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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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NewsRobbers armed with sawn-off shotgun strike on Asda forecourt
An axe and what appeared to be a sawn-off shotgun were brandished by armed robbers at a petrol station in Leeds this morning (Wednesday September 4).At 7:08am police were called to a report of an armed robbery targeting a cash delivery at the Asda petrol station in Killingbeck Drive, Leeds.Security ...
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NewsHarvest Energy’s parent company seeks to attract talented staff
Prax Group, the owner of Harvest Energy, has appointed David Howells as the group’s in-house talent engagement manager.In his position, David is responsible for the direct sourcing and acquisition of talent along with providing strategic recruitment solutions as the group continues its plans to expand its activities, both in the ...
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NewsSupermarkets blamed by RAC as fuel prices don’t follow market
The major supermarkets have been blamed by the RAC as it claimed fuel retailers did not pass on full savings to motorists after the wholesale prices of petrol and diesel fell during August. According to RAC Fuel Watch, the average price of a litre of petrol reduced 0.27p to 128.88ppl ...
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NewsFuel retailers reminded to comply with new labelling regulations
The Association of Convenience Stores (ACS) is urging retailers to ensure that they are complying with the new fuel labelling regulations that came into force from September 1. The new regulations require additional labelling to be introduced on all fuel dispensers and nozzles in UK filling stations and aim to ...
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NewsInternational hydrogen fuel project surpasses landmark
A fleet of close to 500 hydrogen-powered fuel cell electric vehicles (FCEV) have travelled more than eight million kilometres since a project to develop hydrogen refuelling stations across Europe was set up in 2015.Hydrogen Mobility Europe (H2ME) said more than 30 hydrogen refuelling stations (HRS) had been developed across the ...
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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NewsWelsh retailer invests £100,000 in revelopment of site
A service station in the market town Llandeilo in Carmarthenshire has reopened after a £100,000 redevelopment, including rebranding as a Murco forecourt. The owner of Llandeilo Service Station, Sithamparappillai Paramesvaran (known locally as Appan) closed the site for five months to totally redevelop the forecourt and shop. He said: “A ...