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Hydrogen Toyotas arrive in the UK
The first hydrogen powered Toyota Mirai cars have arrived in the UK for their official launch this month. Toyota is billing the Mirai as the world’s first mass-produced fuel cell saloon, and is launching it in selected European markets the UK, Germany and Denmark where a hydrogen fuel supply and ...
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UK leads Europe in alternative fuel vehicles
Demand for alternative fuel vehicles is soaring across Europe, with the UK leading the way with the biggest year-on year increase in the EU’s major markets.Alternative fuel vehicle (AFV) registrations rose by 17.4% across Europe in the second quarter of 2015, according to the European Automobile Manufacturers Association (ACEA), while ...
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First site opens after Jet’s deal with Spar
The UK’s first Jet and Spar dual-branded site has opened following the April launch of a new convenience partnership between fuel brand and the symbol group. Jet Maybole in South Ayrshire is the first in a number of Jet sites that have chosen to take up the dual-branding offer. The ...
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Diesel’s price advantage is being eroded
Diesel’s undercutting of petrol may be short-lived if recent trends continue. Plummeting prices in July sent diesel below petrol for the first time in 14 years, and by mid-August the price differential had stabilised at around 3ppl, but a flurry of petrol price cuts in the week before Forecourt Trader ...
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Government figures wrong protests ACS
Figures released by Government as part of a consultation on changes to Sunday Trading regulations have been dismissed as out of date and misleading, by the Association of Convenience Stores (ACS). ACS chief executive James Lowman said: "Every figure that the Government has put forward to justify the case for ...
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Applegreen sales up 16% for half year
Applegreen has revealed sales up 16% to €517m in its first set of results since its flotation in June. For the six months ended June 30 it also pushed up EBITDA (earnings before interest, tax, depreciation and amortisation) up 42% to €10.7m. During the period it also added 23 sites ...
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Petrol volumes fall despite 14ppl price drop in a year
UK petrol consumption has fallen compared with a year ago, despite it being 14ppl cheaper. UK fuel consumption figures released by HM Revenue and Customs show that petrol consumption flat-lined at around 1.475 billion litres a month from May to July. This is lower than last summer when petrol averaged ...
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Stewardess jailed for tobacco smuggling
An air stewardess who repeatedly smuggled shisha tobacco into the UK from Dubai, evading more than £57,000 in excise duty, has been jailed for 18 months after she was investigated by HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC). Jade Kaur, from Stretford, was caught with 25kg of non-UK duty paid shisha tobacco ...
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Motorbike sales show strong growth
Motorcycle and scooter sales showed strong growth in August with sales up 13.9% compared with the the same month a year ago, reaching a total of 7.951 registrations. Stephen Latham, head of the National Motorcycle Dealers Association (NMDA), which represents motorcycle retailers across the UK, commented: “In what is ...
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NewsShell to site hydrogen refuelling on three forecourts
The first deal to fully integrate hydrogen refuelling stations (HRS) onto UK forecourts has been agreed by Shell. ITM Power, the energy storage and clean fuel company, has signed a strategic siting partnership with Shell for the delivery of HRS on three Shell sites in the UK. Oliver Bishop, ...
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Nisa to supply ex-Morrisons c-stores
The team that bought 140 Morrisons convenience stores earlier this week has announced it has signed a five-year supply deal with Nisa Retail worth up to £1bn. Fresh sales will make up a large part of the offer of the stores, which will be renamed My Local, with 45% ...
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Cheddar forecourt sold
Cheddar Motors in the Somerset village of Cheddar has been sold in a deal brokered by specialist property adviser Christie & Co.The freehold interest in the forecourt and convenience store has been sold for an undisclosed sum. The buyer is an experienced Sri Lankan forecourt operator from Guildford who is ...
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Rontec overcomes resistance to 24 hour drinks licence
Rontec has won an extension of a drinks licence on one of its sites to 24 hours, despite opposition from local police. The company’s Esso Town Hall Service Station at Crossgate, South Shields, is a 24-hour site and already had a licence to 2am, but applied to be allowed ...
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£20,000 fine threat over immigration arrest
A site operator for MRH is being threatened with a fine of up to £20,000 after Home Office investigators arrested a man working at one of its sites. Acting on intelligence, Immigration Enforcement officers visited the BP petrol station, Dartford Road, March, Cambridgeshire, on 9 September at about 2pm. ...
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NewsMorrisons sells M local convenience stores
Morrisons has agreed to sell 140 M local convenience stores for a consideration of about £25m in cash, to a team led by fuel industry veteran Mike Greene and backed by Greybull Capital. Greene, who headed Jet’s retail offer and also worked with Shell during his career, revealed the stores ...
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NewsPolice release CCTV images of robbers
West Midlands Police have released CCTV images following a robbery at a Solihull petrol station on Thursday 3 September. The robbery took place at the BP petrol station on High Street, Solihull Lodge, Shirley at 10.50pm. Two men went into the petrol station and asked the cashier for ...
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Cash machine blown up on forecourt
An explosion at a Devon forecourt is believed to have been caused by bungling thieves who were trying to break into a cash machine. Police were called to a disturbance at the Texaco garage on Moorland Villas, Yelverton, at just before 4am on Monday 7 September. It is believed that ...
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Autogas calls for LPG powered London taxis
Autogas is urging Transport for London (TfL) to consider LPG options in new licensing proposals for taxis and private hire vehicles (PHVs) with regards to the Ultra-Low Emission Zone in central London. In order to tackle air pollution and emissions problems in central London, TfL is recommending a revised voluntary ...
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Palmer & Harvey increases profits
Palmer & Harvey has pushed pre-tax profit up 19% to £35m for the 52 weeks to 4 April, on a turnover up 6% to £4,466m. Commenting on the results Chris Etherington, chairman and chief executive officer, said: “This has been a year of transformation for P&H. Our financial performance ...
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Car sales still surging ahead
The new car market recorded its 42nd consecutive month of growth in August, according to figures published by the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT). New car registrations increased 9.6% to 79,060 for the month, taking year-to-date growth to 6.7%. Gains were made across all sectors and all fuel ...