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NewsTwo men threaten staff member and rob Derbyshire garage
Derbyshire Police officers are appealing for information after a robbery at the Texaco garage in Nottingham Road, Spondon, at 9.30pm on Wednesday July 3. Two men entered the garage and threatened a member of staff before taking a quantity of cash, alcohol, tobacco and cigarettes. The men then left, heading ...
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NewsThe sun shines on PGG’s cricket fun day
The sun shone brightly for the Park Garage Group’s annual cricket day at Addiscombe Cricket Club in Croydon, south London, last week. It is the fifth time the Top 50 Indie has held the event - as a thank you to everyone involved with the business - and each time ...
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NewsRam raiders rip wall from forecourt building
CID officers from Suffolk Police are appealing for information following a ram raid at a petrol station in Hadleigh. Police were called shortly after 3.10am on Friday 5 July, to reports that the petrol station in Lady Lane had been broken into. A white Nissan Primastar van was used to ...
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NewsPRA warns rating battle may extend to electric chargers
The PRA has warned that the government’s attempts to impose rates on cash machines could be extended to electric vehicle charging points. Last year retailers including Sainsbury’s, Tesco and the Co-op and the ATM provider Cardtronics won a Court of Appeal case against the Valuation Office Agency overturning the VOA’s ...
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NewsSales of new alternatively fuelled vehicles decline
Demand for alternatively fuelled cars fell for the first time in 26 months in June as the overall market fell for the fourth consecutive month, according to the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT). UK new car registrations were down 4.9% to 223,421 units, taking the half year total ...
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NewsReports calls for ban on new petrol, diesel and hybrid cars from 2030
The government will have to ban sales of petrol, diesel and hybrid vehicles by 2030 in order to meet its emission targets, according to a new report. The Centre for Research into Energy Demand Solutions (CREDS), an academic consortium of more than 80 academics across the UK, warned that the ...
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NewsShell installs UK’s first 150kW charger on a forecourt
Shell is claiming to have the UK’s first 150kW electric vehicle charger on a forecourt. The new charger is a part of Shell Recharge, Shell’s on-forecourt Electric Vehicle (EV) charging service, and is available for use at Shell’s Battersea Service Station in London. The 150kW high-powered charger will sit alongside ...
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NewsPortadown site rebrands fuel offer as Texaco
Wrights Service Station in Portadown, Northern Ireland, has rebranded to Texaco having previously sold fuel under the Star brand for 10 years. The brand switch will offer customers a loyalty programme, Star Rewards, for the first time, and the site will stock two grades of fuel, diesel and unleaded petrol. ...
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NewsEuro Garages wins consent for development in Workington
Euro Garages has won planning permission to develop a drive-through café, restaurant and filling station in west Cumbria. The scheme is for the site of a former care home on land bounded by the A595 and A597 at Lillyhall in Workington. The plans include a fuel forecourt with four pump ...
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NewsEuro Garages buys second site in Scotland in a month
Following on from the recent purchase of West Highway Service Station in Glasgow, Euro Garages has secured a second acquisition, Guthrie Bros in Montrose, through specialist business property adviser, Christie & Co. Guthrie Bros is located on Northesk Road and was established in 1949 including a Ford dealership which sat ...
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NewsCertas begins construction of bunker site at Newark Lorry Park
Certas Energy is expanding its bunker refuelling site network with a new development at Newark Lorry Park. The site is located on the old Great North Road, alongside the A46 trunk road and is three miles from the A1. Developed by Certas Energy in partnership with Newark and Sherwood District ...
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NewsAsda forecourt closed over fuel contamination fears
An Asda forecourt in south Wales has been shut after a number of cars broke down shortly after filling up there on July 1. An Asda spokesperson said: “We are currently conducting an investigation into a suspected contamination at our Pillgwenlly petrol station at around 7pm last night. As soon ...
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NewsPetrol and diesel prices fall after four months of rises
Four months of rising fuel prices came to an end in June with the average cost of both petrol and diesel at the pumps falling sharply due to the cost of oil dipping to $62, according to RAC Fuel Watch. The average price of unleaded petrol dropped 3ppl from 130.67ppl ...
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NewsChristie & Co predicts more oil company acquisitions
Oil companies have not been as active as expected in acquiring petrol filling stations in the first half of 2019, but this could change in the rest of the year, according to specialist business property adviser, Christie & Co. In its overview of the retail market in the first half ...
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NewsFirst-time buyer acquires site from Top 50 Indie SK Fuel
A first-time buyer has purchased one of the six forecourt sites being sold by Top 50 Indie SK Fuel. The specialist business property adviser Christie & Co has completed the sale of Sutton Road Service Station on Sutton Road, Hull, with funding secured through its commercial finance broker Christie Finance. ...
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NewsTop 50 Indie Grove Retail acquires two Scottish sites
Top 50 Indie Grove Retail has acquired two petrol filling stations from Motor Fuel Group, adding to its portfolio of petrol filling stations in central Scotland. Fairfield Service Station in Broxburn and Bawbee Filling Station in Leven were acquired for Grove Retail by the specialist Petroleum and Roadside Services Team ...
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NewsSimon Smith Retail sells to MFG
MFG has confirmed its acquisition of award-winning Top 50 Indie, Simon Smith Retail. The seven-strong group has been a high-profile player in the forecourt retailing sector for many years, with its entrpreneurial flair and high standards of operation. It won Forecourt Trader of the Year back in 2005 and Forecourt ...
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NewsMFG recruits Booker retail boss
Motor Fuel Group has appointed Booker retail boss Steve Fox as its new managing director, retail. Steve will join MFG on September 1, 2019 and will report directly to Jeremy Clarke, MFG’s chief operating officer with the retail, trading, operations and developments teams reporting to him. Graham Timbers will continue ...
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NewsFamily to sell forecourt after 50 years in the business
The Morrison family is putting its Gulf-branded petrol filling station up for sale, having owned it for more than 50 years. The busy forecourt, based in Ramsgate, Kent, has an on-site Bargain Booze store, which provides an off licence and a range of convenience products, catering to a variety of ...
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NewsForecourt crime incidents down 7.5%, says BOSS
Incidents of forecourt crime fell by 7.5% during the first quarter of 2019, according to the latest results recorded by BOSS. The BOSS Forecourt Crime Index is based on No Means of Payment (NMoP) incident reports that are made to BOSS as part of its Payment Watch scheme. During ...