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Gulf partners Manchester United
Gulf Oil International has agreed a long-term partnership with Manchester United. The deal makes Gulf Manchester United’s global lubricant and fuel retail partner. The partnership was launched in Manchester, with Gulf Oil vice president international, Frank Rutten joining Manchester United’s commercial director Jamie Reigle together with a number of ...
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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Car sales highest in February for 12 years
New car registrations continued the positive start to 2016 in February, growing 8.4% compared with the same month in 2015, according to new figures released by the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT). The total of 83,395 new cars registered in the month was the biggest in February since ...
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Government admits last Sunday trading research was in 2006
Business minister Anna Soubry has admitted to parliament that the Government has failed to commission any research over the past 10 years to look into the impact of Sunday trading deregulation. In an answer to a parliamentary question tabled by Kevin Brennan MP, she said: “In 2006 Indepen were commissioned ...
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Phillips 66 introduces new tankers to fleet
Phillips 66 has replaced 70% of its total road tanker fleet with 32 new MAN, Scania and Merc vehicles. The vehicles conform to Euro 6 emissions standards thus delivering lower emissions and improved fuel efficiency, among a number of other benefits.Mary Wolf, managing director of Phillips 66 UK & Ireland ...
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MacDonald warns against fuel duty hike
The March Budget could signal the end of lower pump prices if Chancellor George Osborne decides to raise petrol and diesel taxes after failing to keep a lid on government borrowing. That’s the prediction of Ramsay MacDonald, retail director of Certas Energy, who urges him to look elsewhere to balance ...
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Sale of Topaz goes ahead
he takeover of Ireland’s largest convenience and fuel retailer, Topaz Energy Group, by the Canadian convenience store giant Alimentation Couche-Tard has been completed.The companies announced the completion after the EU Commission ratified the deal, which was agreed in early DecemberTopaz owns 158 service stations across the island of Ireland, supplies ...
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Asda won’t trade below cost on fuel
Asda’s petrol pricing policy of not trading below cost, is revealed in a planning application for a new petrol filling station at its store in Fleetwood, Lancashire. Acting on behalf of Asda, Deloitte is seeking permission from Wyre Council for a fully automated filling station with three pumps and six ...