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NewsApplegreen share placing raises £156m for Welcome Break deal
Applegreen has raised €175m (£156m) through a share placing with existing and new institutions to part fund the acquisition of a majority stake in the motorway service area operator Welcome Break. In the announcement revealing the new funding the company said the share offer was “significantly oversubscribed”. The new shares ...
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NewsNew guidance for retailers on proxy purchasing of alcohol
ACS (the Association of Convenience Store) has welcomed new guidance from the Retail Alcohol Standards Group (RASG) which aims to help retailers tackle the proxy purchasing of alcohol, which is where an adult purchases alcohol on behalf of a child. RASG’s new guidance to support retailers in preventing proxy alcohol ...
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NewsUKPIA warns of supply chain risk of no deal Brexit
UKPIA (UK Petroleum Industry Association) has warned that exiting the EU without a deal could put the fuel supply chain at risk. The warning came after the Government published a Technical Notice on “Regulating Chemicals (REACH) if there is no Brexit Deal”. REACH is the set of regulations overseeing chemicals ...
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NewsPolice officer injured in hit and run at Welsh forecourt
A police officer in Wales was injured when he was struck by a car at a petrol station forecourt. He was taken to hospital with serious but non-life-threatening injuries following the collision on a petrol forecourt in Llangefni. A North Wales Police spokesman said the incident occurred on Tuesday 25 ...
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NewsCashier shaken after shoplifters turn violent
Police officers in Plymouth are appealing for witnesses after a female petrol station worker was left “shaken” when a group of shoplifters turned violent. A spokesperson for Devon and Cornwall Police said: “Police were called to Milehouse Service Station in Wolseley Road at 8.40pm yesterday.” It was reported that three ...
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NewsTesco customers’ cars break down after water contaminates diesel
Dozens of Tesco customers were left stranded after water contaminated diesel tanks in two separate incidents. The first problems occurred at the Tesco Extra store at Goodmayes in East London on the evening of Sunday September 23, when customers reported breaking down yards from the service station after filling up ...
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NewsApplegreen gearing up for “transformational” growth in UK
Top 50 Indie Applegreen achieved sharply increased turnover and profits in the six months ended 30 June 2018, and is gearing up for major expansion in the UK. Its interim results show group revenue increased by 27% to €854.9m, compared with the same period a year earlier, and adjusted EBITDA ...
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NewsEG Group donation enables hospital to buy equipment
The hospital nearest the headquarters of Euro Garages’ parent company EG Group has been able to buy vital equipment after a donation of more than £60,000 by the company. The equipment will be used in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) at Burnley General Teaching Hospital, and Dr Dev Kumar, ...
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NewsSupermarkets cut petrol prices but warning of rises on the way
Three supermarket groups have cut their petrol prices, but the RAC is warning much higher prices could be on their way. Asda started the round of cuts reducing its unleaded petrol by 2ppl, making its national price cap 126.7ppl. Asda’s senior fuel buyer, Dave Tyrer, said: “Today’s latest move shows ...
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NewsPorsche drops diesel and invests in developing electric technology
Porsche has abandoned production of diesel engines and will increase its focus on hybrid and electric vehicle. The company said that demand for diesel models was dropping. In 2017, the diesel share of worldwide Porsches was 12%, and it has not had a diesel in its portfolio since February of ...
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NewsNorthern Irish Nisa retailer revamps forecourt store
A 2,000sq ft Nisa forecourt store in Northern Ireland has undergone a major refit. O’Kanes Superstore in Armagh has installed new lighting and flooring, a new ceiling, a bank of chillers, a new counter with a contemporary oak block finish along with a raft of bespoke features, to create a ...
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NewsFarmer finds forecourt’s ATM in his field
An ATM that was ripped off the wall at a Texaco site in Odiham, Hampshire, has been unearthed by a farmer in his field. According to Farmers Weekly, the arable farmer was out working in his combine harvester when he found the damaged ATM hidden, under a coat in a ...
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NewsBP to reveal Chargemaster plans at Forecourt Trader Electric Track Day
BP will reveal its view of the UK’s electric vehicle charging landscape and its plans for the dealer network at next week’s Forecourt Trader Electric Track Day, which takes place at Rockingham Motor Speedway in Corby. Following BP’s recent acquisition of Chargemaster – the UK’s largest public network of EV ...
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NewsTV host causes a stir at a Wrexham service station
Talk show host Jeremy Kyle was a big hit with staff and shoppers when he recently dropped into Park Wall Service Station in Gwersyllt near Wrexham. According to the Daily Post, he was accompanied by a minder, and had popped into the Spar store for a coffee. After realising who ...
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NewsClydebank knifeman sentenced
A 23-year old man who went into a Clydebank petrol station armed with a knife has been jailed for 21 months. The incident happened at the West Highway Petrol Station, Great Western Road on May 3 when the man – Michael McElhinney – was already on bail. McElhinney, a prisoner ...
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NewsHMRC raids forecourts in £11m fuel fraud investigation
Three men have been arrested and a suspected fuel laundering plant dismantled as part of an HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) investigation into a suspected multi-million pound fuel fraud.More than 50 HMRC officers, supported by North Wales Police and Police Service of Northern Ireland, carried out simultaneous searches of nine ...
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NewsStaff and police praised after Sewell on the go robbery
Patrick Sewell, director of Top 50 Indie Sewell on the go, has praised staff and police over the way they have dealt with a robbery. A Humberside Police spokeswoman said a call was received at 2.45am on Monday September 17 reporting there had been a robbery at a petrol service ...
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NewsPRA arranges business breakout event at Haydock Park
The PRA is staging a Business Breakout at Haydock Park Racecourse, Newton-le-Willows, Merseyside, on Wednesday October 10.Presentations will include: Petrol Retailers Association – market update; Edge Petrol – visualising your forecourt; Christie & Co – outlook on the value of petrol filling stations; Global MSI – forecourt structures, installation and ...
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NewsFuel a factor for in-depth inquiry into Asda Sainsbury’s merger
The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has launched an in-depth (Phase 2) investigation into the merger of Sainsbury’s and Asda and has confirmed that its effect on fuel sales will be an issue it focuses on. The move follows an initial investigation announced on August 23, when the CMA said ...
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NewsSales of petrol cars back up to pre-recession levels
The number of new petrol cars being registered in the UK has climbed back to levels not seen since before the 2008/09 recession, as diesel sales have plummeted. Figures released by the Department for Transport for the second quarter (Q2) of 2018 show a rise of 23% to 367,000 petrol ...