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Seven oil cos will be at The Forecourt Show 2019
BP and Shell are among seven oil companies that have already signed up for The Forecourt Show 2019, making it the most must-attend forecourt exhibition of the year. BP, Greenergy, Gulf, Harvest Energy, Jet, Murco and Shell will be out in force at the NEC from April 8-10, giving retailers ...
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Costa Drive Thru opens at Sandbach South on M6
Roadchef has opened a new Costa Drive Thru at its Sandbach South service area on the M6, following a £500,000 investment. Sandbach South, which is located between Junctions 16 and 17 on the M6, now has a recently refurbished dine-in and drive-thru Costa, as well as a McDonald’s, WH Smith, ...
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EG Group expands in £987m deal Down Under
Euro Garages’ parent company EG Group has expanded into Australia through a deal with Woolworths Group to buy its 540-site network for A$1.725bn (£987m).Woolworths Petrol operates a nationwide network of sites and employs about 4,000 people. In the year to 30 June 2018, the business generated A$4.8bn of revenue and ...
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Euro Garages acquires Cornish forecourt
Euro Garages has completed the acquisition of Four Cross Garage in Penryn, Cornwall. The site had been operated as a petrol filling station and car repair workshop since 1984 by the same family, who are now taking early retirement. Following the acquisition Euro Garages will, for the immediate future, be ...
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Business rates win for through-the-wall ATMs
Through-the-wall ATMs will no longer be subject to a separate business rates assessment after a successful legal challenge in the Appeal Court by several retail giants and ATM operator Cardtronics.The news was welcomed by PRA chairman Brian Madderson, who said: "This will benefit all those that still use cash on ...
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NewsPolice chief blames forecourt owners for fuel thefts
A police chief has blamed petrol station owners for fuel thefts after it was revealed just two out of 255 incidents in his territory this year resulted in charges. His comments came after a Freedom of Information request by the Matlock Mercury found that thousands of fuel thefts from petrol ...
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NewsThe Kay Group chooses BP branding for new to industry site
BP has signed its first new to industry site with The Kay Group at Rockingham Service Station. The Kay Group will be working with Spar, Greggs, WH Smith and there will be a Costa drive-thru at the new location at junction 28 off the M1, at Mansfield in Derbyshire. ...
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MPK sites switch brands
op 50 Indie MPK Garages has signed a deal with Essar Oil UK to rebrand and supply an initial tranche of 12 sites, and with Morrisons to introduce Morrisons Daily c-stores on its sites.The deal with Essar, which is the biggest secured by the Essar team to date, will see ...
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In brief
Chargepoint rapid installations ChargePoint Services is claiming to be the first company to install more than 20 electric vehicle rapid chargers in new UK locations in a single month. During October, 21 rapid chargers were added to MFG’s GeniePoint Network, as ChargePoint works towards its target of 150 50kW+ charger ...
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Tesco and VW to build largest charger network
esco and Volkswagen have announced plans to develop the largest UK retail electric vehicle charging network, powered by Pod Point. Customers will be able to charge their electric cars using a normal 7kW charger for free or a ’rapid’ 50 kW charger for a small cost in line with market ...
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NewsReport confirms many people still rely on cash
Britain is not yet ready to go cashless, with about eight million people saying cash is a necessity, according to an interim report by the independent Access to Cash Review. The Review, chaired by the former financial ombudsman Natalie Ceeney, is assessing consumer requirements for cash over the next five ...
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MFG takeover of MRH clears final competition hurdle
MFG’s acquisition of MRH has now cleared all its regulatory hurdles after the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) announced that it would accept undertakings by MFG to dispose of 38 of the combined group’s sites.In October the CMA revealed details of the 38 sites that MFG had offered to sell ...
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NewsPlan to consult on English deposit return scheme for drinks containers
The Association of Convenience Stores (ACS) and the Newsagents Federation (NFRN) have welcomed the government’s new Resources and Waste Strategy for England. The strategy sets out proposals to minimise waste by eliminating avoidable plastics and increasing the productivity of non-biodegradable resources. It follows on from the 25-Year Environment Plan and ...
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NewsJames Hall opens new Shell forecourt in Cumbria
A new Shell-branded forecourt and Spar store has been opened in Cumbria by the Spar wholesaler for Northern England, James Hall & Co. The site at Kirkby Stephen is the 118th company-owned store, of which 37 have forecourts with fuel brands including BP, Texaco and Gulf as well as Shell. ...
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NewsPair jailed for torching taxi with driver inside on forecourt
Two men who set fire to a taxi on a petrol forecourt in Kent, while the driver was in the car, have been jailed. The driver collected Warren Hearne and Danny Frost from Romney Marsh on Friday 15 December 2017 following their night out. The pair got into the taxi ...
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NewsTobacco smuggling lorry drivers sentenced to 18 months jail
Two lorry drivers, who tried to smuggle more than 1.5 million cigarettes into the UK hidden between bags of wood pellets, have been jailed after an investigation by HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC). Marin Vasilev, 40, of Willingham, Cambridge, was caught attempting to bring in cigarettes worth £444,641 in unpaid ...
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NewsTwo BP with M&S Simply Food sites open after £5.3m spend
Two new BP service stations with M&S Simply Food stores have been opened following an investment of more than £5m. Twenty-one jobs have been created with the opening of the site on Bear Way, Desborough, in Northamptonshire. The joint BP and Marks & Spencer development will offer motorists a wide ...
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NewsGloucester services on M5 enhance disabled toilet facilities
Westmorland’s award-winning Gloucester services on the M5 has added to its offering with a state-of-the-art disabled toilet facility. The Changing Places assisted accessible toilet, on the southbound side of its site on the M5 motorway, is the second such facility provided by the operator. Supplied and installed by Closomat, the ...
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NewsACS welcomes London mayor’s new food strategy
The Association of Convenience Stores (ACS) has welcomed the Mayor of London’s new Food Strategy which sets out plans to ensure all Londoners have access to healthy and sustainable food. The new strategy recognises the role that convenience stores can play by increasing access to healthy foods in local communities ...
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NewsGovernment-funded chargepoints must be ’smart’ from next July
All government-funded home chargepoints for electric vehicles will have to use ‘smart’ technology from July 2019, the government has announced, fulfilling the commitment in the Road to Zero Strategy published earlier this year. This means chargepoints must be able to be remotely accessed, and capable of receiving, interpreting and reacting ...