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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 ...
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NewsFreehold of service station leased by Rontec sold for £3.9m
The Automotive Division of estate agents Knight Frank in Bristol has sold the freehold of a service station leased by Top 50 Indie Rontec for £3.9m. The Esso-branded service station at Hengrove Way, in Bristol, is one of around 50 Rontec sites where it has a Morrisons Daily convenience store. ...
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NewsTop 50 Indie installs Spar wholesaler’s ordering technology
Top 50 Indie M&L Richardson & Sons has helped Spar wholesaler James Hall & Co to reach a milestone in the roll out of its Centralised Store Replenishment (CSR) facility. M&L Richardson has seven Spar shops across Cumbria, and its Spar Low Row Service Station was the 50th independently-owned store ...
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NewsACS reveals surge in shop thefts and violence in Crime Report
There has been a significant rise in the number of thefts from shops over the last year, and it is increasingly being linked to aggressive behaviour towards retailers and their staff, according to the Association of Convenience Stores’ 2018 Crime Report. Retailers reported that challenging shop thieves was the biggest ...
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NewsLowCVP aims to build demand for low emission vehicles
The Low Carbon Vehicle Partnership (LowCVP) has announced its first three-year strategic work programme at a reception in Parliament. Transport minister Jesse Norman said: “This Government is committed to improving air quality and tackling climate change. That is why we are investing almost £1.5bn over this Parliament as part of ...
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NewsOfficers who disarmed gunman on forecourt honoured
Two police officers who disarmed an armed man on a forecourt were honoured at the Gwent Police Awards ceremony, which was held at the Celtic Manor on Monday night. Police constables Billal Hannan and Matthew Jordan were called to the Shell petrol station on Malpas Road, Newport, after a witness ...
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No 2 Top 50 Indie MFG acquires No 1 - MRH
The UK’s largest service station operator MRH has been acquired by the second biggest MFG in a £1.2bn deal. The acquisition will create the UK’s number one operator by number of sites and number two by volume. MFG is owned by funds managed by US private equity firm ...
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Sewell on the go invests £1.6m in its latest site
Top 50 Indie Sewell on the go has invested £1.6m in buying and upgrading its 13th site in the North East and is on the look out for further acquisitions. Sewell on the go on Beverley Road, Dunswell, has had its hours extended to 24 hours a day and now ...