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NewsCo-op to invest £850,000 in site
Lincolnshire Co-op has revealed plans for an £850,000 redevelopment of its Gibbet Nook Filling Station, on the junction of the A153 and B1192 near Coningsby. The first phase will see the site closed from Monday April 24 to Friday June 9 while underground works are carried out to replace pipes ...
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NewsHoyer extends delivery deal with Shell
Hoyer Petrolog has retained significant business with Shell delivering retail fuels in the UK. The new contract extends Hoyer’s relationship with Shell in the UK through to June 2020. Allan Davison, operations director, said: “The agreement of a new contract with Shell is credit to the people in our business ...
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NewsPolice release CCTV of attempted robbery
CCTV images have been released by police officers investigating an attempted robbery at a 24-hour filling station in Lancashire. The incident happened at around 12.05am on Tuesday, April 18 after three men dressed in dark clothing and ski masks approached the Middleforth Garage on Leyland Road, Penwortham, Preston. They tried ...
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NewsCashpoint attacked at Top Indie’s site
Police are investigating after part of a cashpoint machine was stolen from the Esso garage, owned by Top 50 Indie MRH, at The Street in Great Barton, Suffolk. Officers were alerted around 3.45am on Wednesday April 19, to reports that a group of people appeared to be pulling out the ...
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NewsCloning device found on Asda pump
Police in Hull have warned drivers to check their bank accounts after a suspected card cloning device was found at a pay at pump machine on an Asda forecourt. The device was found at the pay at pump machine on pump ten at Asda Kingswood on Thursday April 13, and ...
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NewsHampshire forecourt adopts new Murco image
White Horse Service Station in Middle Wallop, Hampshire, has become the latest Murco dealer station to adopt its new image. The new image was provided as part of a re-signing package. Jim Mulheran, fuels director at Motor Fuel Group and responsible for the Murco brand, commented: “We are delighted that ...
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NewsACS gears up for general election
The Association of Convenience Stores (ACS) has outlined issues it would like to see addressed in political parties’ manifestoes, after Prime Minister Theresa May announced plans to hold a General Election on June 8. ACS chief executive James Lowman said: “The election will be an opportunity for all parties to ...
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Criminals convicted for breaking into oil pipeline
The first conviction in Wales for hot tapping – where criminals break into oil pipelines – has been made following an incident in Pembrokeshire where 2,000 litres of diesel were stolen.Iulian Neacsu, aged 21, received a 21-month sentence for damage to and theft from the pipeline. Nicolae Petre, aged 36 ...
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NewsBOSS launches forecourt crime index
BOSS, the British Oil Security Syndicate, has launched a new forecourt crime index to help retailers benchmark their performance against quantified national averages. To set up the index BOSS has analysed data from thousands of incidents that it has recorded as part of its Payment Watch activities since 2014. The ...
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Roadchef sets up apprenticeship scheme
Motorway service area operator Roadchef has engaged in a new partnership with private hospitality training provider Lifetime Training to deliver bespoke apprenticeship programmes to its employees. The company is launching the new programme across all of its 21 locations and 30 Roadchef service areas. Courses have been tailored specifically for ...
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Route of Lower Thames Crossing announced
Transport secretary Chris Grayling has announced the preferred route for a new Lower Thames Crossing. The new crossing will create a new link between the A2 and the M25 and reduce the burden on the Dartford Crossing. The Lower Thames Crossing is expected to carry 4.5 million heavy goods vehicles ...
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Plans to charge cars based on actual vehicle emissions
A company aiming to develop technology to enable local authorities to charge drivers based on actual vehicle emissions has been awarded a £1m grant. The grant was awarded to Tantalum Corporation by Innovate UK, the UK government’s innovation agency, to develop real-time NOx emissions estimation capability. Tantalum Corporation, is working ...
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NewsHenderson Group achieves record sales
One of Northern Ireland’s largest forecourt operators, The Henderson Group, has announced record levels of sales, investment and jobs growth in the year ending December 31, 2016. The company, which owns the Spar, EuroSpar and Vivo brands in Northern Ireland, owns 57 forecourts and operates an additional seven. Ron Whitten, ...
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NewsTop 50 Indie signs five sites to Essar brand
Top 50 Indie Javid Iqbal has signed up five of his sites to the Essar brand. The sites, which were previously with the Esso brand and are located in Staffordshire and Derbyshire, opened under their new livery on March 30. The following day, a new Essar-branded station was commissioned in ...
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Government awards £109m in grants for next generation vehicles
Government funding of £109.7m has been awarded to help develop the next generation of driverless and low-carbon vehicles, as part of the Industrial Strategy and the government’s Plan for Britain. Seven projects will share grants from the latest round of funding from the Advanced Propulsion Centre (APC), the joint industry-government ...
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Texaco Supreme launched with money off
Texaco Supreme was relaunched in the UK on March 6 with a "Save 10p per litre on Supreme Fuel" promotion across 100 sites in the North West.Running for six weeks to April 16, customers buying Supreme fuel receive 10 Star Rewards points per litre, equivalent to a 10ppl saving.The promotion ...
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High Noon Stores’ Symonds Yat site snapped up by MFG
Motor Fuel Group (MFG) has acquired a site from former Top 50 Indie High Noon Stores, which ceased trading in January.Symonds Yat Service Station in the Wye Valley, Gloucestershire, is on the busy northbound carriageway of the A40 near Whitchurch, and offers customers a Londis shop, a café and extensive ...
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Petrol use falls to lowest ever level on record
UK petrol consumption in January fell to its lowest level ever, government figures show. Statistics released by HM Revenue and Customs show that, in January, UK drivers got through 1,351m litres of petrol. That is marginally down on the previous January’s consumption of 1,365m litres, and 12.7% less than five ...
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EG opens two new sites
Top 50 Indie Euro Garages has opened two new-to-industry sites in Lancashire, with one featuring its first drive-thru KFC restaurant and Sainsbury’s Locals on both forecourts.The drive-thru restaurant is part of a £3.5m development by Euro Garages at Mill Farm in Wesham, which comprises a BP service station, and also ...
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Rontec extends partnership with Morrisons Daily
Top 50 Indie Rontec is extending its partnership with Morrisons with plans for a further 40 c-stores across its sites, but Morrisons’ trial with a second Top 50 Indie, MFG, has been terminated.The new Morrisons Daily stores, which are due to open by the summer, are in addition to the ...