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Government awards £109m in grants for next generation vehicles
Government funding of £109.7m has been awarded to help develop the next generation of driverless and low-carbon vehicles, as part of the Industrial Strategy and the government’s Plan for Britain. Seven projects will share grants from the latest round of funding from the Advanced Propulsion Centre (APC), the joint industry-government ...
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Texaco Supreme launched with money off
Texaco Supreme was relaunched in the UK on March 6 with a "Save 10p per litre on Supreme Fuel" promotion across 100 sites in the North West.Running for six weeks to April 16, customers buying Supreme fuel receive 10 Star Rewards points per litre, equivalent to a 10ppl saving.The promotion ...
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High Noon Stores’ Symonds Yat site snapped up by MFG
Motor Fuel Group (MFG) has acquired a site from former Top 50 Indie High Noon Stores, which ceased trading in January.Symonds Yat Service Station in the Wye Valley, Gloucestershire, is on the busy northbound carriageway of the A40 near Whitchurch, and offers customers a Londis shop, a café and extensive ...
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Petrol use falls to lowest ever level on record
UK petrol consumption in January fell to its lowest level ever, government figures show. Statistics released by HM Revenue and Customs show that, in January, UK drivers got through 1,351m litres of petrol. That is marginally down on the previous January’s consumption of 1,365m litres, and 12.7% less than five ...
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EG opens two new sites
Top 50 Indie Euro Garages has opened two new-to-industry sites in Lancashire, with one featuring its first drive-thru KFC restaurant and Sainsbury’s Locals on both forecourts.The drive-thru restaurant is part of a £3.5m development by Euro Garages at Mill Farm in Wesham, which comprises a BP service station, and also ...
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Rontec extends partnership with Morrisons Daily
Top 50 Indie Rontec is extending its partnership with Morrisons with plans for a further 40 c-stores across its sites, but Morrisons’ trial with a second Top 50 Indie, MFG, has been terminated.The new Morrisons Daily stores, which are due to open by the summer, are in addition to the ...
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PM hints at concessions for diesel vehicle owners
Prime Minister Theresa May has hinted that concessions may be made for diesel car owners after London Mayor, Sadiq Khan, confirmed proposals for new emission charges. There were also reports that the government will introduce similar schemes in other cities.She said: "Decisions will be taken when we produce that [air ...
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Chartman returns to its roots at Winterbourne
Residents of Winterbourne Abbas in Dorset, together with local commuters and passing drivers, have been celebrating the re-opening of the village forecourt and shop by Top 50 Indie Chartman Retail.Situated on the busy A35 between Bridport and Dorchester, the business closed last year and then was sold to Chartman.After a ...
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BP/Esso card deal goes liveBP’s reciprocal fuel card acceptance agreement with Esso is now live, offering BP Plus fuel card customers the opportunity to fill up at Esso-branded sites throughout the UK. There are now more than 630 Esso forecourts (excluding Esso Tesco Alliance sites and Esso Euro Garage sites) ...
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NewsBlaze guts shop on MRH forecourt
A forecourt shop has been gutted by a major fire on a site owned by Top 50 Indie MRH.The blaze broke out early in the morning on Saturday, April 8, at the Esso service station on the A11 near Mildenhall, and the trunk road had to be closed while firefighters ...
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Stone Willy Pizza concept adopted by Certas Energy
Certas Energy has launched the Stone Willy Pizza concept at its Carronvale Service Station in Larbert, Falkirk, with a view to rolling it out to its Gulf dealers.The decision to trial Stone Willy Pizza, a US business that moved to the UK 10 years ago, was taken after a 12-month ...
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Esso Card acceptance extended to BP branded sites
Esso Card fuel card customers can now use their Esso Card at BP branded sites throughout the UK. There are approximately 1,200 BP forecourts in the UK, which will increase the Esso Card acceptance network in the UK to around 3,400 sites. Esso Card is now accepted at Esso, Shell ...
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AA says latest supermarket fuel price cuts were patchy
The fuel price cuts claimed by supermarkets in mid-March were patchy, and in many cases below the 2ppl headline figure, according to the AA, which said non-supermarket retailers were undercutting superstores in some locations.In its latest AA Fuel Price Report, it said: "The true meaning of an ’up to 2p’ ...
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Taking on the competition with a £1.3m spend
A Kent forecourt owner has just completed a £1.3m investment in his business, despite BP plans to build a service station and drive-thru McDonald’s just 50m from his site.Simon Privett, who runs Tollgate Service Station, just off the A2 at Gravesend, had been a BP dealer since 1999, but after ...
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NewsEI report confirms halt to decline in forecourt numbers
The Energy Institute (EI) has backed up Experian Catalist’s findings last year that the decline in UK forecourt numbers has ended. According to its newly published Retail Marketing Survey there were 8,489 sites operating at the close of 2016, compared with 8,472 sites in 2015 and 8,609 in 2014. Another ...
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Retail groups condemn deposit return plan
The Association of Convenience Stores (ACS) and the Scottish Grocers Federation (SGF) have called for plans to introduce a deposit return scheme (DRS) to be scrapped after conducting research into the impact of a scheme with both consumers and retailers. In a submission to the Environmental Audit Committee, ACS and ...
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Forecourt gunman escapes with cash
Northumbria Police are investigating an armed robbery at the Shell garage in The Broadway, in Grindon.At 2.36am on Wednesday April 5 a man entered the forecourt shop, pointed what is believed to be a handgun at a member of staff and demanded the contents of the till. He then escaped ...
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Burnt out Co-op site rebuilt
Central England Co-operative is planning to open the doors to its rebuilt petrol filling station and food store, in Halifax Road, Birchencliffe, Huddersfield, at 10am on Friday April 21. The new-look building replaces the former store, which was badly damaged by a fire in the middle of 2016. Since then ...
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FarefuelUK attacks penalties on diesel owners
FairFuelUK has launched a stinging attack on the government’s strategy of increasing charges on diesel cars as a way of lowering emissions. The campaign group said it carried out a survey of 16,000 UK drivers, and only 1 in 100 believe that adding a pollution tax to diesel will improve ...
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Jet hails new approach to promotion as a success
Jet has hailed its recent advertising campaign as a resounding success. The fuel brand opted to take a different approach to promoting its latest “Skint?” nationwide prize draw, using a combination of bus, Facebook and online advertising, as well as Waze, a traffic and navigation app. Throughout January and February, ...