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NewsMRH partners with IONITY to roll out electric charging
MRH has announced a partnership with IONITY - a joint venture formed by leading car manufacturers which develops and implements a High-Power Charging (HPC) network for electric vehicles across Europe. It is the same organisation Shell recently announced it is working with across 10 European countries. IONITY ...
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NewsNew retail director at Certas Energy
After more than seven years with Certas Energy, including six as retail director, Ramsay MacDonald will formally leave the company at the end of December. He is replaced by Richard Billington, who joined Certas Energy through the Total Butler acquisition in 2013 and has successfully carried out various general manager ...
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NewsMRH ends Co-op trial and signs Booker supply deal
MRH has agreed a wholesale supply agreement with Booker Retail Partners, and will expand its Budgens retail offer. It will also end its trial with the Co-op in January. The new wholesale supply agreement follows the recent collapse of Palmer and Harvey, with which MRH had a five-year £90m contract. ...
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NewsMPs set up inquiry into state of illicit trade in UK
A cross-party group of MPs has announced plans to undertake a formal inquiry into the state of illicit trade in the UK. The All-Party Parliamentary Group on Illicit Trade, which was established earlier this year, will question whether the Government’s current approach and response is fit for purpose. Matthew Offord, ...
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NewsPeter Hockenhull back in the game with new site
Former Top 50 Indie Hockenhull Garages (HGS) has opened a new petrol station and convenience store in South Wigston, Leicester. It is the first forecourt development for the company’s founder and chairman Peter Hockenhull, since he came out of retirement at the age of 76 to assist in running the ...
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NewsThieves set fire to forecourt ATM in attempt to steal contents
A cash machine on a forecourt was set on fire by thieves attempting to steal its contents. Humberside Police has put out an appeal for witnesses following the attempted theft by three men in Immingham. The incident occurred at the Blue Stone service station on Stallingborough Road around 3.30am on ...
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NewsArmed robbers strike at BP service station in Essex
Police officers in Essex are hunting for two people who held up petrol station staff with what is believed to be a gun during an armed robbery. The incident took place at the BP garage in The Broadway, Loughton, at approximately 10:40pm on Wednesday, December 13. They robbers had their ...
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NewsEuro Garages appoints manager for Italy
Euro Garages European arm EG Group has appointed a country manager to lead the strategic development of its petrol forecourt retail convenience offer in Italy. Salvatore Bianca was most recently Italy wholesales fuels manager and responsible for the Esso Italiana Wholesale business. In a 29-year professional career with Esso, he ...
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NewsACS welcomes rate relief scheme from Welsh government
The Association of Convenience Stores (ACS) has welcomed the announcement of a permanent small business rate relief scheme and the extension of extra support for high street retailers in Wales. However, it has raised concerns about the limits being imposed on the type of business that will be eligible for ...
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NewsMaxol aims to raise £20,000 for charity
Irish forecourt and convenience retailer Maxol is aiming to raise £20,000 this Christmas for its charity partner Aware, which provides support, education and information to people with depression, bipolar disorder and related mood conditions, and to those impacted by these conditions. The company is donating 10p from every cup of ...
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NewsAnnual cost of crime tops £1,000 for UK forecourts
The cost of forecourt crime has risen steeply during the third quarter of 2017, according to BOSS, the British Oil Security Syndicate. The BOSS Forecourt Crime Index shows incidents of crime on Britain’s retail forecourts increased slightly in the third quarter (Q3) of 2017, but rising fuel prices created a ...
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NTS Retail snaps up Redruth forecourt
NTS Retail Ltd has recently completed the acquisition of Maynes Garage in Illogan Highway, Redruth, Cornwall.The site had been operated as a Vauxhall dealership and petrol filling station by the same family for a number of generations, but was put up for sale to allow the owners to concentrate on ...
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NewsPipeline theft leader sentenced to five years in prison
An Essex man who orchestrated the theft of hundreds of thousands of litres of fuel from an underground pipeline in Kent has been sentenced to five years in prison. Roger Gull was part of a criminal operation which involved drilling into high pressured pipelines to steal fuel worth millions of ...
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EG gets HQ green light
Plans for Euro Garages’ new head office facilities have been approved by Blackburn with Darwen Borough Council.Council leader, Mohammed Khan and council chief executive Harry Catherall met with the company to confirm the planning permission and further discuss the development which is set to create up to 150 jobs.Councillor Khan ...
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NewsTexaco in deal to enhance South East fuel supplies
Valero says Texaco retailers in the South East will soon be benefiting from an enhanced supply position thanks to its long-term agreement with NuStar to supply fuel from its Thames Terminal. From February 2018, Valero will manage the sourcing of its product to be supplied to customers via the NuStar ...
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NewsMotorbike raiders rob petrol station in Chesham
Cigarettes and cash were stolen during a robbery at a petrol station in Chesham in Buckinghamshire. Two men wearing motorcycle helmets and goggles forced their way into the Ashley Green petrol station, in Ashley Green Road, on December 4 between 3.30am and 4am, demanding to know where the safe and ...
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NewsRusdene Services rolls out electric charging facilities
Top 50 Indie Rusdene Services has installed two public rapid EV chargers at its Lee-on-Solent Service Station in Gosport, Hampshire, as it prepares for the growth in electric vehicles on UK roads. The chargers – the first in the area – were installed by fellow Hampshire company Instavolt, and will ...
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Shell signs new deal with charging network operator
Shell has boosted its involvement in the electric vehicle market by signing off an agreement with charging network operator IONITY to offer charge points across 10 European countries, starting with 80 of its biggest sites.IONITY is a joint venture between BMW Group, Daimler AG, Ford Motor Company and the Volkswagen ...
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Funding could be on the cards for electric chargers
Forecourt owners could receive government funding to support the introduction of electric chargers under measures introduced in last month’s Budget. "We welcome the Chancellor’s announcement of a new £400m Charging Investment Infrastructure Fund, which is good news for fuel retailers and motorway service areas (MSAs) provided they are included ...
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NewsMen questioned over slavery at hand car wash
Two men have been arrested on suspicion of committing modern slavery offences, after a raid on a hand car wash site in Durham. Officers raided Best Hand Car Wash on Yarm Road, Darlington, on Wednesday December 6, and arrested two men, aged 21 and 26. Five suspected slavery victims were ...