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VW commits $2bn to push low emission vehicles
Volkswagen has pledged to spend $2bn over the next decade to promote zero emission vehicles (ZEVs) in the US as part of a legal settlement stemming from the company’s cheating on emissions tests for its diesel cars. It has set up Electrify America to carry out the work, which ...
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NewsPolice release CCTV image in search for fraudster
Humberside Police has released a CCTV image in a bid to catch a fraudster who has been ripping off petrol filling stations. Officers are keen to identify the man in the picture after a Shell fuel card was stolen and used to fraudulently purchase petrol.The card was stolen from a ...
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NewsWestmorland recruits new chief executive
Top 50 Indie Westmorland has announced it has recruited a new chief executive as it unveiled strong growth in turnover and profits in its annual results. The family owned motorway services business, which won the 2016 Forecourt Trader of the Year award for its Gloucester Services, increased its pre-tax profit ...
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Waitrose invests in CNG-powered trucks
CNG Fuels, the supplier of biomethane fuel, and Waitrose, have announced that the supermarket group has introduced Europe’s most advanced fleet of CNG (compressed natural gas)-powered trucks with a range of up to 500 miles. Ten new Scania-manufactured CNG trucks entered operation for Waitrose in January and will be used ...
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Honda and Hitachi sign electric motor deal
Hitachi and Honda have signed of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) aiming to establish a joint venture company for development, manufacture and sales of motors for electric vehicles. The two companies will now conduct talks regarding the establishment of the new company. In a statement they said the two companies ...
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Rash of ram raids in single night
Criminals who carried out three ram raids on petrol fillings 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 8 February. A vehicle was driven into ...
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Traffic levels set new record in 2016
Traffic was at a record high in the year ending December 2016, according to provisional estimates released by the Department for Transport. The provisional figure, of 320.5 billion vehicle miles travelled on Great Britain’s roads last year, was 1.2% higher than the previous year, which was a record, and ...
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NewsAttacker featured on Facebook jailed
A man whose attack on a petrol station attendant was viewed on Facebook more than 71,000 times, has been jailed. Scott Dearing, 30, of no fixed abode, drove into the attendant after stealing £120 worth of fuel from the garage in Park Road, Barnsley, on 4 December. Dearing was jailed ...
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Certas parent buys Esso network in Norway
The parent company of Certas Energy, the Irish conglomerate DCC plc, has reached agreement to buy Esso’s retail petrol station network in Norway for NOK2.43bn (£235m). The network is the third largest in Norway with approximately 20% of retail volumes. It comprises 142 company-operated sites (127 retail service stations and ...
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Diesel sales dip despite new car market high
Sales of diesel cars have dipped despite the UK new car market achieving a 12-year high in January, according to figures published by The Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT). It reported that 174,564 vehicles left showrooms last month – a 2.9% year-on-year uplift and the highest level since ...
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Smiths News to close down old website
Newspaper and magazine wholesaler Smiths News is urging forecourt customers who use its Connect2U website to migrate to its new online platform SNapp. Following the national rollout of SNapp Online, it is planning to close the old Connect2U website on 21 February. It says the new website boasts all the ...
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New website to help tobacco retailers with plain packs
Tobacco company Philip Morris Limited (PML) has developed an online educational and interactive website for UK tobacco retailers. The MyDrive website features videos and content to help retailers in the new era of plain packaging. The site includes video coverage of two leading UK retailers who visited Australia to learn ...
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NewsEuro Garages buys 4 sites from stricken Top 50 Indie
Euro Garages has snapped up four sites from its stricken fellow Top 50 Indie High Noon Stores. Greg Palfrey, who was appointed joint administrator for High Noon Stores on January 27, confirmed the deal with Euro Garages and said there was strong interest in the remaining sites. High Noon Stores ...
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Canadian company buys 85% of Greenergy
Greenergy, the UK’s largest supplier of road fuels, has announced that it has reached agreement for Canadian company Brookfield Business Partners to take over and invest in the business with the aim of accelerating growth. Existing Greenergy management shareholders will invest alongside Brookfield Business Partners and will retain a 15% ...
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Applegreen finance chief to leave
Applegreen has announced that its chief financial officer, Paul Lynch, has decided to leave the company. He joined Applegreen as CFO in July 2014 and was appointed a board director in August 2014. Applegreen said it will commence a process to appoint a successor immediately, and Lynch will remain in ...
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NewsEuro Garages closes deal to buy Little Chef
Euro Garages co-ceo Zuber Issa has confirmed to Forecourt Trader that the company completed a deal to buy the Little Chef chain of roadside restaurants on February 1. Little Chef was previously owned by the Kout Food Group, which bought the chain in 2013 for £15m. A spokesperson for Intervias, ...
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Two Gulf customers win cars
Certas Energy’s most recent forecourt promotion, ‘Win a Car’, designed to drive up fuel volumes, has culminated with two customers driving home in brand new Gulf-branded Fiat 500s. ‘Win a Car’ was open to over 500 Gulf forecourts nationwide, supported by hundreds of weekly spot prizes and a comprehensive promotional ...
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Chartman fun day raises cash for charities
Pyjamas, onesies and cake bakes were the order of the day for Chartman Retail’s annual charity fun day on Friday January 27. All 10 sites operated by the West Country Top 50 Indie were encouraged to raise funds for nominated charities, including Parkinsons UK, Macmillan, Devon Air Ambulance and the ...
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NewsShell preparing to relaunch V-Power fuel
Shell UK is preparing to launch the lastest version of its premium fuel V-Power in the spring. The new fuel, which features ’Dynaflex technology’ will be marketed across the media and on Shell forecourts nationwide as ’Britain’s best fuel’. V-power was originally launched in 2008, updated in 2012, and following ...
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Texaco runs promotion in Northern Ireland
Texaco customers in Northern Ireland have been offered the chance to save the equivalent of 5ppl on fuel. Running for six weeks from 1 February, customers buying fuel from a Texaco service station will receive five Star Rewards Points per litre instead of the usual one point, equivalent to 5ppl ...