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RAC urges retailers to cut pump prices
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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Maxol celebrates launch of Dublin site
Irish forecourt and convenience retailer Maxol has celebrated the official launch opening of Maxol Donabate, Hearse Road, in North Dublin, after a €2m investment. Maxol Donabate sees the introduction of Irish coffee franchise Bewleys along with Maxol’s own fresh food brand Moreish in a food court which offers complementary ...
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Strike at Fawley oil refinery called off
A strike by workers at ExxonMobil’s Fawley oil refinery has been averted after a deal was agreed between the Unite union and Italian company Nico Industrial Services, which employs workers at the plant. Unite said it had won a ‘pay parity’ victory in the dispute that saw foreign workers ...
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Welcome Break introduces first Chopstix Noodle Bar
Welcome Break is introducing the first Chopstix Noodle Bar at one of its motorway service stations, at Birchanger Green service area on the M11. Chopstix Noodle Bar is an Oriental fast-food restaurant. Its chefs cook the food on site to ensure each dish is served as fresh as possible and ...
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Appleby Westward restructures sales team
Appleby Westward, the regional distribution company for Spar stores in the South West, has appointed Steve Thomas to the new post of head of independent sales. Simon Warren, existing head of sales, has been appointed to the new position of head of multiple accounts. Thomas joined the company from Roadchef ...
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Euro Garages strengthens management team
Euro Garages has made a key appointment to its management team to further its ambitions of growth in Europe. Imraan Patel has become first group general counsel and company secretary, effective immediately. He has joined the executive board and has ultimate responsibility for all legal, regulatory and compliance matters ...
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NewsHit and run driver smashes into forecourt
Devon & Cornwall Police are hunting for a suspected drunk driver who smashed a silver 4x4 into a service station at Exmouth, Devon in the early hours of July 25. The incident happened at around 3.15am at the Shell Garage on Exeter Road, when a car rammed into the front ...
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Costcutter hails YouTube success
Costcutter Supermarkets Group says its investment in digital marketing is paying off, with its latest YouTube video advert delivering over twice the average engagement levels for the channel. The YouTube adverts, which featured a retro space invaders style arcade game, follow the successful proximity marketing campaigns, a social media ...
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NewsJet unveils coffee and food-to-go concept
Jet and eXpresso Plus have teamed up to launch ‘Snack on the Go’, an exclusive coffee and food-to-go concept to drive forecourt footfall across Jet’s network. eXpresso Plus is a leading 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 ...
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FTA calls for more roadside services
The Freight Transport Association (FTA) has called on Highways England, local and national Government to work with the freight industry to solve the problem of inadequate roadside service for motorists. Reacting to the ‘Take a break – Road users’ views about roadside facilities’ report, FTA said that better roadside ...
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Service station attendant jailed for tobacco fraud
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 ...
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Spar wholesalers make major acquisitions
Two Spar wholesalers have acquired major store groups totalling more than 90 sites. James Hall & Co, the Spar wholesaler for the north of England, has acquired North East Convenience Stores (NECS), a 30-store multi award winning family owned chain based in the North East of England. The Vadhera ...
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Filling station is chain’s 85th branch
A filling station has become the 85th branch of Central Convenience Stores after it was acquired by the southern c-store chain. The deal was struck after West Country commercial property specialists Charles Darrow was tasked by Palmer & Harvey owned Central Convenience Stores to find more businesses in the area ...
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Hydrogen provision growing in Germany
Germany’s network of hydrogen filling stations has grown to 21 sites after openings at the Geiselwind motorway service area, at two locations in Berlin, a station in Fellbach, Baden-Württemberg, and the latest site at Ulm. The hydrogen filling stations have been funded as research and development projects by the German ...
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Maxol opens County Mayo site
Irish forecourt and convenience retailer Maxol has celebrated the official opening at Maxol Station Road, Castlebar. The site sees the introduction of Irish food franchise Insomnia together with Maxol’s own fresh food brand Moreish. It offers customers a food court with complementary wi-fi and Maxol radio playing and other onsite ...
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Pokémon Go players could help catch forecourt burglars
Police believe Pokémon Go players could provide the key to tracking down burglars who broke in to a Sussex petrol station. Crime scene investigator Chris Gee went on Twitter to appeal for witnesses after Tesco Extra in Durrington, Worthing, was broken into shortly after midnight on July 16. In a ...
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Jonathan James to build service station
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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NewsApplegreen buys Somerset site
Top 50 Indie Applegreen has added to its estate with the acquisition of Central Garage (Bos) Ltd in Burnham-on-Sea, Somerset, for an undisclosed sum. The sale was handled by specialist business property adviser, Christie & Co. The forecourt is accompanied by a convenience store with a trading area of about ...
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Four arrests after HMRC crackdown
An operation to disrupt the sale and supply of illegal tobacco in Bristol and Somerset, which visited retail premises, led to the arrests of two men and two women, and uncovered more than 1.2 million cigarettes and 244 kilos of hand-rolling tobacco, all believed to be illicit. Officers from HM ...
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Welcome Break reopens M4 services
Welcome Break is reopening its Sarn Park motorway services on the M4, at Bridgend in South Wales, on Monday July 25, following a £6.5m development. The service area, at junction 36 of the M4, has been closed since November 2015 for the first major redevelopment since opening in 1986. Welcome ...