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Whaplode re-opens after redevelopment
Lincolnshire Co-op has re-opened Whaplode Food Store and Filling Station after a £1.6m development. 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 ...
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Knockdown rebuild for George Hammond site
Top 50 Indie George Hammond plc has relaunched its Three Elm site at Tonbridge, in Kent, following a full knockdown rebuild, which has included moving the shop from Spar to Southern Co-op’s Welcome franchise. The former site, which closed in August last year, was a four-square forecourt with one HGV ...
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NewsHome Office consults on abuse and violence against shop staff
The Government has launched a call for evidence to tackle violence and abuse against shop staff. The call is open for 12 weeks and asks organisations and individuals to contribute to the Government’s understanding of the problem. The most recent Home Office Commercial Victimisation Survey estimated that in 2017 there ...
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NewsRontec acquires Telford site and opens Morrisons Daily store
Top 50 Indie Rontec has acquired Trench Lock filling station in Telford, and opened a Morrisons Daily in the 3,000sq ft shop. The Esso-branded 24-hour site has eight forecourt pumps, five for HGVs and two Adblue, and other facilities on the site include a car wash, dog wash, parking, five ...
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NewsJos Richardson & Son adds seventh forecourt site
Top 50 Indie Jos Richardson & Son has purchased Snaith Hall Filling Station, a Gulf fuel station and convenience store based in the town of Snaith, near Goole, East Yorkshire. The purchase of the property and the goodwill of the business adds a seventh site to the family owned business’s ...
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NewsChristie & Co brings group of five petrol stations to market
A group of five freehold petrol filling station sites in Yorkshire has been brought to market by specialist business property adviser, Christie & Co. They comprise two sites in Barnsley, Cross Keys Garage in Hoyland and Turnpike Garage in Staincross, two sites in Doncaster, Leyland Central Garage in Belton ...
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NewsRaider armed with knife robs petrol station
Officers from North Yorkshire Police are appealing for information after a masked man armed with a knife robbed a petrol station in Harrogate. The incident happened on Skipton Road Esso at 3.45am on Friday April 5. A man carrying a knife approached the cashier and demanded cash and ...
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NewsSales of new cars continue to slide in March
UK new car registrations were down 3.4% in March, according to figures released by the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT). Demand for petrol cars was up 5.1%, and sales of alternatively fuelled vehicles (AFVs) increased by 7.6% with 25,302 registered, but this was not enough to offset ...
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NewsUK can lead world in self driving report claims
The UK is in pole position in the global race to market for connected and autonomous vehicles (CAVs), according to a report published by the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT) and Frost & Sullivan. Connected and Autonomous Vehicles: Winning the Global Race to Market, analyses the wide-ranging societal ...
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NewsBP to roll-out rapid 150kW EV chargers to dealers
BP is preparing to offer dealers the opportunity to introduce 150kW ultra-rapid charging on their forecourts. The new BP Chargemaster 150kW installations optimise electric vehicle (EV) performance by providing as many as 100 miles worth of charge in 10 minutes, much faster than the current standard of 50kW charge points. ...
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NewsWestmorland carries out £3m revamp at Cairn Lodge
A £3m revamp of Cairn Lodge Services has been carried out by award-winning motorway service area operator Westmorland. Cairn Lodge Services is located off the A74(M), 35 miles south of Glasgow, and the changes include a new brand direction, farmshop, kitchen and children’s play area and dining hall. Brand director ...
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NewsNorthern Irish police make fresh appeal over ATM thefts
A senior the Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI) detective has issued a fresh appeal to the public to help catch the criminals behind the recent spate of ATM thefts across Northern Ireland. Detective chief inspector David Henderson joined Retail NI chief executive Glynn Roberts in making his appeal in ...
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NewsEG Group completes purchase of Australian network
Euro Garages’ parent company EG Group announced the completion of its purchase of Woolworth’s petrol business in Australia on April 2. Mohsin Issa, founder and co-CEO said: “We are pleased to have turned the page on this exciting new chapter for the EG Group. Australia is a key market in ...
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NewsValero runs second campaign with Confused.com
Valero and price comparison website Confused.com have teamed up for a second consecutive year to offer every customer who purchases a new car insurance policy through Confused.com a £20 Texaco fuel voucher. Last year’s Confused.com promotion saw thousands of new customers filling up at Texaco service stations and joining Texaco’s ...
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NewsSupermarkets step up competition on fuel pricing
Normal competition on fuel prices between the big four supermarkets appears to have resumed in March after four months during which Asda’s competitors stopped tracking its prices as closely as they have in the past. RAC Fuel Watch reports that from the end of October until the end of February ...
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NewsGulf unveils refreshed forecourt imagery
Gulf Retail has freshened its forecourt image as part of a major investment programme to strengthen and grow its dealer network. The modern new look will start to roll-out late summer and comes on the back of its recently launched Oomph loyalty platform. The re-brand has been undertaken in conjunction ...
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NewsNisa to roll out 1,000 Co-op own brand products
Nisa has announced that from April 2019 it will roll out approximately 1,000 Co-op own brand products across fresh and ambient, bringing the total number available to Nisa and Costcutter Supermarkets Group (CSG) retailers to almost 2,000, more than 80% of the Co-op range. The extended range will be rolled ...
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NewsCentral England Co-op reports gross profits up 4.4% to £18.1m
Central England Co-operative, which operates 22 forecourts, has announced gross sales up 2.5% to £869.9m with trading profit up 4.4% to £18.1m for the year to 26 January 2019. It reported capital expenditure of £28.7m, which encompassed opening of 10 new food stores and refurbishing 35 more, and included a ...
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NewsGridserve unveils plans for 100 large-scale charging sites
Gridserve has announced plans to build a UK-wide network of more than 100 Electric Forecourts designed specifically for the needs of electric vehicle (EV) drivers, delivering convenient, ultra-fast, low-cost charging for all types of EVs. Each Electric Forecourt will have dedicated zones for both private and fleet vehicles, such as ...
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NewsGraham Peacock signs 21 sites to the Texaco brand
TG Convenience Stores, a recent new entry to Forecourt Trader’s Top 50 Indies, is to use the Texaco brand for 21 of its service stations, following an agreement between Valero and TG Convenience Stores CEO Graham Peacock. The agreement marks an extension of a relationship that goes back several decades. ...