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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 ...
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Man killed at Cobham
Surrey Police have launched a murder investigation following the death of a man involved in a serious assault on the Shell Service Station at Cobham Services on the M25. Officers were called to the forecourt at Cobham Services (between Junctions nine and 10 of the M25) at 3.15pm on Monday ...
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New-look Co-op opens in Duckmanton
Central England Co-operative has opened the doors to its refurbished petrol filling station at Chesterfield Road, Duckmanton, with a special ribbon-cutting ceremony. The site has been given a £188,000 makeover to provide its members and customers with an improved shopping experience at the c-store located on site.The transformation sees the ...
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Forecourt crime hits its highest-ever level
An index measuring the level of crime on forecourts has hit its highest-ever reading, according to BOSS (British Oil Security Syndicate). The latest BOSS Forecourt Crime Index for the first quarter of 2017 (January to March) has shown it has risen by seven points to 104, compared to the previous ...
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EG’s grand expansion plans include new UK HQ
Euro Garages has unveiled plans for a new HQ in Blackburn as it announced expansion plans in the UK and Europe.Euro Garages’ parent company, Intervias Group, has reached an agreement with Esso Italiana an ExxonMobil company for the purchase of 1,176 Esso-branded service stations, located in Italy.Euro Garages ...
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NewsLarge fuel leak on supermarket forecourt
Emergency services were called to a supermarket petrol station after reports of a large fuel leak. Shortly before 11.30am on Sunday July 9, staff from Sainsbury’s fuel station at the superstore on Hankridge Way, Taunton, requested assistance with a large fuel leak on the forecourt. Devon and Somerset Fire and ...
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NewsApplegreen to buy 34-forecourt group in the US
Applegreen has reached agreement to buy a 34-forecourt group based in Columbia, South Carolina, in the US. Under the terms of the deal, Applegreen will acquire the trade and certain assets of the Brandi Group for $5.4m (inclusive of working capital), and a US institutional real estate investor will acquire ...
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NewsACS calls for restraint from Low Pay Commission
The Association of Convenience Stores (ACS) has called on the Government to do more to help with the rising cost of employment and to ensure that wage rates do not have a negative impact on job prospects.In its annual submission to the Low Pay Commission, ACS has raised concerns about ...
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NewsPolice arrest man after ATM theft wrecks forecourt shop
A man has been arrested in connection with the theft of a cash machine from a BP petrol station in Humberside, on Tuesday 4 July. The 28-year-old man is in police custody and is being questioned by detectives. Enquiries are continuing into the incident during which a stolen digger was ...
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NewsAsda apologises after fuel makes cars break down
Asda has apologised after customers’ cars broke down when diesel was accidentally put into an unleaded tank at a fuel station in Anglesey. A number of drivers broke down after filling up their cars with the wrong fuel at the Asda garage in Llangefni. Asda confirmed the mistake led to ...
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NewsPetrol stations worst in proof of age tests
Petrol stations were the least likely retail category to ask for proof of age in a test purchasing operation for alcohol and tobacco. Retailers sold alcohol to nearly one in six teenage mystery shoppers in 2016 without asking for proof of age, according to new data from retail age check ...
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NewsRefuel & Go creates theatre with Wacky Races theme
Top 50 Indie Refuel & Go featured Wacky Races’ Dick Dastardly on its forecourt for the Shell Lucky Pump Day at its Whitecourt Service Station, Black Notley, Braintree in Essex. Managing director Andrew MacDonald explained: “Shell does a lot to promote V Power and has sent a number of brand ...