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Certas buys up six David Taylor sites in South Wales
Certas Energy has confirmed the purchase of the six forecourts owned by South Wales Top 50 Indie David Taylor Filling Stations, as it continues to grow its Gulf network across the UK.This latest acquisition follows the recent purchase of two Petromex sites in Preston and Ulverston, Lancashire."David Taylor Filling Stations ...
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NewsFuel card takes care of Dartford Crossing and Congestion Charge
BP Fuel Cards customers who drive in London or use the Dartford crossings can now apply for its Drive Britain service and let it take care of the tolls automatically. Part of BP On Road Services, Drive Britain gives drivers access to secure, dedicated truck parking and washing, as well ...
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MFG COMES IN SIXTH
Top 50 Indie Motor Fuel Group (MFG) has been ranked sixth in a league table of Britain’s 100 private companies with the biggest sales in the 17th annual Sunday Times HSBC Top Track 100. Companies are ranked by sales as reported in their latest available accounts.applegreen joins payment watchTop 50 ...
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NewsTransport Select Committee launches inquiry into potholes
The cross party Transport Select Committee has launched an inquiry into the funding and governance of local roads in England. Chair of the Transport Committee, Lilian Greenwood MP, said: “Local roads are the arteries of prosperous and vibrant towns and cities. They are critical to the movement of goods as ...
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SK Fuels completes third redevelopment this year
Top 50 Indie SK Fuels has reopened its Jet Smalleys site at Thorne, near Doncaster, after a £1.3m redevelopment. SK Fuels owns nine Jet sites throughout the north of England, and the Jet Smalleys scheme is the third redevelopment it has completed this year. This latest redevelopment involved major changes ...
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Ofgem consults on EVs to keep energy costs down
Proposals to support the millions of new electric vehicles expected to be on Britain’s roads in the coming decades, while keeping costs down for their users and all energy consumers, have been tabled by the energy regulator OfgemIt is consulting on plans which will reduce the cost to consumers of ...
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New Nisa Local emphasises independence
North-Yorkshire based forecourt owner John Stephenson has opened his third Nisa Local forecourt store. The independent, family-run enterprise at Northallerton highlights its independent status with its story told through a series of story boards placed around the shop. These declare their family business status since 1978 when John’s father Ian ...
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Motorway fuel prices under fire in latest survey
Fuel prices at motorway service areas (MSAs) in England were strongly criticised by customers in the annual survey of customer experience carried out by Transport Focus. Overall scores were up, with 92% of people saying they were satisfied with their experience, compared with 90% in 2017, but 54% said they ...
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Footfall rockets thanks to new food-to-go offer
A Nisa Local forecourt shop, at Brighouse, West Yorkshire, which opened its doors for the first time earlier this year, has seen footfall rocket after launching its own bespoke food-to-go offering. Husband and wife team, Salim and Mumtaz Patel, run the Crown Services store, having operated a petrol station on ...
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NewsJTI prosecutes second illegal tobacco seller
Japan Tobacco International (JTI) in partnership with TM EYE has delivered another success in securing a conviction against a seller of illegal tobacco. At Highbury Corner Magistrates’ Court on July 13, Evtim Yotov pleaded guilty to selling tobacco products that broke UK labelling and packaging laws. He was ordered to ...
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MRH rolls out online learning for inductions
Top 50 Indie MRH has launched a national roll out of its new online training initiative, in partnership with Bolt Learning.Following a three-month trial, the company is rolling out a full online induction process into working on a forecourt across its estate. Modules cover topics from Fire Safety and Pump ...
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NewsApplegreen agrees deal to take over Welcome Break
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 ...
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NewsMPs slam Government delays over E10 introduction
A cross-party group of MPs has slammed the Government for delaying the introduction of E10 petrol. The criticism followed the Department for Transport’s decision to launch a consultation on whether E10 should be introduced. Nic Dakin, Labour MP for Scunthorpe and chair of the All Party Parliamentary Group for British ...
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NewsPorsche aims for every second car to be electric by 2025
Porsche says it will have invested €6bn in developing electric vehicles by 2022, and it is aiming for every second car its sells to have an electric drive unit by 2025. The German car manufacturer will release its first electric model, the Taycan sports car, next year, and expects to ...
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NewsCigarette smuggling gang jailed for more than 25 years
A gang who attempted to flood UK streets with millions of smuggled cigarettes and launder the proceeds by buying and selling high-value cars, have been jailed for more than 25 years. Ian Pritchard, 51, Sean Dolan, 43, Paul Smith, 47, and Ian Hindle, 39, were behind smuggling more than 17 ...
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NewsAutogas welcomes support for LPG in Government strategy
Autogas has welcomed backing for LPG in the Government’s Road to Zero strategy. The report states that “LPG’s environmental performance relative to diesel makes it a good current alternative to diesel, particularly for vehicles being used in urban driving conditions”. “We’re very pleased that after an incredibly thorough and extensive ...
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NewsGovernment calls for evidence on future of transport
The government has opened two calls for evidence – on the future of mobility and on last-mile deliveries – as it begins work out how to deliver the greatest benefits from the technological changes which are likely to transform transport in the future. It says that travel around the UK ...
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NewsCentral England Co-operative reopens refurbished site
Central England Co-operative has opened the doors to its refurbished petrol filling station in Alfreton following a £30,000 makeover. The transformation has allowed for a range of improvements including new internal and external decoration, new lighting and a refreshed look for the kiosk. A spokesperson from the petrol station said: ...
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NewsOcado evaluates hydrogen fuelled lorries and vans from Ulemco
Ulemco, the company pioneering the adoption of ultra-low emission hydrogen-fuelled commercial vehicles in the UK, has delivered the first hydrogen dual-fuel van to online supermarket Ocado. The vehicle is part of a wider programme to evaluate the use of Ulemco’s cleaner vehicles for the Ocado fleet. Converted from a standard ...
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NewsChristie & Co predicts "churn" in forecourt real estate market
Expected disposals of forecourt sites by the top independents have not materialised, but are still expected, according to an overview by Christie & Co of the UK convenience and petrol filling station markets in the first half of 2018. The biggest event so far during 2018 has been the acquisition ...