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NewsParliamentary inquiry looks into introducing E10
A Parliamentary committee of MPs and peers has launched an inquiry into introducing E10 in the UK. The inquiry, by the All Party Parliamentary Group for British Bioethanol, follows announcements last year from two of the UK’s largest bioethanol producers, Vivergo and Ensus, that they were ceasing and pausing production ...
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NewsApplegreen increases turnover to €2.0bn
Applegreen plc has announced group revenue increased by 41% to €2.0bn for the year ended 31 December 2018. Adjusted EBITDA (earnings before interest, tax, depreciation and amortisation) increased by 46% to €58.1m in 2018, compared with €39.8m in 2017. Excluding the Welcome Break acquisition, Applegreen’s adjusted EBITDA increased by 20% ...
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NewsPenny Petroleum signs eight more stores to Spar
Top 50 Indie Penny Petroleum has signed a deal to move a further eight of its Scottish convenience stores to Spar. With a total of 52 forecourts around the UK, Penny Petroleum - currently number 6 in the latest Top 50 Indies listing - has had two sites with Spar ...
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NewsMaxol completes £250k site redevelopment
Maxol, Northern Ireland’s leading family owned forecourt and convenience retailer, has completed a re-development and expansion of its Rosepark Service Station following an investment of £250,000 as part of an ongoing commitment to provide greater choice and convenience for customers in their stores across Northern Ireland. The newly extended shop ...
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NewsJet welcomes new retail business manager
Phillips 66 has appointed Oliver Müller as retail business manager to drive further growth in the company’s UK Jet-branded dealer network. Oliver joins from the company’s Hamburg office in Germany and takes over from Sönke Voges who, following an extended handover period, will return to Germany to take the position ...
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NewsEG Group awards five-year global contract to Dover Fuelling Solutions
Dover Fueling Solutions (DFS) has been awarded a five-year global contract with EG Group, which operates as Euro Garages in the UK, for the provision of its ClearView and Fairbanks wetstock management services. Sites within the EG Group global network – including those in Germany, the USA, Australia, France, the ...
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NewsSainsbury’s and Asda confirm fuel price strategy commitments to CMA
Sainsbury’s has confirmed that it will cap its fuel gross profit margin to no more than 3.5 pence per litre for five years, while Asda will guarantee its existing fuel pricing strategy, in a strong rebuttal to the findings of the Competiton and Markets Authority (CMA). Last month the CMA ...
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NewsMFG agrees maintenance contract with The Premier Group
The Premier Group has been contracted by the Motor Fuel Group (MFG), the UK’s number one Top 50 Indie, to provide pump maintenance services across the MFG service station estate. Like other independent fuel retailers, MFG has a diverse range of pumps of various makes, models and ages, which presents ...
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NewsPolice say fire that has closed forecourt was deliberate
A fire which has forced the temporary closure of an unmanned 24-hour Gulf filling station near Loch Lomond in Scotland was started deliberately, say police. Luss Filling station was developed by Certas Energy and Tokheim Solutions for the Luss Estates Company, and opened in July 2016 offering Gulf diesel and ...
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NewsCouncil tightens up controls for hand car washes
Cheshire East Council is to draw up clearer rules for dealing with planning applications for hand car washes – following concerns around a number of operation issues. The local authority will work with partners, including the Environment Agency and water utilities companies, to discuss a wide range of concerns that ...
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NewsBurglar steals cash from Hampshire service station
A burglar broke into a Hampshire petrol station and filled a bag for life with cash before fleeing, according to police. The break-in was at Hinton Service Station, on the A35 Lyndhurst Road at around 2.45am on Monday March 11, when the burglar entered the Best One shop and stole ...
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NewsRobbers threaten female forecourt assistant with machete
Detectives from Wiltshire Police are investigating a knife-point robbery at a petrol station in Swindon on Tuesday March 12. At approximately 10.20pm, two men entered the Applegreen petrol station on Great Western Way and demanded money from the cashier. One of the men was carrying what is believed ...
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NewsChancellor announces review of National Minimum Wage
Chancellor Philip Hammond has confirmed that the Government will launch a review into the future of the National Living Wage and National Minimum Wage after 2020. In his Spring Statement on Wednesday March 13, he said the review of the international evidence relating to the employment and productivity effects of ...
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NewsMoto installs additional Changing Places toilets
Moto has opened two more Changing Places assisted accessible toilets, at its Medway and Leigh Delamere services, which takes the total of Changing Places at the UK motorway services network to more than 30. The facilities provide people with disabilities who need help to toilet, and their carers, the appropriate ...
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NewsFastned to add five further rapid charger hubs in North East
Fastned, which is building a European network of fast charging stations for electric vehicles, has won a second tender in the UK led by the North East Joined Transport Committee. Fastned will build and operate five fast charging stations (hubs) for electric vehicles across the region. Each station will ...
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NewsLincolnshire Co-op reopens site after £1.6m redevelopment
Lincolnshire Co-op has reopened Whaplode Food Store and Filling Station after a £1.6m redevelopment. The site on Main Road has been given a major overhaul including the creation of a new, larger food outlet to replace the former kiosk on the site.It has doubled the retail area, creating room for ...
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NewsCCTV footage shows staff member hit and run on forecourt
Dramatic CCTV footage of a forecourt staff member being knocked down by a driver who failed to pay for their fuel has been released in a bid to identify her attacker. In footage released by the Texaco garage in Leicester Road, Lutterworth, a man can be seen filling an Audi ...
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NewsNorthern Irish police set up team to tackle ATM crime
A team of detectives has been set up to tackle ATM thefts in Northern Ireland after another attack on a forecourt over the weekend. The Organised Crime Branch of the Police Service of Northern Ireland has set up the team and is appealing to the public for information. Detective inspector ...
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NewsPRA arranges Business Breakout in Belfast
The PRA has arranged a Business Breakout in Belfast on Thursday March 28.The event will be at The Crowne Plaza Hotel, 117 Milltown Road, Shaws Bridge, with registration from 10am.Presentations will include: PRA – market update; PRA – AFID fuel labelling; Edge Petrol – fuel margins under the microscope; Grip ...
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NewsSuffolk Police investigating after failed cash machine heist
Suffolk Police are appealing for witnesses following the attempted theft of a cash machine in Great Barton. The incident occurred at around 1.30am on Saturday 9 March at the Esso service station in The Street. A car pulled up outside and two people wearing high-visibility jackets got out and hooked-up ...