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NewsPRA arranges Business Breakout in Swansea
The PRA will be staging a Business Breakout in Swansea on Thursday November 7 at the Liberty Stadium.Coffee will be provided from 10am and there will be a free buffet lunch with opportunities to network.Presentations will include: PRA – latest market update; Allego – electric vehicle charging offer for dealers; ...
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NewsTwo police cars responding to forecourt break-in rammed
Two police cars responding to reports of a break-in at a forecourt in Essex have been rammed by another car.Officers were called to a suspected break-in at the Harvest Service Station on High Road, North Weald at about 3.25am on Thursday October 17.It was after they arrived at the scene ...
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NewsIonity launches “Scotland’s fastest chargers” at MFG site
Ionity has launched what it describes as Scotland’s fastest EV charging station at a site in Gretna Green owned by the UK’s biggest independent forecourt operator MFG.The company, a joint venture between Daimler, Ford, BMW Group and the Volkswagen Group with Porsche, claims its 350kW chargers will charge an EV ...
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NewsShell plans to replace forecourt with EV-only charging hub
Shell is planning to be the first fuel retailer in the UK to take out traditional fuels from an operating service station and replace them with an electric vehicle-only charging hub. Application for planning permission for the development on the company’s site in Fulham, West London, will be put forward ...
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NewsCertas Energy announces the 2019 SuperStation winners
A forecourt in South Wales has won two awards at SuperStation, Certas Energy’s forecourt standards competition. The winners were announced at a Gala Awards Dinner, this year held at the Coldra Court Hotel by Celtic Manor in Newport, South Wales. Among the winners was Hillcroft Garage, Gwent, which won both ...
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NewsACS welcomes sentencing Bill in Queen’s Speech
The proposed introduction of a new Sentencing Bill in the Queen’s Speech has been welcomed by the Association of Convenience Stores (ACS), and it has called for further measures to tackle the root causes of retail crime.The Queen’s Speech sets out the Government’s priorities for the coming parliamentary session. Measures ...
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NewsGovernment announces plan for decarbonisation of transport
The Government has announced plans for the full decarbonisation of the transport sector by 2050. The announcement was part a formal response to the latest progress report from the Committee on Climate Change, which advises the Government on emissions targets. The Government said that the groundwork for the Transport Decarbonisation ...
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NewsRobber threatens assistant and steals cash and cigarettes
A masked man dressed entirely in black has robbed a petrol station in Aberdeen. Police said the robbery happened at the Shell filling station on Wellington Road at about 11:45pm on Saturday October 12. The man threatened the 35-year-old shop worker and demanded money, leaving him “very distressed”. The robber ...
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NewsCar washes warned over failures in the way they treat their staff
Operators of five car washes in Rother in East Sussex have been warned over failures in how they treat their staff.Inspections by Rother District Council found all of them were failing to comply with health and safety legislation or to pay their workers the minimum wage.Breaches included failure to provide ...
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NewsMFG buys Top 50 Indie Symonds Retail
Top 50 Indies forecourt operator Motor Fuel Group (MFG) has signed an agreement to purchase the south-west of England forecourt operator, and fellow Top 50 Indie, Symonds Retail Limited. The transaction is scheduled to close early next month. CEO Jeremy Symonds is part of a family business that began as ...
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NewsEG Group considering IPO
Top 50 Indie Euro Garage’s parent company EG Group is said to be considering an initial public offering next year which, according to financial press reports, could value it at anything between £5-£10bn. Brothers Mohsin and Zuber Issa founded Blackburn-based Euro Garages in 2001 with the acquisition of a single ...
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NewsNew £20 note revealed
The new £20 note featuring the artist JMW Turner has been uneveiled by Bank of England governor Mark Carney. The new polymer £20 note - which will be issued for the first time on February 20, 2020 - contains sophisticated security features leading to claims it is the most secure ...
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NewsEuro Garages seeks planning permission for St Austell site
Euro Garages has submitted planning permission for a new 24-hour forecourt with convenience store and two drive-thrus at Holmbush Road, St Austell. Asbri Planning, on behalf of Euro Garages, said the proposed development would include a 320sq m forecourt store; 185sq m drive-thru coffee outlet and 245sq m drive thru ...
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NewsOxfordshire site gets ultra-rapid chargers
New ultra-rapid charging technology has been installed at Frilford Service Station, near Abingdon, Oxfordshire, by EV charging specialist InstaVolt. The new chargers are capable of charging at 125kW – halving the time it would take drivers of compatible vehicles to charge compared to 50kW chargers. Drivers can pay by ...
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NewsInquest opens into man crushed to death on forecourt
An inquest has been opened into the death of man who was crushed by a car on a Tesco Express/Esso forecourt in Wales. According to Wales Online, 66-year-old Brian Griffiths had gone to the site at Brynymor Road, Gowerton, with his wife on September 30. He got out of his ...
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Maxol’s new motorway services Maxol Group has won planning permission for a £6m motorway service station in Newry, Northern Ireland. Maxol has 96 forecourts in Northern Ireland, and the Newry site will be its second motorway one. Its other one, at Tannaghmore on the A26 between Antrim and Ballymena, won ...
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NewsShell launches ’carbon neutral’ programme for drivers
Shell is giving drivers the chance to offset their carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions free of charge, when they buy fuel at its UK service stations, in a programme that will cost £10 million over the next 12 months. The scheme, which launches next week on October 17, means drivers will ...
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NewsTexaco signs up three-acre site in Northern Ireland
Patterson M1 Service Station in Dungannon, County Tyrone, is the latest site to join the Texaco brand. At three acres, the Dungannon site will be one of the largest Texaco forecourts in the region, capturing commuters and commercial traffic heading along the main route into and out of Belfast. Site ...
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NewsCertas Energy announces finalists for SuperStation awards
Certas Energy has announced the finalists for this year’s SuperStation competition, which is open to a network of around 800 Gulf and Pace branded sites.The competition, which is judged on factors including forecourt appearance, diversity of product offering, customer service, innovation in business strategy aims to drive up site standards.This ...
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NewsPRA arranges Business Breakout in Inverness
The PRA will be staging a Business Breakout in Inverness on Wednesday October 30.It is being held at Jurys Hotel in Inverness Millburn Road.Coffee will be provided from 10am and there will be a free buffet lunch with opportunities to network.Presentations will include: PRA – latest market update; Highland Council ...