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Rates hikes could wipe out businesses
Huge hikes in business rates bills have provoked protests from forecourt owners across the UK, with a Jet dealer in Scotland warning his business could be wiped out after his rates were more than tripled. Many business sectors have been calling for a reform of the business rates system with ...
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EG buys Little Chef and High Noon
Euro Garages has sealed a deal to buy the Little Chef chain of roadside restaurants, previously owned by the Kout Food Group, which bought the chain in 2013 for £15m. A spokesperson for Intervias, parent company of Euro Garages, said: "We’ve completed the acquisition of two companies from the Kout ...
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Canadians take over Greenergy
Greenergy, the UK’s largest supplier of road fuels, has reached an agreement for Canadian company Brookfield Business Partners to take over the business with the aim of accelerating growth. Existing Greenergy management shareholders will invest alongside Brookfield Business Partners and will retain a 15% share in the business. As part ...
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Drivers cutting mileage due to higher fuel prices
A quarter of drivers (24%) are restricting their car use and one in seven (14%) is cutting back on non-fuel spending after average UK petrol prices rose to 120ppl and diesel to 122ppl at the beginning of February. A Populus survey of 20,055 AA members shows young drivers are suffering ...
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Greenergy extends Penny supply deal
Greenergy has signed agreements to supply a further three sites owned by Top 50 Indie Penny Petroleum, taking the number of Penny Petroleum sites supplied by Greenergy to seven. All of these sites are Esso-branded.Two of the sites, at Sadberge on the A66 between Darlington and Stockton-on-Tees and in central ...
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New guidance issued on how to prevent fuel theft
The Home Office, fuel retailers and police have come together to tackle the £36m annual cost of fuel theft on the UK’s petrol forecourts. The impact that fuel theft is having on the sector has sparked industry groups, including the PRA, Association of Convenience Store (ACS) and the Downstream Fuel ...
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Shell’s UK hydrogen launch
Shell has launched its first hydrogen refuelling station in the UK at its Cobham site on the M25. The new hydrogen station has been supplied by ITM Power and is the first fully branded and public hydrogen refuelling site in the UK, and is the first of three sites Shell ...
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Tobacco smugglers jailed
Two men have been jailed after HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) officers found that a warehouse in Sandbach was used as a distribution hub by international cigarette smugglers in an £840,000 tax fraud. HMRC officers observed a suspicious delivery at the Millbuck Way site when a heavy goods vehicle (HGV) ...
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Knife man robs Tesco petrol station
Hampshire Police are appealing for information following a robbery at a service station in Dibden. Between 7.30pm and 7.50pm on Saturday, February 25, a man carrying a knife entered the Tesco petrol station on Sizer Way and demanded cash from the till operator. The cashier opened the till and gave ...
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Ram raiders in rampage
Criminals who carried out three ram raids on petrol filling stations in two hours across Norfolk and Suffolk are being sought by police.The first two raids were in Suffolk, beginning at the Lady Lane Service Station, Hadleigh, just after 2am on Wednesday February 8, followed by the service station on ...
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NewsTexaco relaunches Supreme fuel with 10ppl off promotion
Texaco Supreme will be relaunched in the UK on Monday 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 will receive 10 Star Rewards points per litre, equivalent to ...
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NewsPolice release CCTV images after robbery
Police officers investigating a robbery at a petrol station in Sheffield, have released CCTV images in connection with the incident.At about 4.40am on Friday February 18, a man is said to have entered the Texaco service station on City Road in the Arbourthorne area and threatened staff with what is ...
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Cash machine blown up at Surrey service station
Detectives investigating after an ATM was blown up at a Surrey petrol station and are appealing for anyone who heard or saw anything suspicious to come forward. Thieves took a quantity of money from the ATM at the Texaco petrol station on Dovers Green Road, Woodhatch, at 4.29am on Tuesday ...
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MacDonald voices concerns over business rates
Ramsay MacDonald, retail director of Certas Energy, has voiced his concerns following the government’s business rate announcement this week. Certas Energy is the largest supplier to independent fuel retailers in Britain, with more than 150 depots, nearly 1,000 tankers and 2,500 employees serving more than 1,200 retail outlets nationwide. “It ...
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Euro Garages buys four more High Noon forecourt sites
Euro Garages has bought four more forecourt sites from the stricken former Top 50 Indie High Noon Stores, which went into administration in January. Specialist business property adviser Christie & Co has facilitated the completion of the sale of a group of four leasehold petrol forecourt sites in the South ...
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NewsCar makers promote low-emission vehicles
UK car makers demonstrated their commitment to developing the latest low emission vehicles with a special display in London this week. Set against the backdrop of London’s Tower Bridge, 26 vehicles from 16 different brands underlined the diversity of alternatively fuelled vehicles (AFVs) now on sale across the UK. There ...
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House of Lords debates parking changes
The Association of Convenience Stores (ACS) has briefed peers ahead of a debate in the House of Lords on a new Bill which would require local authorities to consult with community stakeholders before putting up parking charges in their area. The Parking Places (Variation of Charges) Bill also contains provisions ...
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Independents closing price gap on supermarkets
Independent dealers have been praised by the AA for seizing the chance to undercut the fuel prices of the Big Four in its latest Fuel Price Report. It says: “Driver confidence in supermarkets as the bastions of cheapest pump prices has been rocked over the past month. The gap between ...
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PRA urges rates concessions for forecourts
The PRA has urged the government to extend any concessions on business rates to the forecourt sector after suggestions that measures to support small businesses, especially those involved in hospitality, will be included in the March Budget. PRA chairman Brian Madderson commented: “The number of independent forecourt operators has collapsed ...
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11 arrested over £12m illicit tobacco plot
Eleven men have been arrested as a suspected illicit tobacco factory was dismantled in north-west England by HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC). The arrests were made during 17 simultaneous searches across north-west England and Scotland. HMRC found residential premises, farms, self-storage sites and a disused public house were being used ...