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    Esso Nectar has 2m users

    2019-08-06T00:00:00Z

    Esso’s Nectar promotion has reached nearly two million users since its nationwide launch on June 1. At a celebration to mark its launch, Pat Rutherford, Esso’s UK retail sales manager (pictured left with Nectar md James Moir), thanked everyone involved for the "tremendous effort that’s taken place throughout the Esso ...

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    Middleton Service Station opens after £900k refurb

    2019-08-06T00:00:00Z

    Top 50 Indie Jos Richardson & Son has re-opened Middleton Service Station at Pickering, in North Yorkshire, after a 12-week redevelopment programme.The fuel offering, formerly from Esso, is now from Shell. Improvements to the forecourt include a new canopy, new tanks and pumps, two Washtec jet wash machines and air, ...

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    Middleton Service Station opens after £900k refurb

    2019-08-06T00:00:00Z

    Top 50 Indie Jos Richardson & Son has re-opened Middleton Service Station at Pickering, in North Yorkshire, after a 12-week redevelopment programme.The fuel offering, formerly from Esso, is now from Shell. Improvements to the forecourt include a new canopy, new tanks and pumps, two Washtec jet wash machines and air, ...

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    UKPIA report gives advice on decarbonising

    2019-08-06T00:00:00Z

    The downstream oil sector can play a major role in helping the UK realise its net-zero climate ambitions, according to a report released by the UK Petroleum Industry Association (UKPIA).The Future Vision report outlines the opportunities across the sector from the refinery to the forecourt that can help ...

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    in brief

    2019-08-06T00:00:00Z

    Motor Fuel Group (MFG), the number one company in the Top 50 Indies, has been ranked ninth in a league table of Britain’s 100 private companies with the biggest sales, in the 18th annual Sunday Times HSBC Top Track 100. MFG’s sales reported for the year ending December 2018 were ...

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    Ford and Centrica join forces to offer new electric vehicle services

    2019-08-06T00:00:00Z

    Energy company Centrica and Ford are set to offer new electric vehicle (EV) services in the UK and Ireland as the car manufacturer accelerates its electrified vehicle plans across Europe.Under the planned partnership, Ford will work exclusively with Centrica to deliver a dedicated home-charging installation service and EV tariffs from ...

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    Jet completes UK roll out of new Ultra premium diesel and unleaded

    2019-08-06T00:00:00Z

    Jet has launched its new dual range of Jet Ultra premium fuels, which comprises Jet Ultra Premium Unleaded and Jet Ultra Premium Diesel.The fuel brand has completed its UK-wide roll out to all sites that previously offered Jet premium fuels.To coincide with the launch, Jet is also trialling a pole ...

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    Co-op continues with investment in forecourts

    2019-08-06T00:00:00Z

    The Co-op has embarked on a £2.5m investment in its petrol station in Coedpoeth, north Wales, following the completion of the multi-million pound redevelopment of Handbridge S/S in Chester.The Chester site reopened last month after a complete overhaul of its infrastructure, and a new layout to improve traffic flow. Its ...

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    New Welcome Co-op franchise in Lancing

    2019-08-06T00:00:00Z

    A new Welcome franchise store opened last month in Manor Road, Lancing, West Sussex. The site has been redeveloped and extended during a six-month refurbishment with a new forecourt, tanks and pumps. The new BP-branded forecourt features eight fuel pumps, jet wash and air and vacuum machines. The Welcome store ...

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    Old Pump sells to first-time forecourt retailer

    2019-08-06T00:00:00Z

    An experienced retail operator has bought his first petrol filling station, Old Pump Filling Station in Saundersfoot, Dyfed. Arumugam Satheesh bought the site via Christie & Co, with funding secured through Christie Finance. Located in the Welsh village of Pentlepoir on the busy A478 road from Cardigan to Tenby, The ...

