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NewsNew biofuel targets for haulage praised by transport minister
New biofuel targets coming into force on Sunday 15 April will double the use of renewable fuels in the UK transport sector within 15 years, cutting the sector’s reliance on imported diesel, according to a transport minister. Changes to the Renewable Transport Fuel Obligation (RTFO) will compel owners of transport ...
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NewsNisa Retail reports strong sales growth in wake of P&H collapse
Nisa Retail has reported strong sales growth for the 13 weeks to 1 April 2018, after it began supplying many of the stores affected by Palmer and Harvey’s collapse. Sales for the quarter were £377m, up 26.1% on the same period last year, driven by an increase in member numbers, ...
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NewsHumberside forecourts support crackdown on illicit motorbikes
Petrol stations owners in the North East are working with Humberside Police in an initiative aiming to take illicit motorbikes off the road. The police force has been carrying out Operation Yellowfin to tackle motorbike crime, and as part of that it is encouraging petrol station workers to look out ...
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TV’s Quentin Willson warns against electric
Don’t invest too heavily in electric charging facilities because, in the long term, the market will move towards hydrogen, was the advice given to retailers at this week’s Top 50 Indie dinner by TV presenter and motoring journalist Quentin Willson."Put in a few chargers, but don’t invest heavily because the ...
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National Grid wants earlier petrol and diesel ban
MPs have been told that National Grid would support bringing forward the date when sales of new petrol and diesel cars will be banned to 2030.Graeme Cooper, director for electric vehicles at National Grid, said the network would have the required capacity if the target date of 2040 was brought ...
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Boots debuts on the motorway network
Roadchef has officially opened its newly refurbished and extended Strensham South site, at junction 8 of the M5, which includes the only Boots on the motorway network. Motorists stopping at Strensham South will now find a new Spar store that includes a Dolcetti ice cream counter, Dots Original Donuts and ...
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applegreen growthApplegreen 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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Darren Briggs to open his fifth forecourt store
Award-winning forecourt retailer Darren Briggs is extending his estate with the planned opening of his latest Best-one forecourt store in Stoke. This will bring the number of stores operated by his Ascona Retail Group to five. Following on from the launch of his Hinton forecourt in October (formerly a Spar) ...
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Rapid chargers unveiled at two EG Scottish sites
eVolt UK, the nationwide supplier of electrical vehicle (EV) charging points, has installed the latest versions of its new rapid charging units at two Euro Garages sites in Scotland.The eVolt Raption 50kW Rapid Chargers are capable of charging two vehicles simultaneously at full power in around 30 minutes.Adam Patel, assistant ...
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Two shootings within two days on forecourts
There were two shootings within 48 hours on English forecourts last week.Early on Monday April 9 a man was shot dead by police on an MRH Esso forecourt in East London. He was said to be making threats in the Collier Row area of Romford.The following day gunshots were fired ...
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MRH’s final results show rise in turnover and profits
MRH has recorded a substantial rise in turnover and profits in its final set of results before the takeover by its rival MFG. The company, which was number one in Forecourt Trader’s Top 50 Indies with 491 sites, made a pre-tax profit of £73.4m in the year to October 1 ...
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NewsPRA warns of rising pump prices following US stance on Syria
A warning over steeply rising pump prices has come from PRA chairman Brian Madderson, as the Platts UK wholesale costs for petrol and diesel climb by nearly 4ppl in less than four weeks, With the Government’s ’Road Fuel Transport Obligation’ (RTFO) increasing the bio-fuel element to 7.25% across both ...
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Savile makes savings project-managing rebuild
Savile Petroleum has just reopened Calderview Service Station in Leeds after a total knock down re-build. The company managed to make substantial savings on the cost of the development by project managing it themselves. The scheme involved razing the site and building a new Shell forecourt with eight pumps and ...
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Motorway price rip-off
The Transport Secretary Chris Grayling has called for an investigation into "exploitative" motorway fuel prices in a letter to the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA).Writing to Andrea Coscelli, head of the CMA, Grayling said: "I am concerned that prices which are higher than other forecourts may exploit users in a ...
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NewsMFG second in Sunday Times BDO Profit Track 100
Top 50 Indie Motor Fuel Group (MFG) has been ranked second in a league table of Britain’s one hundred private companies with the fastest-growing profits in the 19th annual Sunday Times BDO Profit Track 100. The league table, published on 8 April, ranks companies according to growth in profits over ...
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NewsBestway increases involvement in forecourts with acquisition
Bestway Wholesale has increased its involvement in the forecourt sector with the acquisition of the assets and brands of Conviviality Retail. Conviviality Retail has 769 stores in the UK, mainly operating through franchise models, including Bargain Booze, Select Convenience and Wine Rack. Conviviality Retail also purchased WS Retail (Central Convenience ...
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NewsKnife-wielding robber threatens female shop assistant
A man threatened a female shop worker with a knife during a robbery at a petrol station in Ayr. The man entered Tam O’Shanter Filling Station on Station Bridge Road at around 12.15am on Wednesday, April 4. After threatening the staff member and demanding money, he made off with a ...
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NewsMan injured in shooting on Birmingham forecourt
A man has been injured after his car was shot at on a Texaco forecourt in Birmingham. On the evening of Tuesday April 10 shots were fired at an Audi parked on the forecourt, breaking the windscreen, and a man was injured by flying glass. The following morning police forensic ...
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NewsBP pilots self checkout tills for shop goods and fuel
BP is claiming a world first with a trial for self checkout tills which handle both shop goods. and fuel. After just four months of development and testing, in partnership with NCR, it has begun first pilot of self checkout (SCO) tills in the UK, opening initially in three sites: ...
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NewsUnion claims households will pay for charging infrastructure
National Grid has been accused of supporting an early ban on new petrol and diesel car sales as a Trojan horse for extra taxpayer cash to pay for “expensive” and “difficult to co-ordinate” new charging infrastructure. The energy union GMB is calling for the Government and the energy regulator Ofgem ...