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MFG electric partnership
Top 50 Indie Motor Fuel Group (MFG) has signed a partnership deal with ChargePoint Services for the roll out of forecourt electric vehicle charging across its UK network.The parties believe the roll out is the first of its kind in the electric vehicle charging market.MFG is the second- largest independent ...
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NewsMacDonald praises staff contribution to forecourts
Ramsay MacDonald, retail director, Certas Energy, used his address to the assembled 850 guests at the Hilton Hotel, Park Lane, for the 2017 Forecourt Trader of the Year Awards, to praise the outstanding contributions by petrol retailers and their staff in raising forecourt standards. Acknowledging that the forecourt and convenience ...
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O’loughlin joins mfg MFG has appointed former Applegreen UK boss Michael O’Loughlin as its new managing director, acquisitions and business development. O’Loughlin joined Petrogas as a licensee of its flagship site in Dublin in 1997. In 2008 he relocated to the UK to establish Applegreen’s UK business. Hydrogen funding The ...
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NewsApplegreen is Forecourt Trader of the Year
Applegreen M1 Southbound in Northern Ireland was hailed as Forecourt Trader of the Year at last night’s prestigious annual awards at the London Hilton on Park Lane. Myleene Klass, singer, pianist and model was the glamorous host for the event which was attended by a record crowd of over 850. ...
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NewsAnti-slavery campaign highlights car washes
A campaign by the Scottish Government against human trafficking and modern slavery is highlighting that many unscrupulous hand car wash operations are involved. In Aberdeen this week screen cleans were offered at the city’s Golden Square Car Park as part of the campaign to draw attention to the different industries ...
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MRH unveils its first-ever Hursts Grab & Go site
MRH has opened its first Hursts Grab & Go site. The new format was officially opened on August 31 at Thetford West Service station on the A11.The BP-branded 7.6mlpa site had undergone a £1.2m knock-down-rebuild since shutting its doors at the end of May. The new development with on-trend ...
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MRH expands in the Channel Islands... and also in South Yorkshire
MRH has expanded its presence in the Channel Islands with the acquisition of two businesses. Roberts Garages, part of the MRH Group, has acquired Petroleum Distributors (Jersey) Limited (PDJ) and Guernsey Petroleum Distributors Limited (GPD) from their parent company NGI.MRH has had a presence on Jersey and Guernsey for several ...
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BP charging ahead
BP is the latest oil company looking at installing electric car charging points on its forecourts. The company is in talks with electric vehicle (EV) makers on partnering to offer battery recharging docks at its global network of fuel service stations, as it seeks to benefit from the move away ...
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BP adds three more Simply Food sites
BP has added three sites to its growing network of BP M&S Simply Food forecourts in the past month. It acquired Barley Grove Service Station in Torrington, North Devon, with the intention of redeveloping it into a BP M&S Simply Food site.The forecourt, located on the A386, has the benefit ...
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Applegreen agrees to acquire seven Carsley sites
Applegreen has reached an agreement to acquire a network of seven sites from its fellow Top 50 Indie Carsley Group, consisting of six service areas and one forecourt. The service area sites are predominantly located on the major arterial route of the A1 (M).Applegreen will acquire the business for a ...
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NewsGovernment accused of ignoring the issue of mileage fraud
The Government has been accused of ignoring the issue of mileage fraud – where criminals alter the mileage on cars’ odometers - after it gave a non-committal response to the latest consultation on the issue. Ten months after the consultation closed the Government finally gave its response but said only ...
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Top 50 Indie Chartman Retail bought by MRH
MRH has exchanged contracts to acquire Top 50 Indies dealer Chartman Retail, as part of its strategic drive to increase its offering across the South West.Chartman Retail operates 10 service stations across Devon, Cornwall, Somerset and Dorset, two of which have been shortlisted for the Forecourt Trader of the Year ...
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NewsEssar extends target for 400 branded outlets to five years
Essar UK has put back the target for expansion of its retail network to 400 outlets to five years, shortly after revealing plans to open its first company owned forecourt site. The first Essar-branded forecourt opened in November 2015 and last year it said it planned to grow its retail ...
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Shell expands Budgens venture to 20 more sites
Shell UK is rolling out a partnership with Budgens to 20 sites, following its success on four pilot sites.The new Budgens at Shell stores will sell a wide range of products including fruit and vegetables, dairy, deli, meat and fish and ready meals.The first new site launched on September 1 ...
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NewsUK Fuels expands network to over 2,250 UK sites
UK Fuels, the fuel card provider and part of Radius Payment Solutions, has expanded its UK Fuels network to over 2,250 UK sites. This includes reaching the 550-site mark for fuelling stations for heavy goods vehicles (HGVs), making it the largest independent network in the UK, according to UK Fuels. ...
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NewsSector still waiting for an answer on E10
The wait to find out whether E10 petrol will be introduced looks set to continue after the latest Government announcement on the issue failed to indicate a way forward. The trade had been waiting for a response to the consultation on the Renewable Transport Fuel Obligation, which ended in January. ...
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Symonds gets planning approval for 10th site
Top 50 Indie Symonds Forecourts has won planning approval for a new site, which will bring its total number of forecourts to 10. The new-to-industry site in Weston-super-Mare, Somerset, covers two acres and will provide a 10-pump filling station, which has projected sales in excess of 6mlpa. It will include ...
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NewsMotorway service station raiders escape with five figure sum
Police at Cambuslang in Scotland are continuing enquiries after a break-in at the Bothwell Services on the M74. Between 2.35am and 3.15am on Monday 4 September, the premises of Roadchef within the service station on the M74 Southbound at Fallside Road, Bothwell was broken into while it was closed. The ...
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NewsDrunk who set himself on fire not charged
A drunk man who stripped and set himself on fire on a filling station forecourt was released without charge after being arrested by West Yorkshire Police officers. Several national newspaper websites featured CCTV footage which they claimed was recorded at a Shell garage in Hunslet, on the outskirts of Leeds, ...
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NewsTop award for Hockmeyer Motors at Blakemore event
Hockmeyer Motors Spar Sleaford has been crowned best Spar store in the Meridian & Welsh Guild. Owners Rachael Hockmeyer and Christian Slingby were presented with the annual award – The Baldwin Tropy – at this year’s Blakemore Trade Partners SRS event in Telford, in recognition of their relentless focus on ...