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Toyota boss predicts hydrogen will supplant gasoline
Toyota’s chairman predicted hydrogen would take over from gasoline as the primary fuel as it announced that it will begin selling hydrogen fuel-cell electric cars in Japan on 15 December, 2014, and in the US and Europe in mid-2015. The Toyota Mirai, which means Future in Japanese, has the cruising ...
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Forecourt clinches top Bestway award
A forecourt shop in Leicester has been presented with a top award at Bestway Wholesale’s annual Retail Development Awards at the Grosvenor House Hotel in Park Lane, London. Last year Kalpesh and Meeta Raja, who run the shop at Parker Drive Service Station in Beaumont Leys, won the category award ...
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JTI removes gantries after illegal tobacco prosecution
Two retailers have had their tobacco gantries removed by JTI after they were found guilty of selling illegal tobacco. JTI removed the gantries from Stones Newsagents in Lewisham and Little Health Supermarket in Greenwich after they were prosecuted for selling illegal tobacco and fined a combined total of over £6,000. ...
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Jet adds to numbers in north east England
Jet has increased its presence in north-east England through new contracts with Penny Petroleum that have seen seven new sites join the network and a further three sites sign retie deals.Penny Petroleum has a portfolio of 25 retail sites, with the majority in the north of England, and was ranked ...
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Sewell is new ACS vice chairman
Patrick Sewell, managing director of Top 50 Indie Sewell On the Go, has been appointed deputy chairman of the Association of Convenience Stores (ACS)At the same time Paul Hagon, group strategy and development director of Palmer and Harvey, has taken over as ACS chairman.The duo replace former Forecourt Trader of ...
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Regus opens first workspace on M6
Regus, the workspace provider, has opened its first Express location on the M6 motorway, at Sandbach South motorway service area. This will be followed by further Regus Express launches before Christmas at Strensham North (M5), Watford Gap (M1), Chester (M56) and Norton Canes (M6 Toll). Phil Kemp, global managing director ...
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Investors pay more than £3m for forecourt site
Commercial property company Custodian REIT has paid more than £3m for a petrol filling station and convenience store site in Kent. The site, at Beechings Way, Gillingham, on the A289 dual-carriageway, is let to the Co-operative Group. Richard Shepherd-Cross, managing director of Custodian Capital, the company’s external fund manager, said: ...
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NewsBlakemore combines Greggs and Subway at new Spar forecourt
Blakemore Retail has opened a new purpose-built petrol forecourt store in Louth, Lincolnshire. The store, situated on the Fairfield Industrial Estate, is the first of Blakemore Retail’s sites to combine a Spar convenience offer with both Greggs and Subway franchises. Blakemore Retail managing director Geoff Hallam said: “This new development ...
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NewsPolice release image after diesel thefts from Kent sites
Police officers investigating a spate of thefts of diesel from service stations in Kent are asking the public for help in identifying a man captured on CCTV. The garages in Cheriton Road, Folkestone, and the Stanford Intersection in Hythe were both targeted on Tuesday 14 October, with about £90 and ...
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NewsCCTV issued in search after attempted robbery in Dumfries
Police in Scotland have released a CCTV image of a man they want to trace after an attempt to steal cash from a Dumfries filling station. It follows an incident at the Newton Gardens site on Glasgow Road at about 21:55 on Saturday 1 November. A man with a "deep ...
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NewsLaundry adds to footfall for Lincolnshire service station
A Lincolnshire forecourt operator has increased footfall to their store by introducing an 24-hour laundry service. Hockmeyer Motors is a family owned business run by Rachael and her husband Christian. They operate a Spar convenience store with Texaco petrol forecourt in Sleaford, Lincolnshire. In April this year they introduced a ...
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Strikers return to work at Phillips 66’s Humber refinery
Striking workers at Phillips 66’s Humber refinery have returned to work after three days of industrial action. About 450 contract workers went on strike on Monday claiming they had safety concerns, but Phillips 66 said the operation of the plant has not been affected by the action. On Wednesday Phillips ...
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NewsExelby Services opens new £6.5m site
Exelby Services has completed the £6.5m development of its new filling station services and truck stop on the A1M at Leeming Bar, North Yorkshire. The opening, which took place last Friday, is the culmination of 10 years work on the project, and chief executive Michael Exelby said: “We pulled back ...
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Asda like-for-like sales fall by 1.6%
Asda has reported a 1.6% fall in its like-for-like sales for the 13 weeks to September 30, compared with the same period last year, but claims it is outperforming its traditional competitors and gaining market share. CEO and president Andy Clarke said that although no chief executive wants to report ...
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NewsSainsbury’s hit by falling like-for-like fuel volumes
Sainsbury’s has admitted disappointing fuel sales and deflation in fuel prices have helped to depress its latest sales results. The supermarket giant said its retail sales for the 28 weeks to September 27 were down 1.4% to £13.8bn, compared with the same period the previous year, and on a like-for-like ...
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New guidance to reduce congestion
New guidance that is intended to help reduce congestion and speed up the completion of road works has been published by the Department for Transport. The seven Traffic Advisory Leaflets provide advice for utility companies and highway authorities who need to carry out work on roads. The leaflets are the ...
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Plans to stigmatise litter bug motorists
Motorists who throw rubbish from their cars could face prosecution as part of a campaign to make littering as “socially unacceptable as drink driving”. Government ministers want to clamp down on drivers who throw rubbish from their vehicles in a bid to lower the multi-million pound cost of picking up ...
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ExxonMobil agrees recruitment deal with IGA
The Independent Garage Association (IGA) has struck a deal with ExxonMobil to reward members who sign a supply deal for its Mobil 1 brand. The tie-up, a first for the IGA, will see Mobil 1 working with its UK distributor network to cover the cost of RMI membership for one ...
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Walkout not affecting Humber Refinery operation says Phillips 66
Phillips 66 has moved to reassure customers that operations have not been interrupted at its Humber refinery after a walk out by contract workers. The company released a statement saying: “On 10th November at approximately midday, an estimated 450 contract workers left the Phillips 66 Humber Refinery site in unofficial ...
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Robbers attack assistant at Top 50 Indie site
An assistant at a Top 50 Indie forecourt has been attacked during a robbery. He was working at Brobot’s site at Egginton in south Derbyshire, when the robbers struck just after midnight on November 10. Police believe the raiders smashed the window of the service station and then punched the ...