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NewsTexaco in deal to enhance South East fuel supplies
Valero says Texaco retailers in the South East will soon be benefiting from an enhanced supply position thanks to its long-term agreement with NuStar to supply fuel from its Thames Terminal. From February 2018, Valero will manage the sourcing of its product to be supplied to customers via the NuStar ...
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EG gets HQ green light
Plans for Euro Garages’ new head office facilities have been approved by Blackburn with Darwen Borough Council.Council leader, Mohammed Khan and council chief executive Harry Catherall met with the company to confirm the planning permission and further discuss the development which is set to create up to 150 jobs.Councillor Khan ...
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NewsPipeline theft leader sentenced to five years in prison
An Essex man who orchestrated the theft of hundreds of thousands of litres of fuel from an underground pipeline in Kent has been sentenced to five years in prison. Roger Gull was part of a criminal operation which involved drilling into high pressured pipelines to steal fuel worth millions of ...
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NTS Retail snaps up Redruth forecourt
NTS Retail Ltd has recently completed the acquisition of Maynes Garage in Illogan Highway, Redruth, Cornwall.The site had been operated as a Vauxhall dealership and petrol filling station by the same family for a number of generations, but was put up for sale to allow the owners to concentrate on ...
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NewsCar ablaze on forecourt as fuel theft goes wrong
Police are hunting for two people after an attempted fuel theft went horribly wrong at the Harrow Tesco Express/Esso forecourt in Alexandra Avenue, south Harrow. A man was seen leaning against a black Mercedes, casually filling it up. Moments later fire ripped through the vehicle, blowing out the back window ...
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NewsRoadchef brings Pret a Manger to the motorway
Roadchef and Pret a Manger have announced a partnership to bring new shops to the UK’s motorways. The first Pret a Manger shop will open at Chester Motorway Service Area (MSA) on the M56 at junction 14 before Christmas, and a second site will open at Clacket Lane West MSA ...
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NewsNew UKPIA director general as Chris Hunt retires
Stephen Marcos Jones has this week taken over the reigns as director general of the UK Petroleum Industry Association (UKPIA), following the retirement of Chris Hunt who worked for the trade body for 20 years.At his well-attended retirement do, Chris Hunt commented: “I am proud of what the UKPIA ...
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NewsCigarette smugglers jailed for tax evasion
Two men, who were caught receiving almost a million illegal cigarettes in East London, have been sentenced for evading more than £290,000 in excise duty.Edvinas Zaranka, 36, and Vilius Zdancevicius, 31, were each jailed for a year after admitting handling 990,000 Minsk Capital cigarettes and 500kg of Shisha tobacco, at ...
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NewsOwner of Whitehaven community forecourt sells up to corporate operator and retires
Mace Corkickle Service Station, an Esso and Mace branded forecourt and convenience store relied upon heavily within the local community in Whitehaven, Cumbria, has been sold confidentially to a large corporate operator with plans to increase sales further with the development of a hot food offering. James Moore-Martin, senior business ...
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NewsSpeedy sale for Wigan site as demand continues
The leasehold of a BP-branded forecourt - Whelley Road Service Station situated in Wigan, Lancashire - has been sold to an independent multiple operator through specialist business property adviser, Christie & Co. The previous owner, Mohamed Zahir Killedar decided to retire from the industry due to commitments overseas. New owner ...
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NewsEuro Garages seeks more European expansion
Reasonably-price forecourts are hard to find in the UK, according to Zuber Issa, co-founder and co-ceo of Euro Garages - which trades as the EG Group Ltd in Europe - which has recently boosted its European network by 1,000 with the purchase of ExxonMobil’s retail assets in Germany. “The UK ...
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NewsOil 4 Wales opens 24-hour truck stop after £70k spend
Oil 4 Wales has invested £70,000 in a truck stop at its Brecon depot, in a bid to provide 24-hour facilities for Wales’s haulage and agricultural industries. Oil 4 Wales, which supplies 160,000,000 litres of fuel to over 65,000 customers across the nation, will provide diesel, red diesel and Adblue ...
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NewsACS raises concerns over impact of new tobacco regulations
The Association of Convenience Stores (ACS) has written to Exchequer Secretary Andrew Jones MP, raising concerns about the impact of upcoming tobacco track and trace regulations on retailers. The track and trace proposals in the EU Revised Tobacco Products Directive, due to come into force in May 2019, aim to ...
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NewsNisa helps McColl’s after P&H collapse
Following the collapse of Palmer and Harvey, Nisa has agreed a new short-term supply contract to cover McColl’s stores that were previously supplied by Palmer and Harvey. McColl’s Retail Group had already given notice on its supply contract with P&H, having agreed a wholesale deal with Morrisons, but it is ...
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NewsMRH and PRA chiefs top the bill at tenth UK PetroForum
A focus on future fuels will be at the heart of the program for the tenth UK PetroForum, on 18-19 June 2018 at the Hotel Don Carlos, in Marbella, Spain. Heading up the program will be the UK’s largest independent retailer, MRH Retail. Its CEO, Karen Dickens, will be discussing ...
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NewsNew car sales fall for eighth successive month
The UK new car market declined for an eighth consecutive month in November, according to figures released by the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT). A total of 163,541 vehicles were registered, down 11.2% year-on-year, driven by a significant fall in diesel demand. Petrol cars saw a gain of ...
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NewsPetrol and diesel prices rise to three-year high
Petrol and diesel rose by more than 2ppl in November, taking the average price of both fuels to a three-year high, according to the latest RAC Fuel Watch data. A litre of unleaded petrol went up 2.35p from 118.43p to 120.78p, and diesel was up 2.22p from 120.96p to 123.18p. ...
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NewsUK’s largest producer of ethanol halts production
The UK’s largest producer of ethanol has stopped production for the “foreseeable future”, and blamed the government for its inaction over the introduction of E10 fuel. Vivergo Fuels released a statement saying: “We reluctantly welcomed the Government’s Renewable Transport Fuel obligation proposals in September, but have remained extremely concerned that ...
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NewsJet Waltham Cross re-opens following £1m KDRB
Jet Waltham Cross has reopened following a large-scale knock down and rebuild project. Owner Mr Arulselvam (Arul) has invested close to £1 million in the site, with only the canopy and the pumps remaining from the original forecourt.The site now boasts a 2,000 sq feet Nisa Local convenience store (previously ...
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NewsForecourt operators busy in wake of P&H collapse
Forecourt retailers have expressed sadness – but not surprise – at the fate of wholesaler Palmer and Harvey, which collapsed earlier this week. Many have had contingency plans in place, with other suppliers stepping in to meet the shortfalls. MRH, the UK’s biggest independent forecourt operation with more than 450 ...