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Snow closes much of UK but forecourts stay open
When amber weather warnings for snow were in place last month for parts of Scotland, northern England, the Midlands, the East and South East, motorists were advised to avoid driving if at all possible and emergency services were on alert to deal with crashes.Many schools were closed, flights were cancelled ...
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No cases of Legionnaires at UK car washes, says PRA
The PRA has reacted angrily to assertions that car washes in the UK may harbour Legionnaires’ disease. It followed a warning by a medical expert Dr Tom Makin, senior consultant at Legionella control who advises the Department of Health. He was responding to the discovery that two men became seriously ...
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Police raid hand car washes in the Midlands
Hand car washes in Milton Keynes and Bedford have been raided by police investigating people trafficking and modern slavery, and the supply of class A drugs.Thames Valley Police Serious and Organised Crime Unit and officers from the Milton Keynes carried out a number of warrants to tackle a potential people ...
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Sewell makes sunday times listTop 50 Indie Sewell on the go has been recognised as one of the 100 best companies to work for by The Sunday Times. The accolade was conferred on the forecourt group’s parent company, Sewell Group, which has its headquarters in Hull.valero buys fuel storage facility ...
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No 2 Top 50 Indie MFG acquires No 1 - MRH
The UK’s largest service station operator MRH has been acquired by the second biggest MFG in a £1.2bn deal. The acquisition will create the UK’s number one operator by number of sites and number two by volume. MFG is owned by funds managed by US private equity firm ...
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Sewell on the go invests £1.6m in its latest site
Top 50 Indie Sewell on the go has invested £1.6m in buying and upgrading its 13th site in the North East and is on the look out for further acquisitions. Sewell on the go on Beverley Road, Dunswell, has had its hours extended to 24 hours a day and now ...
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NewsMetropolitan Police unveils fleet of hydrogen fuel cell cars
The world’s largest fleet of zero-emission hydrogen fuel cell electric police vehicles is being set up by the Metropolitan Police Service. Eleven Toyota Mirai cars will be equipped to work as both marked and unmarked vehicles for overt and covert response, as well as general purpose use. The only tailpipe ...
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NewsMPs call for ban on diesel and petrol cars to be brought forward
The Government’s plan to ban the sale of new conventional diesel and petrol cars from 2040 “lacks sufficient ambition” and should be brought forward, an influential group of MPs have said. They also warn the government will have to do far more if it is not to miss its targets ...
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NewsAward-winning retailer opens his fifth forecourt site
Award-winning forecourt retailer Darren Briggs has extended his estate with the announcement that he is to open his latest Best-one forecourt store in Stoke bringing the number of stores operated by his Ascona Retail Group to five. Following on from the launch of his Hinton forecourt in October – ...
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NewsHMRC leads anti-smuggling operation in Banbury
An operation to disrupt the sale and supply of illegal tobacco in Banbury uncovered 4,700 cigarettes, more than eight and a half kilos of hand-rolling tobacco, two kilos of chewing tobacco, and a bag of tobacco leaves, all believed to be illicit. HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) officers, supported by ...
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NewsJailed shopkeeper ordered to pay back £478,693
The jailed ringleader of an illegal cigarette network in Blackburn has been ordered to pay back £478,693. Former postmaster Iqbal Haji, of Whalley Street, Blackburn, was ordered to repay the money within three months, or face a further four years behind bars and still owe the money. The 52-year-old was ...
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NewsUNITI Expo 2018 gives special focus to alternative fuels
There will be a special focus on alternative fuels at this year’s UNITI expo, the European trade fair for the fuel retailing and car wash industries, which will be taking place on May 15-17 in Stuttgart, Germany. This year the trade show will be highlighting alternative fuels, exploring the development ...
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NewsTobacco smuggling shopkeeper jailed
A Hull shopkeeper, who was caught with more than one million illicit cigarettes stashed in self-storage containers, has been jailed for five years after being investigated by HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC). Aras Rasul Rashid, of Spring Bank, Hull, was caught when sniffer dogs detected the haul of illicit goods ...
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NewsSlavery investigators target car washes
Car washes were among businesses targeted during a four-day operation to tackle modern slavery in Cornwall. The Gangmasters and Labour Abuse Authority (GLAA) worked with a range of partners in East and West Cornwall to prevent and identify exploitation of vulnerable workers. Between Tuesday and Friday (6 - 9 March), ...
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NewsThree men convicted of blowing up cash machines
Three men have been convicted for blowing up cash machines across across south-east England, including several attacks on forecourts. In total they stole £150,000. Ermias Fekade, Joel Spears and Stephen Fahri will face sentence next month for their parts in the raids, which took place in a three-month period between ...
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NewsACS welcomes decision to bring forward business rates reform
A decision to bring forward changes to the business rates system, announced in the Chancellor’s Spring Statement, has been welcomed by the Association of Convenience Stores (ACS). The Chancellor said he was bringing forward more frequent business rates revaluations to 2021, with revaluations every three years thereafter and confirmed that ...
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NewsLatest HTEC epos system installed at 70 Rontec sites
HTEC’s latest epos solution has been installed into 70 Rontec forecourt sites. Top 50 Indie Rontec operates more than 240 forecourts across England and Wales. HTEC, which was already the supplier of payment systems to Rontec, started the roll-out of the new system in 2017. Wayne Swallow, managing director of ...
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NewsApplegreen increases revenue by 21%
Applegreen grew its overall estate by 99 sites to 342 sites in the year to December 31, 2017, and added 77 new food outlets over the same period, its annual results show. The company reported revenue up 21% on the previous year to €1,428.1m, and adjusted EBITDA increased by 24% ...
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NewsMPs launch inquiry into the state of illicit trade in the UK
A cross-party group of MPs and peers has launched a formal inquiry into the state of illicit trade in the UK. The All Party Parliamentary Group on Illicit Trade has opened a consultation to collect the views and insights of businesses, law enforcement and consumer groups. They are seeking to ...
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NewsBlakemore Trade Partners unveils new ordering app
Blakemore Trade Partners has launched a new phone app to give its retailers the ease of ordering on the go. The ‘quickShop’ app, which is available free of charge on both iOS and Android platforms, enables Spar retailers to order their full range of products for delivery to their stores. ...