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NewsPerry wins consent to expand service station capacity
Independent service station operator Ron Perry has won planning permission to increase capacity at his Northbound service station on the A19 at Elwick, Hartlepool. The plans involve replacing the underground storage tanks and the fuel pumps at the site. A planning statement from Ron Perry & Son Ltd supporting the ...
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NewsDiesel decline continues to depress new car sales
The UK new car market declined by 4.6% in May with 183,724 units registered, according to the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT). Modest growth in registrations of petrol cars, up 1.0%, and alternatively fuelled vehicles, up 11.7%, was not enough to offset another significant decline in demand for ...
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NewsPrice of petrol at pumps close to five-year high
The average price of fuel rose for the fourth month in a row in May, making petrol 11ppl more than it was at the beginning of February and diesel 7p dearer, according to data from RAC Fuel Watch. It reveals petrol went up 2.34ppl to 130.57ppl in May, while diesel ...
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NewsGreenergy lines up sucessor for chief executive Andrew Owens
Greenergy, onw of the UK’s biggest suppliers of road fuels, has lined up a successor for its chief executive Andrew Owens, who after nearly 30 years in charge is to become non-executive chairman. After an 18-month search and selection process, Christian Flach has joined Greenergy, and after an initial transition ...
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NewsPRA issues warning over ATM business rates battle
Consumers access to cash is being threatened by a continuing court battle over whether extra business rates should be imposed on ATMs, the PRA has warned. PRA chairman Brian Madderson said: “The PRA is disappointed to see that the Supreme Court has agreed to allow the government’s Valuation Office Agency ...
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NewsFerrari’s first electric hybrid provides 1,000 horse power
Ferrari has dipped its toe in the electric vehicle market with the introduction of its first series-production PHEV (Plug-in Hybrid Electric Vehicle), the SF90 Stradale. The car has three electric motors, one at the rear, known as the MGUK (Motor Generator Unit, Kinetic) due to its derivation from the Formula ...
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NewsSouth Devon forecourt sold off guide price of £1.1m
A rapidly growing Southern Co-op franchise has acquired its third petrol filling station. Devon-based commercial property agent Charles Darrow sold Ashbys Petrol Station on the A379, near Kingsbridge, in south Devon, on behalf of its owners who wished to focus on other business interests. The Southern Co-op franchise, headed by ...
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NewsACS urges retailers to prepare for refrigeration regulation change
The Association of Convenience Stores (ACS) has produced new guidance to help retailers prepare for the F-Gas service ban, which comes into effect on 1 January 2020. The EU Fluorinated Greenhouse Gases Regulation (also known as the EU F-Gas Regulation), will ban the use of refrigerants with a Global Warming ...
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NewsPolice release CCTV after theft of large amount of cash
Detectives from Staffordshire Police are appealing for help in identifying a man captured on CCTV after a large amount of cash was stolen from a petrol filling station. Officers were called to the petrol station on Waterloo Road, Burslem, Stoke-on-Trent, at around 12:20am on Tuesday 28 May following reports that ...
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NewsValuation Office set to appeal over ATM business rates
A court verdict that overturned £300m of business rate bills for cash machines outside shops is set to be challenged after the Government received approval from the Supreme Court to appeal. The latest decision follows an earlier ruling from the Court of Appeal which confirmed that through the wall ATMs ...
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NewsShortage of facilities blamed for risky charging practices
A majority of EV users who responded to a survey have admitted they have charged dangerously, and blamed it on an absence of local public charging points. Consumer protection charity Electrical Safety First surveyed 1,500 electric vehicle owners, including both all electric and hybrids, revealing that 74% believe that a ...
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NewsWell known member of forecourt community dies
The directors of two Top 50 Indie companies have paid tribute to a well-known member of the forecourt community who died earlier this month. Sunil Tandon, director of Park Garage Group, and Dermot Dowling, chairman of Petrocell, said: “It is with great sadness that we report the passing of our ...
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NewsTop 50 Indie Jos Richardson & Son buys site
Top 50 Indie Jos Richardson & Son has added to its estate with the purchase of Snaith Hall Filling Station in Snaith, near Goole in East Yorkshire. It was sold through specialist business property adviser, Christie & Co, on behalf of the family who had operated it for more than ...
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NewsACS welcomes decision to axe charges for calls to police
The Association of Convenience Stores (ACS) has welcomed an announcement by the Home Office’s that charges for calls to the 101 police non-emergency number will be dropped. Currently, callers to the 101 number are connected to their local police force or a force of their choice at a cost of ...
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NewsDfT launches website to publicise fuel labelling changes
A website advising consumers about the changes to fuel labelling on forecourts has been launched by the Department for Transport (DfT). The launch follows the distribution of Know your fuel campaign toolkits, which have been sent to filling stations by the DfT. The labels, which are intended to help drivers ...
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NewsNumber of public charging sites exceeds petrol filling stations
There are now more public charging locations in the UK than petrol stations, according to data from Zap-Map, an online service for electric charger users. As of 22 May, Zap-Map reported there were 8,471 charging locations across the UK, hosting a total of 13,613 charging devices. According to Experian Catalist ...
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NewsCo-op invests in new filling station and shop in Norfolk
The Co-op is developed a new petrol filling station and food store in Necton, Norfolk, in a multi-million pound re-development of a disused site. The new site is due to launch on Friday, 21 June, and has created 25 jobs. The 24-hour petrol station on the A47 sells unleaded petrol, ...
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NewsFilling station robber jailed for three years
A man who threatened a member of staff before stealing money from a service station in Wickford, Essex, has been jailed for three years. Billy Sharp forced open the doors to the BP garage in Cranfield Park Road shortly after 1.50am on April 18. Once inside he threatened a member ...
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NewsBudgens wins ’Favourite Forecourt Retailer’ at HIM Awards
Symbol group Budgens was voted The Shoppers’ Favourite Forecourt Retailer at the HIM Awards 2019. The celebratory night at East Wintergarden in Canary Wharf. saw 16 awards presented in front of a sell-out audience of over 400 senior, industry leading suppliers, retailers and wholesalers. BP won The Shoppers’ ...
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NewsLincolnshire Police make arrests after rash of drive-offs
Two men have been released on conditional bail after their arrest in Bourne, Lincolnshire, on suspicion of conspiring to steal fuel from petrol stations. The men were arrested after officers on patrol noticed a suspicious car on May 19 on the A16 in Spalding. They suspected it might have been ...