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NewsMPK Garages secures £14m funding for growth
MPK Garages, which is ranked tenth in Forecourt Trader’s Top 50 Indies, has secured a £14m funding package to pursue its growth plans, which could nearly double the size of its estate. With the investment, the business plans to acquire additional forecourts and refresh parts of its existing estate to ...
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ACS calls for support for rural stores
The Association of Convenience Stores (ACS) has responded to a Department for Communities and Local Government consultation on rural planning, calling on the department to ensure that the planning system supports the growth and retention of rural convenience stores. The submission notes that over a third of stores are based ...
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Diesel cars all exceed emissions limits in tests
All the diesel vehicles tested by the UK government exceeded emissions limits in real driving conditions, but it found no evidence of car manufacturers, apart from the VW Group, fitting devices to defeat the approved emissions test programme. Today (21 April) the UK government published its research into emissions levels ...
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Robber runs away in Dewsbury
West Yorkshire Police are appealing for witnesses after a robbery at a petrol station at Ravensthorpe, in Dewsbury. The incident happened in the early hours of Wednesday 20 April at Ravensthorpe Petrol Station, on Huddersfield Road. A man threatened the employee behind the counter, asking for cash from the till, ...
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Metal bar used in hold up
A robber got away with cash from the till after raiding a service station in the Dunsville area of Doncaster, South Yorkshire. The incident happened at about 7.50pm on Saturday 16 April when a man walked into Barriecars petrol station in High Street and threatened staff. He is described as ...
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Welcome Break opens first Ed’s Easy Diner
Welcome Break has opened its first Ed’s Easy Diner site, at the South Mimms service station located at J23 of the M25 near Potters Bar. The refurbishment represents an investment of about £1m by the company, and has created 29 jobs. The diner is described by Welcome Break as a ...
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Immigration officers raid car washes
Raids by immigration officers on car washes in Hounslow, west London, found 20 people who were suspected of working illegally. Three suspected illegal immigrants from Albania were arrested and 17 more Eastern Europeans could face deportation for allegedly breaching European Union working regulations at the premises in Isleworth and Cranford. ...
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Shell unveils prototype petrol car of the future
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 ...
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NewsDemand for road fuels surges
New Government data shows a surge in demand for road fuels. Diesel sales were up by 7.9% in the month to 14 March, compared with the same period last year, and petrol sales increased by 5.6%, despite a long-term trend of decline, and overall sales of both fuels, including commercial, ...
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ACS calls for greater engagement
ACS chief executive James Lowman has called on the convenience sector to engage with local decision makers to establish their community credentials and make sure the economic role of local shops is understood. In his introductory remarks at Summit’16, Lowman predicted that local public health interventions on alcohol, tobacco and ...
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Mitsubishi admits fuel economy deception
Fuel economy figures for more than 600,000 cars sold in Japan were falsified, Mitsubishi Motors Corporation (MMC) executives have admitted. More than two thirds of the cars, 468,000, were manufactured by MMC and supplied to Nissan Motors Corporation. The issue was uncovered when Nissan queried data supplied by MMC. The ...
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Warning over alcohol licensing proposals
The Association of Convenience Stores (ACS) has raised concerns about proposed changes to the alcohol licensing regime. ACS was responding to the Public Bill Committee’s call for evidence on the Policing and Crime Bill. It warned that a proposal to no longer require alcohol licensing guidance to be scrutinised by ...
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Police probe suspected arson attack
Greater Manchester Police are investigating suspected arson at petrol station. At around 2am on Tuesday 19 April, emergency services were alerted to a fire at Cleggs Lane Service Station, Cleggs Lane, Little Hulton. The Fire Service extinguished the fire and no-one was injured. Officers attended and discovered that accelerant had ...
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Councils given powers for road sign revamp
New powers to remove pointless road signs that are an eyesore and distract drivers will be given to councils on Friday 22 April. According to the Department for Transport the number of road signs in England more than doubled from 2.45 million in 1993 to an estimated 4.57 million in ...
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UKPIA publishes crisis report
The UK Petroleum Industry Association (UKPIA) has published its latest short report titled Crisis – What Crisis? which explores the shared challenges facing oil refining and other energy intensive industries in the UK. In light of the wider crisis facing UK manufacturing, the report provides a wide-angle overview of why ...
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Rate of site losses questioned
The two main bodies that report on market data for the forecourt sector agree that site numbers have decreased, but differ over the scale and significance of the losses. The latest Retail Marketing Survey, conducted by the Energy Institute (EI), and published as a supplement to the EI’s April issue ...
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NewsUK dealers attend official launch of new Ultimate
UK BP dealers gathered in Berlin this week for the official launch of BP’s new premium fuel - Ultimate with active technology. The event involved 600 guests from 15 countries across Europe, scientists involved in the project, as well as a visit by chief executive Bob Dudley. Hailed as BP’s ...
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Greene steps down from ACS board
The Association of Convenience Stores (ACS) has announced that forecourt veteran Mike Greene, its former chairman and now the CEO of the My Local chain of convenience stores, has stepped down from its board. Greene chose to step down as both he and My Local’s trading director Neil Turton were ...
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NewsKay Group adds to Texaco sites
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 month. Top 50 indie The Kay Group has been at the forefront of developing new-build sites on Brownfield land, with three new to industry schemes ...
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Detectives investigating armed robbery
Merseyside Police detectives are appealing for information following a robbery which took place at a petrol station in Vauxhall on Monday 11 April. At around 2.10pm a man approached a security guard leaving the Spar store and garage on Great Howard Street and pointed what is believed to be a ...