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Park Garage Group moves sites to Texaco
Top 50 Indie Park Garage Group has signed up three new sites with Valero, to operate under the Texaco brand.Managing director Sunil Tandon commented: “With the strength of the Texaco brand and the support of a Star Rewards Double Points promotion running during March, we expect fuel volumes to grow ...
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NewsPRA urges chancellor to keep duty down
PRA chairman Brian Madderson has called on the Chancellor to heed his own words and keep fuel duty down in next week’s Budget. Five years ago, the Chancellor “put fuel in the tank of the British economy” by freezing fuel duty and leaving more cash in the hands of ...
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Retailers celebrate Sunday Trading victory
Owners of smaller shops across the UK have welcomed parliament’s decision to reject changes to Sunday trading laws in a vote on the Enterprise Bill. The proposals, which would have seen local councils given the power to remove Sunday trading hours in their local area, were rejected by 317 votes ...
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State Oil buys Jarrow fuels terminal from Shell
State Oil has announced that its subsidiary, Prax Terminals, has successfully completed the acquisition of the Jarrow fuels terminal from Shell. The 40,000 cbm terminal is located near Newcastle upon Tyne and will store diesel, gasoil, kerosene, gasoline and aviation fuel. State Oil managing director Sanjeev Kumar said: “This acquisition ...
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Penny Petroleum buys two sites
Top 50 Indie Penny Petroleum has added two more filling stations to its estate. Both sales - Helmington Row Filling Station at Crook, County Durham, and Kip Hill Garage in Stanley, County Durham – were handled by business property adviser Christie & Co, which reported stiff competition for the sites. ...
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Greenergy wins deal to supply 18 more Applegreen sites
Applegreen UK has chosen to move to Greenergy for fuel supply at an additional 18 of its sites. This takes the number of Applegreen sites that Greenergy supplies to 23, out of 68 in Applegreen’s UK network. Applegreen, which was ranked 5th in this year’s Top 50 Indies, became a ...
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Sewell on the go opens first Subway
Top 50 Indie Sewell on the go has opened its first Subway franchise, at South Cave service station in Yorkshire, adding to the convenience offer at the site. The site, which reopened in November after a £1.5m extension, is a 24-hour one stop shop for all grocery and fuel needs. ...
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Fourth Essar-branded forecourt opens
Essar Oil (UK) has confirmed the opening of its fourth retail site, at Sale in Cheshire, since it entered the UK fuel supply sector. The station, which has been operated by the Akhtar family for the past five years, is located in a residential locality and Essar said it has ...
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NewsCertas Energy revamps Northampton bunkering
Certas Energy has reopened its bunkering facility at Lodge Farm Industrial Estate on the outskirts of Northampton, following an intensive three-month redevelopment project. Since its closure last October, the site has undergone a substantial refurbishment. It now offers full accessibility for HGVs, new card readers and AdBlue at pump, seven ...
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BOSS warns over cyber attack scam
BOSS, the British Oil Security Syndicate, is warning forecourt retailers to beware of extortionists after Action Fraud received reports from businesses who have been sent online extortion demands from scammers threatening a cyber-attack. The scammers who call themselves the “RepKiller Team” have been sending emails to businesses across the UK ...
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Welcome Break upgrades accessible toilets
State-of-the-art assisted accessible toilets have been installed at a number of Welcome Break motorway service stations. Welcome Break has installed Changing Places toilets to ensure that anyone who needs the help of a carer to go to the toilet now has suitable facilities. The Changing Places toilets have been installed ...
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Applegreen UK buys 68th site
Applegreen UK, which is currently ranked fifth in the Forecourt Trader Top 50 Indies, has acquired its 68th forecourt, in Bath. The latest acquisition is Farleigh Service Station, which was sold by the Bristol office of Christie & Co on behalf of Anthony Ball and his sister Suzanne Rawlinson. Anthony’s ...
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NewsForecourt sells £18,500 of flowers in two weeks
A Jet site in Essex has carved out a lucrative business selling plants and flowers on its forecourt, with sales totalling £18,500 over Valentine’s Day and Mother’s Day. Janu Patel, owner of the New North Road site in Ilford, said flower sales equate to one fifth of the site’s total ...
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Supermarket growth stalls
share of the UK fuel market stalled in 2015 for the first time in more than 15 years, even though they added 40 new sites last year. The latest data from Experian Catalist shows their market share in 2015 was 43.8%, fractionally down on the 43.9% achieved in 2014 but ...
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Retailers jailed over fuel fraud
Jail sentences totalling more than 10 years have been imposed in two cases involving fuel fraud. A Blackburn filling station owner has been jailed for evading almost £200,000 in tax by selling hundreds of thousands of litres of illegal diesel to unsuspecting motorists. Nawaz Jan Virmani, 52, trading as Shadsworth ...
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Five hydrogen fuelling stations to open this year
Hydrogen fuel company ITM Power says it is scheduled to have five of its refuelling stations in operation in the UK by the end of the year, and a further three are in the final stages of negotiation. In a market update it said its first London refuelling station, at ...
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Sewell on the go launches Easter promotions
Top 50 Indie Sewell on the go has launched Easter themed promotions. Customers who buy three Easter eggs in any of the 12 Sewell on the go stores can enter a draw to win a family ticket to leading visitor attractions – The Deep, Yorkshire Wildlife Park or Alton Towers. ...
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Prices will stay low despite dea
The PRA has rejected suggestions that fuel prices will start to rise again as a result of a deal between two major oil producers, Saudia Arabia and Russia. Last month ministers from the two countries agreed to freeze the output of oil at current levels, in a deal that also ...
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Conference showcases Scottish hydrogen sector
Leading Scottish hydrogen projects are to be showcased in Aberdeen later this month. The Aberdeen Hydrogen Showcase will demonstrate the link between renewable energy, hydrogen, and transport in an event which will bring local authorities and industry together to explore achievements made to date and future opportunities. The conference, which ...
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NewsPetrol prices forecast to remain low as diesel climbs
Increased petrol production should keep pump prices pegged down in March, while the price of diesel is likely to move back above petrol, according to the latest RAC Fuel Watch report. It said the average price of petrol fell slightly in February, marking eight consecutive months of falls. From the ...