  • EG Group increases its US estate to just under 1,700 sites
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    EG Group increases its US estate to just under 1,700 sites

    2019-08-02T00:00:00Z

    Euro Garage’s parent company EG Group has increased its estate in the US to just shy of 1,700 sites, only 16 months after its first acquisition in the country. It has agreed a deal for the acquisition of Cumberland Farms, which operates about 600 convenience retail stores and fuel stations ...

  • ACS calls for extension of plastic bag charge
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    ACS calls for extension of plastic bag charge

    2019-08-02T00:00:00Z

    The Association of Convenience Stores (ACS) has urged the Government to extend the plastic bag charge to small retailers as soon as possible after Defra (the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs) published figures which show that sales of plastic bags by the seven biggest retailers in England have ...

  • Corby site adds two electric chargers to its forecourt offer
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    Corby site adds two electric chargers to its forecourt offer

    2019-08-02T00:00:00Z

    A petrol station in Corby has installed two rapid electric vehicle (EV) chargers on its forecourt in order to cater for the next generation of cars. Two InstaVolt chargers have gone live at HGC Shell Corby in Cottingham Road, enabling EV drivers to charge on a pay-as-you-go basis. Robert Spooner, ...

  • Sewell on the go installs defibrillators at all of its sites
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    Sewell on the go installs defibrillators at all of its sites

    2019-08-02T00:00:00Z

    Top 50 Indie Sewell on the go has taken additional steps to support its local communities in East Yorkshire by installing defibrillators at all 13 of its sites.The installations have seen the business invest a total of almost £15,000 in the devices, which give an electric shock – or defibrillation ...

  • UKPIA publishes annual review of downstream oil industry
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    UKPIA publishes annual review of downstream oil industry

    2019-08-02T00:00:00Z

    UKPIA has published its annual review of the downstream oil industry. The Statistical Review 2019, which UKPIA has published since 2003, is a compilation of UK downstream oil industry statistics. It draws together recent information on the sector from across a range of sources including government departments and UKPIA members. ...

  • Lincolnshire Co-op installs BP Chargemaster rapid chargers
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    Lincolnshire Co-op installs BP Chargemaster rapid chargers

    2019-08-02T00:00:00Z

    Lincolnshire Co-op has selected BP Chargemaster as its partner to install 50kW rapid electric vehicle (EV) chargers at two of its stores, with more arriving soon. The first of the charging points is now live at Lincolnshire Co-op’s Albert Street Food Store, in Newark, and is being followed by one ...

  • Roadchef’s Norton Canes tops survey of motorway services
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    Roadchef’s Norton Canes tops survey of motorway services

    2019-08-02T00:00:00Z

    Roadchef’s Norton Canes services on the M6 toll has been rated England’s best motorway services for the second year running in the Motorway Services User Survey carried out by independent transport user watchdog Transport Focus.Overall, across the country as a whole, motorway service operators performed well with 90% of visitors ...

  • Fuel missions to forecourts in long-term decline
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    Fuel missions to forecourts in long-term decline

    2019-08-02T00:00:00Z

    Fuel missions are in long-term decline, according to Val Kirillovs, research and insights director at shopper specialist HIM. He says fuel being the main reason for people to visit forecourts has declined by 14% overall since 2019. He also claims top-up shopping in forecourts has stagnated and is not showing ...

  • Car makers report 15.2% decline in output in first half of 2019
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    Car makers report 15.2% decline in output in first half of 2019

    2019-07-31T00:00:00Z

    British car manufacturing output fell by more than a fifth in the first half of 2019, with a 15.2% decline in June marking the 13th consecutive month of negative growth, according to figures released today by the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT). It reported that 666,521 cars rolled ...

  • Instavolt hits 400 landmark with latest rapid charger installation
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    Instavolt hits 400 landmark with latest rapid charger installation

    2019-07-31T00:00:00Z

    InstaVolt has begun construction of its 400th rapid charger, which it claims makes it the UK’s largest owner-operated network of rapid electric vehicle chargers in the UK.Work has started on the milestone station, which can be found at KFC on the A460, Cannock. InstaVolt’s chief financial officer Adrian Keen says ...