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Top 50 Indie Chartman Retail bought by MRH
MRH has exchanged contracts to acquire Top 50 Indies dealer Chartman Retail, as part of its strategic drive to increase its offering across the South West.Chartman Retail operates 10 service stations across Devon, Cornwall, Somerset and Dorset, two of which have been shortlisted for the Forecourt Trader of the Year ...
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NewsGovernment accused of ignoring the issue of mileage fraud
The Government has been accused of ignoring the issue of mileage fraud – where criminals alter the mileage on cars’ odometers - after it gave a non-committal response to the latest consultation on the issue. Ten months after the consultation closed the Government finally gave its response but said only ...
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Applegreen agrees to acquire seven Carsley sites
Applegreen has reached an agreement to acquire a network of seven sites from its fellow Top 50 Indie Carsley Group, consisting of six service areas and one forecourt. The service area sites are predominantly located on the major arterial route of the A1 (M).Applegreen will acquire the business for a ...
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BP adds three more Simply Food sites
BP has added three sites to its growing network of BP M&S Simply Food forecourts in the past month. It acquired Barley Grove Service Station in Torrington, North Devon, with the intention of redeveloping it into a BP M&S Simply Food site.The forecourt, located on the A386, has the benefit ...
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BP charging ahead
BP is the latest oil company looking at installing electric car charging points on its forecourts. The company is in talks with electric vehicle (EV) makers on partnering to offer battery recharging docks at its global network of fuel service stations, as it seeks to benefit from the move away ...
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MRH expands in the Channel Islands... and also in South Yorkshire
MRH has expanded its presence in the Channel Islands with the acquisition of two businesses. Roberts Garages, part of the MRH Group, has acquired Petroleum Distributors (Jersey) Limited (PDJ) and Guernsey Petroleum Distributors Limited (GPD) from their parent company NGI.MRH has had a presence on Jersey and Guernsey for several ...
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MRH unveils its first-ever Hursts Grab & Go site
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 £1.2m knock-down-rebuild since shutting its doors at the end of May. The new development with on-trend ...
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NewsAnti-slavery campaign highlights car washes
A campaign by the Scottish Government against human trafficking and modern slavery is highlighting that many unscrupulous hand car wash operations are involved. In Aberdeen this week screen cleans were offered at the city’s Golden Square Car Park as part of the campaign to draw attention to the different industries ...
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NewsApplegreen is Forecourt Trader of the Year
Applegreen M1 Southbound in Northern Ireland was hailed as Forecourt Trader of the Year at last night’s prestigious annual awards at the London Hilton on Park Lane. Myleene Klass, singer, pianist and model was the glamorous host for the event which was attended by a record crowd of over 850. ...
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News in brief
O’loughlin joins mfg MFG has appointed former Applegreen UK boss Michael O’Loughlin as its new managing director, acquisitions and business development. O’Loughlin joined Petrogas as a licensee of its flagship site in Dublin in 1997. In 2008 he relocated to the UK to establish Applegreen’s UK business. Hydrogen funding The ...
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NewsMacDonald praises staff contribution to forecourts
Ramsay MacDonald, retail director, Certas Energy, used his address to the assembled 850 guests at the Hilton Hotel, Park Lane, for the 2017 Forecourt Trader of the Year Awards, to praise the outstanding contributions by petrol retailers and their staff in raising forecourt standards. Acknowledging that the forecourt and convenience ...
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MFG electric partnership
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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NewsBank of England about to issue new £10 note
The new £10 note featuring the author Jane Austen will be issued on Thursday 14 September 2017. It is printed on polymer and is the first Bank of England banknote with a tactile feature to help blind and partially sighted users. It contains sophisticated security features designed to make it ...
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NewsMFG buys three companies and adds 17 sites
Motor Fuel Group (MFG) is expanding its network to 422 stations with the completed acquisition of four stations each from FW Kerridge and Burns & Co, and an exchange of contracts with fellow Top 50 Indie Manor Service Stations for nine stations, with completion scheduled to take place in early ...
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NewsApplegreen increases estate by 32 in six months
Applegreen has added 32 sites during the six months ended 30 June 2017, taking it to a total of 275 across its operations in Ireland, the UK and US. Announcing its half-year results, the company said these figures were prior to its acquisition of 50% of the Joint Fuels Terminal ...
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NewsMajor fuel thief jailed after high speed car chase
A fuel thief who attempted to evade arrest by driving at high speeds through Tunbridge Wells in Kent has been jailed. Harry Kerwick collided with other vehicles and mounted pavements, following a pursuit by Kent Police on 21 June 2017. Kerwick had been driving a Mercedes which was in convoy ...
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NewsTop award for Hockmeyer Motors at Blakemore event
Hockmeyer Motors Spar Sleaford has been crowned best Spar store in the Meridian & Welsh Guild. Owners Rachael Hockmeyer and Christian Slingby were presented with the annual award – The Baldwin Tropy – at this year’s Blakemore Trade Partners SRS event in Telford, in recognition of their relentless focus on ...
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NewsDrunk who set himself on fire not charged
A drunk man who stripped and set himself on fire on a filling station forecourt was released without charge after being arrested by West Yorkshire Police officers. Several national newspaper websites featured CCTV footage which they claimed was recorded at a Shell garage in Hunslet, on the outskirts of Leeds, ...
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NewsMotorway service station raiders escape with five figure sum
Police at Cambuslang in Scotland are continuing enquiries after a break-in at the Bothwell Services on the M74. Between 2.35am and 3.15am on Monday 4 September, the premises of Roadchef within the service station on the M74 Southbound at Fallside Road, Bothwell was broken into while it was closed. The ...
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NewsShisha tobacco smuggler jailed for 42 months
A man smuggled more than 4,000kg of shisha tobacco products into the UK and then tried to flee the country, has been jailed for 42 months. Sam Khazaei, of Rooley Lane, Bradford, illegally imported large quantities of shisha tobacco to evade more than £440,000 in taxes, a HM Revenue and ...