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Lidl denies plans for fuel
Lidl’s purchase of an Esso site in Balderton, Nottinghamshire does not signal its entry into the UK forecourt market.A spokesperson for the discounter confirmed the intention was to demolish the filling station to make way for a supermarket.Last year Lidl demolished a Co-op Food Store on an adjoining site and ...
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Store doubled in size at Spar site
A £300,000 expansion project at a Spar forecourt store near Bristol Airport has been completed following a co-investment scheme between owner Justin Taylor and Appleby Westward, the regional distribution company for Spar stores in the south west. The store, at Littleton Mills, near Winford, has doubled in size."The redevelopment has ...
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Euro Garages doubles profits
Euro Garages turnover was up 26% to £816m for the year to July 31, according to accounts just filed at Companies House, and pre-tax profit more than doubled to £34.8m compared with £15.3m the previous year. Early in the year covered by the accounts, Euro Garages completed the acquisition of ...
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Last year saw seismic shift in site ownership
The forecourt sector in 2015 saw the conclusion of a seismic shift in ownership that has seen oil companies divesting assets and tying purchasing independents into supply agreements, according to Steve Rodell, managing director of the retail division of property specialist Christie & Co.In the company’s latest business outlook, ’The ...
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Tobacco smugglers jailed for 30 months
Two men, who were caught with a van containing half a million illicit cigarettes just a week before going on trial for an almost identical fraud, have each been jailed for 30 months after they were investigated by HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC). Haulage firm owner Stephen McDonough, 58, and ...
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Hospital treatment for worker after confrontation over car wash
Lincolnshire Police are appealing for witnesses to an altercation that left a car wash worker requiring hospital treatment. At approximately 1.25pm on Saturday 23rd January, a female in a silver Audi TT had her car cleaned at the car wash in the car park of the Asda store in Boston. ...
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Arrest after knifeman robs forecourt
A man has been arrested in connection with an armed robbery at a petrol station in Barton, North Lincolnshire. The incident happened at shortly before 9pm on Wednesday, January 27, when a man in a motorcycle helmet walked into a petrol station in Ferriby Road and made a small purchase. ...
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Move to strengthen alternative fuels in the capital
Transport for London (TfL) will be working to improve the alternative fuel infrastructure as part of a new five-year industry-led programme to reduce the emissions of London’s freight and fleet operators. The programme will work across the industry to increase the availability and uptake of low emission vans and lorries. ...
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Asda says fuel price is never below cost
Asda has stated it has a petrol pricing policy that it will not trade below cost, as part of a planning application for a new petrol filling station at the Asda store in Fleetwood, Lancashire. Acting on behalf of Asda, Deloitte is seeking permission from Wyre Council for a fully ...
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Burglars steal cash from Scottish site
Police in Scotland are investigating following a burglary at a petrol station near to the Tay Road Bridge. The Abercraig Shell petrol station on the A92 near to the Forgan roundabout was targeted just before 3am on Thursday January 28 and a three-figure sum of cash was taken. The station ...
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Certas-owned Gulf sites raise funds for charity
Customers and employees at Gulf forecourts across Glasgow, owned by Certas Energy, donated almost £2,500 during December 2015 to Yorkhill Children’s Charity, which raises funds to support the babies, children and young people treated at the Royal Hospital for Children, Glasgow (formerly Yorkhill Hospital). Donating funds to Yorkhill Children’s Charity ...
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NewsTwo more Essar-branded sites opened
Two further forecourt sites have transferred to the Essar brand following its debut in November at a site owned by Top 50 Indie HKS at Coalville in Leicestershire. Both are nearer the oil company’s Stanlow Refinery in Cheshire. The second site was launched in association with S & S Station ...
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Firearm used in Nottingham raid
Detectives are appealing for witnesses following an armed robbery at a Nottingham service station on the evening of Thursday, 28 January, 2016. Nottinghamshire Police were called just after 6.30pm after two masked men entered the Tesco Express service station on the A610 Nuthall Road at Cinderhill. The men threatened staff ...
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£40m awarded to promote plug-in vehicles
Four cities have been awarded significant funds to promote green vehicle technology after successfully bidding for a share of a £40m scheme created to support the take-up of plug-in electric cars across the UK. Transport secretary Patrick McLoughlin announced the winners of the Go Ultra Low City Scheme, after the ...
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Retail margins on petrol falling says AA
Retail margins on petrol have fallen, according to the AA, while profiteering by refiners and petrol commodity market players has deprived consumers of savings of up to 5ppl. In its latest AA Fuel Price Report, it says: “AA research finds that during the periods of early 2014, early 2015 and ...
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Tesco evacuated after fuel leak
A Tesco petrol station in Dundee had to be evacuated after firefighters covered the area in foam to prevent an outbreak of fire following a fuel leak. Firefighters were called to the Tesco Kingsway station at 8.51am on Tuesday January 26 to deal with the incident which occurred while a ...
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NewsMRH bought by US private equity fund
MRH, the biggest independent service station owner and operator in the UK, has been bought by a US private equity firm Lone Star. The deal closed on January 26 for an undisclosed sum having already received approval from the European Commission under the EU Merger Regulations. The accompanying ...
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Consultation over Thames Crossing
Proposals for a new multi-billion pound road link across the River Thames between Essex and Kent to relieve congestion at the Dartford Crossing, have been announced. In 2013, two locations were shortlisted for a new bridge or tunnel across the river: one near the Dartford Crossing (known as Option A) ...
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Knifeman robs Wallingford forecourt
Thames Valley Police is appealing for witnesses after an armed robber struck at a forecourt in Wallingford. Shortly after 1.15am on Sunday January 24 a man entered the Esso service station in Station Road and threatened a male member of staff with a knife and demanded cash. The member of ...
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Shop theft hits record high
Shop theft is at its highest level since the introduction of the National Crime Recording Standard (NCRS) in 2003. New figures from the Office for National Statistics show incidents of shop theft in the year ending September 2015 were more than 9,000 higher than the previous year. While most offences ...