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NewsHydrogen makes debut at UNITI expo
Hydrogen will be a major focus for the first time at a leading trade fair for the retail petroleum sector in Europe. At UNITI expo in Stuttgart, H2 Mobility Deutschland will be presenting for the first time, and with it the service station technology for deliveries, storage, refuelling, and payment. ...
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MRH renews supply deal with P&H
The UK’s largest independent forecourt group MRH has renewed its supply agreement with delivered wholesaler Palmer and Harvey. The new contract, which is worth in excess of £90m a year, will run for five years and involves Palmer and Harvey delivering MRH’s full in-store offer, including chilled and frozen products ...
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Topaz launches lego initiative for charity partner
Topaz, Ireland’s largest fuel and convenience retailer, has announced its support for ‘The Lego Exchange’, a new initiative that is raising funds for its charity partner, the Jack & Jill Children’s Foundation, through unwanted Lego donations to fund home nursing care for sick children nationwide. The retailer is calling on ...
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Shell has unveiled a low-carbon prototype car in a bid to demonstrate that internal combustion engines can be part of the solution to urban environmental problems.The ultra-light city car’s low-cost, low-carbon construction uses the kind of weight reduction and aerodynamics found in Formula One racing to minimise emissions and energy ...
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Armed robber strikes at Scottish forecourt
An armed robber threatened a member of staff at a Scottish petrol station before making off with a three-figure sum of money. The man entered the BP station in Milngavie Road, Bearsden, at about 5:30pm on Sunday and threatened the staff member with a weapon. He was white, about 6ft ...
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Welcome for growth in alternative fuel vehicles
Growth in sales of alternative fuel vehicles (AFVs) both in the UK and Europe has been welcomed by the National Franchised Dealers Association (NFDA). AFV registrations figures released by ACEA (European Automobile Manufacturers’ Association) show AFVs have been continuously performing well since last year and totalled 154,795 units in the ...
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Kay Group agrees Texaco deal on new site
The Kay Group has signed a deal with Valero for the Texaco brand to supply its latest new- build forecourt, which is due to open next monthTop 50 indie The Kay Group has been at the forefront of developing new-build sites on Brownfield land, with three new-to-industry schemes under development, ...
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ACS calls for consistent local enforcement
The Association of Convenience Stores (ACS) has called on the Government to go further in its Red Tape Review to ensure that local authorities are consistent in their approach to enforcement, as well as removing the costly and unnecessary burdens experienced by licensed retailers. In the submission, ACS welcomes the ...
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Issa brothers win NACS accolade
Euro Garages co-CEOs Zuber and Mohsin Issa have won a prestigious award presented by NACS (National Association of Convenience Stores) in the US. They have been have jointly named the 2016 NACS Insight European Convenience Industry Leader of the Year, and the award will be presented at the Convenience Summit ...
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MRH site 6th best in world for design
A site owned by Top 50 Indie MRH has been named as the sixth best forecourt design in the world. The accolade was awarded by London-based DesignCurial magazine, which drew up a top 10 of the world’s best forecourt designs.MRH St Paul’s, in Birstall, Leicestershire, was ranked sixth, and was ...
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VIPs at grand opening of 500th Gulf site in UK
The official opening of Gulf-branded Ravensthorpe Service Station at Huddersfield Road, Dewsbury, was celebrated in style last week in recognition of the site becoming the 500th Gulf forecourt in the UK. In attendance on the day were the Mayor of Kirklees, Cllr Paul Kane and Mayoress Susan Bedford along with ...
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MPK sources £14m to fund growth plans
MPK Garages, which is ranked tenth in Forecourt Trader Top 50 Indies, has received a £14m funding package to pursue its growth plans, which could nearly double the size of its estate. The business plans to acquire additional forecourts and refresh parts of its existing estate to capitalise on the ...
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e-cigarettes can save lives say doctors
The Royal College of Physicians has published a new report concluding that e-cigarettes have the potential to save millions of lives and that doctors should encourage smokers to take up vaping instead. The new findings follow last year’s report by Public Health England (PHE), which found that e-cigarettes are around ...
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Most motorists reject driverless cars
More than 65% of motorists want to retain the right to drive even though driverless cars are coming, two new pieces of research released by IAM RoadSmart – formerly the Institute of Advanced Motorists. It conducted an independent survey of 1,000 British motorists and a separate poll among its 92,000 ...
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Assistant attacked at Hythe service station
Witnesses are being sought following a report of an attack on a member of staff and a robbery at a service station in Hythe. Kent Police is investigating the incident in which the victim, a man aged in his 50s, was working in a petrol station in Seabrook Road when ...
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Applegreen offers free coffee in safety drive
Applegreen and the Road Safety Authority (RSA) in the Irish Republic and have teamed up to help drivers to combat the effects of driver fatigue over the May Bank Holiday Weekend by providing free cups of coffee to drivers at Applegreen service stations around the country. This is the fourth ...
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Retail has highest crime rate of all business sectors
Figures released as part of the Home Office’s Commercial Victimisation Survey have found that one in five premises in the retail and wholesale sector were victims of shop theft over the last year, with the sector having the highest crime rate of any sector surveyed. The survey states that wholesale ...
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NewsLPG cited as a solution to air quality problems
UKLPG, the trade association for the liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) industry, has welcomed the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee’s (EFRA) inclusion of LPG as part of a range of alternative fuel options described in its report on Air Quality. The Committee’s report calls for new clean air zones in ...
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Police investigate defibrilator theft
Police in Northern Ireland are appealing for information after a defibrilator, which is worth £1,500, was stolen from Rosevale Petrol Station in Newtownards, in the early hours of Saturday morning (April 23). Police posted a message about the theft on the Police Service for Northern Ireland (PSNI) Ards Facebook ...
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MRH renews five-year supply deal with Palmer and Harvey
The UK’s largest independent forecourt group MRH has renewed its supply agreement with delivered wholesaler Palmer and Harvey. The new contract, which is worth in excess of £90m a year, will run for five years and involves Palmer and Harvey delivering MRH’s full instore offer, including chilled and frozen products ...