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NewsPlummeting diesel car sales depress market
Growth in the sales of petrol and alternatively fuelled vehicles (AFVs) were more than offset by plunging diesel sales, pushing the new car market to another decline in February. According to the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT) 80,805 new cars were registered, a 2.8% drop compared with February ...
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NewsSelf-driving vehicles prompt review of driving laws
The government has commissioned a detailed review of driving laws to ensure they keep pace with development of self-driving vehicles. Roads minister Jesse Norman announced the start of a three-year review by the Law Commission of England and Wales and the Scottish Law Commission to examine any legal obstacles to ...
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NewsSewell on the go in Top 100 companies to work for
Top 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 is headquartered in Hull. Paul Sewell, managing director of Sewell Group, said: “I ...
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NewsProperty company buys Applegreen site for £3.82m
A property investment company has acquired an Applegreen petrol filling station in Crawley, West Sussex, for £3.82m. AEW UK Long Lease REIT plc said the acquisition price reflects a net initial yield of 5.3% and provides it with a lease term of 15 years to expiry with three-yearly rental uplifts ...
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NewsPlan for petrol price signs on motorways abandoned
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 ...
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NewsApplegreen takes over lease on site in Birmingham
Rapleys has completed a deal with Applegreen almost opposite one of the first sites it acquired in the UK, also in a deal with Rapleys. In 2009 the property consultants sold the former Texaco site on the eastbound carriageway of the A45 in Birmingham to Applegreen, making it one of ...
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NewsPRA offers help to claim back card over payments
PRA members are being offered help to recover over payments from card companies after the European Commission found that fees paid by merchants in Europe have been artificially inflated. No final adjudication has been reached, but European merchants such as petrol retailers may have been paying too much to accept ...
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NewsMPs told plug-in hybrids crucial in development of EV market
Plug-in hybrid cars will play an important role in the development of the electric vehicle (EV) market, a committee of MPs has been told. The Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) Committee is carrying out an inquiry into electric vehicles and heard evidence from Mark Squires, chairman of the National ...
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NewsPRA slams ’Legionnaires’ slur on UK car washes
The PRA has reacted angrily to assertions that car washes in the UK could 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 ill ...
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NewsSnow closes much of UK but forecourts remain open
More amber weather warnings for snow are in place today for parts of Scotland, northern England, the Midlands, the East and South East. In these areas, motorists have been advised to avoid driving if at all possible and emergency services are on alert to deal with crashes. Many schools are ...
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NewsJet welcomes two new sites
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 forecourt network. Since joining, both sites have been reimaged with Jet’s latest image on the canopies, stanchions, pumps and polesigns, and both ...
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NewsMFG acquires MRH in £1.2bn deal
The UK’s largest service station operator MRH has been acquired by the second biggest - MFG - in a £1.2bn deal.The acquisition was announced today and will create the UK’s number one operator by number of sites and number two by volume. MFG is owned by funds managed by Clayton, ...
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NewsRoad chef targets £600k in new charity partnership with Cancer Research UK
Motorway services operator Roadchef has announced a new partnership with Cancer Research UK that will see it raise an expected £600,000 for the charity’s life-saving research over the next two years. Cancer Research UK becomes Roadchef’s newest charity partner, having been chosen by a ballot of all Roadchef employees. It ...
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NewsValero invests in new UK storage facility
Valero Logistics UK Ltd, a subsidiary of Valero Energy Corporation, is to buy the SemLogistics Milford Haven fuel storage facility on the west coast of Wales, following an agreement with SemGroup Europe Holding LLC, a SemGroup Corporation company. Situated across the Haven from Valero’s refinery at Pembroke, the facility is ...
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NewsTop 50 Indie plans £1m rebuild of derelict site in Wales
Top 50 Indie DK Forecourts has applied for planning permission for a £1m redevelopment of a derelict petrol station site in Cwmbran. On February 27 Torfaen County Borough Council’s planning committee will consider the proposal for the Woodland Road service station in the Highway, Croesyceiliog. The former Texaco filling station ...
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NewsLegionnaires disease warning about car washes
A medical expert who advises the Department of Health has warned that car washes in the UK could harbour Legionnaires’ disease. The warning came after a study found two men became seriously ill with Legionnaires’ disease after inhaling infected water droplets from separate car washes in Italy. According to microbiologist ...
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NewsACS calls for incentives for petrol stations to install EV chargers
Petrol stations at strategic points in the UK should be incentivised to invest in electric car (EC) charging, according to the Association of Convenience Stores (ACS). It said this would be a much better way to develop a network of charging facilities than simply forcing all “large fuel retailers” to ...
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NewsAttacks on two service station ATMs in Cumbria
Detectives are investigating two thefts involving ATMs at rural service stations in South Cumbria. The first incident occurred at the Shell garage on the northbound side of the A591 at Helsington between 2am and 2.30am on Saturday 17 February. Thieves gained entry to the garage before stealing cash from a ...
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NewsCompetition authority looking into Co-op takeover of Nisa
The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has announced an inquiry into the anticipated acquisition by Co-operative Group of Nisa Retail Limited. In its invitation to comment the CMA said it “is considering whether it is or may be the case that this transaction, if carried into effect, will result in ...
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NewsCar blaze on Somerset forecourt damages canopy
Firefighters extinguished a blaze that occurred when a car burst into flames in the centre of a forecourt in Somerset. Avon Fire and Rescue Service was called to the BP petrol station, in Tickenham Road, Clevedon, at just after 4pm on Monday February 19. Two crews from Clevedon Fire Station ...