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NewsPlummeting diesel sales depress UK new car market
Plummeting diesel sales pushed the UK new car market to its fifth consecutive month of decline in August, as the fall-out of the emissions scandal continued to dog sales. According to figures published by the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT), registrations fell -6.4% to 76,433, after a record ...
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NewsCompany owned site to join Essar network
The UK network of Essar branded filling stations has grown to 36 and the company has planning permission for the first company owned site, which it plans to open later this year. A spokesman said the company owned site was a former Gulf forecourt which had been closed for some ...
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NewsNumber of jobs in UK convenience store sector falls
The number of jobs in the UK convenience store sector has fallen for the second consecutive year, as retailers are forced to adapt to cost increases in their businesses, according to the ACS. The 2017 Local Shop Report shows that there are now just over 370,000 jobs in the convenience ...
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NewsMRH buys fellow Top 50 Indie Chartman Group
MRH has today (September 4) exchanged contracts to acquire Top 50 Indies dealer Chartman Retail, with completion taking place on Wednesday, September 6, as part of its strategic drive to increase its offering across the South West. Chartman Retail, an Independent Retail Chain of the year finalist in this year’s ...
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NewsFormer Applegreen MD O’Loughlin joins MFG
Top 50 Indies forecourt operator, Motor Fuel Group (MFG) is pleased to announce the appointment of Michael O’Loughlin as its new managing director, acquisitions & business development. In 1997 Michael joined Petrogas as a licensee of their flagship site in Dublin. As the group grew to double figures, he was ...
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NewsUnleaded petrol prices to surge above diesel
The PRA is warning unleaded petrol prices could be hiked as a result of the impact of Hurricane Harvey on the Texan coast around Houston, with the RAC predicting they could move well above diesel prices. PRA chairman Brian Madderson said: “The wholesale price of petrol has increased by over ...
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NewsMRH opens first Hursts Grab & Go
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 £1.2 million knock-down-rebuild since shutting its doors at the end of May. The new development - ...
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NewsKnifeman strikes at Asda petrol station in north Manchester
A staff member was threatened with a knife during a robbery at an Asda petrol station in north Manchester. Police said a man took cash from the till and fled in an unknown direction after the raid at Harpurhey Shopping Centre at 10.30am on Thursday (August 31). No arrests have ...
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NewsCo-op enters into exclusive talks with Nisa
An analyst has said a potential takeover of Nisa by the Co-op is a much better fit than a previously mooted deal with Sainsbury’s. Global Data says Sainsbury’s investors should be relieved that The Co-op has entered into exclusive talks with Nisa, thereby avoiding a CMA investigation, Nisa shareholder’s discontent, ...
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NewsElectric vehicles getting greener due to renewable energy
Electric vehicles are getting greener due to the recent switch from coal to renewables, and now create half the CO2 of the cleanest conventional and hybrid cars on the road, according to a new report. Writing in Electric Insights Quarterly, Dr Iain Staffell of Imperial College London said: “Producing the ...
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NewsNew Synergy Supreme+ Unleaded launched
Esso is launching a new and improved formulation of its premium unleaded fuel, Synergy Supreme+ Unleaded (97 octane). The new formulation contains friction modifier molecules that help to protect the engine by reducing wear and tear. Supreme+ fuels also have an enhanced cleaning power compared to Esso’s regular grades, which ...
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NewsMFG to roll out rapid electric chargers
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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NewsAdvertising watchdog rebukes Nissan over world leader claim
Nissan Motor (GB) has had a complaint against it upheld by the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) after a national press advert it ran included the text “World leaders in 100% electric since 2010”. A complainant, who believed that a competitor had sold more electric cars, challenged whether the claim “World ...
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NewsApproval expected for Co-op redevelopment
Plans by the Co-op to redevelop a Yorkshire Dales petrol station have been recommended for approval by planners. Co-op Estates wants to demolish the existing 108sq m kiosk and an empty bungalow at Three Peaks Filling Station, on New Road, Ingleton, and build a new 464sq m ground-floor shop, with ...
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NewsAssault leaves petrol station worker unconscious
Police in Rugby are appealing for witnesses after a petrol station worker was violently assaulted in the early hours of Wednesday (August 30) morning. A man described as white, with an Eastern European accent, targeted the Gibbetts Cross Service Station on the A5 in Rugby at around 4.30am. The man, ...
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NewsATM thieves using stolen farm vehicles
Police in Devon have urged farmers to step-up security and warned their stolen equipment is being used in attacks on petrol stations. The warning comes after ram raiders used a stolen agricultural forklift vehicle to smash a cash machine from its moorings and steal it from the BP Totnes Cross ...
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NewsBP/M&S Simply Food opens at Aviemore in Scotland
Sixteen jobs have been created with the opening of a new BP service station with M&S Simply Food on Grampian Road, Aviemore, on August 30. Approximately £2m has been spent on the site, which in addition to the fuel and shop includes a toilet accessible to disabled people, a baby ...
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NewsGovernment introduces tougher emissions testing
New models of diesel and petrol cars will have to pass a strict new emissions test before they are allowed on Britain’s roads from next week (1 September 2017). The tough standards come into force after an overhaul in the way emissions are measured. Under the old test, vehicles were ...
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NewsParliamentary group formed to focus on tackling illicit trade
Parliamentarians at Westminster are forming a new cross-party group to raise issues around the illicit trade up the political agenda. The All Party Parliamentary Group (APPG), which will be made up of peers and MPs from across the political spectrum, will look at some of the key issues and drivers ...
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NewsMan arrested after ATM is blown up on forecourt
Police are hunting for a suspect after a cash machine was blown up on an Esso forecourt at Iron Acton in Gloucestershire. Police officers were called to the garage on Yate Road shortly after 12.30am on Monday August 21. A 27-year-old man is under arrest after a car left the ...