All Latest News articles – Page 149
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NewsACS warns on impact of plastic bottle recycling scheme
The Association of Convenience Stores has given evidence to the Environmental Audit Committee, raising concerns about the practicality, cost and effectiveness of a deposit return scheme in the UK. The Committee is considering ways to reduce littering and increase plastic bottle recycling rates from the current rate of 74%. The ...
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NewsMPK adds two sites as growth strategy continues
MPK Garages has acquired two further forecourts as part of its expansion and development plan. The Leicester-based retailer recently acquired Chester Road Service Station in Stanley, County Durham and Ram Jam Service Station on the A1 in Leicestershire during September. This takes the company’s total number of sites to 29. ...
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NewsMFG signs up to second ’electric’ partnership
MFG has announced a second partnership with an electric vehicle chargepoint installation company – Ecotricity - which will extend the latest technology across its network.It has reached agreement to install 30 new electricity pumps on its forecourts around London.The Ecotricity pumps will be installed on MFG’s Shell, BP and Texaco-branded ...
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NewsVVS Service Stations signs up second site with Murco
VVS Service Stations owned and operated by Dr Velautham Sarveswaran (Sarves) and his wife has just signed their second site to a Murco fuel supply agreement. Maypole Service Station which is situated on Alcester Road South, Birmingham joins the Murco network almost exactly 12 months after their first VVS site ...
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NewsNew BP/M&S site opens in Honiton after £2.1m KDRB
A new BP service station with M&S Simply Food has been opened after a KDRB (knockdown re-build) of BP’s site at Turks Lane in Honiton, in South Devon. The joint BP and Marks & Spencer development has created 18 new jobs and will offer motorists a wide range of M&S ...
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NewsGovernment announces £345.3m funding package for roads
A £345.3m funding package to improve local roads and public transport across the country has been announced by transport secretary Chris Grayling. Seventy six projects from across the country have been awarded funding totalling £244m to improve local roads and an additional £101.3m will pay for two new major roads ...
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NewsLarge Esso forecourt with Spar store let by Christie & Co
Hinton Service Station, an Esso-branded forecourt located on the outskirts of Christchurch, has been let through specialist property adviser, Christie & Co. The large forecourt site with a Spar convenience store and two adjoining rollover car washes has been operating since the 1920s. Located on the main arterial route (A35 ...
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NewsSeven arrested in police raids following burglary investigation
Hertfordshire police officers investigating a rash of burglaries at petrol stations have arrested seven suspects following a series of early morning raids in Harlow. The dawn swoops were carried out in Fern Hill at around 5am on October 19 in connection with burglaries at petrol stations and shops. Seven people ...
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NewsSuspected slave trafficker arrested at car wash business
A man suspected of trafficking workers into the UK to work at a hand car wash in Lancashire was arrested by Gangmasters and Labour Abuse Authority (GLAA) investigators on October 19.Eight potential victims were recovered in the operation, which also involved officers from Preston South Division’s Modern Slavery Unit at ...
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NewsBill unveiled to force forecourts to offer electric charging
Motorway services and large petrol retailers will be forced to install charge points and hydrogen refuelling points for electric cars, under plans confirmed in the House of Commons by transport minister John Hayes. The Automated and Electric Vehicles Bill will give the government powers to make it compulsory for “public ...
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NewsCertas Energy and RoadKing open HGV refuelling site at Cannock
Certas Energy, working in partnership with RoadKing, has opened a new state-of-the-art HGV refuelling site at The Hollies Truckstop, Cannock, Staffordshire. The site, located on the A5 Watling Street, 1 mile from M6 junction 12, provides diesel, gas oil and AdBluefor truckstop users and accepts a variety of fuel cards ...
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NewsTesco launches 10ppl discount promotion
Tesco has launched an offer on fuel giving customers a 10p per litre discount fuel when they spend £60 or more in store or on their online groceries. Matt Davies, UK and ROI CEO, said: “Over the past two years we’ve been doing everything we can to serve shoppers better ...
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NewsMinister reveals local shop support plans at ACS conference
High streets minister Jake Berry has set out the Government’s plans to support local shops in an address to the annual ACS Heart of the Community Conference in London. The conference, held at Church House in Westminster on October 17, featured a range of speakers who shared their experiences of ...
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NewsMoto Reading voted best motorway service station
Moto’s Reading westbound services on the M4 has been named England’s top motorway services, according to a new survey by the independent transport user watchdog Transport Focus. Top 50 Indie Euro Garages bagged second place with its Rivington Service station on the M61 at Bolton, Lancashire. In a survey of ...
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NewsShell launches rapid charging service
Shell has launched an on-forecourt electric vehicle (EV) rapid charging service call Shell Recharge. The new service is now available at Shell Holloway in London, Shell Whyteleafe in Surrey, and Shell Derby, and will be launched at a further seven locations within Greater London and Reading by the end of ...
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NewsMFG introduces service to help disabled drivers
Top 50 Indie Motor Fuel Group (MFG) is adopting an award-winning app that enables drivers with disabilities to pre-book assistance with refuelling. 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, and since ...
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NewsSpar celebrates 60th anniversary with Manchester spectacle
Spar marked its 60th anniversary with a celebratory extravaganza at the impressive Manchester Central Convention Complex last weekend (October 14), which helped to raise £600,000 for the brand’s chosen charity, Marie Curie. More than 1,700 guests - including Spar retailers, suppliers and wholesalers along with their families and friends - ...
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NewsRetailers recognised at Certas Energy’s Superstation awards
The achievements of Gulf and Pace-branded retailers were recognised at Certas Energy’s annual forecourt standards competition - SuperStation - held last week at Chesford Grange in Kenilworth, Warwickshire. The event was sponsored by ID Maintenance, and attended by more than 100 people, including sponsors and industry suppliers as well ...
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NewsJTI removes 30th gantry for selling illegal tobacco
JTI has removed its tobacco gantry from Grover Superstore in Canterbury Avenue, Slough, following the decision taken by Slough Borough Council to revoke the store’s Premises Licence. Evidence presented to the council’s Licencing Sub-Committee by Slough Trading Standards showed repeated seizures of illegal tobacco. Charlie Cunningham-Reid, UK head of corporate ...
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NewsACS report shows importance of forecourts
New research from the Association of Convenience Stores (ACS) has shown the essential contribution that the UK’s petrol forecourts make to the economy, to working people, and to communities. The 2017 Forecourt Report highlights the continuing evolution of forecourts as both retailers and service providers, with stores often leading the ...