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NewsWeak pound pushing up the price for motorists filling up
Over the past year, UK drivers have suffered on average a 5.4ppl increase in pump prices as a consequence of the post-referendum weakening of the pound against the dollar, the latest AA Fuel Price Report has revealed. With a typical fuel tank holding 55 litres of fuel, the cost of ...
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NewsSuresite in deal to support Greenergy’s Esso dealers
Suresite has been appointed by Greenergy to provide wet-stock management across its Esso dealer network. The long-term arrangement is being rolled out and provides Esso dealers with access to the real-time solution, which was launched by Suresite in late 2016. “We are delighted to have secured this arrangement with Greenergy,” ...
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NewsNew-to-industry BP/M&S Simply Food site opens
BP has opened a service station and M&S Simply Food at a new-to-industry site at Aylsham, in Norfolk. Twenty-three new jobs have been created with the opening on Wednesday July 26 of the new site, next to a new roundabout on Burgh Road. The development, which cost nearly £2m, includes ...
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NewsBMW announces plan for all electric Mini to be made in UK
BMW Group has announced that it will be launching a new battery-electric Mini that will be made in the UK. The fully electric car will go into production in 2019, alongside the existing petrol and diesel internal combustion engine versions, and a plug-in hybrid. The electric Mini’s electric drivetrain will ...
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NewsPRA urges caution over Air Quality Plan
The PRA has given a cautious welcome to some of the measures in the government’s clean air strategy which was unveiled on Wednesday, and confirms it will ban the sale of all new conventional petrol and diesel cars by 2040. PRA chairman Brian Madderson said he welcomed the pragmatic steps ...
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NewsTop 50 Indie Park Garage Group buys Bromley site
Top 50 Indie Park Garage Group has bought Tudor Autos, a BP-branded petrol filling station in Bromley, Kent. It was sold to the Bromley-based group following a confidential marketing campaign by specialist business property adviser, Christie & Co, which reported the sale generated multiple offers in less than three weeks ...
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NewsRam raiders smash their way into Essex site
Ram raiders in balaclavas attempted to steal a cash machine from a petrol station in Essex using a stolen flat-bed lorry. They struck , at about 1.50am on Thursday July 20, at Whitecourt Service Station in London Road, Black Notley, which is one of 11 sites owned by Top 50 ...
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NewsChartman team celebrate completion of road scheme
The end of two years of road closures and traffic snarl ups, resulting from an A30 Cornwall road improvement scheme, was celebrated last weekend by staff and customers at the Esso and Spar branded Bodmin Moor Services. Staff at the site, which is owned by Top 50 Indie Chartman, donned ...
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NewsForecourt bomber sentenced to six years
A man who blew up an ATM on a forecourt, while the 24-hour site’s manager was in the premises, has been sentenced to six years in prison. The attack occurred in the early hours of March 4 when Mason Lindsay, along with another man who has not been identified, used ...
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NewsStaff detain man after botched robbery attempt in Sussex
A man has been arrested and charged after a botched attempt at robbery at a petrol station in Storrington, West Sussex. Shortly before 9pm on Sunday July 16, a man wearing a balaclava and armed with a knife entered the Esso garage in Pulborough Road. He tripped and fell while ...
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NewsPolice seeking armed trio after raid on Leeds petrol station
West Yorkshire Police are appealing for information following an armed robbery at a petrol station in Leeds. Shortly before 6.20am on Tuesday July 18 three men, who were wearing balaclavas and were armed with knives, entered Wharrels Service Station, in Lowtown, Pudsey.They threatened staff and forced them into a back ...
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NewsWarning about potentially toxic fake vodka
An illegal alcohol factory, producing potentially toxic vodka, has been found in an industrial unit in Aintree, Liverpool. HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) discovered the unit on Wednesday July 19 and is warning the public and local retailers to beware of the potentially dangerous fake vodka, which was labelled as ...
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NewsLorry driver jailed for three years for smuggling tobacco
A lorry driver who smuggled more than nine million cigarettes into the UK hidden inside air filter units, evading £2.5m in duty, has been jailed for three years after an HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) investigation. Andrzej Krasnodebski, 45, was arrested by Border Force officers at Dover Eastern Docks on ...
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NewsShell identifies sites for its first electric fast chargers
Shell and Dutch charging point operator Allego have revealed the locations where the first fast chargers for electric vehicles will be installed at selected Shell service stations. The two companies are working together to install and operate the fast chargers, and the project will include sites at Shell stations in ...
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NewsGulf runs car-crazy promotion in conjunction with Disney Pixar
A Los Angeles Car-Crazy Adventure is on offer to one family as Gulf launches a forecourt promotion in conjunction with Disney Pixar and its new animated sequel film, Cars 3.Free to all customers who spend £25 or more at any participating Gulf Service Station before 30 August, the competition is ...
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NewsMinister urges motorway service areas to serve local food
A transport minister has reiterated his call for better designed motorway service stations and called on them to display more local character and source locally produced food. Speaking at the Backing Beauty reception, hosted by the think tank ResPublica, the Woodland Trust and the National Trust, transport minister John Hayes ...
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NewsApplegreen buys site in Leicestershire
Specialist business property adviser Christie & Co has acted for Applegreen in its acquisition of Gibbetts Cross Service Station in Lutterworth, Leicestershire. This is the second site in the Midlands that Applegreen has bought in recent months from Jon Nathwani, a high profile name in the fuel and petrol filling ...
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NewsACS calls for stronger sanctions on illicit trade
The Association of Convenience Stores (ACS) has responded to the publication of the Government’s new Tobacco Strategy, calling for more powers to tackle the illicit trade locally in addition to the national measures set out in the document. The strategy commits to the following measures at a national level: ...
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NewsTopaz to spend €26m on rollout of miles fuel
Irish fuel and convenience retailer Topaz has unveiled its new miles fuel brand in Ireland at an official launch event at its flagship service station at Junction 5 on the M9 Dublin/Waterford Road, Rathcrogue, County Carlow. In doing so, Topaz also announced an investment of €26m across its network of ...
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NewsRapleys warns plans in Bill could cost sector £250m
Property expert Rapleys has warned that proposed legislation in the Queen’s Speech could heap costs of £250m on operators of petrol filling stations and motorway services. The proposed Automated and Electric Vehicles Bill is intended to encourage innovation and investment, and will require ‘large’ fuel retailers and motorway service stations ...