener alternative than using traditional generators to make up the shortfall.
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Instagrammer Rich James Cross hopes to focus more on independent fuel retail sites in 2024
Are you a forecourt with a difference? If so, Rich James Cross, aka Instagram’s theservicesking, could be coming your way in 2024. Cross – who has built an online reputation as a guru of motorway service stations’ food offerings, ambience, and toilet facilities – wants to focus more this coming year on independent fuel retailing sites.
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MFG opens knock down rebuild site with array of food to go concessions
Forecourt operator Motor Fuel Group (MFG) has completed the first of three phases of its ambitious knock down rebuild in Musselburgh, near Edinburgh.
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Gridserve and Simply Fresh introduce Amazon’s Just Walk Out technology to forecourt sector at Gatwick
What is hailed as the next evolution in automated retailing is making its debut in the forecourt sector this month. Amazon is partnering with retail chain Simply Fresh and electric charging operator Gridserve to introduce its Just Walk Out technology at a site at Gatwick Airport.
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Knox family celebrates 23 years in business with switch to Spar NI
The Knox family, which runs three forecourts in Northern Ireland, is reporting a sales uplift after converting three stores to the Spar fascia earlier this year.
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Shell subsidiary ubricity supplies 160 on-street EV chargers to Middlesbrough Council
Middlesbrough Council is partnering with Shell subsidiary ubitricity to supply, install, and manage up to 160 electric vehicle (EV) chargepoints in 90 locations across the town.
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BP pulse boosts ultra-fast charging in London with ‘most powerful’ Gigahub
BP pulse has launched its ”most powerful charging hub in central London”, as it continues the roll-out of hundreds of ultra-fast sites this decade. The hub includes a special offer for Uber drivers.
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UK hits 10,000 high-powered chargepoints as rate of installation accelerates
There are now 10,000 high-powered electric vehicle (EV) chargepoints in the UK for the first time, with new sites being established at a faster rate than ever, according to specialist app-based mapping service Zapmap.
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Extra MSA powers up EV charger offer at Cobham
Extra MSA Group is to fit 12 more ultra-rapid Ionity charge points at Cobham Services on the M25 to take the site’s total to 18.
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JP&S to go all Jet by 2024
Independent JP&S Servicess is to rebrand nine Texaco and BP sites to become an all-Jet operator across its 13-strong network by next year.
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£70 million boost for charging points at motorway services
The government is to contribute £70 million to the cost of installing rapid electric vehicle (EV) charge points at 10 motorway service stations in England as part of a trial to boost the transition to greener transport.
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Changes pay dividends for Northern Irish retailer
Northern Ireland forecourt operator Kenny Bradley is hoping to make his newly-developed Kilrea site a destination for motorists with laundry machines, parcel lockers, his own-brand bean-to-cup coffee, a deli counter and locally-produced food.