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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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Taking on the competition with a £1.3m spend
A Kent forecourt owner has just completed a £1.3m investment in his business, despite BP plans to build a service station and drive-thru McDonald’s just 50m from his site.Simon Privett, who runs Tollgate Service Station, just off the A2 at Gravesend, had been a BP dealer since 1999, but after ...
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AA says latest supermarket fuel price cuts were patchy
The fuel price cuts claimed by supermarkets in mid-March were patchy, and in many cases below the 2ppl headline figure, according to the AA, which said non-supermarket retailers were undercutting superstores in some locations.In its latest AA Fuel Price Report, it said: "The true meaning of an ’up to 2p’ ...
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Esso Card acceptance extended to BP branded sites
Esso Card fuel card customers can now use their Esso Card at BP branded sites throughout the UK. There are approximately 1,200 BP forecourts in the UK, which will increase the Esso Card acceptance network in the UK to around 3,400 sites. Esso Card is now accepted at Esso, Shell ...
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Stone Willy Pizza concept adopted by Certas Energy
Certas Energy has launched the Stone Willy Pizza concept at its Carronvale Service Station in Larbert, Falkirk, with a view to rolling it out to its Gulf dealers.The decision to trial Stone Willy Pizza, a US business that moved to the UK 10 years ago, was taken after a 12-month ...
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NewsBlaze guts shop on MRH forecourt
A forecourt shop has been gutted by a major fire on a site owned by Top 50 Indie MRH.The blaze broke out early in the morning on Saturday, April 8, at the Esso service station on the A11 near Mildenhall, and the trunk road had to be closed while firefighters ...
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BP/Esso card deal goes liveBP’s reciprocal fuel card acceptance agreement with Esso is now live, offering BP Plus fuel card customers the opportunity to fill up at Esso-branded sites throughout the UK. There are now more than 630 Esso forecourts (excluding Esso Tesco Alliance sites and Esso Euro Garage sites) ...
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Chartman returns to its roots at Winterbourne
Residents of Winterbourne Abbas in Dorset, together with local commuters and passing drivers, have been celebrating the re-opening of the village forecourt and shop by Top 50 Indie Chartman Retail.Situated on the busy A35 between Bridport and Dorchester, the business closed last year and then was sold to Chartman.After a ...
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PM hints at concessions for diesel vehicle owners
Prime Minister Theresa May has hinted that concessions may be made for diesel car owners after London Mayor, Sadiq Khan, confirmed proposals for new emission charges. There were also reports that the government will introduce similar schemes in other cities.She said: "Decisions will be taken when we produce that [air ...
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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 ...
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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 ...