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NewsBudgens wins ’Favourite Forecourt Retailer’ at HIM Awards
Symbol group Budgens was voted The Shoppers’ Favourite Forecourt Retailer at the HIM Awards 2019. The celebratory night at East Wintergarden in Canary Wharf. saw 16 awards presented in front of a sell-out audience of over 400 senior, industry leading suppliers, retailers and wholesalers. BP won The Shoppers’ ...
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NewsGovernment launches design competition for EV chargers
The government has launched a competition for 7 to 19-year olds to design the electric vehicle chargepoints of the future. The Eco Innovators competition calls on students to submit creative designs for public electric vehicle chargepoints, The competition aims to encourage young people to learn more about the engineering sector ...
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NewsRaiders use digger to steal ATM from Hampshire forecourt
Officers from Hampshire Police are hunting for thieves who used a digger to smash down a wall and rip out an ATM from a forecourt.Raiders targeted the Windmill Service Station on the A338 Salisbury Road near Ringwood in the early hours of Monday May 21.Emergency services were called to the ...
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NewsMan armed with hammer robs forecourt store in Coventry
A man armed with a hammer has robbed a petrol station in Coventry. The raid took place at the Texaco petrol station on Hinckley Road in Walsgrave, sometime between 6pm and 6.55pm on Thursday, May 16, when the man threatened a member of staff with a hammer, demanding money, and ...
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NewsLincolnshire Police make arrests after rash of drive-offs
Two men have been released on conditional bail after their arrest in Bourne, Lincolnshire, on suspicion of conspiring to steal fuel from petrol stations. The men were arrested after officers on patrol noticed a suspicious car on May 19 on the A16 in Spalding. They suspected it might have been ...
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NewsJP&S Services opens new-build Texaco site in Hampshire
A newly built Texaco Service Station has opened in Headly Down, Hampshire. Texaco Beech Hill service station, owned by Top 50 Indie JP&S Services, was officially opened by East Hampshire District Council chairman Anthony Williams. The new build service station features four pumps supplying all four grades of fuel, including ...
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NewsRAC says smaller retailers fairer on fuel prices than supermarkets
The RAC says smaller fuel retailers are being fairer to their customers on prices than the big four supermarkets. The claim came as the RAC revealed the supermarkets raised the price of petrol almost every day for three months. Data from RAC Fuel Watch shows the supermarkets increased the price ...
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NewsNew BP with M&S Simply Food service station opens in Norfolk
A new BP service station with M&S Simply Food has opened at the A140/A143 junction at Scole in Norfolk. The scheme has created 20 new jobs and includes a toilet accessible to disabled people, and a baby changing-room. Andy Kenney, BP district manager, said: “The new store and introduction of ...
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NewsCNG Fuels starts building work on biomethane refuelling stations
CNG Fuels has commenced construction of two new public access renewable biomethane compressed natural gas (Bio-CNG) refuelling stations, two of five due to open in 2019 to cater for increasing demand from HGV operators switching from diesel. The new public access Bio-CNG stations will serve major truck routes and cities, ...
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NewsGang of robbers raid Applegreen site in Hampshire
Officers from Hampshire Police are investigating after a gang robbed a forecourt in West End, east of Southampton. At about 4.30am on Monday 20 May a group of around five or six men carrying metal objects forced entry to the Applegreen Service Station on Swaythling Road. A member of staff ...
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NewsEG Group boosts IT capability with acquisition of company
Euro Garages’ parent company EG Group has acquired GB3, a provider of information technology (IT) solutions based in Preston. In parallel, Graham Billsborough, founder and CEO of GB3, has been appointed EG Group’s chief information officer (CIO). Billsborough has a background in technology leadership roles and, having worked in AstraZeneca, ...
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NewsGreenergy acquires tanker fleet in the South West
Greenergy has acquired William C Hockin (Tankers), a family owned specialist haulage company located in the south-west of England. The Hockin tanker business will be integrated into Greenergy Flexigrid, Greenergy’s existing in-house haulage business, as a specialist long-distance operation. Andrew Owens, chief executive of Greenergy, explained: “William C Hockin has ...
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NewsIonity orders 120 350kW Veefil EV chargers from Tritium
Electric vehicle charger company Tritium, has signed a deal with Ionity to supply its Veefil-PK 350kW DC high power electric vehicle (EV) chargers for 120 new Ionity charging sites across Europe.The contract with Ionity is Tritium’s largest-ever deal for its Veefil-PKs and will see an average of four to six ...
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NewsSainsbury’s offers 10ppl discount in fuel promotion
A promotion offering 10ppl off fuel is being launched by Sainsbury’s. Customers who spend £60 or more on groceries at a Sainsbury’s supermarket or online between Thursday 23 and Tuesday 28 May will receive a coupon and will have 14 days to redeem the offer. The discount can be used ...
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NewsEsso confirms move to Nectar loyalty scheme from June 1
The shake-up of Esso’s loyalty scheme, which was announced in November last year, will get under way on June 1 when Esso transfers from Tesco Clubcard to Nectar. From that date customers will be able to earn Nectar points on their fuel and shop purchases at participating Esso-branded service stations, ...
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NewsMinister unveils plans for test facility for self-driving vehicles
A government minister has announced plans to develop a cyber testing facility for self-driving vehicles.Future of mobility minister Jesse Norman explained: “Toyota has said that to make self-driving vehicles safe, you would need to test them for around 9 billion miles. That’s the equivalent of driving around the world 350,000 ...
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NewsEssar expands retail operation into the North East
Essar has expanded its retail operation into the North East with the conversion of MPK’s Chester Road station in Stanley, County Durham. Chester Road is Essar’s 70th site in the UK, and the 13th MPK location to switch to the Essar brand. Ramsay Macdonald, head of retail at Essar, commented: ...
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PRA pleased with CMA
The PRA has welcomed the decision by the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) to block the merger between supermarket giants Sainsbury’s and Asda, after finding it would lead to increased prices at many petrol stations across the UK.PRA chairman Brian Madderson had warned last month that the proposed measures to ...
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Shell London HQ targeted by climate change protesters
Shell’s London headquarters have been vandalised by climate-change protesters.The company was targeted by a group known as Extinction Rebellion, which planned protests at key targets around London.The group had called for a full-scale rebellion to demand decisive action from governments on the environmental crisis. It encouraged people to join in ...
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Rontec buys Lewes and Newmarket Service Stations
Rontec has bought two well-established East Sussex petrol filling stations from its fellow Top 50 Indie Local Fuels.The deal, done via Christie & Co, involved the sale of Lewes Service Station and Newmarket Service Station. Situated on the A27 just outside Brighton, Lewes S/S and Newmarket S/S have high volumes ...