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BP predicts oil will outstrip electric to 2035
BP is predicting that demand for oil will continue to rise over the next 20 years as growth of conventional vehicles far outstrips the increase in the number of electric vehicles. The number of electric vehicles (EVs) globally is forecast to rise from 1.2 million in 2015 to 100 million ...
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NewsTesco agrees £3.7bn deal to buy Booker
Tesco has agreed a £3.7bn deal to buy wholesaler Booker, which owns the Londis, Budgens and Premier retail brands. The deal between the UK’s largest retailer and the UK’s largest wholesaler would “create the UK’s leading food business”, according to a joint statement by the two companies. Many commentators said ...
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NewsTop 50 Indie MPK buys Derbyshire site
Top 50 Indie MPK Garages has bought Riverside Service Station in Belper, Derbyshire. It was sold by specialist business property adviser, Christie & Co, on behalf of its owner Nick Webster for an undisclosed sum. The site is the second site MPK Garages has secured through Christie & Co over ...
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Topaz opens Mexican food outlet at airport
Irish forecourt operator Topaz has introduced what it claims is Ireland’s most authentic Mexican street food experience at its Dublin Airport site. Following a €100,000 investment, it has opened a branch of Cantina and created four new jobs at the site. It is the fourth Cantina Topaz has opened since ...
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BP renews membership of BOSS Payment Watch
BP Oil UK Limited has renewed its membership of the BOSS Payment Watch scheme for its company-owned retail fuel sites. BP operates more than 320 company owned sites and is one of the largest forecourt retailers in the United Kingdom. Kevin Eastwood, executive director at BOSS, said: “BOSS Payment Watch ...
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Shell-branded Cornish forecourt bought by BP
BP has bought a Shell-branded forecourt at Wadebridge, Cornwall, and will shortly begin redeveloping the site with plans including a new M&S Simply Food outlet. The site, which is Wadebridge’s only filling station, has been sold to BP by Tregoning Limited, which operated the Shell site as well as an ...
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Credit card fees overcharge victory
UK businesses with substantial sales via credit and debit cards could recover credit card fees totalling millions of pounds, according to commercial law firm Maclay Murray & Spens LLP (MMS). Following a Competition Appeal Tribunal (CAT) judgment in which MasterCard was ordered to pay Sainsbury’s £68.5m for breaching competition law ...
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Shop lifting at record levels
Shop lifting is at its highest reported level since the introduction of the National Crime Recording Standard in 2003. The latest annual figures released by the Office for National Statistics show a 5% increase in shop theft. It reports there were 349,296 incidents of shop theft in the year ending ...
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JTI removes gantries after prosecutions
JTI has started the year by demonstrating its commitment to help tackle the illegal trade in tobacco. During the Christmas and New Year period the tobacco company removed gantries from two stores, 6 till 11 in Ilford, and Micklefield Superstore in High Wycombe. Both stores had been prosecuted for dealing ...
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NFRN warns against Welsh tobacco register
There should be more action to combat the illicit tobacco market rather than the introduction of a tobacco register, the Health, Social Care and Sport Committee at the National Assembly of Wales has been told. Giving evidence, newsagents federation (NFRN) national president Ray Monelle, and NEC member John Parkinson, warned ...
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London Mayor urged to back gas-powered HGVs
London Mayor Sadiq Khan has been urged to back gas-powered HGVs to improve air quality, by former development minister Mike Foster. Earlier this month, a Department for Transport-backed study showed that gas engines gave significant improvements in air quality over their diesel counterparts. Foster now runs a not-for-profit association working ...
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Kay Group starts biggest development
Top 50 Indie The Kay Group has just started work on its largest development to date on a brownfield site at Irlam in Greater Manchester. Irlam Gateway is the third of a rolling program of new-to-industry sites and the group’s sixth development in a little over two years. The development ...
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Opposition to plans to change MOT period
Government proposals to extend the period before the first MOT test is needed from three to four years, have been condemned by the Retail Motor Industry Federation (RMI) and received qualified support from the RAC. The proposals, unveiled by transport minister Andrew Jones, would bring England, Scotland and Wales in ...
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Industrial strategy green paper welcomed
The Government’s Green Paper on Industrial Strategy has been welcomed by the UK Petroleum Industry Association (UKPIA) and the Association of Convenience Stores (ACS). Chris Hunt, director general of the UKPIA commented: “The UK Petroleum Industry Association welcomes the launch of a new industrial strategy for the UK and ...
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NewsForecourt gunman riddled site with bullets
A forecourt where a police officer was shot was “riddled with high velocity gunfire” which could easily have killed children who were at the service station or caused an explosion, according to senior officers. A police officer was hit by three bullets in the attack at the the Maxol filling ...
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NewsPolice officer shot twice on service station forecourt
A man has been arrested after a police officer was shot twice on a filling station forecourt in Belfast, Northern Ireland. In a statement the Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI) said: “Around 7.30pm on Sunday, 22 January, a number of shots were fired at a filling station. A police ...
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ACS calls for greater support for rural shops
The Association of Convenience Stores (ACS) has called on the government to help secure the future of the UK’s 19,128 rural shops and petrol stations in a new report. The report reveals that rural shops are often the only place where customers in their local area can get essential goods ...
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NewsPolice investigate racially aggravated assault
Avon and Somerset police have released images of a man they want to identify in connection with a series of incidents including a racially aggravated assault of a petrol station assistant. On 30 November, two men filled a car with petrol at Courtfields Service Station in Mantle Street, Wellington, before ...
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NewsGovernment dismisses call for fuel price regulator
The government has given a curt dismissal to a petition calling for an “independent pump-watch body to monitor and regulate vehicle fuel pricing”. The petition was launched on the government’s petitions website at the end of October last year by Quentin Willson and Howard Cox, founders of the FairFuel campaign, ...
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Certas Energy opens HGV site at Port of Liverpool
Certas Energy, working in partnership with Peel Ports Group, has opened a new state-of-the-art HGV refuelling site at the Port of Liverpool. Following 12 weeks of construction, the site will now provide diesel, gas oil and AdBlue for port users. High-speed pumps that deliver 120 litres of fuel per minute ...