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  • Suspected handgun used in robbery at Shell site in Bradford
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    Suspected handgun used in robbery at Shell site in Bradford

    2017-09-20T00:00:00Z

    Following a robbery with a suspected handgun at a forecourt shop in Bradford, detectives have released CCTV images of a man they would like to speak to in relation to the incident. Officers from West Yorkshire Police were called at around 3pm on Friday September 15 following a reported armed ...

  • BP/M&S site opens in Torrington
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    BP/M&S site opens in Torrington

    2017-09-20T00:00:00Z

    Ten new jobs have been created with the opening of the new BP service station with M&S Simply Food on New Road, Torrington, Devon. The joint BP and Marks & Spencer development will offer motorists a wide range of M&S food alongside BP’s own Wild Bean Café drinks and hot ...

  • Arsonists set fire to Tesco forecourt in Hertfordshire
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    Arsonists set fire to Tesco forecourt in Hertfordshire

    2017-09-20T00:00:00Z

    An incident of arson at a Hertfordshire forecourt is being investigated by police officers and they are appealing for information and witnesses. The incident happened between 1.30am and 1.50am on Friday, September 15 at the Tesco Express petrol station in Prestwick Road, South Oxhey. Between these times, offenders entered the ...

  • Applegreen applies to build English motorway site
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    Applegreen applies to build English motorway site

    2017-09-20T00:00:00Z

    Forecourt Trader of the Year Applegreen, which won the award for its M1 Lisburn motorway services in Northern Ireland last week, has applied for planning permission for its first motorway services in England. The planning application is for a site at junction 33 of the M1 at Rotherham, and proposes ...

  • Sainsbury’s forecourt closed after car crashes into shop wall
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    Sainsbury’s forecourt closed after car crashes into shop wall

    2017-09-20T00:00:00Z

    A Sainsbury’s petrol station in Frome had to be closed after a car collided with the shop wall, causing structural damage. The incident, which took place around 2.40pm on Wednesday September 13 at Frome Sainsbury’s, was attended by fire crews. The driver of the vehicle was treated at the scene ...

  • ACS warning over proposed EU tobacco regulations
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    ACS warning over proposed EU tobacco regulations

    2017-09-20T00:00:00Z

    Concerns about the complexity of proposals to track the progress of legitimate tobacco products through the supply chain have been raised by the Association of Convenience Stores (ACS). New draft regulations from the EU Commission would require UK retailers and wholesalers to register and pay to receive unique ‘identifier codes’ ...

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    MFG electric partnership

    2017-09-15T00:00:00Z

    Top 50 Indie Motor Fuel Group (MFG) has signed a partnership deal with ChargePoint Services for the roll out of forecourt electric vehicle charging across its UK network.The parties believe the roll out is the first of its kind in the electric vehicle charging market.MFG is the second- largest independent ...

  • MacDonald praises staff contribution to forecourts
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    MacDonald praises staff contribution to forecourts

    2017-09-15T00:00:00Z

    Ramsay MacDonald, retail director, Certas Energy, used his address to the assembled 850 guests at the Hilton Hotel, Park Lane, for the 2017 Forecourt Trader of the Year Awards, to praise the outstanding contributions by petrol retailers and their staff in raising forecourt standards. Acknowledging that the forecourt and convenience ...

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    News in brief

    2017-09-15T00:00:00Z

    O’loughlin joins mfg MFG has appointed former Applegreen UK boss Michael O’Loughlin as its new managing director, acquisitions and business development. O’Loughlin joined Petrogas as a licensee of its flagship site in Dublin in 1997. In 2008 he relocated to the UK to establish Applegreen’s UK business. Hydrogen funding The ...

  • Applegreen is Forecourt Trader of the Year
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    Applegreen is Forecourt Trader of the Year

    2017-09-15T00:00:00Z

    Applegreen M1 Southbound in Northern Ireland was hailed as Forecourt Trader of the Year at last night’s prestigious annual awards at the London Hilton on Park Lane. Myleene Klass, singer, pianist and model was the glamorous host for the event which was attended by a record crowd of over 850. ...

