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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 ...
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NewsAsda and Sainsbury’s cut cost of fuel by 3ppl as oil price declines
Supermarkets have cut up to 3ppl from their petrol and diesel prices two days after the RAC said there was scope for cuts due to falling oil prices. Asda announced its cut would take effect from today (Wednesday January 29) and would mean the price across its network would not ...
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NewsPolice hunt gang after ram-raid on South Yorkshire forecourt
Three thieves who ram-raided a petrol station in South Yorkshire are being hunted by police. The Premier petrol station on Barnsley Road, West Melton, was targeted at around 4.30am on Saturday January 25. A silver hatchback was driven repeatedly into the building, causing damage to the shutters, said a police ...
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NewsNew chief executive officer appointed at Essar Oil UK
Essar Oil UK has appointed a successor to S Thangapandian to head up operations at its Stanlow refinery at Ellesmere Port, which supplies 16% of all UK road transport fuels.Mark Wilson, who has held senior positions at BP and Innovene, takes over as CEO of Essar Oil UK from S ...
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NewsEG Group buys development site in Shrewsbury
Euro Garage’s parent company EG Group has bought a 5.24-acre development site next to Shrewsbury’s Churncote Island on the main A5 trunk road. Toby Shaw, who handled the sale for Towler Shaw Roberts, said: “This is a very high-profile site, one of the most significant of its type to come ...
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NewsDigger used to rip cash machine from wall of forecourt shop
Kent Police is appealing for witnesses after a cash machine was stolen from an Esso petrol station in Staplehurst.A digger is reported to have been used to rip the ATM from the wall of the forecourt store at Iden Park, Cranbrook Road, shortly after 2.50am on Saturday 25 January.The cash ...
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NewsHarvest Energy opens partner store with Morrisons
Harvest Energy has become the latest forecourt operator to partner Morrisons with the opening of a Morrisons Daily store at one of its sites. Rontec already has more than 50 sites with Morrisons stores while MPK has converted 18 of its sites to Morrisons Daily or Morrisons Select stores. Harvest ...
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NewsACS urges police chiefs to make tackling violence a top priority
Police chiefs and the government are being urged by The Association of Convenience Stores (ACS) to make tackling violence a top priority.ACS has also warned that new figures from the Office for National Statistics’ annual Crime Survey for England and Wales vastly underestimate the level of shop theft - which ...
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NewsMinimum unit pricing for alcohol in Wales set to change market
The introduction of minimum unit pricing (MUP) for alcohol in Wales, due to take place on March 2, has the potential to radically alter the shape of the market, according to Robert Botkai, partner of law firm Winckworth Sherwood.The new law is similar to legislation introduced in Scotland in 2018, ...
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NewsRetailers warned to prepare for menthol cigarette ban in May
The Association of Convenience Stores (ACS) is reminding retailers about the upcoming ban on the sale of menthol cigarettes, which comes into force in less than four months.The European Union Revised Tobacco Products Directive (2014/40/EU) makes it an offence for manufacturers to produce menthol cigarettes and retailers to sell menthol ...
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NewsGang of burglars breaks in to petrol station with crowbar
Warwickshire Police are appealing to the local community for information after a burglary at a petrol station in Southam. Police are investigating the burglary which occurred at 9.30pm on Tuesday January 21 in Northfield Road at the Kineton Road Industrial Estate. The petrol station was unmanned at the time and ...
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NewsMcColl’s sells off six of its forecourt sites
Six petrol forecourt sites have been sold off by the neighbourhood retail giant McColl’s. With just seven forecourt sites among its 1,550 managed convenience stores and newsagents, the fuel side of McColl’s operation was a tiny part of its overall business. Six of the sites sold Gulf Fuel with ...
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NewsAcademics warn of need for recycling of EV batteries
Recycling for lithium ion batteries (LIBs) is not keeping pace with the rapid rise of electric vehicles, storing up a potentially huge waste problem for the future, a new study has warned.A review of lithium ion battery recycling led by the University of Birmingham suggests that, while electric vehicles (EVs) ...
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NewsACS urges convenience store workers to engage in survey
The Association of Convenience Stores (ACS) is calling on people working in convenience stores to provide their views on employment in the sector as part of its 2020 Colleague Survey.The survey explores colleagues’ experiences of working in the sector, looking at the pressures they face, career paths, other commitments and ...
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NewsSainsbury’s reveals proposal to add petrol station to scheme
Sainsbury’s has revealed that it is considering adding a petrol station to a supermarket development that has already won planning permission.Planning consent was awarded for a food store and parking at a site in Hook, Hampshire, in 2014, but although demolition of an existing building on the site was carried ...
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NewsMan jailed after running over girl during drive-off
A man who knocked a 12-year-old girl off her bike as he sped off to avoid paying £17.90 for fuel has been jailed for three-and-a-half years.Jacob O’Dell, 24, filled his blue Ford Fiesta up at a petrol station in Coldhams Lane, Cambridge, on 28 September but drove off without making ...
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NewsPolice warning after major scam hits two forecourts
North Wales Police are warning petrol station owners and employees to be vigilant after a two forecourt stores lost substantial amounts of stock in a complex scam.A petrol station on London Road, Valley, was targeted over the weekend and a forecourt in the Wrexham area is recently believed to also ...