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NewsEngenie secures £35m funding for roll-out of rapid chargers
Engenie, one of the UK’s rapid charging networks, claims it has secured funding which will enable it to double the current number of rapid charge points in the UK by 2024. Its plan is being funded by a £35m investment commitment from Cube Infrastructure Fund II. Engenie says it will ...
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NewsGovernment invests £37m in developing chargepoint network
The Government has announced it is investing £37m into developing the UK’s electric chargepoint infrastructure. Twelve projects will receive a share of the funding, to support the creation of innovations including wireless charging technologies, meaning electric vehicles of the future could charge without the need to plug in a cable. ...
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NewsACS calls for retail crime to be on agenda for policing
The Association of Convenience Stores (ACS) is urging the Government and police and crime commissioners to ensure that retail crime is on the agenda for local forces, following the publication of new figures on the levels of police funding between 2015 and 2020.The Home Office document shows that overall police ...
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NewsCo-op carries out multi-million pound redevelopment in Chester
The Co-op is preparing to open its new petrol filling station and extended food store in Handbridge, Chester, following a multi-million pound redevelopment of the site.Set to launch on Friday, 19 July, the petrol station on Queen’s Park Road has benefitted from a complete overhaul of its infrastructure, and a ...
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NewsMFG in top ten of Sunday Times list of leading private companies
Motor Fuel Group (MFG), the number one company in Forecourt Trader’s Top 50 Indies, has been ranked ninth in a league table of Britain’s one hundred private companies with the biggest sales, in the 18th annual Sunday Times HSBC Top Track 100. In the league table companies are ranked by ...
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NewsConvenience sector losing younger shoppers
Convenience stores are losing some of their most important customers, according to a report from MCA Insight and HIM – two leading research insight agencies across the foodservice, eating out and grocery retail sectors.Their latest research found that the average age of shoppers in convenience has risen to 48, with ...
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NewsUKPIA says forecourts have role to play in low emission future
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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BOSS says crime incidents fell in first quarter of 2019
Incidents of forecourt crime fell by 7.5% during the first quarter of 2019, according to the latest results recorded by BOSS.During Q1 2019, the BOSS Forecourt Crime Index fell to 142 (151: Q4 2018). The index was established at 100 in Q2 2015. During Q1 2019, the average number of ...
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Gridserve applies to build electric forecourt in Essex
Gridserve has submitted a planning application to build an ’Electric Forecourt’ in Braintree, Essex, the first of more than 100 sites it proposes to develop across the UK with the aim to make charging an electric vehicle (EV) as easy as using a petrol filling station.The company claims Braintree Electric ...
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Ascona snaps up Enterprise Autos forecourt
Fast-growing Top 50 Indie Ascona has added Enterprise Autos, a forecourt in Crumlin, South Wales, to its estate. The site is situated on the A467 between the towns of Pontypool and Blackwood, and features a Mace-branded convenience store and a Shell-branded forecourt, in addition to a small used car dealership ...
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Award-winning Simon Smith Retail sold to MFG
MFG has confirmed its acquisition of award-winning Top 50 Indie, Simon Smith Retail.The seven-strong group has been a high-profile player in the forecourt retailing sector for many years, with its entrepreneurial flair and high standards of operation. It won Forecourt Trader of the Year back in 2005 and Forecourt Trader’s ...
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MFG signs up Booker’s Steve Fox as MD for retail
Motor Fuel Group has appointed Booker retail boss Steve Fox as its new managing director, retail.Steve will join MFG on September 1, 2019 and will report directly to Jeremy Clarke, MFG’s chief operating officer with the retail, trading, operations and developments teams reporting to him.Graham Timbers will continue as managing ...
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essar network grows to 71 sitesEssar has increased its national network to 71 sites with the unveiling of two more MPK Garages forecourts. Previously under the Texaco marque, the newest Essar-branded outlets are Blue Gates Service Station, located on Tunstall Road, Stoke-on-Trent, and Brookhouse Service Station in Cheadle. Wayne Harrand, ...
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Certas Energy buys Shackletons’ two sites in Haverfordwest
Certas Energy has added two West Wales filling stations to its growing company portfolio with the acquisition of Square & Compass and Letterson Filling Stations, both formerly owned by Roger and Anne Shackleton, and both in Haverfordwest.The two Gulf-branded forecourts have large and successful convenience stores and a combined fuel ...
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EG buys Clydebank site in off-market transaction
Euro Garages has bought a forecourt in Clydebank, Scotland. West Highway Service Station was acquired by Christie & Co, acting on EG Group’s behalf, in an off-market transaction, from GS (Kilmarnock). West Highway Service Station sits on the Great Western Road (A82) close to Clydebank, north west of Glasgow, and ...
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Major redevelopment from Co-op in Norfolk
The Co-op has opened a new forecourt and food store in Necton, Norfolk, in a multi-million pound redevelopment that has created 25 jobs on a disused site. The 24-hour petrol station has customer car parking and toilets are also available, with the food store which is approximately 2,500sq ft serving ...
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The sun shines on PGG Fun Day
The sun shone brightly for the Park Garage Group’s Annual Cricket Fun Day last month, held at the Addiscombe Cricket Club in East Croydon. It is the fifth time the Top 50 Indie has held the event as a thank you to everyone involved with the business and ...
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NewsShell installs UK’s first 150kW charger on a forecourt
Shell is claiming to have the UK’s first 150kW electric vehicle charger on a forecourt. The new charger is a part of Shell Recharge, Shell’s on-forecourt Electric Vehicle (EV) charging service, and is available for use at Shell’s Battersea Service Station in London. The 150kW high-powered charger will sit alongside ...
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NewsReports calls for ban on new petrol, diesel and hybrid cars from 2030
The government will have to ban sales of petrol, diesel and hybrid vehicles by 2030 in order to meet its emission targets, according to a new report. The Centre for Research into Energy Demand Solutions (CREDS), an academic consortium of more than 80 academics across the UK, warned that the ...
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NewsSales of new alternatively fuelled vehicles decline
Demand for alternatively fuelled cars fell for the first time in 26 months in June as the overall market fell for the fourth consecutive month, according to the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT). UK new car registrations were down 4.9% to 223,421 units, taking the half year total ...