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NewsMan in court charged with forecourt robbery and assault
A man has appeared in court charged in connection with an armed robbery at a petrol station in north Wales. Robert Shane Hughes, of Bryn Seion, Denbigh, was arrested following an incident at the Shell service station, Rhyl Road, Denbigh, on the evening of Sunday April 29 during which a ...
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NewsEG Group plans to develop forecourt at site in Forfar
Euro Garages’ parent company EG Group has applied for planning permission for a petrol filling station (PFS), an ancillary retail unit and café/restaurant/drive thru unit on the site of a former church at Forfar, in Scotland. A detailed planning statement prepared for EG Group by Colliers International says it is ...
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News’Free-of-charge’ charge in May as Instavolt hits 100 installations
Electric charging company InstaVolt is making its stations completely free to use throughout May, to celebrate its 100th charger going live - and there’s no limit on the number of times drivers of electric vehicles can charge. InstaVolt, which owns, installs and maintains rapid DC charging stations, switched on its ...
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NewsSainsbury’s and Asda merger will create network of 600-plus forecourts
Sainsbury’s and Asda will have more than 600 forecourts between them following their merger, announced at the weekend.Their combined business will create one of the UK’s leading grocery, general merchandise and clothing retail groups, with combined revenues of £51bn. The aim is to maintain both the Sainsbury’s and Asda brands, ...
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NewsAcquisition makes six sites for Jos Richardson
Family business Jos Richardson & Son Ltd has purchased Middleton Service Station, an Esso fuel station and Londis convenience store based in the village of Middleton, near Pickering North Yorkshire. The purchase of the property and business adds a sixth site to their existing forecourt portfolio, which includes Glews Service ...
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NewsLincolnshire Co-op to carry out £1.6m redevelopment of site
Lincolnshire Co-op has unveiled plans for a £1.6m redevelopment of its Whaplode Food Store and Filling Station. The existing kiosk will be demolished and a larger 2,500sq ft food store built in its place, complete with extra facilities including a Costa Coffee machine and hot food-to-go. The forecourt, fuel pumps ...
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NewsShop thefts up 8% compared with previous year
The number of shop thefts has continued to increase, according to the Office for National Statistics. Its latest crime statistics for England and Wales, covering the year ending December 2017, report an 8% increase in the number of shop thefts from the previous year, rising to 385,265 incidents. Association of ...
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NewsJet appoints new UK retail business manager
Jet has appointed a new UK retail business manager, Soenke Voges, to strengthen the brand and drive further growth in its UK forecourt network. Voges will oversee Jet’s sales, brand, retail services and transport operations, and will report directly to Mary Wolf, managing director, UK Marketing. He has joined Jet’s ...
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NewsPetrol stations in Durham partner police in off-road bike crackdown
Durham Constabulary has reported that working with petrol stations across County Durham and Darlington is helping in a crackdown against off-road bikers who are causing a nuisance in their community. The force receives about 3,000 reports of anti-social behaviour caused by nuisance off-road motorbikes and quadbikes every year and now ...
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NewsNew-to-industry sites boost turnover for Kay Group
Development of two new-to-industry sites has helped Top 50 Indie Kay Group to boost turnover substantially. In its results for the year ended October 31, turnover was up 14% to 96.4m, compared with £84.6m for the same period a year earlier. Pre-tax profit was down from the previous year, from ...
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NewsEuro Garages buys land for development in Doncaster
Euro Garages and Irizar UK have exchanged contracts with national logistics developer db symmetry to buy land at Symmetry Park, Doncaster at Junction 34 A1(M). This follows planning consent granted by Bassetlaw District Council for a branded fast food restaurant, coffee shop and Irizar coach showroom at the motorway entrance ...
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NewsMajor breakthrough means diesel has a future, claims Bosch chief
Diesel can resume its success story following a major breakthrough in diesel technology, claimed Bosch CEO Dr Volkmar Denner, at the company’s annual press conference this week. “There’s a future for diesel,” he said. “Today, we want to put a stop once and for all to the debate about the ...
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NewsMcKie moves on after 13 years heading Welcome Break
Motorway Services operator Welcome Break will be getting a new CEO after Rod McKie announced he was stepping down from the role at the end of May. He will take up a new position as worldwide chief executive officer of restaurant group Sticks ’n’ Sushi in July, while retaining a ...
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NewsVolvo Cars aims for 50% fully electric sales by 2025
Volvo Cars has set a target for fully electric cars to make up 50% of its sales by 2025, the company announced at the Beijing Auto Show. This builds on Volvo Cars’ 2017 announcement that all new models released from 2019 will be available as either a mild hybrid, plug-in ...
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NewsCo-op’s acquisition of Nisa clears competition hurdle
Co-op and Nisa have welcomed the decision of the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) to approve the Co-op’s acquisition of Nisa Retail Limited. The transaction remains subject to Court sanction of the Scheme on 4 May. Nisa members voted in favour of the proposal in November 2017 and the deal ...
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NewsTwo petrol filling stations sold by Christie & Co
Specialist business property adviser, Christie & Co has completed the sale of two petrol filling stations located in the North West of England, Rossendale Service Station and Newland Garage. Rossendale Service Station, a high-turnover Shell-branded filling station situated between the towns of Rossendale and Waterfoot in Lancashire, has been acquired ...
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NewsPetrol car sales overtake diesel in EU for the first time
For the first year since monitoring started, petrol cars became the most sold vehicles in the EU in 2017, constituting almost 53 % of sales, according to provisional data published by the European Environment Agency (EEA). Diesel cars made up 45 % of the new registrations. Compared to 2016, the ...
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NewsPRA welcomes investigation into hand car wash services
The PRA has welcomed news that MPs are to investigate the growth of hand car-wash services in the UK, following concerns they are damaging the environment and exploiting workers. The Environmental Audit Select Committee has launched an inquiry seeking written evidence ahead of a one-off evidence session examining hand car ...
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NewsThieves steal cash machine from forecourt in Northern Ireland
A cash machine and safe have been stolen from a service station in Co Down, Northern Ireland The raid occurred at the Donard View filling station on the Crossgar Road near Ballynahinch in the early hours of Tuesday April 24 morning. Police said a “substantial” amount of money was stolen. ...
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NewsCertas Energy funds defibrilator for Gulf-branded service station
The Gulf-branded Nix Service Station in Newport, Shropshire, has installed a defibrilator on site, a first for Certas Energy’s network of UK forecourts. Owner David Smith was eager to put the safety measure in place on the busy site, located on a transient route to the M6, supported by the ...