  • Anti-slavery campaign highlights car washes
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    Anti-slavery campaign highlights car washes

    2017-09-15T00:00:00Z

    A campaign by the Scottish Government against human trafficking and modern slavery is highlighting that many unscrupulous hand car wash operations are involved. In Aberdeen this week screen cleans were offered at the city’s Golden Square Car Park as part of the campaign to draw attention to the different industries ...

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    MRH unveils its first-ever Hursts Grab & Go site

    2017-09-15T00:00:00Z

    MRH has opened its first Hursts Grab & Go site. The new format was officially opened on August 31 at Thetford West Service station on the A11.The BP-branded 7.6mlpa site had undergone a £1.2m knock-down-rebuild since shutting its doors at the end of May. The new development with on-trend ...

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    MRH expands in the Channel Islands... and also in South Yorkshire

    2017-09-15T00:00:00Z

    MRH has expanded its presence in the Channel Islands with the acquisition of two businesses. Roberts Garages, part of the MRH Group, has acquired Petroleum Distributors (Jersey) Limited (PDJ) and Guernsey Petroleum Distributors Limited (GPD) from their parent company NGI.MRH has had a presence on Jersey and Guernsey for several ...

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    BP charging ahead

    2017-09-15T00:00:00Z

    BP is the latest oil company looking at installing electric car charging points on its forecourts. The company is in talks with electric vehicle (EV) makers on partnering to offer battery recharging docks at its global network of fuel service stations, as it seeks to benefit from the move away ...

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    BP adds three more Simply Food sites

    2017-09-15T00:00:00Z

    BP has added three sites to its growing network of BP M&S Simply Food forecourts in the past month. It acquired Barley Grove Service Station in Torrington, North Devon, with the intention of redeveloping it into a BP M&S Simply Food site.The forecourt, located on the A386, has the benefit ...

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    Applegreen agrees to acquire seven Carsley sites

    2017-09-15T00:00:00Z

    Applegreen has reached an agreement to acquire a network of seven sites from its fellow Top 50 Indie Carsley Group, consisting of six service areas and one forecourt. The service area sites are predominantly located on the major arterial route of the A1 (M).Applegreen will acquire the business for a ...

  • Government accused of ignoring the issue of mileage fraud
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    Government accused of ignoring the issue of mileage fraud

    2017-09-15T00:00:00Z

    The Government has been accused of ignoring the issue of mileage fraud – where criminals alter the mileage on cars’ odometers - after it gave a non-committal response to the latest consultation on the issue. Ten months after the consultation closed the Government finally gave its response but said only ...

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    Top 50 Indie Chartman Retail bought by MRH

    2017-09-15T00:00:00Z

    MRH has exchanged contracts to acquire Top 50 Indies dealer Chartman Retail, as part of its strategic drive to increase its offering across the South West.Chartman Retail operates 10 service stations across Devon, Cornwall, Somerset and Dorset, two of which have been shortlisted for the Forecourt Trader of the Year ...

  • Essar extends target for 400 branded outlets to five years
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    Essar extends target for 400 branded outlets to five years

    2017-09-15T00:00:00Z

    Essar UK has put back the target for expansion of its retail network to 400 outlets to five years, shortly after revealing plans to open its first company owned forecourt site. The first Essar-branded forecourt opened in November 2015 and last year it said it planned to grow its retail ...

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    Shell expands Budgens venture to 20 more sites

    2017-09-15T00:00:00Z

    Shell UK is rolling out a partnership with Budgens to 20 sites, following its success on four pilot sites.The new Budgens at Shell stores will sell a wide range of products including fruit and vegetables, dairy, deli, meat and fish and ready meals.The first new site launched on September 1 ...