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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 ...
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Tobacco smugglers jailed
Three men from the West Midlands have been jailed for evading an estimated £2.4m in duty and taxes, by attempting to smuggle more than ten million illicit cigarettes, many described as “desserts”, into the UK. Steven Zindani, 59, and Gerard Smythe, 43, were arrested by HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) ...
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News£300,000 investment in Bristol 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 in order ...
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NewsSupermarkets cut further 2ppl off diesel
Tesco and Morrisons have followed after Asda cut 2ppl off the price of diesel, bringing its national price cap down to 97.7ppl while unleaded remains at 99.7ppl. Andy Peake, Asda’s senior petrol director, said: “We’re delighted to be the first retailer to take diesel to its lowest price level in ...
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Complaint against AA advert upheld
The Advertising Standards Agency (ASA) has ruled against the AA after complaints about claims it made in a TV advert and on its website. A voice-over in the TV advert stated: “With more patrols, more specialist skills and more expertise than anyone else, we are the Automobile Association. We are ...
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Smokescreen defeats forecourt burglars
A smokescreen security device foiled burglars who broke into a Staffordshire forecourt early on January 21. The thieves broke in to Sainsbury’s filling station at Ventura Park, Tamworth, while it was closed, but were driven off by the smokescreen which they set off. A spokesman from Staffordshire Police said: “We ...
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Rats force MRH to close site
MRH has had to close a service station in Essex for a week while an infestation of rats was wiped out. Staff at the site at Herongate, near Brentwood, discovered rats had got into the sales building, said MRH company secretary David Hathaway. “Like any responsible employer we shut down, ...
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ULEV market at tipping point says minister
The market for ultra low emission vehicles (ULEVs) has reached a tipping point and is about to take off in the way the internet did in the 1990s, according to roads minister Andrew Jones. Speaking at the Chargemaster Electric Vehicle Charge Event, he said: “The shift we are seeing reminds ...
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NewsEuro Garages turnover up 26% to £816m
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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£75m awarded for new vehicle research
Five new projects to develop low carbon and energy efficient technology in the automotive sector have been awarded £75m of joint government and industry funding, the business secretary Sajid Javid has announced. The funding has been awarded by the Advanced Propulsion Centre, a 10-year, £1bn joint partnership between Government ...
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MRH avoids inquiry over Esso acquisitions
MRH has avoided a potential inquiry into its acquisition of 78 service stations from Esso after the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) accepted undertakings by the company. In November the CMA warned the number one Top 50 Indie MRH that it could face a full scale inquiry because of concerns ...
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Cars failing emission standards says Which
The consumer watchdog Which claims the majority of cars contravened emissions regulations when it carried out realistic tests, and is calling for more rigorous assessment. All of the vehicles officially complied with recent EU emission regulations (either Euro 5 or the tougher Euro 6 depending on the age of ...
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Positive outlook as forecourt property prices continue on upward trajectory
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, ...