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NewsDowning Street summit agrees chargepoint changes
Prime minister Theresa May has confirmed that Jaguar Land Rover will receive a £500m loan guarantee from government export credit agency UK Export Finance to support the design and manufacture of the company’s next generation of electric vehicles and its export activities. The commitment came as the prime minister chaired ...
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NewsFire destroys Simply Food store at BP site in Oxfordshire
An M&S Simply Food store on a BP forecourt in Oxfordshire has been destroyed in a fire. The blaze broke out at the filling station on Thame Road in Stadhampton at about 17:30 on Monday July 15, and firefighters said they were at the site within 14 minutes of the ...
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NewsRam raiders smash into store on Shell forecourt
Ram raiders have caused severe damage to the store on a Shell forecourt in Warwickshire.Police received a call at 1.59am on Saturday, July 13, reporting a burglary at the petrol station on the Fosse Way near Stretton-on-Fosse.Police reported that an unknown number of suspects rammed the premises at the garage ...
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NewsSite reopens in Lancing with Welcome franchise store
A new Welcome franchise store opened on 10 July 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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NewsReport warns about emissions from car brakes and tyres
Particles from car brakes and tyres will continue to pollute air in urban areas even when the vehicle fleet has gone all-electric, a report has warned.Fragments of microplastics from tyres, road surfaces and brakes will also flow into rivers, and ultimately into the sea, government advisers say.In its report, Non ...
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NewsClimate advisers call for earlier ban on conventional cars
The organisation that advises the Government on its strategy to deal with climate change has again called for an earlier ban on sales of new diesel and petrol cars.The Committee on Climate Change (CCC) has published its 2019 report to Parliament, which highlighted areas of immediate concern, such as lack ...
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NewsMorrisons scraps free air scheme for petrol station customers
Morrisons has scrapped a scheme which offered customers free air for their tyres when they spent £15 or more on fuel at its petrol stations.Previously, customers who spent at least £15 on fuel at a Morrisons petrol station were given a voucher for free air. For those without vouchers, it ...
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NewsBP celebrates BPme Rewards launch with happiness survey
BP has celebrated the launch of its BPme Rewards loyalty programme by commissioning research into what makes Britons feel good as a nation. Gemma Clarke, marketing manager at BP Retail, said: “At BP, we always look to see how we can brighten up those everyday tasks, like refuelling your car ...
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NewsExperienced retail operator buys his first petrol filling station
An experienced retail operator has bought his first petrol filling station, Old Pump Filling Station in Saundersfoot, Dyfed, which was sold through specialist business property adviser Christie & Co. Arumugam Satheesh bought the site with funding secured through specialist commercial finance broker Christie Finance. Located in the Welsh village of ...
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NewsGreggs opens its fourth UK drive-thru at Newcastle
Greggs, has opened its first drive-thru in its birthplace of Newcastle. The opening is Greggs’ fourth drive-thru in the UK – the first three were all at Top 50 Indie sites. The drive-thru is located off the A1056 Sandy Lane, North Gosforth – just down the road from where Greggs ...
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NewsJailed shopkeeper ordered to pay £494,296 he made from crime
A jailed shopkeeper, who imported, stored and sold thousands of illegal cigarettes, has been ordered to repay more than £490,000 he made from his crimes, or spend more time in jail. Karim Heabah, 29, of Jenkin Road, Sheffield, was jailed for three years in December 2017 for excise fraud offences ...
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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 ...