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NewsTop 50 Indie Platinum Retail adds to estate
Top 50 Indie Platinum Retail has added to its estate with the purchase of a high turnover site in South Yorkshire. Specialist business property advisor, Christie & Co, brokered the sale Dearnside Motor Co in Rotherham on behalf of the shareholders. Instructed in late November 2015, Christie & Co was ...
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PRA on track with new Government
PRA is well placed to press its case in the wake of new appointments to head all the government departments that have most impact on fuel retailers, according to PRA chairman Brian Madderson. He said: "I’m pleased that earlier this year RMI, with PRA, appointed new political lobbyists Pepper Public ...
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Go-ahead for Jonathan
Former Forecourt Trader of the Year Jonathan James has won planning permission for a £2m store and petrol filling station on the Soham by-pass in Cambridgeshire. His company, James Construction and Developments, had applied to build the petrol station on land next to the A142 roundabout. James no longer operates ...
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Snacks on the go from Jet
Jet and eXpresso Plus have teamed up to launch ’Snack on the Go’, an exclusive coffee and food-to-go concept for Jet dealers. eXpresso Plus is a provider of coffee vending machines and espresso machines, offering flexible coffee-to-go, tea-to-go and food-to-go solutions for businesses across the UK. The company works in ...
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Foodservice role at MFG
Top 50 Indies forecourt operator, Motor Fuel Group (MFG) has appointed Jackie Ledwich as its new food services development manager.She has joined MFG from the Kout Food Group where she was responsible for rolling out the Little Chef, Subway and Burger King brands across 30 of its roadside restaurants.Richard Baker, ...
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EG recruits two senior executives
Euro Garages has made two key appointments to its senior management team to further its ambitions of international growth. Imraan Patel has become first group general counsel and company secretary, and Michael Hughes been appointed group chief financial officer. Patel has joined the executive board and has ultimate responsibility for ...
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Calor extends LNG network with Moto
Calor is partnering motorway services operator Moto Hospitality to launch two new publicly accessible liquefied natural gas (LNG) refuelling stations, bringing the total on UK roads up to nine.Both stations will be based at Moto’s Donnington Park and Grantham service stations on the M1. Calor is leasing the land from ...
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News in brief
The RAC has accused fuel retailers of using Brexit as an excuse for not cutting prices and urged them to reduce unleaded and diesel at the pumps, in the wake of falling oil and wholesale fuel prices. It asserts that the oil price is the biggest factor determining UK fuel ...
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HMRC wins appeal on duty deferment
A landmark tax verdict that would have benefitted many smaller dealers in the forecourt sector has been overturned after HMRC won an appeal, but the tax expert who fought the first case believes there is still room to fight (see News Extra, p10). The case centred on a bid by ...
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BP agrees logistics deal with Hoyer
Hoyer has entered into a long-term agreement with BP to provide bulk fuel transport and logistics services throughout the UK. The move is part of an overhaul of BP’s fuel storage, handling and transport services in the UK as it focuses on building "an industry-leading downstream business". Hoyer will be ...
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Acquisitions for Applegreen and Platinum Retail
Top 50 Indies Applegreen and Platinum Retail have both added to their estates through acquisitions. Applegreen bought Central Garage (Bos) Ltd in Burnham-on-Sea, Somerset, for an undisclosed sum, in a sale handled by specialist business property adviser, Christie & Co. The forecourt was owned and operated for more than 30 ...
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Southern c-store chain buys its 85th branch
A filling station has become the 85th branch of Central Convenience Stores after it was acquired by the Palmer and Harvey-owned southern c-store chain. The deal was struck after West Country commercial property specialists Charles Darrow was tasked by Central Convenience Stores to find more businesses in the area for ...
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Service station attendant gets 12 months
A service station attendant was among seven tobacco fraudsters who have been jailed for evading almost £760,000 in tax.The men were linked to the crime after an investigation by HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) uncovered their central storage unit in Bolton, Greater Manchester, and caught some of the gang there ...
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Three jailed over tobacco smuggling
Three men have been jailed after a tobacco smuggling operation was uncovered by an HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) investigation. Lorry driver Milos Dukic (46) of Ljubljana, Slovenia, was stopped by Border Force officers at the Port of Dover as he attempted to board a ferry to Calais, France, in ...
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MP visits local petrol station to discuss issues
BP and Spar retailer Namesh Nagamani has invited his local MP, Steve Double, into his store to discuss the issues affecting his business, including fuel theft and business rates. The Spar convenience store at the BP Fuel station at Cornwall Gateway Services is located in the heart of Cornwall near ...
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Rising oil cost halts price decline
Average UK petrol prices have fallen by 2ppl in the past month but towns with the “wrong” mix of supermarkets are paying 3ppl more than their neighbours with competitive superstores, according to the latest AA Fuel Price Report. Mid-August petrol pump prices average 110.22ppl compared with 112.19p a month ago, ...
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Certas Energy moves regional office
Certas Energy has confirmed that it will be moving from its regional office in Egham, Surrey, to The Switch, a newly refurbished suite of offices situated in Slough. The move is planned for 1st September as Certas Energy becomes the first company to sign up with this nine-storey landmark which ...
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Staff traumatised by sledgehammer attack
A traumatised member of staff has been unable to return to work after a gang attacked the Hull petrol station where they worked with a sledgehammer. Patrick Sewell, managing director of Top 50 Indie Sewell on the go, said the attack on the group’s Holderness Road branch in Hull, which ...
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NewsAwards finalists announced
The much-anticipated finalist list for the Forecourt Trader of the Year Awards 2016 has been released and is now available to view on the Forecourt Trader Awards website. The winners will be announced at a glittering ceremony at the London Hilton Hotel Park Lane on Thursday, September 15. And as ...
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Tesla extends electric car range to over 300 miles
Electric car maker Tesla claims its S P100D is the third fastest accelerating production car ever produced, with a 0-60 mph time of 2.5 seconds, after it introduced a new larger battery. The 100 kWh battery also increases range to an estimated 315 miles on a single charge, making it ...