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NewsLorry driver jailed for three years for smuggling tobacco
A lorry driver who smuggled more than nine million cigarettes into the UK hidden inside air filter units, evading £2.5m in duty, has been jailed for three years after an HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) investigation. Andrzej Krasnodebski, 45, was arrested by Border Force officers at Dover Eastern Docks on ...
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NewsGreenergy moves into Ireland with acquisition
Greenergy, the UK’s largest supplier of road fuels, has agreed to purchase 100% of the shares of Inver Energy, an Ireland-based independent fuel supplier, giving it a presence in the growing Irish market for the first time. Inver’s business activities include import and storage facilities and fuel supply operations in ...
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NewsACS calls for input into plastic bottle recycling plans
The Association of Convenience Stores (ACS) has responded to a question in the House of Lords about plastic bottle recycling and a deposit return scheme, urging the government to listen to the views of convenience store retailers by including them in the DEFRA (Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs) ...
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NewsMan arrested after climbing onto roof
A man has been arrested on suspicion of criminal damage after spending more than six hours on the roof of a petrol station in Wokingham, Berkshire. Thames Valley Police officers were called to the Shell Garage in London Road at around 10.50pm on Wednesday, July 12, after reports of concerns ...
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NewsNew BP/M&S site opens in Wadebridge
A former Shell site in Wadebridge, Cornwall, has reopened with a new BP-branded forecourt and an M&S Simply Food outlet. The fuel station has been closed since February 26 while the redevelopment was carried out. The site, which is Wadebridge’s only filling station, was sold to BP by Tregoning Limited, ...
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NewsInspectors close hand car wash over hazardous electrics
A hand car wash site in Devizes, Wiltshire, had its power cut off by health and safety inspectors last week after they deemed it unsafe. Devizes Car Centre on New Park Street was closed this week for repairs after being visited on Friday, 7 July, by the Health and Safety ...
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NewsCertas Energy launches new uniform range for Gulf
Gulf has launched a new heritage-inspired uniform range that will be rolled out across its 500-strong network from August. Almost 12 months in the planning and design phase, according to Certas Energy the collection is both stylish and contemporary, not something usually associated with staff clothing. “We believe it is ...
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NewsGovernment delays roll-out of digital tax changes
The government has announced that it is putting back plans to change the rules on digital tax returns. Mel Stride MP, financial secretary to Treasury, confirmed that the Government will delay plans for the roll out of its Making Tax Digital tax reforms by one year to 2019. Under the ...
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NewsGovernment invests £20m to back smarter energy systems in EVs
The government is investing £20m to support development of electric vehicles (EVs) capable of returning electricity to the grid. The new investment will support vehicle-to-grid projects as part of the government’s Industrial Strategy and create a smarter energy system, while increasing the numbers of electric cars on UK roads. The ...
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NewsSupermarket fuel sales slumped at start of 2017
The AA says motorists punished the supermarkets for hiking their prices in the first quarter of 2017, after the government’s latest official statistics showed a slump in their fuel sales. Between January and March this year, the big four supermarkets achieved sales of 1.388 million tonnes of petrol, down 6.2% ...
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NewsWoman dragged across forecourt during robbery
Thames Valley Police is appealing for witnesses to a robbery in High Wycombe when a woman was dragged across a busy petrol station forecourt. At around 2.30pm on Sunday July 9, at Morrison’s petrol station, Bellfield Road, the victim parked her vehicle, a light blue Fiat 500, on the forecourt ...
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NewsInquiry into Booker/Tesco deal expanded
The proposed merger between Tesco and Booker, which supplies the Premier, Londis and Budgens brands, is being referred for an in-depth, phase 2 investigation by the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA). The CMA opened its phase 1 investigation into the merger in May. At the end of June, the companies ...
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NewsHydrogen fuel producer signs supply deal with Honda (UK)
The energy storage and clean fuel company ITM Power has signed a fuel contract with Honda (UK), which will purchase hydrogen at £10 per kg. The contract covers fuel dispensed across ITM Power’s hydrogen refuelling network. The refuelling network has been financially supported by Innovate UK, Office for Low Emission ...
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Kay Group opens 14th site branded Texaco
Top 50 Indie The Kay Group has opened its 14th Texaco-branded service station. Its Irlam site in Salford is another new- build for The Kay Group and features bakery chain Gregg’s first drive-through.This is the third Kay Group Texaco-branded new-build to have opened in the past year, adding to Junction ...
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Top 50 Indie Symonds goes for two more sites
Top 50 Indie Symonds Forecourts has acquired its ninth forecourt site and is finalising planning approval on a 10th that will be a new-to-industry site.The acquisition is Malmesbury Service Station in Wiltshire, which was purchased direct from Andrew Ings.The 10th site, in Weston-super-Mare, Somerset, is in the final stages of ...
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Tesco fined £8m for ’reckless’ petrol leak
Tesco has been fined £8m after a massive leak of petrol from one of its service stations. The Environment Agency said 23,500 litres of petrol escaped from a tank over a 29-hour period in Haslingden, east Lancashire, in 2014.The firm’s "recklessness" resulted in homes being evacuated, residents suffering sickness, and ...
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Sewell on the go directors become shareholders
Two directors at Sewell on the go have further cemented their commitment to the company by becoming shareholders. Katherine Batch and Alex Mortimer have been familiar faces at Sewell Group for several years and became directors on the business’ retail board last year.Mortimer, who has worked for the company as ...
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fule laundering foiledEight men have been arrested and a large amount of toxic waste removed, as part of an investigation by HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) into a suspected £3m fuel- laundering fraud. Around 150 officers from HMRC carried out simultaneous searches of 20 business and residential addresses in the ...
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Opening celebrations for Chartman’s latest site
The Chartman Group’s latest acquisition, Winterbourne Abbas Services in Dorset, celebrated with visitors and locals at a special opening event last month.Chartman director Clive Sheppard said: "The star attraction was the Red Bull soapbox simulator, giving visitors the thrill of a downhill race in a bathtub! With classic cars, Spar ...
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Fast food chain Leon to make debut on motorway
Roadchef has signed a franchise deal with fast food chain Leon that will see the first roadside Leons open this summer, with many more planned.The motorway service area operator has picked two of its flagship sites at Norton Canes (M6 toll) and Strensham South (M5) to house the ...