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NewsGovernment increases funding for on-street EV charging
Additional funding of £2.5m to provide more charge points for electric vehicles (EVs) has been announced by the transport secretary Grant Shapps. The funding will support the on-street residential chargepoint scheme, launched in 2017, which helps people access charging infrastructure near their homes when they don’t have off-street parking. It ...
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NewsUsed car market declined in second quarter of the year
The UK’s used car market declined by 2.8% in the second quarter of the year, according to the figures released by the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT).A total of 2,034,236 transactions took place, resulting in a shortfall of fewer than 60,000 units compared with the same period last ...
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NewsRight wing group calls for end to fuel duty freeze
A ring-wing think tank has called on the government to end the freeze on the value of fuel duty and apply a surcharge on fuel duty for diesel fuel, to help improve air quality. The call came from Bright Blue, and was contained in its new report, Emission impossible? Air ...
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NewsACS supports call for business rates reform
The Association of Convenience Stores (ACS) has signed a letter alongside 50 retail organisations calling for the Chancellor of the Exchequer Sajid Javid to reform the business rates system. In the letter, retail organisations including the British Retail Consortium and Booksellers Association have called on the government to put business ...
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NewsAcquisition by Penny Petroleum takes its site total to 53
Top 50 Indie Penny Petroleum has bought Pensby Service Station in the village of Heswall, in the Wirral, through the specialist business property adviser Christie & Co. Pensby Service Station comprises a Texaco-branded forecourt, Spar convenience store, and hand car wash situated on a busy main road within the ...
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NewsConvenience channel will grow to £48.2bn by 2024 predicts IGD
New forecasts from the industry thinktank IGD reveal that the UK convenience market is set to grow by £6.9bn in the next five years, to reach £48.2bn by 2024. The channel will benefit from lots of new store openings over the period, helping to fuel a compound annual growth rate ...
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NewsInstavolt rolls out higher power chargers providing up to 125kW
Instavolt has started the roll-out of more powerful chargers which it says will speed up charging times. The first of the ChargePoint Express 250 high-powered chargers, capable of up to 125kW charging, has been installed in Basingstoke, Hampshire. New stations will follow across the UK throughout the summer. InstaVolt’s existing ...
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NewsMotorcycle market picks up with rise in registrations in July
Motorcycle registrations rose by 4.3% in July following the double-digit decline of 11% in June. A total of 9,916 machines were put on UK roads last month, and year to date 69,381 motorcycles have been sold. The majority of motorcycle types saw an increase in registrations in July, with the ...
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NewsValli Forecourts wins planning permission for new filling station
Top 50 Indie Valli Forecourts has won planning permission to redevelop a car dealership in Bradford into a petrol filling station. The proposal is to demolish the existing buildings and to replace existing underground petrol tanks on the site from a filling station which closed about 25 years ago. The ...
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NewsNo case for largest EV chargers warns industry expert
There is no need or commercial case for the largest electric vehicle (EV) chargers that are being proposed, according to an expert in the car charging industry. Clive Southwell, sales director UK & Ireland, of Enel X, an international company working in car charging, was speaking at a conference organised ...
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NewsCertas Energy appoints Spar as its convenience partner
Certas Energy has appointed Spar as its convenience partner across all 35 of its company-owned petrol filling stations. The arrangement, which includes wholesale distribution, will commence immediately while in-store refurbishments and re-branding will take place in a roll-out over the coming months. “The forecourt shop has an increasingly important role ...
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NewsApplegreen issues challenge on motorway fuel prices
Applegreen appears to be extending its low fuel price proposition to its Welcome Break estate with the introduction of a fuel brand from its Irish operation and a pledge to offer the “lowest motorway fuel prices”. Welcome Break has launched the fuel brand called Fuelgood, which is currently only available ...
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NewsMen jailed after admitting burgling petrol station
Two men have been jailed and a third is awaiting sentencing after they pleaded guilty to burgling a petrol filling station at Burbage in Wiltshire. A spokesman for Wiltshire Police said: “Shortly after 5 am on July 8, a member of the public heard the petrol station alarm and saw ...
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NewsCo-op completes £750,000 revamp of Derbyshire forecourt
The Co-op has re-opened its petrol filling station and food store in Kirk Hallam, near Ilkeston, Derbyshire, following a £750,000, four-week programme of works at the site. The forecourt at the Ladywood Road site has received an extensive makeover with the store enhanced to better serve the community and visitors ...
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NewsSuperStation moves to Celtic Manor Resort
SuperStation, the initiative by Certas Energy designed to raise standards of service across all areas of forecourt retailing, will host its 2019 Gala Awards Dinner at the Coldra Court Hotel by Celtic Manor in Newport, south Wales. Open to Gulf and Pace branded forecourts across the UK, the finalists in ...
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NewsDiesel decline continues to depress new car sales
The UK new car market declined for the fifth consecutive month in July, with 157,198 vehicles leaving showrooms, according to figures released by the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT). Registrations fell by 4.1% compared with the same month a year ago. Registrations of diesel vehicles fell for the ...
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NewsRam raiders smash fuel payment kiosk at Asda site
Ram raiders who smashed their way into an Asda fuel payment kiosk fled empty handed after police arrived at the scene, according to West Yorkshire Police. The police service received a report of a car attempting to ram raid a petrol station kiosk at the Asda site in Killingbeck Drive, ...
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NewsAPEA Live event returns for its eighth year
APEA Live, a one-day event for the petroleum industry, returns for its eighth year this November. The event, which incorporates an exhibition, conference and awards dinner, will be held at Stadium MK, in Milton Keynes, on November 21. The conference and exhibition sponsored by Elaflex is free to attend. The ...
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NewsPump prices rising as sterling weakens against dollar
After a month of falling fuel prices in June, July saw both petrol and diesel rise again as sterling lost 3% against the dollar, data from RAC Fuel Watch reveals. However, pump prices are still cheaper than they were at the start of June as 1.55p was added to the ...
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NewsNetwork of 88 chargers launched in West Yorkshire
West Yorkshire Combined Authority (WYCA) has launched a network of electric vehicle (EV) charging points to improve the county’s air quality. The first of 88 rapid charging points has been installed in Bradford and is now operational, with the rest of the £3.2m network set to be completed by later ...