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Londis celebrates 60th birthday in strong position
Londis is 60 years old and "stronger than ever" following three record-breaking years of sales growth and recruitment, according to Martin Swadling, Londis brand director, as he revealed a host of consumer and retailer initiatives for 2019 to celebrate the milestone anniversary.He said 1,160 retailers had joined the brand since ...
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NewsEuro Garages parent EG Group adds 69 sites to US portfolio
Euro Garages parent company EG Group has signed a deal to acquire 69 convenience stores and fuel stations in the US. The sites are owned by family owned Certified Oil and are in Kentucky, West Virginia and Ohio. “The connection the store teams have with the customers in the community ...
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NewsPolice in Northern Ireland remain on alert for ATM crime
Police in Northern Ireland say they are continuing to focus on preventing further attacks on ATMs following a number of arrests and five men being charged in relation to ATM thefts. After a spate of ATM thefts this year the Police Service of Northern Ireland set up a special unit ...
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NewsSpar UK appoints new managing director
Spar UK has appointed Louise Hoste as its new managing director. In November the previous managing director Debbie Robinson left to become chief executive of Central England Co-operative. Hoste has a wide range of international retail experience. She has worked for Walmart in the UK, Canada and Chile in commercial, ...
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NewsThief uses concrete block to smash way into forecourt shop
A thief who smashed his way into a petrol station shop in the middle of the night is being sought by officers from Humberside Police. In an appeal for information, the police force said they were looking for a cyclist in connection with criminal damage and burglary at a petrol ...
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exxonmobil expands fawleyExxonMobil has committed to plans to expand its Fawley refinery near Southampton, to increase production of ultra-low sulphur diesel by almost 45%, or 38,000 barrels per day, along with logistics improvements.ban sale of diesel trucks by 2040Ministers should ban the sale of new diesel HGV lorries by no ...
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Rontec buys Lewes and Newmarket Service Stations
Rontec has bought two well-established East Sussex petrol filling stations from its fellow Top 50 Indie Local Fuels.The deal, done via Christie & Co, involved the sale of Lewes Service Station and Newmarket Service Station. Situated on the A27 just outside Brighton, Lewes S/S and Newmarket S/S have high volumes ...
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Shell London HQ targeted by climate change protesters
Shell’s London headquarters have been vandalised by climate-change protesters.The company was targeted by a group known as Extinction Rebellion, which planned protests at key targets around London.The group had called for a full-scale rebellion to demand decisive action from governments on the environmental crisis. It encouraged people to join in ...
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PRA pleased with CMA
The PRA has welcomed the decision by the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) to block the merger between supermarket giants Sainsbury’s and Asda, after finding it would lead to increased prices at many petrol stations across the UK.PRA chairman Brian Madderson had warned last month that the proposed measures to ...
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NewsEssar expands retail operation into the North East
Essar has expanded its retail operation into the North East with the conversion of MPK’s Chester Road station in Stanley, County Durham. Chester Road is Essar’s 70th site in the UK, and the 13th MPK location to switch to the Essar brand. Ramsay Macdonald, head of retail at Essar, commented: ...
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NewsMinister unveils plans for test facility for self-driving vehicles
A government minister has announced plans to develop a cyber testing facility for self-driving vehicles.Future of mobility minister Jesse Norman explained: “Toyota has said that to make self-driving vehicles safe, you would need to test them for around 9 billion miles. That’s the equivalent of driving around the world 350,000 ...
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NewsPrime minister challenged by MP over introduction of E10 fuel
The prime minister Theresa May has been challenged over the introduction of E10 fuel in the House of Commons by one of her back benchers. Sir Oliver Heald, the Conservative MP for North East Hertfordshire and a member of the all-party parliamentary group for British bioethanol, said: “The prime ...
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NewsGovernment awards £25m grants for zero emission projects
Twenty two projects across the country are set to benefit from £25m investment from the government in a bid to develop zero emission technologies for new vehicles. There is a wide variety of projects ranging from one, led by Triumph Motorcycles, to develop electric motorcycle technology lowering vehicle emissions and ...
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NewsTreasury Committee concerned about loss of free-to-use ATMs
The Treasury Committee has expressed concern about the rate at which free-to-use ATMs have been closing. In its final report on consumer access to financial services it warned the UK risks inadvertently becoming a cashless society and that “for a large portion of society, including some of the most ...
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NewsCambridgeshire Co-op site to reopen after new owner buys it
A former Co-op petrol station in Ramsey, Cambridgeshire, is set to be brought back into service after it was acquired by petrol retailer group RBK Services. Rapleys, the property and planning consultancy, was appointed by Central England Co-op to market its site after the retailer let its former superstore ...
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NewsTraffic hits all-time high with cars and vans setting records
Road traffic edged slightly higher last year to an all-time high, according to government statistics that have just been published. Overall mileage for all types of vehicles totalled 328.1bn in 2018, compared with 327.1bn the previous year. The mileage for cars and light commercial vehicles increased to 255bn ...
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NewsElectric Vehicle Approved scheme launched to certify EV retailers
The Electric Vehicle Approved (EVA) scheme is being launched today (May 15) by the National Franchised Dealers Association (NFDA) to certify retailers’ excellence in the electric vehicle sector. The launch will take place at the House of Commons, where an audience of MPs, retailers and industry stakeholders will have ...
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NewsTwo men arrested over ATM thefts in Northern Ireland
Two men have been arrested by detectives from the Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI) who are investigating a number of recent thefts of ATM machines in the Fermanagh and Tyrone areas. Detective chief inspector Brian Foster said: “Today we conducted five searches in the Omagh area in relation ...
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NewsGraham Kennedy’s £1m ’space-age’ forecourt opens in York
Former Forecourt Trader of the Year winner Graham Kennedy is back with a bang having just re-opened his site in York with the aim of it becoming the best site in the UK - "if not Planet Earth". Graham, the managing director of Inner Space Stations, has invested £1 million ...
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NewsTfL’s ’world-first’ order of 20 hydrogen double-decker buses
The world’s first hydrogen double decker buses will be introduced on three London bus routes next year, helping tackle the capital’s air quality crisis. Transport for London (TfL) has announced the order of 20 of the green buses – which produce no pollution from their exhausts - as part of ...