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NewsAdvisers seek buyers for stricken Top 50 Indie
Business advisers to the stricken Top 50 Indie High Noon Stores are trying to find buyers for the company’s assets, but have said reports that the company has gone into administration are not strictly accurate. Greg Palfrey, head of restructuring and recovering and partner at Smith & Williamson, said ...
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Approval for new filling station in Gloucester
Asda has been granted planning permission for a petrol filling station (PFS) at its supermarket in the centre of Gloucester after it said it hoped to bring low priced fuel to residents of the city. The PFS will take space from the supermarket car park and will consist of six ...
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Government announces road improvements
Multi-million pound plans to improve journeys for drivers on some of the East of England’s busiest roads will be launched over the next three months, transport secretary Chris Grayling has announced. The work on the A12, A428 and A47 will be carried out by Highways England and is due to ...
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NewsForecourt sales at record levels for Christie & Co
Sales of petrol stations hit a post-recession record last year, as retail property prices bounced back to 2007 levels – buoyed by an increase of 8.8% on 2015 - according to Steve Rodell, head of retail at Christie & Co, which claims to have sold more petrol stations than ever ...
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Funding for alternative fuel schemes
Vans will go electric and lorries will run on hydrogen dual-fuel under a £20m government programme to cut emissions and improve air quality, transport minister John Hayes has announced. The funding, announced at the Sustainable Road Transport Conference, in central London, is being given to 20 firms who set out ...
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Pharmacy added in redevelopment
Lincolnshire Co-op is carrying out a £750,000 redevelopment of its Winning Post filling station in Lincoln, which will involve the addition of a pharmacy. The work will also include a new canopy, pumps and equipment being installed and a more accessible layout, and will require closure of the filling station ...
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ACS issues advice over snow clearing
The Association of Convenience Stores (ACS) has advised retailers to follow the Department for Transport’s Snow Code when moving snow and ice outside their stores. Under Health and Safety law, businesses are required (so far as is reasonably practicable) to keep routes into the store free from anything that may ...
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Worker steals £450,000 from Asda petrol kiosks
An Asda worker has been jailed after she stole more than £450,000 from the company’s petrol kiosks over a four-year period. Wendy Clements, who worked in the cash office of the South Bank supermarket in Middlesbrough, discovered that the electronic records on the tills were not linked to the “smart ...
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Woman killed on Tesco forecourt
A fatal crash on a Tesco forecourt on Monday January 9 is being investigated by officers from Police Scotland. At around 7.10am, a 68-year-old woman was walking on the forecourt of the Tesco filling station, Lanark Road, Carluke when she was struck by a DAF lorry which was being driven ...
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Driverless cars will reduce delays says DfT
Driverless cars could significantly reduce delays according to a new study by the Department for Transport (DfT). The project used computer software to create virtual models of different parts of the UK road network including urban roads and a 20km motorway section. Delays and traffic flow were all shown to ...
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Auto bosses predict demise of diesel
UK automotive executives expect battery electric vehicles will dominate the automotive marketplace by 2025 and predict diesel technology will be phased out, according to KPMG’s Global Automotive Executive Survey 2017. The report findings revealed that 62% of UK automotive executives view diesel technology as a thing of the past, expecting ...
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Armed robber raids Sunderland site
Northumbria Police are appealing for witnesses after an armed robbery at a petrol filling station in Sunderland. At about 3am on Friday, January 6, a man entered the Barnes Esso service station armed with a stun gun type weapon. He threatened the cashier and demanded they handed over cash and ...
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AF Blakemore holds profits steady
AF Blakemore, the family owned food retail, forecourt, wholesale and distribution business, which celebrates its centenary in 2017, recorded annual sales of £1.31bn with pre-tax profits up from £7.59m to £7.60m for the 2015/16 financial year. Net Assets have also grown by 7.6% to £80.8m. AF Blakemore chairman, Peter Blakemore, ...
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Law firm applies for class action against VW
Harcus Sinclair UK, a law firm specialising in large group litigation, has applied for a group litigation order in claims against VW, Audi, SEAT and Skoda arising out of the Volkswagen emissions scandal. A total of 1.2 million cars in the UK are believed to have been affected. A group ...
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NewsLeaders of £2.6m fuel scam jailed
The leaders of an organised crime gang, which operated a filling station as part of a £2.6m fuel scam, have been jailed. Nine people, including the owner of a Belfast-based fuel supply company, have been sentenced for their part in the laundering, concealing and distribution of an estimated 4.5 million ...
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New-build Shell site
Shell has opened a company-owned service station on a new-to-industry site in Essex. Shell Chelmsford is open 24 hours a day with a shop that serves Shell’s Deli2go food and beverage range, and Costa Coffee Express. Other facilities include three toilets, an ATM and parking for 10 cars. Built on ...
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Kay Group welcomes WH Smith
Top 50 Indie The Kay Group has introduced a new partnership with WH Smith at the opening of its second new-to-industry site in the past 12 months at Crewe Gateway.The one-acre petrol filling station development is part of a tripartite development with Pochin’s Property and a new independent Jaguar ...
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’OK’ for EG food outlets
Euro Garages has won planning approval to build four new food outlets at its service station at the Barrow Brook Business Village off the A59 on the outskirts of Clitheroe Town Centre, in Lancashire.The application includes two 24-hour drive-thru outlets as well as parking at Barrow Business Village in Hey ...
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PRA warns of continuing price rises
Prices at the pumps have hit an 18-month high and the PRA is warning they will rise further as the effects of higher wholesale prices kick in. PRA chairman Brian Madderson said: "The wholesale costs for both petrol and diesel rose by nearly 5ppl during the month of December, due ...
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Doors closed at Top Indie High Noon
Top 50 Indie High Noon Stores has gone into administration. The South Wales convenience store chain and forecourt operator has 15 sites including 10 forecourts and was ranked 32nd in last year’s Top 50 Indies. Five of the group’s branches operate as Spar stores and a spokeswoman for Spar said: ...