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  • Government boosts hydrogen funding by £20m
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    Government boosts hydrogen funding by £20m

    2018-05-11T00:00:00Z

    Energy and clean growth minister Claire Perry has announced a £20m funding boost to businesses embracing the potential for a future UK hydrogen economy. The announcement was made during a visit to Swindon’s Hydrogen Hub and Recycling Technologies. Hydrogen fuel is currently very costly to produce and transport and the ...

  • MFG/MRH deal good for fuel retail sector says property expert
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    MFG/MRH deal good for fuel retail sector says property expert

    2018-05-10T00:00:00Z

    The acquisition of MRH by MFG earlier this year could be good news for everyone in the fuel retailing sector, according to Adam Wadlow, partner at fuel and automotive property advisers Barber Wadlow, which has just published its latest Forecourt Property Market Update. “It shows that the independent dealer sector ...

  • Media whips up a storm over pre-authorisation "charges"
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    Media whips up a storm over pre-authorisation "charges"

    2018-05-09T00:00:00Z

    Changes to pre-authorisation procedures for automated fuel pumps, which were agreed last year, have been splashed across newspapers and websites after a Facebook posting by an Asda customer. When a customer uses a card at a pay at pump facility, a pre-authorisation charge is applied. The money is not removed ...

  • Car wash owner sentenced for tobacco tax fraud
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    Car wash owner sentenced for tobacco tax fraud

    2018-05-09T00:00:00Z

    A car wash owner who failed to pay £100,000 duty on more than 400,000 cigarettes has been sentenced at Liverpool Crown Court. Pshtewan Sharef Ibrahim, 42, from Warrington, kept the illicit cigarettes at self-storage units in his hometown. The cigarettes were sniffed out by specially trained detector dogs during a ...

  • Nissan to wind down diesel car sales in Europe
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    Nissan to wind down diesel car sales in Europe

    2018-05-09T00:00:00Z

    The diesel car sector has received another setback after Japanese carmaker Nissan announced it will gradually stop selling diesel cars in Europe. A Nissan spokeswoman said there would be a gradual withdrawal of diesel cars in Europe. Last month there were unconfirmed reports that Nissan would cut hundreds of jobs ...

  • New CEO appointed at Nisa after Co-op takeover
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    New CEO appointed at Nisa after Co-op takeover

    2018-05-09T00:00:00Z

    A new CEO has been appointed at Nisa Retail after the Co-op completed its acquisition on May 8. Former Tesco executive Ken Towle has taken over as Nisa’s new CEO from Arnu Misra who performed an interim CEO role that saw through the completion of the acquisition. Misra will remain ...

  • ACS welcomes Welsh decision on deposit return scheme
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    ACS welcomes Welsh decision on deposit return scheme

    2018-05-09T00:00:00Z

    The Association of Convenience Stores (ACS) has welcomed the Welsh Government’s announcement that it will seek to work towards a UK-wide deposit return system for drinks containers in Wales. ACS is calling for detailed consideration of the role that retailers can play in such a scheme, including the challenges and ...

  • Man jailed for starting fire on forecourt and racial abuse
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    Man jailed for starting fire on forecourt and racial abuse

    2018-05-09T00:00:00Z

    A man who claimed he had been short-changed after buying cigarettes from a petrol station in Salford, Greater Manchester, returned and started a fire risking an explosion, a court heard. Kamil Sciebior, 29, has been jailed for five years after admitting arson being reckless as to endanger life, which was ...

  • Jet adds Top 50 Indie sites to its network in the South East
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    Jet adds Top 50 Indie sites to its network in the South East

    2018-05-09T00:00:00Z

    Jet has strengthened its presence in the South East with the recruitment of three Top 50 Indie sites to its network. Supply contracts have recently been signed with Basildon Service Station in Reading and Brookside Filling Station in Hungerford, which are both in Berkshire, and Postcombe Service Station in Thame, ...

  • Investigation finds widespread illegal tobacco sales in Stoke
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    Investigation finds widespread illegal tobacco sales in Stoke

    2018-05-04T00:00:00Z

    An undercover operation conducted for Japan Tobacco International (JTI) in Staffordshire has revealed the widespread availability of illegal tobacco, with 17 out of the 48 stores visited in Stoke found to be selling illegal products. Additional consumer research also conducted for JTI revealed that more than half (55%) of smokers ...

