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NewsCentral Convenience Stores adds to forecourt estate
Oval Motor Company, an established forecourt business in Bradford-on-Avon, has been sold by the Bristol office of specialist business property adviser Christie & Co to Central Convenience Stores for an undisclosed sum. The site, previously owned by Heritage Automotive, is situated close to Bradford-on-Avon train station and golf course to ...
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ACS welcomes business rates proposals
The Association of Convenience Stores (ACS) has welcomed recommendations from the Department for Communities and Local Government for a more transparent, streamlined appeals process for the business rates system. The proposals came in the ministry’s response to a consultation on reforming business rates. ACS chief executive James Lowman said: “We ...
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Ecotricity abandons free charging for cars
Free charging on Ecotricity’s Electric Highway network of 300 car charging points is being phased out with a fee of £5 being introduced for a rapid charge of up to 20 minutes. However, the network will remain free for Ecotricity domestic energy customers. The change will be manually implemented at ...
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Electric car sales at tipping point says AA
The UK is at a tipping point, with electric car sales set to soar, once drivers overcome the many myths or misconceptions, according to new AA research. Based on AA members’ car buying intentions and future trends, the AA expects there will be more than 500,000 electric and plug-in hybrid ...
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NewsReport reveals growing importance of forecourts
A new report released today by the Association of Convenience Stores (ACS) has revealed the essential part that petrol forecourts play in the UK retail landscape. The 2016 Forecourt Report has shown that UK consumers are increasingly flocking to their local petrol station to refuel themselves and their families, not ...
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New funding for low emission freight vehicles
Transport minister Andrew Jones has announced £19m funding to help freight industry cut vehicle emissions and unveiled an accreditation scheme. The money will help fleets of commercial vehicles access the latest in innovative low and zero emission vehicle technologies. The funding will be available for applications from small local delivery ...
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New standard for hydrogen dispensing published
New safety standards for fuel stations dispensing hydrogen have been published by the International Organisation for Standardisation. ISO/TS 19880-1:2016 recommends the minimum design characteristics for safety and, where appropriate, for performance of public and non-public fuelling stations that dispense gaseous hydrogen to light duty land vehicles such as fuel cell ...
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Falling cost of oil dampening pump price increases
Wholesale fuel prices have only risen very slightly as a result of the pound weakening after the UK voted to leave the EU, according to the latest fuel price report from the RAC. It said average prices of petrol and diesel at the pumps, reported by Experian Catalist, have increased ...
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Many retailers still in dark over tobacco changes
A third of retailers have still not heard of the EU Tobacco Products Directive legislation, according to research from delivered wholesaler Palmer and Harvey. It also reported that retailers believed 75% of their customers were not aware of the new legislation. EUTPD2 will limit pack sizes to a minimum of ...
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New car sales at record levels
The UK new car market grew by a steady 3.2% in the first six months of the year, according to figures released by the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT). It achieved the highest half-year sales recorded with 1,420,636 new cars registered so far in 2016. Growth was reported ...
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156,000 litres seized in HMRC investigation
Two men have been arrested in connection with a joint investigation by HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC), the Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI) and the Revenue Commissioners, into the importation and distribution of suspected illicit fuel. HMRC officers seized 26,000 litres of oil at a fuel supply company in ...
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Circle K boosts its European presence
Canadian convenience and forecourt operator Alimentation Couche- Tard (known as Couche-Tard) has bought 23 sites comprising 11 full-service fuel stations with convenience stores and 12 automated fuel stations from Sevenoil Est OÜ and its affiliates in Estonia. The deal via Couche-Tard’s wholly-owned indirect subsidiary Circle K Eesti AS, is expected ...
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Planning committee to visit proposed Asda forecourt site
Asda’s plans to add a forecourt to its Tonypandy supermarket in the Rhondda have so far attracted three letters of objection and a petition with 229 signatures. According to Walesonline.co.uk, this has led to members of Rhondda Cynon Taf council’s planning committee deciding to do a site visit on Monday, ...
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Maxol announces AWARE as new charity partner
Maxol, the Northern Ireland-based forecourt and convenience retailer has announced mental health charity AWARE as their new charity partner.The aim of the partnership, which will run until at least the end of 2017, is to promote positive mental health in communities across Northern Ireland. It will support the range and ...
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Snakes alive… on a forecourt
It’s true that you can find most things you want at many forecourts and their stores nowadays, but those visiting Waitrose’s petrol station in Cheltenham earlier this week got much more than they bargained for. That’s because a Royal python was found slithering on the ground.A local man who spotted ...
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Truck’s cooling runs on thin air
Sainsbury’s says it has become the first company in the world to introduce a refrigerated delivery truck cooled by a liquid nitrogen powered engine, which will eliminate all emissions associated with refrigeration. Supplied by cooling technology specialists, Dearman, and its partners, the zero-emission cooling unit replaces the traditional diesel engine ...
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Nearly one in 10 Brits admit to filling up their car with fuel and driving off without paying
The scale of drive-offs has been highlighted in new Freedom of Information data obtained by Confused.com from police forces across the UK, which reveals that motorists committed 25,560 fuel thefts in 2015 alone.According to the findings nearly one in 10 (8%) of drivers admitted to filling up their car with ...
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Payback time for tobacco smuggler
A Lancashire man caught smuggling cigarettes and tobacco into the UK has been ordered to pay back £240,000, of which £90,000 must be paid within three months, or he will face a further 18 months in jail. Peter Robinson and his son, Adam, both of Rossendale, were jailed in ...
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Oh what a night!
On June 14, Phillips 66 and Jet proudly sponsored a ground-breaking children’s concert at the Royal Albert Hall, where 2,000 children from mainstream and special needs schools united to perform on stage for a night to remember. The ‘AC Academy Does the Royal Albert Hall’ was organised by ...
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Space to Change ‘first’ for Cornwall Services
One of Britain’s newest forecourts has become the first location of its type in the UK to install a new concept in disabled toilets. Cornwall Services, on the busy A30 trunk road near Bodmin, has opened a Space to Change assisted wheelchair-accessible toilet in its main building. Visitors needing ...