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No charges for men arrested after pipeline breach
Police have announced that no further action will be taken against two men who were arrested over the theft of 30,000 litres of diesel from an underground fuel pipeline. Two men from Salisbury were arrested in April after police discovered that thieves had dug down to Esso’s Midline pipeline at ...
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ACS to vote on allowing major multiples to join
The Association of Convenience Stores, (ACS) is holding an EGM on 4 December at which it will ask members to vote on changes to its constitution to allow any convenience store operator to become a member of the Association. ACS chairman Jonathan James, a former winner of the Forecourt Trader ...
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15 UK hydrogen fuelling stations to be set up
The arrival of hydrogen cars on UK roads is a step closer, according to the business minister Matthew Hancock, after he announced up to £11m of funding. The investment is intended to prepare the UK for the roll-out of hydrogen fuel cell electric vehicles (FCEVs), and will be used help ...
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BP garage owner still fighting BP plan to ’wipe him out’
The owner of a BP garage, who accused the oil giant of aiming to wipe out his business after it won planning permission for a massive development just 50m from his site, has forced his local council to reconsider its decision. Simon Privett has owned and operated the Tollgate Service ...
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Knife man attempts to rob petrol station in Dundee
Police Scotland is appealing for information after a man walked into a petrol station in Dundee, threatened a member of staff with a knife and demanded money. He made off empty handed. The incident happened at the Shell Petrol Station at Forfar Road about 9.50pm on Tuesday 7 October. The ...
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NewsFlying Squad investigates attempt to blow up ATM
Detectives from the Metropolitan Police’s Flying Squad are investigating after thieves are believed to have attempted to blow open a cash machine on a garage forecourt. The incident occurred in the early hours of Tuesday morning at the Shell petrol station in Lower Richmond Road, Richmond. Fire fighters were called ...
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Asda wins permission for Dewsbury outlet
Asda has won planning permission to add a petrol station to its supermarket in Dewsbury, West Yorkshire. Kirklees Council’s planning committee voted to approve the plans by 13 votes to one. Asda’s UK estate town planning manager, Alan Jones, said: “We welcome the positive vote by the planning committee today ...
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PRA appoints new commercial director
The PRA has appointed Gordon Balmer as commercial director, reporting to the PRA chairman Brian Madderson, with effect from Monday 6th October. The PRA chairman explained that Gordon would replace head of petrol Richard Chadderton, who moved to a role in Shell at the end of August. The difference in ...
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NewsPenny Petroleum additions strengthen Jet in North East
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, the majority of which are located in the north of ...
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Car sales hit 10-year registrations for September
The introduction of the new ‘64’ numberplate helped drive registrations of new cars up to 425,861 in September, reaching the highest level for a September since 2004. Registrations for the year-to-date reach 1,958,196 – up 9.1% on January-September 2013. September and March – the months of the plate change – ...
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Man stabbed in Spar store on MRH site
A man was seriously injured after being stabbed at a MRH-owned BP service station in Downfields, near Soham, Cambridgeshire. Police were called to the site in Fordham Road at around 2.20pm on September 5, after receiving reports that a man had been stabbed inside the forecourt’s Spar store. It is ...
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Great night for the Garners as Portsbridge shines
The Garner Group’s Portsbridge Service Station took top honours at last month’s Forecourt Trader of the Year Awards ceremony at the London Hilton Hotel Park Lane. Michael O’Loughlin, managing director of Petrogas was voted Palmer & Harvey Retailer Champion. The awards report starts on page 49. Pictured are (l-r): awards ...
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Fuel theft info reward
A forecourt in Alrewas, Staffordshire is so fed up with fuel theft that it’s put up a reward of £100-worth of fuel for the first person who comes forward with information that leads to an arrest. The reward relates specifically to two recent fuel thefts by one man. The garage ...
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Security van robbed at Waitrose forecourt in Lincoln
Officers investigating a robbery at a Waitrose petrol station on Friday 26th September are appealing for information from members of the public in the area at the time. Just after midday Lincolnshire Police received reports that a security van had been robbed at the supermarket service station on Searby Road, ...
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HKS Retail opens its first Spar store
HKS Retail, number nine in the Forecourt Trader Top 50 Indies, has embarked on a joint venture with Spar and Blakemore Trade Partners launching its first Spar forecourt store in Ibstock, Leicestershire. Standing at 1,000sq ft on a BP fuel site, the store has been completely refurbished and relaunched. Blakemore ...
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NewsQuentin Willson and MP film meeting at forecourt
The Simply Fresh forecourt at Weare in Somerset hosted a filmed meeting between local Lib Dem MP Tessa Munt and Quentin Willson of FairFuelUK. Simon Lunn, who runs the site together with his wife Sarah, said the proposal for the meeting came out of the blue. He said: “Tessa is ...
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Rural rebate extension in hands of EU
The extension of the rural fuel rebate scheme will not be enacted until early next year at the earliest, and could be delayed even longer. Replying to a query from the PRA, Helen Dickinson, deputy director, environment and transport tax at HM Treasury, said: "The extension requires EU approval before ...
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Greenergy delivers Esso fuel
Leading UK fuel supplier Greenergy has confirmed the start of its supply of Esso fuel to independent dealers in the Midlands, the South of England and South Wales. Greenergy has been a branded wholesaler for Esso since February 2013, when it took over fuel supply to Esso- branded dealers in ...
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New task force looks at decarbonising fuel
A new Transport Energy Task Force has been established to look into ways to decarbonise fuels. The Task Force will help the Government to examine and formulate options for meeting the 2020 RED renewable transport fuel target and determine how low carbon fuels can help reduce greenhouse gas emissions from ...
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Gas leak causes lock down at Grangemouth
The Unite union is calling for a commitment to “World class safety” at the Ineos Grangemouth plant in Scotland after a gas leak caused a lock down of the oil refinery and chemical plant and the surrounding area. Roads were closed around the Ineos site as the police and fire ...