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NewsPlummeting diesel car sales depress market
Growth in the sales of petrol and alternatively fuelled vehicles (AFVs) were more than offset by plunging diesel sales, pushing the new car market to another decline in February. According to the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT) 80,805 new cars were registered, a 2.8% drop compared with February ...
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NewsBestway unveils new identity for van sales operation
Bestway Wholesale has unveiled the new identity for its recently launched Van Sales operation. The van sales operation, which is called Bestway Vans Direct, fills the void following the demise of P&H’s Snacksdirect and Sweetsdirect business and services more than 20,000 customers every two weeks. Noel Robinson, director of van ...
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NewsCold weather brings back waxing problem with diesel
Cars breaking down due to “diesel waxing” made an unwelcome reappearance during last week’s cold weather, according to the RAC. Analysis of breakdown data on Friday March 2 showed RAC patrols attended almost 500 diesel vehicles of varying makes and ages that had experienced problems with their fuel filters becoming ...
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NewsPRA arranges business breakout event in Northern Ireland
The PRA is staging a “Business Breakout” in Northern Ireland at The Stormont Hotel, Upper Newtownards Road, Belfast, on Thursday March 22. There will be a number of presentations including: Petrol Retailers Association – market update; Petrol Retailers Association – technical update; Maxol – Maxol’s investment story; ESB ...
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NewsGreater Manchester Police seeking three men after robbery
Officers from Greater Manchester Police are seeking three men after a robbery at a petrol station. The men raided the Texaco site on Broughton Lane in Salford just before midnight on Saturday 3. They entered the forecourt shop and threatened a staff member with a wheel wrench. They then took ...
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NewsFuel prices fall after three months of increases
February ended three consecutive months of petrol and diesel price increases with 2ppl coming off the average price of both fuels during the course of the month, data from RAC Fuel Watch reveals. The average price of unleaded dropped to 120.14ppl from 122.34ppl and diesel to 122.86ppl from 125.08ppl following ...
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NewsSewell on the go invests £1.6m in new 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 lookout for further acquisitions. Sewell on the go on Beverley Road, Dunswell, has had its hours extended to 24 hours a day and comprises five ...
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NewsMPs told plug-in hybrids crucial in development of EV market
Plug-in hybrid cars will play an important role in the development of the electric vehicle (EV) market, a committee of MPs has been told. The Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) Committee is carrying out an inquiry into electric vehicles and heard evidence from Mark Squires, chairman of the National ...
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NewsPRA offers help to claim back card over payments
PRA members are being offered help to recover over payments from card companies after the European Commission found that fees paid by merchants in Europe have been artificially inflated. No final adjudication has been reached, but European merchants such as petrol retailers may have been paying too much to accept ...
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NewsApplegreen takes over lease on site in Birmingham
Rapleys has completed a deal with Applegreen almost opposite one of the first sites it acquired in the UK, also in a deal with Rapleys. In 2009 the property consultants sold the former Texaco site on the eastbound carriageway of the A45 in Birmingham to Applegreen, making it one of ...
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NewsPlan for petrol price signs on motorways abandoned
Motorway fuel price signs will not be rolled out across the network, after a pilot scheme failed to deliver the hoped for benefits, Highways England has announced. Signs showing the price of fuel at up-coming motorway service stations were introduced on a section of the M5 between Bristol and Exeter ...
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NewsProperty company buys Applegreen site for £3.82m
A property investment company has acquired an Applegreen petrol filling station in Crawley, West Sussex, for £3.82m. AEW UK Long Lease REIT plc said the acquisition price reflects a net initial yield of 5.3% and provides it with a lease term of 15 years to expiry with three-yearly rental uplifts ...
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NewsSewell on the go in Top 100 companies to work for
Top 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 is headquartered in Hull. Paul Sewell, managing director of Sewell Group, said: “I ...
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NewsJet welcomes two new sites
Jet has secured two new site wins, with Jet Barton Road Garage on the Shropshire-Wales border and Penny Newby Service Station in Scarborough joining the fuel brand’s expanding forecourt network. Since joining, both sites have been reimaged with Jet’s latest image on the canopies, stanchions, pumps and polesigns, and both ...
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NewsSnow closes much of UK but forecourts remain open
More amber weather warnings for snow are in place today for parts of Scotland, northern England, the Midlands, the East and South East. In these areas, motorists have been advised to avoid driving if at all possible and emergency services are on alert to deal with crashes. Many schools are ...
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NewsPRA slams ’Legionnaires’ slur on UK car washes
The PRA has reacted angrily to assertions that car washes in the UK could 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 ill ...
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NewsRoad chef targets £600k in new charity partnership with Cancer Research UK
Motorway services operator Roadchef has announced a new partnership with Cancer Research UK that will see it raise an expected £600,000 for the charity’s life-saving research over the next two years. Cancer Research UK becomes Roadchef’s newest charity partner, having been chosen by a ballot of all Roadchef employees. It ...
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NewsMFG acquires MRH in £1.2bn deal
The UK’s largest service station operator MRH has been acquired by the second biggest - MFG - in a £1.2bn deal.The acquisition was announced today and will create the UK’s number one operator by number of sites and number two by volume. MFG is owned by funds managed by Clayton, ...
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NewsValero invests in new UK storage facility
Valero Logistics UK Ltd, a subsidiary of Valero Energy Corporation, is to buy the SemLogistics Milford Haven fuel storage facility on the west coast of Wales, following an agreement with SemGroup Europe Holding LLC, a SemGroup Corporation company. Situated across the Haven from Valero’s refinery at Pembroke, the facility is ...
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NewsMen jailed for running cannabis factory at car wash site
Two men have been jailed for running a cannabis factory from a car wash on the side of the A14 in Cambridgeshire. Esmerald Jahelezi, 28, and Andrilon Mehmetaj, 31, who were living at the car wash, were sentenced on 21 February at Cambridge Crown Court. Jahelezi was sentenced to two ...