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NewsPRA arranges Business Breakout near Exeter
The PRA will be staging a Business Breakout in near Exeter on Wednesday February 26 at Sandy Park Conference Centre at junction 30 of the M5.The PRA is a guest of CTC, which is hosting a trade show, and will be in the Baxter Suite from 10am until 1pm.Coffee will ...
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NewsLords raise issue of free-to-use ATMs in debate in Parliament
Members of the House of Lords have raised concerns about access to cash in communities and the provision of free-to-use ATMs in a debate in parliament this week. During the debate, Lord Naseby urged the Government to consider changing the way that business rates are levied on through the wall, ...
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NewsMurco wins supply contract for Woodside Garage in North Devon
Woodside Garage in South Molton, North Devon, has adopted Murco branding after the fuel company secured its supply contract. The 2mlpa site, which was previously Gulf branded, came on board after extensive negotiations with the Murco dealer team and a chance meeting with the brand’s owners, William Bannister and Jeremy ...
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NewsMFG donates £10,000 of fuel to Dorset Tank Museum
Motor Fuel Group (MFG) has donated £10,000 of Murco fuel to The Tank Museum in Dorset for use in its live tank displays.The initiative comes after the company held a recent opening for a new-to-industry service station at nearby Creekmore, for which The Tank Museum lent a WW2 Chaffee tank.William ...
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NewsAsda cuts 4ppl from diesel and 2ppl from unleaded petrol
Asda has announced that it has cut the price of fuel for the second time in a week with a price reduction of 4ppl on diesel and 2ppl off unleaded. Effective from today, Wednesday 5 February, its price cap will be 118.7ppl on unleaded petrol and 120.7ppl on diesel. The ...
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NewsAsda cuts 4ppl from diesel price and 2ppl from unleaded petrol
Asda has cut 4ppl from the price of diesel and 2ppl from unleaded petrol on the day the RAC accused supermarkets of failing to pass on savings from lower wholesale prices.Effective from today, Wednesday 5 February, Asda’s price cap will be 118.7ppl on unleaded petrol and 120.7ppl on diesel.The new ...
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NewsDiesels suffer 36 straight months of decline as new car sales fall
The UK new car market declined 7.3% in the first month of 2020, according to figures published by the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT).It reported that 149,279 vehicles left showrooms in January, as continued confusion surrounding diesel and clean air zones and ongoing weak consumer and business confidence ...
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NewsBP rolls out its Wild Bean Café franchise to its dealer network
BP is rolling out its Wild Bean Café coffee and food-to-go franchise to its wider independent dealer network after successful trial installations at five sites. The refreshed offer was located at sites in Scotland, North East England, the South East and South West. The company said that with a strong ...
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NewsRobber threatens forecourt staff with suspected firearm
An armed raider threatened staff at a Sainsbury’s petrol station in Belfast with a suspected firearm during a robbery. The gunman entered the Falls Road filling station shortly before 10.30pm on Monday. He told staff to put money and cigarettes into a bag before making off on foot in the ...
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NewsJet adds two more sites to its company owned estate
Two more petrol filling stations have been acquired by Jet Retail UK – a wholly-owned subsidiary company of Phillips 66 Limited – taking its total estate to 11 sites. The announcement of two separate acquisitions came just days after Jet Retail UK director Mary Wolf said the company was planning ...
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NewsIndustry slams new date to phase out petrol and diesel cars
Forecourt and oil industry representatives have slammed an announcement by the Government that it may bring forward the end of sales of new petrol and diesel cars and vans to 2035, or even earlier.The sector has been working towards a target date of 2040 since it was first set in ...
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NewsCo-op site reopens after £2.5m investment in overhaul
The Co-op petrol filling station and food store in Coedpoeth in north Wales has reopened following an extensive programme of works to overhaul and replace the site’s infrastructure, and to rebuild an extended food store. The site underwent a near £2.5m investment in which the tanks, pumps, forecourt and canopy ...
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NewsJet reveals plans for 50-100 co-owned sites
Plans are under way to develop a Jet-branded company-owned network of between 50-100 sites, according to Mary Wolf, director of Jet Retail UK Ltd, a wholly owned subsidiary of Phillips 66. The numbers were revealed following the official opening of Askern Service Station in Doncaster, on January 30th, following a ...
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NewsACS warns Environment Bill could cause problems for retailers
The Government has confirmed it will re-introduce the Environment Bill to Parliament, kick starting debate on the introduction of a deposit return scheme, reform of the PRN (packaging recovery note) system and a new levy on single use plastics. ACS has warned that the legislation will pose operational challenges for ...
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NewsThree men charged with causing explosions during raids on ATMs
Three men have been charged with conspiracy to cause explosions likely to endanger life after five arrests in connection with a series of ATM thefts across Hampshire and Surrey. The three have also been charged with conspiracy to steal and the charges relate to events between August 2019 and January ...
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NewsOnline retailer opens first bricks and mortar store at Roadchef site
Roadchef has signed a deal with online gift specialist Prezzybox which will see Prezzybox’s first bricks and mortar store open at a motorway service area (MSA) in February.It will open at Roadchef Strensham South (M5), and will offer visitors the opportunity to buy presents. Commenting on the opening, Mark Fox, ...
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NewsDeal signed for three hydrogen fuel cell buses in Northern Ireland
A deal for the first hydrogen fuel cell-powered buses in Northern Ireland has been signed by the public transport company Translink.Translink has ordered three of the buses from Wrightbus in a deal supported by the Office for Low Emission Vehicles (OLEV) and the Northern Irish government’s Department for Infrastructure.As part ...
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NewsSite offered as development opportunity for fuel retailers
A former petrol station site currently operated as a hand car wash is being offered as a development opportunity for the fuel retail sector.The 0.4-acre site is between Stratford-upon-Avon and Chipping Camden, and is situated close to the Meon Vale development, which has planning permission for 1,050 homes, leisure facilities, ...
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NewsUK drivers’ interest in low- and zero-emission vehicles doubles
UK drivers are showing signs they are starting to embrace low- and zero-emission electric vehicles, according to the RAC. Research conducted for the RAC Report on Motoring shows the number of drivers who say they will choose an electric car as their next vehicle has doubled in the past 12 ...
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NewsSales of battery electric vehicles forecast to rise 260% in 2020
Sales of new battery electric vehicles (BEVs) are forecast to rise more than 260% in the UK in 2020, according to figures from DriveElectric, an electric vehicle leasing company.DriveElectric has used its own model, built from its intelligence of the UK market, to forecast EV registrations, and predicts that at ...