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NewsMaxol celebrates launch of Ulster Mini Rugby Festivals
Maxol is celebrating the launch of the Maxol Ulster Mini Rugby Festivals for the 2018-2019 season. Now in its fifth year, Maxol’s title sponsorship of Ulster Mini Rugby began in 2013. Eight Maxol Mini Rugby Festivals are held at various rugby clubs throughout the Province, with 32 Primary School Mini ...
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NewsMFG installs 21 rapid chargers to GeniePoint network in one month
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 it works towards its target of 150 50kW+ charger locations by ...
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NewsHMRC uncovers tobacco and cigarettes worth £5m in lost duty
An estimated ten tonnes of loose tobacco, and 411,000 cigarettes, have been seized by HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) in the Newry area. HMRC officers, accompanied by the Police Service of Northern Ireland, searched a commercial premises in the Newry area on Thursday 8 November. The cigarettes and tobacco, ...
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NewsACS welcomes inquiry into access to financial services
The Association of Convenience Stores (ACS) has welcomed the Treasury Select Committee’s decision to launch an inquiry into consumer access to financial services. It will seek evidence on the impact of reducing the number of free-to use ATMs and provision of Post Office services in areas where bank branches ...
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NewsEuro Garages acquires Four Cross Garage in Penryn, Cornwall
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 by the same family since 1984, who are now taking early retirement. Following the acquisition Euro Garages, for the immediate future, will be ...
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NewsYorkshire forecourt shop builds business with renowned range
Footfall and sales are growing at a West Yorkshire forecourt store thanks to the product range that it has become renowned for locally. Long-time friends Ziheed Muhammed and Idris Patel, who run the multi-award-winning Woodman Service Station on Dewsbury Road in Leeds, aim to make the instore range their point ...
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NewsMPs call on government for strict regulation of hand car washes
Recommendations have been made to the government for strict regulation of the hand car wash sector following a parliamentary inquiry. The PRA and Car Wash Association (CWA) had lobbied strongly for the inquiry into the damage caused by the sector and welcomed its findings. CWA chairman Brian Madderson said: “The ...
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NewsSewell on the go celebrates perfect food hygiene rating
Top 50 Indie Sewell on the go is celebrating after achieving a 5-star food hygiene rating across its entire estate. Sewell on the go’s most recently-opened Dunswell store was the latest to achieve the accolade, joining the company’s 12 other sites and three Subway stores. With 16 locations achieving top ...
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NewsMPK introduces Essar and Morrisons Daily onto forecourts
Top 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 convenience stores on its sites. The deal with Essar, which is the biggest secured by the Essar team to ...
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CMA details the 38 sites MFG is forced to sell
The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has published details of 38 sites MRH plans to sell to avoid investigations into its takeover of MFG. The disclosure came in a notice which detailed the undertakings MFG has offered to remedy its concerns. The CMA revealed the local areas where it believes ...
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Prax Group buys Top 50 Indie firm HKS
Harvest Energy’s parent company Prax Group has bought the sixth ranked company in the Top 50 Indies, HKS, for an undisclosed sum. In the 2018 Top 50 Indies, Leicester-based HKS had 68 sites and claimed a turnover of £250m. A spokesperson for Prax said: "The acquisition reflects the group’s strategic ...
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NewsAppeal Court rules against rates on cash machines
Reailers will no longer have to pay rates on their ATMs after a successful legal challenge in the Appeal Court by several retail giants and the ATM operator Cardtronics. The news was welcomed by PRA chairman Brian Madderson, who commented: “It is fantastic news that the Appeal Court has confirmed ...
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Appeal for witnesses
Police in Surrey are appealing for witnesses after a service station owner was attacked during a robbery. The incident occurred at 9.16pm at Langley Vale Service Station, near Epsom on October 31. Three men wearing balaclavas assaulted the victim with a broom stick and fire extinguisher. It is believed one ...
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Arson in Bearsden
Police Scotland detectives are appealing for information after a petrol station was deliberately set on fire in Bearsden, on the outskirts of Glasgow, on October 30. At around 12.10am police received a report of a fire at the BP station in Stockiemuir Road. Emergency services attended and the building was ...
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M&S Fuels has big plans for Berkshire Downs site
New owners are planning a rebrand and shop expansion after acquiring a forecourt in Berkshire. Christie & Co brokered the sale of Berkshire Downs Filling Station, a well-established forecourt and Spar-branded store in Chilton, off a freehold guide price of £1.5m. Maruthan Sabapathi of new owner M&S Fuels Limited, which ...
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Blaze at service station
Fire crews tackled a blaze at a service station in Co Antrim, Northern Ireland, after a digger, used to ram raid an ATM, burst into flames. Fire crews were called to the blaze at 2.15am on October 27 at the Spar store on the Maxol forecourt on Templepatrick Road in ...
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MPs want zero- emission date brought forward
A committee of MPs has called for the phase out of sales of new diesel and petrol cars and vans to be brought forward to 2032. The Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy Committee said the government’s 2040 targets for zero emission cars are vague and unambitious. It recommends the government ...
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Responsible Car Wash Scheme is welcomed
The Car Wash Association (CWA) has welcomed the launch of the Responsible Car Wash Scheme, believing it should prove valuable for improving compliance in existing hand car washes. The scheme, which was launched on 22 October at the House of Lords, has been developed by the Downstream Fuel Association alongside ...
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Certas gets green light
Certas Energy has won planning permission to develop a new flagship HGV refuelling facility in the heart of the Golden Triangle of logistics in Northamptonshire. Located 400m off the M1 motorway at junction 16, the development at the existing Red Lion Truck Stop will incorporate eight high-speed multi-product fuel dispensers ...
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PFSs in rates change
The PRA has obtained written confirmation from the Treasury that petrol filling stations are covered by the Small Business Rates Relief scheme announced by the Chancellor in the Budget on October 29. Philip Hammond announced that the business rates bill for companies with a rateable value of £51,000 or less ...