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NewsACS welcomes rate relief scheme from Welsh government
The Association of Convenience Stores (ACS) has welcomed the announcement of a permanent small business rate relief scheme and the extension of extra support for high street retailers in Wales. However, it has raised concerns about the limits being imposed on the type of business that will be eligible for ...
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NewsEuro Garages appoints manager for Italy
Euro Garages European arm EG Group has appointed a country manager to lead the strategic development of its petrol forecourt retail convenience offer in Italy. Salvatore Bianca was most recently Italy wholesales fuels manager and responsible for the Esso Italiana Wholesale business. In a 29-year professional career with Esso, he ...
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NewsArmed robbers strike at BP service station in Essex
Police officers in Essex are hunting for two people who held up petrol station staff with what is believed to be a gun during an armed robbery. The incident took place at the BP garage in The Broadway, Loughton, at approximately 10:40pm on Wednesday, December 13. They robbers had their ...
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NewsThieves set fire to forecourt ATM in attempt to steal contents
A cash machine on a forecourt was set on fire by thieves attempting to steal its contents. Humberside Police has put out an appeal for witnesses following the attempted theft by three men in Immingham. The incident occurred at the Blue Stone service station on Stallingborough Road around 3.30am on ...
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NewsPeter Hockenhull back in the game with new site
Former Top 50 Indie Hockenhull Garages (HGS) has opened a new petrol station and convenience store in South Wigston, Leicester. It is the first forecourt development for the company’s founder and chairman Peter Hockenhull, since he came out of retirement at the age of 76 to assist in running the ...
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NewsMPs set up inquiry into state of illicit trade in UK
A cross-party group of MPs has announced plans to undertake a formal inquiry into the state of illicit trade in the UK. The All-Party Parliamentary Group on Illicit Trade, which was established earlier this year, will question whether the Government’s current approach and response is fit for purpose. Matthew Offord, ...
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New improved £1m Nisa store opens in Drefach
A new 3,000sq ft Nisa shop has opened on the forecourt of Woodlands petrol station in Drefach, Carmarthenshire, in a ceremony performed by five Welsh rugby international stars.The previous 600sq ft Nisa Drefach was demolished and rebuilt from scratch. It has been fitted out to Nisa’s Store of the Future ...
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Top 50 Indie Park Garage Group renews Texaco deal
Top 50 Indie Park Garage Group has extended its relationship with the Texaco brand, renewing its existing 25-site supply agreement and adding a further three sites, previously branded Gulf."The Texaco brand and Valero’s supply offering continue to be highly successful for our business over the past five years we’ve ...
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NewsTobacco smuggler ordered to cough up £7,500 for tissue scam
A smuggler, caught unloading contraband cigarettes and tobacco hidden in the back of a lorry among boxes of tissues, had his scam blown apart by an HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) investigation. Artur Golebiowski, 38, a sales assistant of Greenford, West London, was arrested as he unloaded his stash at ...
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NewsPrice hike forecast after pipeline is shut down
Petrol and diesel prices could rise by as much as 3ppl in the run-up to Christmas, according to the RAC, as a result of a main oil and gas pipeline in the North Sea being shut for emergency repairs. The shutdown of the Forties pipeline, which is responsible for carrying ...
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Kay Group opens another new-to-industry site
Top 50 Indie Kay Group has opened its fourth new-to-industry site in two years. The new Texaco site is located in Ellesmere Port, Cheshire, and comes after The Kay Group opened a Texaco-branded new-build site in Irlam, Salford in May, which was the group’s largest development to date.Ken Kay, owner ...
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Small sites may struggle with charging, says APEA
Small forecourts will struggle to accommodate electric charging facilities because of safety and parking requirements, according to Jamie Thompson, chairman of the technical committee of the Association for Petroleum and Explosives Administration (APEA)."The government is very keen to get electric charging points on petrol stations I don’t think it’s ...
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NewsBooker wins delivery contract for Shell’s stores
Shell UK and Booker Retail Partners have signed a new three-year deal for the supply of Shell stores nationally, after the collapse of Shell’s previous delivered wholesaler Palmer and Harvey. The new agreement has already started through the Booker Wholesale estate, before moving to Booker Retail Partners network in early ...
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25th anniversaryAn independent petrol station, which has regularly beaten major supermarkets on price, celebrated its 25th anniversary in November. Jet’s Jempson’s Express in Peasmarsh, near Rye in East Sussex, came to national prominence in late 2015 as petrol prices fell close to £1 per litre, and it cut its unleaded ...
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Euro Garages buys German Esso-branded network
ExxonMobil and Euro Garages have announced a new partnership for the German Esso network, which will replicate the branded wholesaler model already in place in the UK, other European markets and North America.The new strategic partnership will see EG Deutschland GmbH an affiliate of UK-based EG Group Limited ...
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NewsMen questioned over slavery at hand car wash
Two men have been arrested on suspicion of committing modern slavery offences, after a raid on a hand car wash site in Durham. Officers raided Best Hand Car Wash on Yarm Road, Darlington, on Wednesday December 6, and arrested two men, aged 21 and 26. Five suspected slavery victims were ...
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Funding could be on the cards for electric chargers
Forecourt owners could receive government funding to support the introduction of electric chargers under measures introduced in last month’s Budget. "We welcome the Chancellor’s announcement of a new £400m Charging Investment Infrastructure Fund, which is good news for fuel retailers and motorway service areas (MSAs) provided they are included ...
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NewsRusdene Services rolls out electric charging facilities
Top 50 Indie Rusdene Services has installed two public rapid EV chargers at its Lee-on-Solent Service Station in Gosport, Hampshire, as it prepares for the growth in electric vehicles on UK roads. The chargers – the first in the area – were installed by fellow Hampshire company Instavolt, and will ...
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Shell signs new deal with charging network operator
Shell has boosted its involvement in the electric vehicle market by signing off an agreement with charging network operator IONITY to offer charge points across 10 European countries, starting with 80 of its biggest sites.IONITY is a joint venture between BMW Group, Daimler AG, Ford Motor Company and the Volkswagen ...
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NewsMotorbike raiders rob petrol station in Chesham
Cigarettes and cash were stolen during a robbery at a petrol station in Chesham in Buckinghamshire. Two men wearing motorcycle helmets and goggles forced their way into the Ashley Green petrol station, in Ashley Green Road, on December 4 between 3.30am and 4am, demanding to know where the safe and ...