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Shell planning to revamp Cannock service station
Shell has applied for planning permission for a knock down rebuild of its service station at Cannock in Staffordshire. The plans include the demolition of a neighbouring bath showroom and using the extra space to build a bigger service station and a shop. The new service station would include 10 ...
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NewsPetrogas UK leases Castleford forecourt
Top 50 Indie Petrogas UK has leased a former Shell service station near Castleford from Colliers International’s Automotive and Roadside team, acting on behalf of a private landlord. Located in Glasshoughton, 11 miles south-east of Leeds, the site extends to 0.35 acres and includes a petrol filling station with three ...
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NewsExelby Services celebrates opening new site
Exelby Services is holding an open day on May 29 when PRA chairman Brian Madderson will officially open its £6.5m Coneygarth services at Junction 51 of the A1(M) at Leeming Bar in North Yorkshire. Among the companies supporting the event will be Shell, which will be bringing its Formula 1 ...
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Monthly cars sales maintain growth
New car registrations have risen for the 38th consecutive month, according to figures released by the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT). In April demand rose by 5.1% to 185,778 units – the month’s best performance since 2005. Year-to-date registrations for 2015 are up 6.4% to 920,366. April’s strong ...
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NewsKent retailer introduces new fishing line
Forecourt and convenience supremo David Charman of Parkfoot Garage in Kent is proud to announce he has sold his first lobster! He introduced a fresh fish counter at the Spar store at his multi-award-winning site on the A20 in West Malling a couple of weeks ago following demand by customers. ...
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NewsJet secures Amazon delivery locker deal
Jet is working with online retailer Amazon to make its outdoor parcel lockers available to Jet dealers across the brand’s 350-plus site network. As part of Jet’s dealer package, dealers will be able to sign up to have Amazon lockers installed at a convenient location on their site (subject to ...
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Forecourt operator joins Budgens retailer council
A forecourt operator is one of three new members who have joined Budgens National Retailer Council (NRC). Guy Warner, owner of Warner’s Budgens Moreton-in-Marsh, Broadway and Bidford-on-Avon as well as forecourt locations in Tewkesbury and Gloucester; Paul Gardner of Budgens of Islington; and Jamie O’Flynn of O’Flynn’s Budgens in Acle ...
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Fuel depresses Sainsbury’s sales
Sainsbury’s has reported its first loss for 10 years after writing down the value of its stores, and fuel price deflation and lower fuel volumes depressed its sales. For the 52 weeks to March 14, it made a pre-tax loss of £72m compared with a profit of £898m in the ...
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Operators urged to provide rating information
The PRA is urging members to fill in and return forms they should have received from the Valuation Office Agency (VOA). In preparation for the 2017 rating revaluation, the VOA sent out forms requesting information from petrol station operators in England and Wales in April. The Scottish Assessors Association (SAA) ...
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Supreme Court pollution ruling is fillip for alternative fuel
Producers of alternative fuels have welcomed a Supreme Court ruling on air pollution. It required the UK government to submit new air quality plans to the European Commission no later than 31 December 2015 following its failure to comply with EU law setting limits for nitrogen dioxide (NO2) pollution in ...
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High demand at Applegreen motorway site
Applegreen’s new service station on the M2 motorway in Northern Ireland has proved such a success since it opened on April 8 that they have had to increase staff by 25% to cope with demand. Since it opened an average of 3,500 people have visited the £6.25m development on the ...
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NewsHarvest Energy launches new Breeze sub-brand
Harvest Energy has launched a new sub-brand – Breeze – on a redeveloped site at Holmer Green, near High Wycombe. The company describes it as the first ‘virtually attended’ filling station in the UK. The ‘attendants’ are 100 miles away in Peterborough, remotely operating the forecourt as if they were ...
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Energy Institute publishes forecourt report
The latest Retail Marketing Survey, conducted by the Energy Institute (EI) and published as a supplement to the EI’s April issue of Petroleum Review, provides more evidence that the trend for forecourt closures has flattened out. The total number of forecourts in the UK at the close of 2014 was ...
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Euro Garages opens its first purpose-built Scottish site
Euro Garages has opened its first purpose-built forecourt in Scotland, at Lomondgate, Dumbarton. The £2m new-build service station features a Spar store, Subway, Greggs and Starbucks, and has been responsible for creating more than 50 jobs. Ilyas Munshi, commercial director of Euro Garages, said the firm was proud to open ...
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UKPIA launches new tanker safety scheme
UKPIA (UK Petroleum Industry Association) has launched its new Safe Loading Pass Scheme (SLPS), a safety scheme for road fuel tankers. First established in the UK in 1989, the scheme has been revised by a cross-industry team, comprising representatives of the UK Petroleum Industry Association, the Tank Storage Association and ...
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NewsPolice issue CCTV in search for £30,000 fraudster
Detectives investigating a fuel card cloning scam in which £30,000 of petrol and diesel was stolen from forecourts across Birmingham have arrested a man on suspicion of plotting the fraud, and are still seeking a second suspect. The 38-year-old, from Hodge Hill, presented himself at a police station on April ...
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HMRC reports 8% drop in March fuel sales
Monthly petrol sales fell 10% in March to the lowest recorded figure of 1.31bn litres, following 4% growth in February when drivers took advantage of prices 22ppl lower than the year before, according to the latest figures released by HMRC. Sales of diesel also dropped by 7% from the February ...
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NewsForecourt group collects funds for earthquake appeal
An appeal for funds to help the survivors of the earthquake in Nepal has been launched by South West-based Chartman, one of the Forecourt Trader Top 50 Indies. Chartman director Clive Sheppard has contacted the group’s nine forecourts about the disaster where the death toll has exceeded 5,000 and is ...
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Arsonist jailed for offence on forecourt
A man has been jailed for 15 months after admitting setting fuel alight on a forecourt. Daniel Lockyer was convicted of one count of arson reckless as to whether life was endangered at the MRH-owned Gulf fuel station at Egham in Surrey. Guildford Crown Court was told that Lockyer, a ...
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Two forecourts win Londis awards
Two forecourts picked up awards when Londis announced the winners of its annual Store of the Year awards. The award for the Londis Forecourt of the Year 2015 was presented to Brian and Joan Charlton of Londis Middleton Service Station, Pickering, North Yorkshire. In addition Certas Energy won the award ...