  • Surge in number of assaults and threats against retailers
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    Surge in number of assaults and threats against retailers

    2018-05-04T00:00:00Z

    The number of assaults and threats committed against the wholesale and retail sector has risen significantly over the last year, according to The Home Office 2017 Commercial Victimisation Survey (CVS). It reported they increased from 524 incidents per 1,000 premises to 1,433 incidents per 1,000 premises. The CVS also reported ...

  • Prosecution of petrol stations for red diesel fraud is abandoned
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    Prosecution of petrol stations for red diesel fraud is abandoned

    2018-05-04T00:00:00Z

    An HM Customs & Excise (HMRC) prosecution of petrol station owners for red diesel fraud has been abandoned after a linked trial collapsed. The story was covered by the BBC on its website and on its news programmes on Sunday April 29. In its TV report it showed pictures of ...

  • New car market bounces back with 10.4% growth in April
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    New car market bounces back with 10.4% growth in April

    2018-05-04T00:00:00Z

    The UK new car market grew 10.4% in April, with 167,911 new units registered, according to figures released by the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT). Demand was affected by a number of factors, including the timing of Easter, which meant two additional selling days this April, versus 2017, ...

  • EG Group plans to develop forecourt at site in Forfar
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    EG Group plans to develop forecourt at site in Forfar

    2018-05-02T00:00:00Z

    Euro Garages’ parent company EG Group has applied for planning permission for a petrol filling station (PFS), an ancillary retail unit and café/restaurant/drive thru unit on the site of a former church at Forfar, in Scotland. A detailed planning statement prepared for EG Group by Colliers International says it is ...

  • Man in court charged with forecourt robbery and assault
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    Man in court charged with forecourt robbery and assault

    2018-05-02T00:00:00Z

    A man has appeared in court charged in connection with an armed robbery at a petrol station in north Wales. Robert Shane Hughes, of Bryn Seion, Denbigh, was arrested following an incident at the Shell service station, Rhyl Road, Denbigh, on the evening of Sunday April 29 during which a ...

  • Narrow escape after car smashes into petrol station shop
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    Narrow escape after car smashes into petrol station shop

    2018-05-02T00:00:00Z

    Staff and customers had a narrow escape after a car smashed into the front of a petrol station near Hull on Saturday April 28. A driver is being investigated by police after the car ploughed through the garage forecourt on the A63 in the middle of the afternoon, narrowly missing ...

  • BP buys site to add to M&S Simply Food estate in South West
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    BP buys site to add to M&S Simply Food estate in South West

    2018-05-02T00:00:00Z

    Business property adviser Christie & Co has completed the sale of Bathway Service Station near Bath to BP on behalf of Flying Visit. The forecourt is located on a busy roundabout that links the A361 from Trowbridge to Frome and the A36 from Bath to Warminster with 27,000 vehicles passing ...

  • Three ATM attackers sentenced to more than 50 years in prison
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    Three ATM attackers sentenced to more than 50 years in prison

    2018-05-02T00:00:00Z

    Three men responsible for a series of cash machine gas explosions in seven different locations, including three attacks at petrol stations, have been jailed for a combined total of 53 years. Joel Spears, 31, of Becket Close, Wimbledon, London, and Ermias Fekade, 36, of Moyne Close, Hove, were both found ...

  • April sees sharpest rise in prices at the pumps in 16 months
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    April sees sharpest rise in prices at the pumps in 16 months

    2018-05-02T00:00:00Z

    April saw the biggest increase in petrol and diesel pump prices for 16 months, with both fuels going up nearly 3ppl. Data from RAC Fuel Watch shows the average price of a litre of unleaded went up 2.74p from 120.46p to 123.20p. Diesel rose 2.94p per litre from 123.08p to ...

  • Co-op starts £1.5m overhaul of site in Cheshire
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    Co-op starts £1.5m overhaul of site in Cheshire

    2018-05-02T00:00:00Z

    The Co-op petrol filling station and food store in Congleton Road, Sandbach, Cheshire, has embarked on a £1.5m redevelopment to overhaul the infrastructure and extend the store. The petrol station is expected to re-open in August following a 15-week development which will replace the tanks, forecourt and pumps, and more ...