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NewsTwo men jailed for theft of ATM from Penny site
Two men have been jailed for a total of nine years following the theft of an ATM from Penny Petrol Station on Hull Road in the Dunnington area of York. Robert Harker, 35-years-old, of Hundens Lane, Darlington, and Asa Dominic Smith, 23-years-old, of Land Ends Road, Doncaster, were sentenced at ...
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NewsCentral Convenience Stores buys Brighton forecourt
Hangleton Service Station, branded as Esso and located in the heart of the Brighton suburb of Hangleton, has been sold through specialist property adviser Christie & Co. The large forecourt site, located at the junction of Hangleton Road and Nevill Avenue, has been acquired on a leasehold basis by regional ...
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NewsShell buys electric charging providers
Shell has signed an agreement to buy NewMotion, one of Europe’s largest electric vehicle (EV) charging providers. “Today’s announcement is an early step towards ensuring customers can access a range of refuelling choices over the coming decades, as new technologies evolve to co-exist with traditional transport fuels,” said Shell’s ...
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NewsUnmanned Emo forecourt extends offer with Chopstix outlet
Emo’s first unmanned Emo Express fuel forecourt in the Island of Ireland, which opened at Belfast International Airport last month, has added a Chopstix Noodle Bar to its food offer. Richard Irvine, business development manager for Emo, said the development was “particularly exciting, not only because it is our first ...
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NewsNisa board recommends £137.5m Co-op offer
The board of Nisa Retail Limited, the member-owned retail and wholesaling group, has unanimously recommended to its shareholders an offer of up to £137.5m from The Co-op Group. The offer, if successful, would bring Nisa members access to the Co-op range - including the Co-op own label - while retaining ...
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NewsHKS Retail listed in Sunday Times Top Track 250
Top 50 Indie HKS Retail, part of the HKS Holdings Limited group, is a new entrant this year in the Sunday Times Grant Thornton Top Track 250 - the league table which ranks Britain’s private mid-market growth companies with the biggest sales. HKS Retail made its debut at number 103 ...
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NewsFive arrests over illegal tobacco and alcohol
Five men have been arrested in Liverpool during raids linked to a suspected £100,000 tax fraud involving smuggled cigarettes, an illegal vodka factory and tax credits fraud. HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) officers visited several addresses across Liverpool and Sefton, on Tuesday October 3 as part of an investigation into ...
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NewsThieves cause major damage to Tesco site to steal from ATM
West Yorkshire Police are appealing for information after an ATM at a petrol station was broken into in Dewsbury. The incident happened around 1.20am on Friday October 9 at the Tesco Express store on the Esso-branded forecourt at Wakefield Road in the Earlsheaton area of Dewsbury. The perpetrators are thought ...
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NewsBP/M&S site opens in Southgate
Sixteen new jobs have been created with the opening of a new BP service station with M&S Simply Food on Oakleigh Road South, in Southgate, north London. The joint BP and Marks & Spencer development will offer motorists a wide range of M&S quality food alongside BP’s Wild Bean Café ...
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NewsPolice commend taxi driver who tackled robbers
Nottinghamshire Police have commended a taxi driver for his bravery after two armed robbers he tackled at a Warsop petrol station were jailed for a combined ten years six months. Otis Kirby, 20, was locked up for five years and three months after pleading guilty to robbery and possession of ...
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NewsKnife and crowbar used in robbery from Esso garage
Armed robbers threatened staff at a petrol station in Whittlesey, Cambridgeshire, with a crowbar and knife before making off with cash from the till. The robbery was at the Esso garage in Peterborough Road. A Cambridgeshire police spokeswoman said: “We were called at around 10.30pm on Friday, October 6 to ...
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NewsRobbers threaten forecourt staff and take money from tills
Police are appealing for information after the Nisa convenience store at the petrol station on Wilton Way in Eston, North Yorkshire, was robbed. The incident occurred on Saturday October 7, just after 8am, when two men walked into the shop and one of them was armed with a bladed weapon ...
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NewsMaxol announces winners in its 2016-2017 excellence awards
Irish forecourt and convenience retailer Maxol has announced the winners of its 2016- 2017 Excellence Awards, which recently took place at the Quinta Do Lago resort in Portugal. The scheme promotes and rewards excellence in retail standards, customer experience, and community engagement, throughout its network of service stations across the ...
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NewsACS raises concerns over new tobacco directive for the EU
The Association of Convenience Stores (ACS) has raised concerns about the costs and administrative burdens that new Track and Trace proposals on tobacco could have on the convenience sector. The EU Revised Tobacco Products Directive aims to introduce a method of tracking the sale of legitimate tobacco products through the ...
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Sewell adds outdoor launderette to site
Top 50 Indie Sewell on the go has introduced an outdoor launderette for customers at its Chanterlands Avenue site in West Hull. Prices range from £2 to £8 and there are two options for washes, which means customers can wash and dry duvets and large items, as well as everyday ...
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NewsSainsbury’s rolls out app for disabled customers
An award-winning app that enables drivers with disabilities to pre-book assistance with refuelling is being rolled out at Sainsbury’s filling stations. Last month Shell won the Forecourt Trader Award for the Best Oil Company Initiative for its introduction of the FuelService app to its company owned sites. Adopting the system ...
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Applegreen funds further growth through share issue
Applegreen says it is well placed to invest in further growth opportunities after it raised 46.9m (£41.1m) with a new placing of shares. The placing shares represent approximately 10% of the company’s issued share capital prior to the placing.Commenting on the placing, CEO Bob Etchingham said: "We are delighted to ...
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NewsCertas Energy unveils shortlist for SuperStation awards
The SuperStation awards, Certas Energy’s initiative designed to drive-up forecourt standards across the UK, has announced its finalists for 2017 ahead of its Gala Awards Dinner, which will take place at Chesford Grange, Warwickshire on Thursday 12 October. Now in its sixth year, SuperStation is open to around 700 Gulf ...
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The two biggest indies buy out smaller groups
The two biggest companies in the Top 50 Indies both acquired other groups during September.Motor Fuel Group (MFG) expanded its network to 422 stations with the completed acquisition of four stations each from FW Kerridge and Burns & Co, and an exchange of contracts with fellow Top 50 Indie Manor ...
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NewsWholesalers urge CMA to block Tesco-Booker deal
Seven of the UK’s leading wholesalers have written a joint letter to the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) urging it to block the Tesco-Booker merger. The managing directors of Bestway, Bidfood, Confex, Landmark, Spar, Sugro and Today’s co-signed a letter, which was submitted to the CMA as part of its ...