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NewsGovernment announces safety regime for self-driving vehicles
A new safety regime for self-driving vehicles has been announced by future of transport minister George Freeman.To ensure self-driving vehicles are safe and secure by design, and to minimise any defects ahead of their testing, sale and wider deployment on UK roads, the government is developing an assurance system using ...
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NewsAttempted murder charges after man is attacked on forecourt
Four men have been charged with attempted murder following an attack on another man at the Shell Garage on Oatlands Drive, Weybridge, Surrey, in the early hours of Saturday 31 August.Connor Stevens, 18 of Sunbury on Thames, was charged with attempted murder, shoplifting, possession of an offensive weapon in public, ...
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NewsHybrid HGVs may be needed in transition to zero emissions
The transition to zero emissions in the HGV sector may require hybrid vehicles, according to a new report from the Energy Technologies Institute (ETI).The report, HGVs and their role in a future energy system, addresses the decarbonisation options for HGVs as the UK strives to achieve a net zero energy ...
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NewsTwo sites in Northern Ireland switch to the Texaco brand
Two service stations in Northern Ireland have agreed to switch to the Texaco brand, having previously sold fuel under the BP brand. Belsize Service Station in Lisburn, County Antrim, switched this month and Lagmore Service Station in Dunmurry, Belfast, will transfer at the end of this year. The owners of ...
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NewsPlanned BP M&S Simply Food site includes rapid charging facilities
Proposals for a new BP and M&S Simply Food development in Cornwall include infrastructure for major electric vehicle charging facilities. RJ Walker (Newquay) has applied for planning permission for the scheme, on the A392 in Newquay, which it claims will provide a new generation petrol filling station (PFS). A design ...
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NewsReport backs EVs over emissions versus conventional fuel
Suggestions that electric vehicles (EVs) could be more polluting than their petrol or diesel equivalent have been debunked by a new report, and it says the balance is tipping ever more in EVs favour.Research by Imperial College London for Drax Electric Insights shows that on average Britain’s electric vehicles (EVs) ...
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NewsACS and SGF welcome report on Scottish cash machines
The Association of Convenience Stores (ACS) and the Scottish Grocers’ Federation (SGF) have welcomed the Scottish Affairs Committee report on Access to Financial Services which urges LINK to cancel the next planned cut in interchange fees for cash machine operators.The report makes a number of recommendations, including calls for the ...
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NewsLINK to provide free-to-use ATMs in areas without free access to cash
The Association of Convenience Stores (ACS) has welcomed a new commitment from the ATM network provider LINK to install free-to-use cash machines on high streets that don’t have any free access to cash for consumers. Free-to-use machines will be installed in centres and high streets (where there is a cluster ...
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NewsTop 50 Indie Refuel & Go sells site in Braintree to fund investment
Top 50 Indie Refuel & Go (Sectorsure) has sold one of its sites to enable it to invest in new projects. White Court filling station and store in Braintree, Essex, has been sold to Mr and Mrs Senthilselvan, who have previously operated forecourts, and most recently ran their own taxi ...
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NewsRam raiders devastate shop on Sainsbury’s forecourt
A substantial part of a Sainsbury’s forecourt shop has been reduced to a pile of rubble by ram raiders using a tractor. The attack occurred at the Sainsbury’s petrol station at Westhoughton, Bolton, Greater Manchester, in the early hours of Tuesday September 27. A tractor was abandoned at the scene ...
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NewsPRA welcomes reports that fuel duty will be cut in Budget
The PRA’s long campaign for a cut in fuel duty looks as if it is about to succeed after reports that a reduction will be made in the Autumn Budget.“The PRA has welcomed hints carried by national media that the Treasury may be considering fuel duty cuts in the upcoming ...
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NewsCall for Scottish city centre ban on internal combustion engines
A ban on internal combustion engine vehicles in city centres by 2030 should be one of the Scottish government’s key policies, according to a coalition of 19 organisations.The ban is one of 12 measures the Climate Emergency Response Group wants the government to consider.The group is made up of 19 ...
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NewsTwo teenage girls among arrests over armed robbery at forecourt
Five people have been arrested in connection with an armed robbery at a petrol station in Scunthorpe, North Lincolnshire. Humberside Police were called at 00.06am on Sunday, August 25, with reports that beer and other stock had been stolen at knifepoint from the shop at the Jet-branded petrol station ...
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NewsACS joins calls for publication of report on business rates
The Association of Convenience Stores (ACS) has signed a letter alongside a group of business organisations calling for MPs sitting on the Treasury Select Committee to publish the final report of their business rates inquiry before the Autumn Budget.The Treasury Select Committee launched its inquiry into business rates in February ...
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NewsThames Valley Police objects to proposed M25 service area
Thames Valley Police has objected to proposals by Extra MSA to build a motorway service area on land between junctions 16 and 17 of the M25. Extra MSA has applied for outline planning permission for a scheme on a 147-acre site which, in addition to a petrol filling station, would ...
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NewsSpar forecourt retailer introduces free water refill station
With plastic reduction a high priority everywhere, forecourt store owner Justin Taylor has become one of the first Spar retailers in the south west to introduce a free water refill station.Justin, who owns the Winford Ford fuel and Spar shop at Littleton Mills near Bristol, expects a gradual fall in ...
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NewsNew-to-industry scheme proposed in Dorset town
Forecourt developer Forelle Estates is planning a new-to-industry scheme in Gillingham, a town in North Dorset. The proposal comprises a Shell filling station, a store badged with its regular retail partner Budgens and jet wash. The car park would include car charging facilities. The development would be off the B3081 ...
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NewsMPs call for earlier ban on sales of conventional cars and vans
A Parliamentary committee of MPs has urged the government to bring forward its proposed ban on the sale of new conventional cars and vans to 2035 at the latest, and to outlaw hybrids from the same date.The Science and Technology Committee’s report into clean growth was highly critical of the ...
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NewsDetectives investigating armed robbery in Derbyshire
Detectives investigating a knifepoint robbery at a petrol station in Derbyshire have released images of a man they want to speak to. At around 10.45pm on Tuesday, August 20, a man entered the Jet petrol station in High Street, Brimington, armed with a knife. He approached a member of staff ...
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NewsACS reminds retailers about pump labelling deadline
The Association of Convenience Stores (ACS) is reminding retailers about the upcoming fuel labelling regulations which are coming into force next month.The new regulations legally require additional labelling to be introduced on all fuel dispensers and nozzles in all UK filling stations by 1 September and aim to help drivers ...