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Co-op redevelopmentLincolnshire 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 sees the site closed until Friday June 9 while underground works are carried out to replace pipes and tanks, and new pumps ...
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New report confirms record property prices
Forecourt property values are at a record high, according to a new report by property advisors Barber Wadlow. Its Forecourt Property Value Index (calculated in association with Experian Catalist) shows values have increased by 62% since the bottom of the market, and are now at a record high, exceeding the ...
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Maxol opens its largest-ever development
Maxol has opened the doors to its largest-ever development in Northern Ireland at Tannaghmore, County Antrim.In a first for Northern Ireland and the UK and a forecourt exclusive for Maxol the A26 Services has introduced Freshly Chopped, a fast-food franchise which aims to offer fresh and nutritious food ...
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Greenergy road-loads diesel at Thames Oilport
Greenergy has begun road-loading of diesel and heating oil at Thames Oilport, giving it a supply location in the South East of England.The company said the opening of road-loading facilities is another significant milestone in the regeneration of the site, to turn the former refinery into a modern import terminal ...
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Rapley predicts more old sites will re-open
Property consultancy Rapleys LLP is predicting more former forecourt sites will be reopened after it secured the sale of a site that was closed several years ago. The former Shell site on the High Street in Coleshill, West Midlands, had been vacant for more than four years, but when Rapleys ...
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NewsTaxi LPG conversions plan to tackle air pollution
Retrofitting black cabs to run on liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) is being considered as a key solution for confronting the UK’s air quality crisis, as part of the Government’s draft air quality plan which was published last week. As part of the new plan, being consulted on until June 15, ...
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NewsLondon Transport tenders for hydrogen buses
Transport for London (TfL) has launched a tender for the bulk procurement of hydrogen fuel cell buses. Working in partnership with three other UK cities - Aberdeen, Birmingham, Dundee - TfL is inviting potential suppliers of fuel cell buses to join a framework for the supply of single and double ...
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NewsCertas rolls out cleaner diesel at Port of Liverpool
A state-of-the-art 24-hour HGV fuel station at the Port of Liverpool will become the first port in the UK to offer Shell GTL Fuel – which is claimed to be a cleaner alternative to conventional diesel fuel. Certas Energy, working in partnership with Peel Ports Group, opened the state-of-the-art site ...
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NewsProlific thieves convicted for stealing from forecourt shops
Two prolific shoplifters who targeted forecourt shop in St Albans and Borehamwood have both been sentenced to eight weeks in prison. Justin Sycamore, aged 38, and Simon Speer, aged 34, appeared Hatfield Remand Court on Monday, May 8 after pleading guilty to a number of thefts from shops in both ...
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NewsPrison officer fined for supplying counterfeit tobacco
Imperial Tobacco has assisted Devon and Cornwall Police in securing the conviction of a prison officer who was attempting to smuggle counterfeit tobacco into HMP Dartmoor. Daryl Keenan, from Paignton, was arrested and charged in October last year after a routine staff search while entering HMP Dartmoor – a ‘smoke ...
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NewsMaxol rewards team for high standard of service
Eugene McAuley and his staff at the Maxol Service Station at Draperstown, County Londonderry in Northern Ireland, were recently recognised by Maxol for achieving Excellence in Customer Experience. As part of its Excellence Awards Programme, Maxol carries out ongoing recognition throughout the year for licensees and their staff. The Excellence ...
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NewsNew vehicles on UK roads hit record high
The number of all new vehicles taking to UK roads, including lorries and buses, has hit a record high, spurred on by April’s change to Vehicle Excise Duty for new cars, according to AA analysis. Quarterly figures for vehicles registered for the first time in Great Britain hit 959,100 between ...
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NewsMotorcycle sales down 16% in April
April marked a 16% decline in motorcycle sales with only 10,365 bikes registered – compared to 12,343 bikes put on the road in the same period last year, according to the latest Motor Cycle Industry Association figures for motorcycle registrations. Commenting on the figures, Stephen Latham, head of the National ...
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NewsOil 4 Wales invests £200k in Maesteg revamp
Fuel supplier and forecourt owner Oil 4 Wales has reopened its service station at Maesteg in South Wales after a £200,000 redevelopment. The major redevelopment saw a total redesign of the shop, including upgrading of tills, a bespoke state of the art wine section, and a full deli and bakery ...
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NewsCharges after queuing police spot suspicious activity
Two men have been charged with making off without payment, after police officers refuelling their patrol car spotted suspicious activity at the petrol station. As the two officers queued for their petrol at Leeds Road, Tadcaster, North Yorkshire, just after 3pm on Friday May 5, a number of men were ...
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NewsRobbers leave explosives attached to cash machine
A “suspicious device” found attached to a cash machine on a forecourt in Stalybridge, Greater Manchester, is believed to have been put there by robbers trying to blow it up. Police were called to the Gulf Petrol Station on Huddersfield Road at 6.55am on Tuesday May 9. The site was ...
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NewsShell and BMW design new hydrogen dispenser
Shell and a BMW Group subsidiary, Designworks, have collaborated in the launch of a new hydrogen dispenser that is radically different to pumps for other road fuels. Oasis is a dispenser concept that departs from the “H” or “L” shaped fuel dispensers presently on the market. It introduces a new ...
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NewsBrokers predict sales of diesel cars will decline
Nearly a third of brokers expect sales of diesel cars to decrease this year following media scares, according to a survey by Paragon Car Finance. Asked what impact recent calls for action on diesel vehicles would have on the market in 2017, 29% stated they expect a decrease in sales. ...
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NewsKay Group secures fourth new-to-industry site
Top 50 Indie The Kay Group has secured planning permission for its fourth new-to-industry site in 12 months. Work on Ellesmere Port Service Station, which will include the company’s first Costa Drive-Thru, is scheduled to start in June after the opening of a forecourt at Irlam, the group’s third new-to-industry ...
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New car sales slump 20% following ’quiet’ April
New passenger car registrations fell by nearly 20% in April, with a total of 152,076 units registered, according to the latest figures released by the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Trading (SMMT). Year-to-date the market is still higher than last year by 1.1% with a total of 972,092 cars registered ...