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NewsWelcome Break reopens Fleet Services after £20m development
Motorway service operator Welcome Break will reopen Fleet Services South at junction4a/5 on the M3 on Thursday September 6 following a £20m investment project. The new service station replaces the temporary structure that was installed following a major fire in December 2016, resulting in the building being destroyed. The service ...
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NewsFood-to-go sector growth forecast to outstrip grocery
The UK’s food-to-go sector is set to grow at twice the rate of overall grocery retail, with international research organisation IGD predicting the channel will grow to £22.8bn by 2023, up from £17.8bn in 2018. IGD’s food-to-go research splits the market into five segments: food-to-go specialists; quick service restaurants (QSRs); ...
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NewsThree north-east sites complete major developments
Major development work has been completed this summer on three dealer-owned sites in the North East of England.All three sites – at Fenceshouses, Great Ayton and Northallerton – are supplied by Greenergy under the Esso brand and have experienced strong growth in their first six weeks of trading.Fencehouses near Houghton ...
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NewsCMA raises local monopoly concerns over MFG MRH deal
Motor Fuel Group must address Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) concerns over its takeover of rival MRH to avoid an in-depth investigation. The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) found that competition provided by other major petrol retailers and supermarkets will ensure that the merger would not result in higher prices ...
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NewsCertas Energy unveils bunker plan for Lockerbie
Certas Energy has announced plans to develop an HGV refuelling bunker facility at the ‘fechan Truckstop (Eardley International) in Scotland. The site is located at Junction 19 of the M74 in Ecclefechan, Lockerbie, and will provide room for up to three HGVs to refuel simultaneously. Certas Energy hopes to open ...
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NewsPolice fighting ATM thefts warn owners of high performance cars
North Yorkshire Police is urging owners of high-performance cars to increase security and vigilance as part of an ongoing operation to tackle criminals involved in cash machine thefts.In recent months, there have been a series of ATM thefts across the county and a region-wide investigation is under way to identify ...
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NewsPlan for PFS in Asda supermarket car park refused consent
Plans for a petrol station at an Asda supermarket in Lancashire have been refused consent by the local council. Asda had applied for permission for a four-pump petrol filling station (PFS) and drive-to-pay kiosk at its supermarket at Holly Mount Way, Rawtenstall in Rossendale. The PFS would have taken up ...
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NewsGovernment consults on energy drink age limit
The Department of Health and Social Care has launched a consultation on proposals to end the sale of energy drinks to children. The consultation proposes that a ban would apply to drinks (excluding tea and coffee) that contain more than 150mg of caffeine. Under existing labelling rules, drinks that fall ...
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NewsCosta set for growth after takeover by Coca-Cola
The Costa coffee brand, which is widespread in the UK forecourt sector, is being primed for worldwide growth after the Coca-Cola Company announced it has reached an agreement to acquire the company. The purchase price is £3.9bn and the deal covers all of the operating businesses of Costa. Costa’s current ...
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NewsAA calls for all forecourts to cater for windscreen cleaning
The AA is calling for all forecourts to provide facilities for cleaning windscreens. It reports that more than one in 10 UK drivers had to stop the car and clean dead flies and other insects off their windscreens by hand this summer. Half again (14.8%) visited a fuel station and ...
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NewsHoyer Petrolog signs fuel distribution deal with Phillips 66
Hoyer Petrolog UK has signed a new fuel distribution agreement with Phillips 66 to deliver commercial and retail fuels on behalf of Phillips 66 from the fuel supplier’s Bramhall Terminal.Operations director at Hoyer Petrolog UK, Allan Davison, said: “This five-year agreement with Phillips 66 provides another important step in Petrolog ...
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NewsAverage driver will wait nine years to buy electric car
Drivers in the UK say on average they will wait nine years to buy an electric car, according to research by the automotive marketplace Auto Trader. Drivers said that they’ll wait nine years before they will buy an electric or hybrid vehicle, with lack of charging infrastructure and upfront expense ...
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NewsRobbers break in to forecourt shop and attack cashier
A forecourt cashier has been attacked after two robbers broke into a petrol station in Hull to steal cigarettes and cash before fleeing on a motorbike. The attack took place at the BP Garage in Spring Bank West, shortly after 6am on Tuesday, August 28. A spokeswoman for Humberside Police ...
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NewsPRA arranges business breakout event in Harpenden
The PRA is staging a Business Breakout at The Hive Conference Centre, Rothamsted Manor, Harpenden, on Thursday September 20. Presentations will include: Petrol Retailers Association – market update; EdgePetrol – visualising your forecourt; Christie & Co – outlook on the value of petrol filling stations; Instavolt ...
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NewsEG Group wins planning approval for scheme in Peterhead
Plans by Euro Garages’ parent company for a new 24-hour petrol station and drive-thru cafe at Peterhead in the north of Scotland have received planning approval. EG Group’s scheme on the Buchan Gateway Retail Park, near to the town’s Invernettie roundabout, had been recommended for approval by Aberdeenshire Council’s planning ...
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NewsM&S Simply Food added to BP site in Peebles
A new M&S Simply Food store has opened at the BP service station on Innerleithern Road, Peebles, in the Scottish Borders region. BP district manager Andy Kenney said: “The new store and introduction of the M&S Simply Food range means we will now be open late providing customers with a ...
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NewsACS reiterates call for plastic bag levy to include small stores
The Association of Convenience Stores (ACS) has welcomed comments from prime minister Theresa May indicating the government plans to extend compulsory plastic bag charging to small stores. Under the current regulations, a 5p charge is levied on all single use plastic bags by businesses that have more than 250 employees ...
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NewsLincolnshire Co-op reopens site after £990,000 scheme
A Lincolnshire Co-op filling station has reopened with a new food store after a £990,000 redevelopment. Work at the Gibbet Nook Food Store and Filling Station – on the junction of the A153 and B1192 near Coningsby – has included new fuel pumps, improvements to the forecourt and a purpose-built ...
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NewsRontec objects to Touts’ forecourt plans
Top 50 Indie Rontec has weighed in to a row over plans for a new forecourt development in the village of Cleeve in Somerset. Rontec operates an Esso forecourt on the outskirts of Congresbury, which is just up the road from Cleeve. Former Forecourt Trader of the Year winner Touts ...
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NewsKnifeman jailed for five years
A 35-year-old man who carried a carving knife and shouted "I will hurt you" at staff during a robbery at a Tesco petrol station in Wales has been sentenced to five years in prison. Michael Evans of Cledan, Newtown stole bundles of £20 notes from the Tesco site in Pool ...