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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 ...
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NewsGovernment indecision over E10 criticised by ethanol producer
A spokesman for the UK’s biggest producer of bioethanol, Vivergo, has said the company is “immensely frustrated” by the government’s indecision over introducing E10 fuel. After it announced a consultation about introducing E10, Richard Royal, head of government affairs at Vivergo, said: “While we welcome some of the positive comments ...
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NewsACS welcomes regulator’s review of card payment services
The Association of Convenience Stores (ACS) has welcomed the publication of terms of reference for a market review into the supply of card payment services from the Payment Systems Regulator (PSR). The review will look at the fees that are charged to merchants (retailers) by acquirers such as WorldPay, Barclaycard ...
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NewsIntruders flee empty handed after setting off smoke device
Two intruders attempting to break-in to a petrol station were forced to flee empty handed after triggering a security device that filled the building with smoke.Police are appealing for information after the men forced entry to the petrol station at Sainsbury’s in Nantwich, Cheshire, in the early hours of Sunday ...
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NewsBP makes BPme app available to fuel card users
BP claims it has won the race to introduce the first mobile fuel purchasing app in the UK that connects to fuel cards. From this week, BP Fuel Card customers will be able to add fuel cards to the BPme app, making BPme available for fleets. Fuel card customers can ...
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NewsMSA bosses join forces to develop facilities for disabled people
The chief executives of the UK’s three largest motorway service area (MSA) providers have joined forces to create a network of accessible toilets for people with disabilities. The move came as Changing Places, which are accessible facilities, celebrated their 11th anniversary. In a joint statement, Robbie Bell (CEO, Welcome Break), ...
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NewsOfgem plans for huge increase in electric vehicle charging
Proposals to support millions of new electric vehicles forecast 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 Ofgem. It is consulting on plans which will reduce the cost to consumers of meeting the ...
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NewsFuel price is major irritant in MSA satisfaction 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 were ...