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NewsRetail estate owner installs rapid electric vehicle chargers
One of the UK’s largest owner/managers of convenience and community-focused shopping centres is installing rapid electric vehicle chargers at its sites. NewRiver REIT has an eight million sq ft portfolio of retail and leisure assets across the UK, and is working with electric car charging firm InstaVolt, to install and ...
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NewsProlific fuel thief jailed for more than three years
A thief who stole more than £4,000 worth of fuel from petrol stations across Solihull and Birmingham has been jailed. Aman Khan was sentenced to three years and two months in prison after being convicted of more than 48 fuel thefts. On 6 September, the 40-year-old from Alum Rock was ...
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NewsBP appoints new UK strategic account manager
BP has announced the appointment of Sue Clements as UK strategic account manager. She has been with BP for 15 years in commercial and customer-facing roles in both retail and midstream fuel supply, and will now be responsible for managing relationships with some of BP’s largest dealer partners, including the ...
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NewsACS welcomes rates relief extension in Wales
The Association of Convenience Stores (ACS) has welcomed an announcement from the Welsh Government, which has confirmed an extension to the high street rates relief scheme for 2019-20. Eligible businesses will receive up to £2,500 off their business rates bills, with properties with a rateable value up to £9,100 paying ...
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NewsLancashire police release CCTV images after robbery
Detectives have released CCTV images following a knifepoint robbery at a Morecambe fuel station in Lancashire. It happened at just before 1am on Monday, December 10 when a man entered the Texaco Garage on Regent Road. He produced a knife and threatened a cashier, making demands for money. The shop ...
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Applegreen completes Welcome Break deal
Applegreen has completed the transaction which makes it the second largest motorway service area operator in the UK. In a Stock Exchange announcement on November 1, it confirmed it had completed the deal which gives it a 50.01% controlling stake in Welcome Break. The current Welcome Break CEO, Robbie Bell, ...
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NewsMan jailed for stabbing customer at Asda petrol station
A man who stabbed his victim for “taking too long” in a queue at an Asda petrol station in Derbyshire has been sentenced to eight years in prison. Jack Oldfield, 26, of Stanhope Road, Swadlincote, pleaded guilty to wounding with intent, and three counts of carrying a bladed weapon after ...
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NewsSainbury’s and Asda request more time for merger evidence
The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has rejected a claim by Sainsbury’s and Asda that they need more time to process all the evidence generated by the inquiry into their proposed merger.The CMA responded after the retailers applied to the Competition Appeal Tribunal for a judicial review of the CMA’s ...
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NewsScottish site sold at auction for twice the guide price
A former petrol filling station site in Fife Scotland, has sold at auction for twice its guide price. The deal took place at the final sale of the 2018 season held by Scottish independent property auction company SVA Property Auctions. Viewforth Filling Station at Higgins Neuk, near Kincardine Bridge, was ...
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NewsCar makers forecast to fail to meet emissions targets
Eight out of thirteen car manufacturers will fail to meet EU CO2 emission targets in 2021 and face significant fines according to PA Consulting. Its annual forecast predicts that Volkswagen, Ford, Fiat, PSA, BMW, Daimler, Mazda and Hyundai-Kia will miss their specific 2021 targets. Volkswagen could be fined up to ...
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Million-pound revamp for Co-op forecourt
The Co-op petrol filling station and food store in Princess Parkway, Manchester, has re-opened after a near £1m revamp. The four-week programme of works involved replacing pumps, signage and the forecourt, while enhancing the shop to include a Costa Express, in-store bakery, Amazon lockers and a bigger fresh food, food-to-go, ...
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NewsUK shoppers set to spend £21.6bn on Christmas groceries
The UK grocery market is set to experience 2.4% growth this Christmas, with shoppers predicted to spend £21.6bn over the festive period, according to the latest forecast from research organisation IGD. With nearly half (48%) of shoppers agreeing that food and drink is the most important part of Christmas Day, ...
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NewsRobber armed with hatchet raids BP site
A robber armed with a hatchet, terrified staff in a raid on a Paisley forecourt earlier this week. According to the Daily Record, the armed robber, who was wearing a high-vis vest, entered the BP site on Greenock Road at around 6.30am on December 3. He demanded that the cashier ...
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NewsValero and the Co-op join forces to raise money for charity
Members of Valero’s retail team recently joined forces with Co-op Texaco Thorne, Doncaster, to raise money for local charity, ‘Pride of the Isle’, who help improve the quality of life for people with life-limiting illnesses. The eight Valero employees and Co-op staff spent five hours washing cars at Co-op’s Thorne ...
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NewsEssar supports learning charity
Children from schools local to Essar’s Stanlow refinery recently participated in a special visit to Cheshire College South and West (CCSW) in Ellesmere Port. The visit was organised through Essar’s partnership with Passion for Learning, a local charitable organisation working to support primary school age children.The aim of the visit ...
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NewsMore supermarket fuel price cuts
For the fifth week in a row, supermarkets are cutting the price of unleaded petrol and diesel. As of tomorrow Sainsbury’s is cutting the price of unleaded petrol and diesel by up to 2ppl across its 314 forecourts. David Pegg, Fuel buying Manager for Sainsbury’s, said: ...
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NewsRefuel & Go like-for-like sales up 10% after move to Spar
Top 50 Indie Refuel & Go has increased like-for-like sales by 10% since it relaunched its eight forecourt sites in London and the Home Counties under the Spar fascia. Museum Service Station in Bethnal Green moved to Spar in December 2017, with the remaining seven sites coming on board in ...
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NewsRAC predicts further falls after petrol drops 5ppl in November
Despite the average price of petrol falling by more than 5ppl in November, the biggest monthly drop since January 2015, the RAC claims prices should fall by at least as much again. RAC Fuel Watch shows unleaded petrol fell from 130.61ppl to 125.43ppl (down 5.18ppl) in November and diesel dropped ...
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NewsACS welcomes guidance on business rates discounts
The Association of Convenience Stores (ACS) has welcomed the publication of new guidance from the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government on the details of how business rates discounts announced in this year’s Budget will be allocated. During the Budget on October 29, Chancellor Philip Hammond announced that businesses ...
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NewsTwo new BP with M&S Simply Food sites open
Thirty eight new jobs have been created with the opening of two BP service stations with M&S Simply Food. The new site on the A358 at Cross Keys, Norton Fitzwarren, in Somerset, has created 18 new jobs while 20 new jobs have been created in north-west England with the opening ...