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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 ...
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NewsApplegreen UK joins BOSS’s Payment Watch service
Top 50 Indie Applegreen UK, which has more than 100 sites in the UK, has joined BOSS, The British Oil Security Syndicate. Adrian Grimes, head of UK operations at Applegreen, said: “We’ve looked carefully at various options and decided to join BOSS to take advantage of its Payment Watch service ...
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NewsGovernment launches inquiry into emissions from brakes and tyres
The government has launched a call for evidence on the impact of emissions from brakes, tyres and road wear. The call for evidence, which was first announced in the new Clean Air Strategy, will look at ways to address the impact tyres and brakes have on air quality and our ...
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NewsChargepoint supplies network for Siemens’ UK locations
ChargePoint Services has become the electric vehicle (EV) charging back office provider for Siemens in the UK, providing workplace EV charging for Siemens employees, visitors and fleet vehicles. Phase 1 of the project will see the company’s UK headquarters in Frimley and its site in Manchester upgraded with car charging ...
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NewsUK’s first large-scale CNG refuelling station opens
CNG Fuels is opening a renewable biomethane refuelling station at Northampton as part of the UK’s first large-scale study of how compressed natural gas (CNG) can help cut road transport emissions. The project, which has received funding from the Office for Low Emissions Vehicles (OLEV) in partnership with Innovate UK, ...
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NewsC-stores growing their share of eating out market
Convenience stores and supermarkets command a 14% share of all eating out occasions and a 24% share of out-of-home snacking occasions, according to research by MCA – a leading research insight agency across the foodservice and hospitality sectors.The insight, from MCA’s UK Eating Out Market Report 2018, was developed through ...
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NewsJohn Stevenson opens his third Nisa Local forecourt store
North-Yorkshire based petrol station owner John Stevenson has opened his third Nisa Local forecourt store. The 2,600sq ft store opened last week less than six months since building work commenced. The site, in Northallerton, sits on the fringes of the bustling market town and is already proving very popular with ...