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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 ...
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Sewell makes sunday times listTop 50 Indie Sewell on the go has been recognised as one of the 100 best companies to work for by The Sunday Times. The accolade was conferred on the forecourt group’s parent company, Sewell Group, which has its headquarters in Hull.valero buys fuel storage facility ...
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No cases of Legionnaires at UK car washes, says PRA
The PRA has reacted angrily to assertions that car washes in the UK may harbour Legionnaires’ disease. It followed a warning by a medical expert Dr Tom Makin, senior consultant at Legionella control who advises the Department of Health. He was responding to the discovery that two men became seriously ...
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Police raid hand car washes in the Midlands
Hand car washes in Milton Keynes and Bedford have been raided by police investigating people trafficking and modern slavery, and the supply of class A drugs.Thames Valley Police Serious and Organised Crime Unit and officers from the Milton Keynes carried out a number of warrants to tackle a potential people ...
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Snow closes much of UK but forecourts stay open
When amber weather warnings for snow were in place last month for parts of Scotland, northern England, the Midlands, the East and South East, motorists were advised to avoid driving if at all possible and emergency services were on alert to deal with crashes.Many schools were closed, flights were cancelled ...
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EG Group completes takeover of Italian sites
EG Group has completed its takeover of Esso Italiana which includes around 1,100 Esso service stations and 100 fuel supply contracts for third-party sites in Italy. The deal is part of the EG Group’s strategic partnership with ExxonMobil, which has made it the oil major’s largest global wholesaler customer. Italy ...
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M-way pricing trial ends
Motorway fuel price signs will not be rolled out across the network, after a pilot scheme failed to deliver the hoped for benefits, Highways England has announced.Signs showing the price of fuel at up-coming motorway service stations were introduced on a section of the M5 between Bristol and Exeter in ...
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Jet signs up two more forecourts in England
Jet has secured two new site wins, with Jet Barton Road Garage on the Shropshire/Wales border and Penny Newby Service Station in Scarborough joining the fuel brand’s expanding network. Both sites now have Jet’s latest image on the canopies, stanchions, pumps and pole signs, and both have opted to introduce ...
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New Nisa Local forecourt finds favour with locals
A new Nisa Local forecourt store that has just opened in West Yorkshire has been met with compliments from locals who have been using the site for two decades, according to its owners Salim and Mumta Patel. Crown Services in Brighouse was closed last September to allow a much smaller ...
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NewsUNITI Expo 2018 gives special focus to alternative fuels
There will be a special focus on alternative fuels at this year’s UNITI expo, the European trade fair for the fuel retailing and car wash industries, which will be taking place on May 15-17 in Stuttgart, Germany. This year the trade show will be highlighting alternative fuels, exploring the development ...
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NewsJailed shopkeeper ordered to pay back £478,693
The jailed ringleader of an illegal cigarette network in Blackburn has been ordered to pay back £478,693. Former postmaster Iqbal Haji, of Whalley Street, Blackburn, was ordered to repay the money within three months, or face a further four years behind bars and still owe the money. The 52-year-old was ...
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NewsHMRC leads anti-smuggling operation in Banbury
An operation to disrupt the sale and supply of illegal tobacco in Banbury uncovered 4,700 cigarettes, more than eight and a half kilos of hand-rolling tobacco, two kilos of chewing tobacco, and a bag of tobacco leaves, all believed to be illicit. HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) officers, supported by ...
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NewsAward-winning retailer opens his fifth forecourt site
Award-winning forecourt retailer Darren Briggs has extended his estate with the announcement that he is to open his latest Best-one forecourt store in Stoke bringing the number of stores operated by his Ascona Retail Group to five. Following on from the launch of his Hinton forecourt in October – ...
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NewsMPs call for ban on diesel and petrol cars to be brought forward
The Government’s plan to ban the sale of new conventional diesel and petrol cars from 2040 “lacks sufficient ambition” and should be brought forward, an influential group of MPs have said. They also warn the government will have to do far more if it is not to miss its targets ...