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NewsMRH adds a further two sites with South Yorkshire acquisition
The UK’s largest independent service station operator MRH has added a further two sites to its estate with the acquisition of Mitha Forecourts, based in Barnsley, South Yorkshire. Mitha Forecourts comprises two Shell-branded service stations: Hoyland Common, an 800sq ft site in Hoyland; and Hilltop, a 500sq ft site in ...
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NewsDerby-based tobacco smugglers jailed after HMRC raid
The leaders of a cigarette smuggling gang, who evaded almost £1.2m in taxes, have been jailed after they were caught with more than three million illegal cigarettes. Derby men Alan Rashid, 33, and Goran Mohamed Ahmed, 34, masterminded the operation to smuggle and distribute illegal cigarettes over a four-year period ...
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NewsMPs call for tighter restrictions than in Air Quality Plan
A cross party group of MPs and Lords have called on the Government to adopt stronger proposals on air quality than the ones it outlined earlier this week. Following publication of the Government’s Air Quality Plan, which would ban the sale of new petrol and diesel cars from 2040, a ...
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NewsChartman wins planning approval for HGV forecourt
West Country Top 50 Indie Chartman Group has won planning permission for a new HGV forecourt at its flagship Winning Post site on the A38 at Haldon Hill site (above), in Devon. The proposed development will enhance the existing facility by utilising spare land and adding additional fill points. Chartman ...
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NewsWelding equipment used in attack on forecourt ATM
A criminal used welding equipment in an attempt to break into a forecourt cash machine and then fled when it caught fire yards from the pumps. The attack happened overnight at the Jet-branded Chidswell Service Station on Leeds Road in Dewsbury, West Yorkshire, on Wednesday July 26. Chris Cundall, who ...
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NewsMastermind of pipeline breaches found guilty
An Essex man who orchestrated the theft of hundreds of thousands of litres of fuel from an underground pipeline in Kent has been found guilty following a trial. Roger Gull was part of a criminal operation which involved drilling into high pressured pipelines to steal fuel worth millions of pounds. ...
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NewsCall for funding equality for hydrogen and electric
The Government will not meet its target of 65 operational hydrogen refuelling stations by 2020 unless funding is increased, one of the main companies involved in the sector has warned. ITM Power, which supplied the equipment for Shell’s hydrogen refuelling site at its Cobham services on the M25 (above), has ...
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NewsProposals to relax rules on drivers of electric vans
Changes to driver licensing rules will make it easier for van drivers to switch to electric vehicles, the government has announced today (28 July 2017). Van drivers will be able to operate heavier electric or gas-powered vehicles without having to apply for a new licence, as part of moves to ...
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NewsMRH rolls out pilots for new formats to three more sites
MRH has opened three further sites as part of its trial of a number of new service station store formats and customer offers across the UK. The developments – at Downfields, Cambridgeshire; Stanway, Essex; and Hatton Cross, London – are part of MRH’s wider strategy to invest in its service ...
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NewsTop 50 Indie Park Garage Group buys Bromley site
Top 50 Indie Park Garage Group has bought Tudor Autos, a BP-branded petrol filling station in Bromley, Kent. It was sold to the Bromley-based group following a confidential marketing campaign by specialist business property adviser, Christie & Co, which reported the sale generated multiple offers in less than three weeks ...
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NewsPRA urges caution over Air Quality Plan
The PRA has given a cautious welcome to some of the measures in the government’s clean air strategy which was unveiled on Wednesday, and confirms it will ban the sale of all new conventional petrol and diesel cars by 2040. PRA chairman Brian Madderson said he welcomed the pragmatic steps ...
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NewsBMW announces plan for all electric Mini to be made in UK
BMW Group has announced that it will be launching a new battery-electric Mini that will be made in the UK. The fully electric car will go into production in 2019, alongside the existing petrol and diesel internal combustion engine versions, and a plug-in hybrid. The electric Mini’s electric drivetrain will ...
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NewsNew-to-industry BP/M&S Simply Food site opens
BP has opened a service station and M&S Simply Food at a new-to-industry site at Aylsham, in Norfolk. Twenty-three new jobs have been created with the opening on Wednesday July 26 of the new site, next to a new roundabout on Burgh Road. The development, which cost nearly £2m, includes ...
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NewsSuresite in deal to support Greenergy’s Esso dealers
Suresite has been appointed by Greenergy to provide wet-stock management across its Esso dealer network. The long-term arrangement is being rolled out and provides Esso dealers with access to the real-time solution, which was launched by Suresite in late 2016. “We are delighted to have secured this arrangement with Greenergy,” ...
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NewsWeak pound pushing up the price for motorists filling up
Over the past year, UK drivers have suffered on average a 5.4ppl increase in pump prices as a consequence of the post-referendum weakening of the pound against the dollar, the latest AA Fuel Price Report has revealed. With a typical fuel tank holding 55 litres of fuel, the cost of ...
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NewsWarning about potentially toxic fake vodka
An illegal alcohol factory, producing potentially toxic vodka, has been found in an industrial unit in Aintree, Liverpool. HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) discovered the unit on Wednesday July 19 and is warning the public and local retailers to beware of the potentially dangerous fake vodka, which was labelled as ...
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NewsStaff detain man after botched robbery attempt in Sussex
A man has been arrested and charged after a botched attempt at robbery at a petrol station in Storrington, West Sussex. Shortly before 9pm on Sunday July 16, a man wearing a balaclava and armed with a knife entered the Esso garage in Pulborough Road. He tripped and fell while ...
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NewsPolice seeking armed trio after raid on Leeds petrol station
West Yorkshire Police are appealing for information following an armed robbery at a petrol station in Leeds. Shortly before 6.20am on Tuesday July 18 three men, who were wearing balaclavas and were armed with knives, entered Wharrels Service Station, in Lowtown, Pudsey.They threatened staff and forced them into a back ...
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NewsForecourt bomber sentenced to six years
A man who blew up an ATM on a forecourt, while the 24-hour site’s manager was in the premises, has been sentenced to six years in prison. The attack occurred in the early hours of March 4 when Mason Lindsay, along with another man who has not been identified, used ...
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NewsChartman team celebrate completion of road scheme
The end of two years of road closures and traffic snarl ups, resulting from an A30 Cornwall road improvement scheme, was celebrated last weekend by staff and customers at the Esso and Spar branded Bodmin Moor Services. Staff at the site, which is owned by Top 50 Indie Chartman, donned ...