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PRA calls for cut in fuel duty in Autumn Statement
The PRA has written to the Chancellor urging him to not just freeze, but cut fuel duty by 5ppl in the Autumn Budget on November 22. Since the beginning of October, the Platts cost of petrol has risen by more than 6ppl. This has resulted from Brent Crude oil recovering ...
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QP Petroleum takes top gong at Bestway awards
Forecourts have excelled at Bestway Wholesale’s annual Retail Development Awards, taking two of the top awards.Overall winner was Best-one forecourt operator QP Petroleum in Runcorn, with owner Kuperan Murugesu collecting the trophy and a cheque for £10,000.Husband and wife team Kalpesh and Meeta Raja, who run a forecourt shop in ...
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BP opens two and plans to develop a third
BP has opened two new service stations with M&S Simply Food and bought a third site for redevelop-ment. Sixteen new jobs have been created with the opening of a new BP with M&S Simply Food on Oakleigh Road South, in Southgate, north London, and BP said approximately £800,000 had been ...
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greenergy grows in irelandGreenergy, the UK’s largest supplier of road fuels, has confirmed that it has completed the acquisition of Inver Energy in Ireland. Agreement on the deal, which gives Greenergy a presence in the growing Irish market for the first time, was announced on July 13. Inver’s business includes ...
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PRA makes case for charging incentives
The PRA has taken a second opportunity in a week to tell MPs that forecourts should not be forced to install electric chargers. Just days after PRA chairman Brian Madderson addressed MPs scrutinising the Automated and Electric Vehicles Bill (see News Extra, page 10), the PRA provided evidence to an ...
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MFG invests in chargepoints on London sites
MFG has announced a second partnership with an electric vehicle chargepoint installation company Ecotricity which will extend the latest technology across its network. As a result it will install 30 new electricity pumps on its forecourts around London.This follows last month’s announcement of a deal with ChargePoint Services ...
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Shell’s David Moss to retire at the end of this year
After nearly 40 years of service, David Moss, Shell’s UK retail general manager, is to retire at the end of the year. Having spent his entire career in downstream, initially in aviation and marine, he joined retail in the 1980s.His recent notable achievements have been the retail leadership of North ...
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Shell invests in electric
Shell launched an on-forecourt electric vehicle (EV) rapid charging service called Shell Recharge, days after it signed an agreement to buy NewMotion, one of Europe’s largest EV charging providers.The new service is now available at Shell Holloway in London, Shell Whyteleafe in Surrey, and Shell Derby, and will be launched ...
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MPK Garages expands with two more sites
MPK Garages has acquired two further forecourts as part of its expansion and development plan.The Leicester-based retailer, currently ranked 10th in Forecourt Trader’s Top 50 Indies, recently acquired Chester Road Service Station in Stanley, County Durham, and Ram Jam Service Station on the A1 in Leicestershire. This takes the company’s ...
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Retailer snaps up second Jet site - on tourist route
Ayrshire-based Jet forecourt owner Brian Connolly, who opened the first Jet and Spar dual-branded site, has bought a second service station, in the market town of Dalmellington, 10 miles from his first forecourt at Maybole. The new site is located on the Galloway tourist route, which runs from the A74(M) ...
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NewsE10 becomes top-selling petrol in France
E10 has become the top-selling petrol in France, helped by a tax break that makes it cheaper than its conventional rival, according to a statement by French ethanol producers reported by Reuters. Sales of unleaded SP95-E10 accounted for 38.5% of petrol sales in France in September, compared with 36.8% for ...
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NewsJempson’s site celebrates 25th anniversary
An independent petrol station, which has regularly beaten major supermarkets on price, is celebrating its 25th anniversary this month. Jet’s Jempson’s petrol station 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 ...
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NewsAA forms partnership to support electric vehicles
The AA has formed a partnership with Chargemaster, the UK’s largest provider of EV charging infrastructure, to help AA members who already own, or who are considering an electric vehicle. Currently 41% of AA members own diesel cars but when asked if their next car will be diesel this drops ...
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NewsCar wash owner fined after waste fly-tipped at beauty spot
The owner of a hand car wash operation has been fined after waste from his site was dumped at a National Trust beauty spot. Rubbish including car parts, plastic containers, black bin bags and empty boxes were all left strewn across a woodland path within the grounds of Wimpole Hall ...
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NewsMan jailed for arson with intent to endanger life on forecourt
A man has been jailed for arson with intent to endanger life following an incident on a forecourt in Waltham Abbey. Paul Crick, 43, of Hookfield, Harlow was seen to walk across the forecourt of a Tesco petrol station in Sewardstone Road at around 5.40pm on Saturday, April 22. He ...
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NewsForecourt bomber sentenced to seven years for ATM attack
A man who blew up an ATM on a forecourt and made off with thousands of pounds of cash has been jailed for seven years. Peter Hinder was seriously injured after the stolen getaway car used in the 21 August attack crashed as it fled the scene. Nearly £10,000 worth ...
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NewsIndependent invests in new Budgens store
RJ Raven, a fourth-generation family-run filling station has improved its food offering and launched a Budgens after receiving a finance package of £660,000 from HSBC with additional funding from Budgens. Prior to the Budgens opening, the petrol station had a small dry stock offering, however with the new addition ...
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NewsDiesel car sales set for new hit from Chancellor
Plummeting sales of diesel cars are likely to be hit even more by the introduction of extra taxes in the Budget later this month, according to the Financial Times. The paper reports that Government aids have said the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Philip Hammond, believes a levy on new diesel ...
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NewsSales of motorcycles down for tenth consecutive month
Demand for motorcycles continued its downward trend in October marking 10 consecutive months of decline in the market. Registrations in October fell by 13.7% compared with the same period last year and the year-to-date decline currently stands at -15.3%. A total of 6,686 motorcycles were registered in the month compared ...
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NewsACS welcomes decision to drop tobacco licensing
The Association of Convenience Stores (ACS) has welcomed the government’s decision not to progress with plans to introduce a tobacco licensing scheme for retailers, following a consultation last year. However, the government has warned that EU regulations to track tobacco product through supply chains could require some additional requirements for ...