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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 ...
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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 ...
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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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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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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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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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NewsProlific drive-off pair convicted of stealing £2,000 of fuel
Two women convicted of stealing approximately £2,000 worth of fuel from petrol stations around Salisbury, Wiltshire, have been sentenced. Caroline Coker, 42, of Odstock Road, Salisbury, was given an 18-month community order, 19 days of rehabilitation and ordered to carry out 200 hours of unpaid work, as well as a ...
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NewsSainsbury’s offers 10ppl discount for third time in two months
Sainsbury’s has launched its third promotion in two months offering customers a discount of 10p per litre on fuel when they spend £60 or more on groceries at a Sainsbury’s supermarket or online. The latest deal runs from Thursday August 22 and Tuesday August 27, and follows identical offers between ...
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NewsSewell on the go buys the six sites that it rented in £10m deal
Top 50 Indie Sewell on the go now owns all of its 13 sites after buying six sites it was renting in a £10m deal. The East Yorkshire-based company bought the sites from Rix Petroleum and said the deal paved the way for continued growth across the region. The acquisitions ...
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NewsPosters warn holiday makers about selling untaxed tobacco
A new nationwide advertising campaign to alert summer holiday makers of the consequences of selling untaxed tobacco in Britain has been launched by the TMA, the trade association representing the UK tobacco industry.Poster and phone box adverts at strategic locations show the despair faced by individuals caught bringing tobacco back ...