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NewsTransport secretary calls for probe into motorway fuel prices
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 ...
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NewsDon’t invest heavily in electric charging, Quentin Willson tells Top 50 Indies
Don’t invest too heavily in electric charging 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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NewsExtra £100m in funding provided to repair potholes
A further £100m to help repair potholes and other storm damage in England’s roads has been announced by transport secretary Chris Grayling.The Department of Transport (DfT) claims the money will help repair almost two million potholes as well as help protect roads from future severe weather.The funding is in addition ...
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NewsTrade associations help members over plastic bag charging
Retail trade bodies the Association of Convenience Stores (ACS) and the National Federation of Retail Newsagents (NFRN) have launched new materials to help small stores introduce a plastic bag charging scheme following the publication of the Government’s 25-Year Environment Plan. The joint initiative is designed to make it easier for ...
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NewsWomen attacked in forecourt store robbery taken to hospital
A woman was injured when robbers stormed a petrol station in Norton, County Durham. A “substantial amount” of money and cigarettes were taken in the robbery at the Jet garage on Norton Road. It happened shortly before 8.30pm on Sunday March 25. The woman, 27, suffered minor injuries and was ...
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NewsIndependent retailers back proposal for deposit return scheme for bottles
Independent retailers have backed government proposals to introduce a deposit return scheme (DRS) for drinks bottles and cans to slash plastic waste. A deposit return scheme for single use drinks containers (whether plastic, glass or metal) will be introduced in England, subject to consultation later this year. The Department for ...
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Roadchef reopens site with first Boots store on a motorway
Motorway service area (MSA) operator Roadchef has officially opened its newly refurbished and extended Strensham South site, at junction 8 of the M5, including the only Boots store on the motorway network. Motorists stopping at Strensham South will find a new Spar store that will feature the latest store design ...
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NewsThieves break in to Fraser’s Retail store and steal cigarettes
Wiltshire Police are investigating after a quantity of cigarettes were stolen during a break-in at a Top 50 Indie petrol station in Marlborough. The incident happened at the Fraser’s Retail Budgens, in Hertford Road, at around 12.20am on 23 March when the culprits unsuccessfully tried to force entry to a ...
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NewsUnion calls for power plan to cope with electric vehicles
GMB, the energy union, has called on Government and the National Grid to develop a proper plan to power the rise in electric vehicles. Justin Bowden, GMB national secretary, said: “With the government committing to ban sales of new petrol and diesel engine cars by 2040, the number of electric ...
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NewsSewell on the go sponsors Rugby League stand
Top 50 Indie Sewell on the go is the the new sponsor of the Colin Hutton Stand at the Hull Kingston Rovers’ KCOM Craven Park Rugby League stadium. Sewell on the go, which operates 13 fuel and convenience stores around Hull and the East Riding, is a former sponsor of ...
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NewsShell opens new hydrogen site at Beaconsfield M40 services
Shell has opened a new hydrogen refuelling station at Shell Beaconsfield in Buckinghamshire, just as the Department of Transport has confirmed a multi-million pound funding boost to increase the uptake of hydrogen. Shell Beaconsfield on the M40 will be the first site in the UK to bring hydrogen under the ...
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NewsBoost for hydrogen as project wins £8.8m funding from DfT
Police cars and taxis will be among nearly 200 new hydrogen powered vehicles switching to zero emission miles, following a multi-million pound Government boost. The zero emission vehicles are part of a project that has won £8.8m in funding from the Department for Transport to improve access to hydrogen refuelling ...
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NewsShell planning to add 10,000 sites globally by 2025
Shell plans to grow its global network of roadside stations by 10,000 to 55,000, targeting 40 million daily customers, by 2025. In a webcast to investors on Wednesday it said it will also add another 5,000 convenience stores selling coffee and snacks, with growth focused on rapidly growing economies in ...
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NewsTobacco gantry removed after counterfeit cigarette conviction
A Tyne and Wear tobacco trader who sold illicit tobacco has had his gantry removed by Imperial Tobacco for violating the terms and conditions of his contract, and he will no longer receive any sales support from the company. Tajinder Singh, of Washington Wine and Convenience in Usworth, was convicted ...
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NewsBP site reopens with M&S Simply Food after development
BP has reopened its service station at Midhurst, West Sussex, after introducing M&S Simply Food in a joint development with M&S at Eastbourne Lane in the town. Adam Whitehouse, BP district manager, said: “The new store and introduction of the M&S Simply Food range means we will now be open ...
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NewsPolice searching for armed forecourt robber in Newcastle
Officers from Northumbria Police are searching for an armed robber who struck at a forecourt in Newcastle. At about 6.15am on Friday March 23 police received a report of a robbery at the Shell petrol station on Benton Park Road in South Gosforth, Newcastle. A man entered the garage with ...
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NewsFire fighters free van driver from collapsed car wash
Firefighters had to cut a van driver out of his vehicle after a car wash at a Staffordshire service station collapsed, according to the Burton Mail. The man was reported to be trapped in his vehicle on Monday morning, March 19, after the incident at the Shell garage, in New ...
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NewsEuro Garages installs rapid chargers in Scotland
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 approximately 30 minutes. Adam ...
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NewsRetailer cuts cost of KDRB by project managing development
Savile Petroleum has just reopened Calderview Service Station in Leeds after a total knock down re-build, and it managed 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 ...
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NewsMaxol invests £1m in partnership with coffee shop chain
Maxol has announced it will invest £1m with Ground Espresso Bars, Northern Ireland’s largest independently-owned scaled artisan coffee chain, in a new commercial partnership. The first of the new stores will open towards the end of this month in Maxol’s flagship site on the A26 at Tannaghmore, Co Antrim, with ...