All Forecourt Trader articles in July 2024 – Page 3
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BP Pulse introduces first EV charging hub at M&S store
BP Pulse has opened its first charging hub at an M&S store. The installation, at Cheshunt in Hertfordshire, follows an agreement in 2022 to roll out the equipment across the retailer’s UK outlets, and BP Pulse says further hubs will be launched soon.
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Tickled Trout Services connects with motorway commuters with store refurbishment
Top 50 Indie The Brookfield Group has completed a “significant” refurbishment of The Tickled Trout Services, to engage with the 80% of its customers it describes as M6 commuters.
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Warning over North Wales forecourt scam
North Wales Police is warning petrol stations in the area that it has received a report regarding a potential scam.
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Ipswich Council to stop offering free EV charging
Ipswich Council has said it can no longer afford to offer free EV charging at its car parks and will therefore start charging EV drivers from January 2025.
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Sewell on the go teams up with Hull KR with sticker book for fans
Sewell on the go is again partnering with local rugby league team Hull Kingston Rovers to introduce a collectible players’ sticker book in a bid to deepen ties with the community and encourage customers to try out a range of its forecourts around Hull.
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Be.EV moves closer to ambition of installing over 1,000 chargers by 2025
National charging network Be.EV has introduced an eight-bay ultra-rapid electric vehicle (EV) charging hub in the heart of Chesterfield, minutes from the town’s market.
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CWA welcomes measures to deter illegal car hand washes
The Car Wash Association has welcomed measures in this week’s King’s Speech it believes will help deter operators of thousands of illegal car hand washes in the UK.
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The King’s Speech: Assaulting a shopworker to become a specific offence
As expected, The King’s Speech – delivered earlier today at the State Opening of Parliament – included the creation of a new specific offence of assaulting a shopworker and introduced stronger measures to tackle so-called low-level shoplifting.
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FOCUS ON HEALTH & SAFETY: Risky business
Just the other day I was filling my car with petrol when the cashier called out over the loudspeaker system asking someone to stop using their mobile phone on the forecourt.
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Rob Exelby buys equipment in Shell Recharge proof of concept trial
Clean fuel trailblazer Rob Exelby plans to introduce EV charging by the end of September in a trial with Shell in which he is spending £450,000 in purchasing chargepoints and connecting to them to the grid, to get a bigger cut of the income himself.
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DSV switches final mile London fleet to HVO
Logistics firm DSV is transferring its entire 40-vehicle final mile fleet based in London, from diesel to HVO fuel.
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TotalEnergies and SSE create EV charging company Source
TotalEnergies and SSE have signed a binding agreement to create a joint venture to establish a new major player in EV charging infrastructure in the UK and Ireland, under the brand ‘Source’.
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Jet promotes EV charging in six week TV advertising campaign
Jet is returning to TV screens with an advertising campaign which indicates how the fuel business, now in its 70th year, is starting to offer electric vehicle charging from its dealer- and company-owned forecourts.
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FORECOURT TRADER AWARDS: Finalists announced for industry’s premier accolades
The finalists in the Forecourt Trader Awards 2024 have been announced, recognising the very best in forecourt retailing the length and breadth of the country.
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PRA lays down its wish list to new government
The Petrol Retailers Association is urging the new government to keep fuel duty low and come up with a “clear plan” to achieve net zero targets. It also calling for the issue of illegal car washes to be “addressed urgently” with the implementation of a national licensing scheme.
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UNDER THE SPOTLIGHT: 20 Questions for Stuart Riding from Harvest Energy
Stuart Riding prides himself on never having lost a dealer site since he joined Harvest Energy in January 2023. Maybe it is because he is always accessible with his phone “glued” to his hand, perhaps it is a result of being mentored by MFG’s Jim Mulheran, or could the reason be that he is an aspiring sumo wrestler!
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Football’s coming home at petrol forecourts
Petrol retailers are getting behind the Three Lions ahead of this Sunday’s Euros final.
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Forecourt increases shop profit by over 39% with Nisa Express re-brand
Trident Ottershaw Service Station says its shop sales were up 9.8% year on year in June, and that profit has surged by 39.5% over the same period, following a switch to Nisa.
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Scotland’s most powerful EV charging hub goes live in Dundee
The most powerful electric vehicle (EV) charging hub in Scotland, installed by SSE, was opened this week by Cabinet Secretary for Transport, Fiona Hyslop.
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Zuber Issa eyes land in Watford for new site
Zuber Issa’s EG Corporate Services has been named as the ‘preferred partner’ to lease a piece of council-owned land near Watford, to build a new petrol station and drive-thru.