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Applegreen ups UK stake with Welcome Break bid
Top 50 Indie Applegreen is set to increase its stake in the UK market with the acquisition of a majority stake in motorway service area (MSA) operator Welcome Break, in a 361.8m (£321m) deal. The deal will make Applegreen one of the big three MSA operators in Britain, and is ...
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Drivers will wait nine years before buying electric cars
Drivers in the UK say that, on average, they will wait nine years to buy an electric car, according to research by Auto Trader.Drivers said that they’ll wait nine years before they will buy an electric or hybrid vehicle, with lack of charging infrastructure and upfront expense cited as the ...
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hoyer petrolog signs new dealHoyer Petrolog UK has signed a new fuel distribution agreement with Phillips 66 to deliver commercial and retail fuels on behalf of Phillips 66 from the fuel supplier’s Bramhall Terminal. Operations director at Hoyer Petrolog UK, Allan Davison, said: "This five-year agreement with Phillips 66 provides ...
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Certas plans for bunker facility at ’fechan
Certas Energy has announced plans to develop an HGV refuelling bunker facility at the ’fechan Truckstop (Eardley International) in Scotland. The site is located at Junction 19 of the M74 in Ecclefechan, Lockerbie, and will provide room for up to three HGVs to refuel simultaneously.Certas Energy hopes to open the ...
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CMA looks into MFG/MRH and Sainsbury’s/Asda
The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) is investigating two major deals involving the road fuels retail market.Its involvement in the MFG/MRH deal looked close to completion, as Forecourt Trader went to press, after it identified 29 sites where there were local competition issues, and MFG indicated it would act to ...
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EG expands further in US
EG Group has increased its US estate to around 1,000 sites with a $300m deal to acquire 225 Minit Mart branded c-stores and forecourts from TravelCenters of America.Minit Mart operates across nine Midwest US states and employs almost 2,500 employees. Turnover last year was $720m.The purchase price for the acquisition, ...
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Move to Texaco increases fuel volumes
A Lancashire forecourt has recently moved to the Texaco brand after years with BP. Ansdell Service Station, in Lytham St Annes, which has seen fuel volumes increase since the rebrand, now stocks all four grades of fuel including Supreme diesel and Supreme unleaded and receives its fuel from Valero’s Manchester ...
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NewsJTI secures conviction against illegal tobacco seller
Japan Tobacco International working in partnership with TM EYE has secured another conviction against a seller of illegal tobacco. At Camberwell Magistrates’ Court on 6 September, Wen Xin Han pleaded guilty to selling tobacco products that broke UK labelling and packaging laws. Han received a custodial sentence of 1 year ...
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NewsBP fuel card deal extended to Esso Tesco Alliance sites
BP’s reciprocal fuel card acceptance agreement with Esso has now expanded to include Esso Tesco Alliance sites. BP Fuelcard customers can now fill up at all Esso Tesco Alliance stations displaying the new BP acceptance logo. The expansion means BP Plus Fuel Cards are now accepted at more than 3,600 ...
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NewsLondon trials announced for new electric van
A maker of electric taxis, LEVC (London EV Company), has announced that it is due to start trials with potential customers of its new electric van in London in the second half of 2019. The business is currently in discussion with a number of major public-sector fleets about joining the ...
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NewsNew electric battery to power Aston Martin Rapide E
A new company to manufacture batteries for electric vehicles has been set up by Unipart Manufacturing Group and Williams Advanced Engineering, an offshoot of the Formula 1 racing team. The joint venture is called Hyperbat and its new factory in Coventry is set to begin production in early 2019. The ...
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NewsAttempt to steal ATM causes major damage to service station
A BP service station in Berkshire has suffered extensive damage after thieves tried to rip an ATM out of the building using a stolen telehandler. The incident began at 2.12am on Wednesday September 12 when the telehandler was stolen by a group of around four offenders from a business property ...
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NewsNorthern Irish site is crowned Forecourt Trader of the Year
Maxol A26 Tannaghmore Services in Northern Ireland has been crowned Forecourt Trader of the Year at last night’s annual awards ceremony at the London Hilton on Park Lane.Kimberley Walsh, the TV presenter, singer, songwriter, model, Strictly Come Dancing runner-up and theatre star, was the host for the event which was ...
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NewsMFG offers to sell off sites to finalise takeover of MRH
MFG’s takeover of MRH looks set to clear its final hurdle after it offered to sell off a number of sites which were causing competition concerns. Two weeks ago the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) said it was satisfied that competition provided by other major petrol retailers and supermarkets ...
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NewsFood to go losing relevance for forecourts says new HIM report
Fuel and food to go missions are continuing to lose relevance for forecourt stores, according to exclusive research from the shopper insights agency HIM. The insight, from HIM’s Winning In Forecourts 2018 report, highlights a consistent decline in the relevance of fuel and food to go (FTG) to a forecourt ...
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NewsE10 delays blamed for closure of UK’s biggest bioethanol plant
The proposed closure of the UK’s largest plant for producing bioethanol has been announced by Vivergo Fuels. The company blamed a continued difficult trading environment and delays in the implementation of E0 in the UK. Mark Chesworth, managing director, Vivergo Fuels, commented: “I am extremely disappointed at having to announce ...
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NewsPrime Minister announces £106m boost for low emission vehicles
A £106m package for projects developing green battery, vehicle and refuelling technology has been announced by the Prime Minister Theresa May at the Zero Emission Vehicle (ZEV) Summit. At the summit, the Prime Minister also hosted an automotive roundtable with supply-chain companies from Germany, the US, Japan, China, Spain and ...
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NewsGovernment support for uptake of e-cargo bikes to replace vans
The government has announced £2m to support the uptake of e-cargo bikes. Jesse Norman, minister for low emission vehicles, said: “Support for e-cargo bikes will help to ensure that Britain leads the way in the development and deployment of the technologies of the future. “Encouraging electric delivery bikes on to ...
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NewsBP launches UK trial of FreeWire rapid charging service
A UK trial of BP’s FreeWire electric vehicle (EV) rapid charging service has been launched in Hammersmith.Customers with CHAdeMO-compatible charge electric vehicles are invited to visit the BP Hammersmith forecourt and have their EV charged for free, using the FreeWire system.BP FreeWire is a mobile rapid charging system, capable of ...
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NewsHoyer Petrolog expands fleet of delivery vehicles
Hoyer is expanding its Petrolog fleet in the UK with the arrival of 89 new MAN vehicles. The deliveries, set to complete this October, comprise 75 replacement vehicles plus 14 additional vehicles for the company’s recently attained business across the UK. Allan Davison, operations director of Hoyer Petrolog in the ...