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NewsService Station near Liverpool brought to the market
Knowsley Service Station in Prescot, Merseyside, has been brought to the market by Forecourts4sale. The Texaco-branded service station has a canopy covered forecourt with three pump islands with a total of 18 nozzles supplying unleaded, diesel and super diesel, and there are also air and water machines. The 800sq ft ...
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NewsShell service station in Sussex badly damaged by fire
Extensive fire damage at a Shell petrol station is likely to require a lengthy closure, according to the local fire service. Fire crews were despatched to the Shell service station at Fontwell in West Sussex at around 9.30am on Monday May 6 after reports that a campervan was on fire. ...
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NewsACS urges members to take part in energy market review
The Association of Convenience Stores (ACS) is urging its members to take part in a review of the microbusiness energy market being carried out by the energy regulator Ofgem. Ofgem has launched a call for evidence seeking views and experiences from microbusinesses due to its concern that some are struggling ...
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Award-winning Garners unveil transformed site
Former Forecourt Trader of the Year, the Garner Group, has officially re-opened Woolmer Service Station after a complete transformation during which the site in Bordon, Hampshire, was demolished and re-built. The petrol station and forecourt were originally built in 1984 but in September last year work began to develop the ...
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Top 50 Indie Karan Retail buys Herringthorpe site
Top 50 Indie Karan Retail has bought Herringthorpe Service Station, in Rotherham, South Yorkshire, through Christie & Co. The Jet-branded, forecourt has four pump islands with 22 nozzles, with capacity for over 45,000 litres of fuel across five storage tanks and a throughput of 1.8mlpa. The open-plan store was extended ...
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Deadline for bids for SK Fuel sites is May 20
A deadline has been set for bids for five forecourt sites put up for sale by Top 50 Indie SK Fuel. The five freehold sites are located across South and West Yorkshire, and Christie & Co has announced that the deadline for first round of bids is Monday May 20. ...
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NewsMFG reveals multi-million pound growth and development plans
MFG still has ambitions to grow, both organically and through acquisition, with a massive investment programme of many tens of millions of pounds planned. William Bannister, chief executive officer of MFG, which became the UK’s largest independent convenience forecourt retailer (900-plus sites) following its £1.2bn purchase of MRH last year, ...
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NewsArmed robber steals cash from Stoke-on-Trent forecourt
Police are investigating after an armed robbery at a Stoke-on-Trent petrol station in the early hours of Wednesday May 1. The raider approached a man working alone at Mossfield Petrol Station in Bentilee at around 3am and demanded cash from the till. The worker handed over the money and the ...
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NewsPetrol price rise in April is second highest monthly gain on record
The average price of petrol increased by 5.44ppl in April, the second highest monthly rise since 2000, according to data from RAC Fuel Watch. It reports that litre of unleaded petrol increased from 122.62p to 128.06p as retailers passed on wholesale price increases driven by a 5% jump in the ...
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NewsGovernment advisers urge earlier ban on petrol and diesel cars
The target for banning sales of new petrol and diesel cars should be brought forward from 2040, ideally to 2030, or to 2035 at the latest, according to a committee set up by the Government to advise it on emissions targets. It also urges the government to support strengthening of ...
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NewsACS and FWD launch charter to set behaviour at work standards
The trade associations for the convenience retailing and wholesale sectors are teaming up with their members and major suppliers to define and promote standards of behaviour between individuals from different companies working together. The “Dignity at Work Charter” will be a positive statement of behaviour standards that companies can include ...
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NewsNew government body to safeguard access to cash
The Association of Convenience Stores (ACS) has welcomed the creation of a new group chaired by the Treasury which has been set up to safeguard consumers’ access to cash. In addition to the new Joint Authorities Cash Strategy Group, which will bring together regulators, the Treasury and the Bank of ...
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NewsGinsters’ owner launches a new food-to-go service for retailers
A new food-to-go business and delivery service to retailers, Fresh Food For Now, is being launched by Samworth Brothers, the food company that owns the Ginsters brand. The new venture will see the development of the Ginsters van operation into a new business, offering retailers a complete food-to-go solution with ...
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NewsRAC introduces mobile chargers for stranded electric vehicles
The RAC has responded to the expected rise in electric vehicles (EVs) by introducing a mobile EV charger capable of giving stranded out-of-charge cars a power boost from one of its standard roadside rescue vans. The first six Ford Transit patrol vans equipped with the mobile EV-charger will take to ...
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NewsDetectives investigating armed robbery at petrol station
Detectives are investigating following an armed robbery at a service station in Greenisland, in Northern Ireland. Two men armed with knives entered the premises on Upper Road at around 10.30pm on Sunday 28 April. They threatened staff forcing them to open the till, and jumped over the counter ...
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NewsMen arrested after ATM stolen from Northern Irish forecourt
A senior police officer in Northern Ireland has warned there is still a significant threat to sites with ATMs after two men were arrested following the theft of a cash machine from a forecourt in County Antrim, Northern Ireland. Speaking on April 30, detective superintendent Rachel Shields said: “During the ...
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NewsACS calls for action over rapid loss of free-to-use cash machines
The Association of Convenience Stores (ACS) has called for urgent action to secure consumers’ access to cash after Which? reported a massive increase in the number of cash machines being converted to charge fees. Figures obtained by Which? show that fees of at least 95p per withdrawal have been imposed ...
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NewsDeadline set for bids for freehold of five Top 50 Indie sites
A deadline has been set for bids for five forecourt sites put up for sale by Top 50 Indie SK Fuel. The five freehold petrol filling station sites are located across South and West Yorkshire, and specialist business property adviser Christie & Co has announced that the deadline for first ...
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NewsSainsbury’s offers 10ppl discount in nationwide fuel promotion
Sainsbury’s has launched a promotion on fuel offering a discount of 10ppl to customers when they spend £60 or more on groceries at a Sainsbury’s supermarket or on online between Wednesday May 1 and Tuesday May 7. Qualifying customers will receive a coupon at the checkout or when they receive ...
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NewsExxon Mobil commits to expansion of Fawley refinery
ExxonMobil has committed to plans to expand its Fawley refinery near Southampton to increase production of ultra-low sulfur diesel by almost 45%, or 38,000 barrels per day, along with logistics improvements. “ExxonMobil continues to invest in the Fawley refinery and chemical plant, Britain’s largest integrated facility,” said Bryan Milton, president ...