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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 ...
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NewsMRH reports substantial rise in pre-tax profits and turnover
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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NewsMan shot dead by police on MRH forecourt in East London
A man has been shot dead by police on an Esso forecourt in East London this morning. He was said to be making threats in the Collier Row area of Romford. The site is owned by Top 50 Indie MRH. A spokesman said: “We’re working closely with the authorities to ...
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NewsCertas Energy’s SuperStation awards confirmed
Certas Energy has announced that its SuperStation Gala Awards Dinner, will take place on Thursday October 11 at the Forest of Arden Marriott Hotel & Country Club. Since 2012, the SuperStation Awards has helped raise the quality and standards of Gulf and Pace forecourts across the UK. Entries judged on ...
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NewsWoman banned from begging at petrol station
A Surrey woman appeared at Guildford County Court last month for breaching her ASB (anti-social behavior) Injunction by begging at the Esso Petrol Station on the A31, Hogs Back. Julie Ann Stevens, who first received an Injunction last October at Guildford County Court (which prohibited her from begging within 20 ...
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NewsWayland Garage celebrates re-opening with fun weekend of promotions
Wayland Garage, the Gulf-branded filling station in Watton, is hosting an open weekend from today until Sunday (6-8th April) to celebrate its official reopening.The event includes raffle prizes, goodie bags and free product samples, with a Red Bull promotion team also in attendance throughout. For every £20 basket-spend in store ...
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NewsRare praise from the RAC as retailers keep fuel prices down
Fuel retailers have been praised by the RAC for keeping a lid on fuel prices despite rising oil costs in recent weeks. Its latest Fuel Watch report revealed that the average price of petrol and diesel at UK forecourts stayed the same throughout March despite a rise in the ...
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NewsEuro Garages goes for revised planning in Norfolk
Euro Garages has applied for revised planning permission to build a new forecourt, drive-through restaurant and coffee shop, alongside the A11 in Norfolk. According to the Thetford and Brandon Times, the land at Snetterton Park has been derelict for some time. Talking to the news outlet, local councillor Trevor Watkins ...
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NewsDiesel vehicles the biggest casualty again as new car sales continue to fall
New car sales again took a hit in March - with sales of diesel vehicles the biggest casualty - as overall registrations fell by 15.7% compared with the same month last year, according to the latest figures released by the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT). Sales of pure ...
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NewsNational Grid backs 2030 cut-off for new petrol and diesel cars
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 ...
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NewsWelsh Rugby players visit Oil 4 Wales Maesteg site
Rugby fans in Maesteg, Wales, are getting a chance to meet members of their national team at an event organised by Oil 4 Wales. The company is holding a meet the players event at its Maesteg 24/7 petrol station on April 4 from 2pm. During the day players including Rob ...
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NewsBlack cab drivers given tax breaks for zero emission vehicles
Changes to the rules on vehicle excise duty (VED), coming into force on 1 April 2018, should encourage black cab drivers thinking of investing in zero emissions vehicles, according to Nigel Morris, tax director at accounting firm MHA MacIntyre Hudson. Under current rules drivers who purchase a vehicle with a ...
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NewsValero celebrates signing Shell sites to Texaco brand
Valero is celebrating recruiting two Shell service stations to the Texaco brand. Ivor Hael in Tonypandy, Wales, and Chrysler Garage in Kettering, Northamptonshire, have both switched to Valero and the Texaco brand recently.Akash Kumar, owner of Chrysler Garage, which had been Shell branded for a number of years, said: “Switching ...
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NewsFleetcor headlines at PRA Business Breakout in Swindon
The PRA is staging a Business Breakout at Fleetcor’s offices at Windmill Hill, Swindon, on Thursday April 26.FleetCor, which owns and operates the Allstar and Keyfuels fuel cards, will open the session followed by presentations including: Petrol Retailers Association – market update; Forecourt Eye – reducing crime on forecourts; Christie ...