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NewsNewport used-car lot could be reinstated as petrol station
As metaphors for the industry go, a petrol station changing into a car showroom many years ago, only for a 2025 planning application to seek to turn it back into a PFS, is pretty apt.
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NewsForecourts to benefit from 18m road trips over bank holiday
Forecourt operators are set to benefit from a boom in bank holiday traffic, with 18 million trips predicted to be taken on Britain’s roads this weekend.
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NewsNew EG On The Move site opens following years of planning difficulties
The rise of EG On The Move continues apace, with the firm opening a new forecourt in Stone, Staffordshire, following years of planning difficulties.
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NewsGreggs puts sandwiches and drinks behind the counter to combat shoplifting
It was a tactic once reserved for strong medications, spirits, tobacco and lottery products, but bakery firm Greggs is now placing sandwiches and soft drinks behind the till to combat rising crime levels.
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NewsGurms Athwal becomes Unitas’ trading director
Unitas Wholesale has appointed Gurms Athwal as its new trading director.
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NewsTop 50 Indie Midland Motor Fuel donates £2,500 to local Neighbourhood Watch
A Nisa shop at a forecourt in Walsall, West Midlands, operated by Top 50 Indie Midland Motor Fuel, has donated £2,500 to its local Neighbourhood Watch group.
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NewsRoyal Mail now operates 7,000 EVs
The company behind Britain’s postal service, Royal Mail, itself owned by International Distribution Services, has unveiled its 7,000th electric vehicle, which joined the fleet at RM’s delivery office in Lambeth, south London.
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NewsProtest as forecourt cashpoint said to provide sufficient banking facilities for town centre
A petition has been created after a cashpoint at a filling station in Ellon, Aberdeenshire (population 10,000) was deemed sufficient to serve the town centre.
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NewsSomerset forecourt looks to install trio of jet wash bays
A planning application has been submitted to Somerset Council for the installation of three jet wash bays at a Taunton forecourt.
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NewsVapers panic buying disposables devices ahead of ban
The ban on the sale of disposable vapes is less than two weeks away, but survey research indicates consumers are stockpiling devices ahead of the new law coming into force.
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NewsEG On The Move plans new Powys forecourt
Plans for a new filling station, complete with EV charging and a drive-through Starbucks, have been submitted for a site in Newtown, Powys, by EG On The Move.
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NewsMasked football hooligans throw lit flare around Scottish forecourt
A group of around 25 masked youths rampaged across a forecourt in Newmains, North Lanarkshire, lighting a flare before throwing it into the site’s shop.
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NewsEXCLUSIVE: The SMMT’s Mike Hawes gets real on EVs
Mike Hawes, chief executive of the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders, gives his most candid interview yet on electric vehicles.
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NewsSafety concerns raised over plans for roundabout petrol station
Developers seeking to build a new petrol station just off a roundabout on the Isle of Sheppey have been told a pedestrian crossing will likely be needed to provide access to the forecourt, while one local resident branded access plans for the site “downright dangerous”.
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NewsForecourt knife robber gets six-year prison sentence
A thief who held up two petrol stations at knifepoint has been sentenced to six years in custody.
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NewsUndercover audits reveal concerns over ID checks for vape sales
The disposable vapes ban comes into force in a little over two weeks, but concerns around sales to under-18s look set to be an issue even after refillable devices are the only ones offered.
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NewsDevelopers appeal to Planning Inspectorate over forecourt digital advertising billboard
An application to install a six metre wide digital advertising billboard by a petrol station, initially refused by the local council, has seen developers appeal to the Planning Inspectorate in an attempt to get the screen allowed.
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NewsInPost partners with Asos for UK’s first nationwide next-day locker delivery service
InPost, which has around 9,000 drop-off and collection lockers in the UK and is often found at forecourts, has teamed up with fashion firm Asos to create the UK’s first nationwide next-day delivery service for lockers.
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NewsEXCLUSIVE: £6.5m of fuel stolen in drive-offs as up to 94% of offenders escape justice
Forecourt Trader has discovered that fuel worth an estimated £6.5 million has been stolen in the past five years in over 131,000 drive-off incidents from petrol stations, with police ending investigations with no suspect being identified in up to 94% of cases, despite senior officers linking such offences to organised crime.
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NewsNew EV charging hub opens at Wiltshire National Trust estate
A new EV charging hub providing eight ultra-rapid chargers for 16 charging bays has opened at a National Trust property a mile and a half off the A303 near Mere, Wiltshire.