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NewsStanlow fire: no disruption to fuel supplies
There will be no impact on fuel supplies following a fire at Essar’s Stanlow Refinery in Ellesmere Port on Wednesday afternoon (August 22). The company released a statement saying the fire had occurred at the Shell Higher Olefins Plant (SHOP) chemical plant, on the Stanlow site, close to the Manchester ...
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NewsPublicity for cashback offer on fuel
Extensive coverage in the national and regional press in the run-up to the Bank Holiday weekend is promoting a TopCashBack offer where new members can claim £15 cashback on fuel they have purchased. TopCashBack is a scheme where consumers who sign up have access to cashback and discounts at over ...
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NewsBig support for diesel car ban, says new study
More than half of British motorists believe diesel cars should be banned from some UK roads following the VW emissions scandal, according to a new study. And almost one in three (29%) backed the idea of barring the fuel type from all roads, while another 23% of respondents wanted restrictions ...
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NewsCMA launches first phase of inquiry into Sainsbury’s/Asda merger
The Competition and Markets Authority has confirmed the start of a formal investigation into the proposed merger between J Sainsbury plc and Asda Group Ltd, which was announced on April 30. Since then it has been gathering information to start the first phase of the formal investigation, which will look ...
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NewsTexaco re-brand for Blackpool service station
A Lancashire site based in the seaside town of Blackpool has recently moved to the Texaco brand after years with BP. Ansdell Service Station, in Lytham St Annes, which has seen fuel volumes increase since the rebrand, stocks all four grades of fuel including Supreme diesel and Supreme unleaded and ...
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NewsMorrisons includes new petrol station in north-east scheme
Plans for a new edge of town retail park including a petrol station, at Amble in Northumberland, have been unveiled by supermarket group Morrisons and development company Arch.The plans comprise a 25,000sq ft Morrisons food store and petrol station, alongside a number of other national retailers and a drive-thru facility.In ...
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NewsEuro Garages wins planning consent for Sunderland KDRB
Top 50 Indie Euro Garages has won planning consent for a knockdown re-build of Barnes Service Station in Sunderland. A new convenience store will be built at the eight fuel pump forecourt, with the Spar store operating 24-hours a day. There will also be 23 parking spaces and electric car ...
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NewsEssar staff raise funds for local mental health charity
Employees at Essar’s Stanlow refinery recently celebrated their annual charity day with a donation to mental health charity Chapter. The company donated £7,500 to the Ellesmere Port-based organisation, which was also supported by employees fundraising an additional £1,300 through collections, a sum that will be matched by Essar and brings ...
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NewsCanadian company buys Top Oil in Irish Republic
Canadian-owned Irving Oil has signed agreements to acquire the Tedcastle group of companies, an Irish-based energy marketing and distribution organisation, which operates under the brand name Top Oil. Tedcastle owns a 55,000-tonne clean product terminal at Dublin Port, 20 inland depots, and supplies 200 dealer and company-owned forecourts across the ...
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NewsAttempt to steal ATM causes major damage to BP site
A BP garage at Eaton Socon in Cambridgeshire has suffered major damage after thieves attempted to rip out its cash machine. The raid left one side of the building smashed open. A spokesman for Cambridgeshire police said: “We were called at about 3am today (21 August) with reports of an ...
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NewsValli Forecourts applies to build filling station in Burnley
Top 50 Indie Valli Forecourts has applied for planning permission to build a petrol station and convenience store on a former primary school site in Burnley. The Dewsbury-based company has applied for consent for a petrol filling station, including a canopy, fuel islands and underground tanks, together with four jet ...
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NewsACS welcomes comments on rates by Liberal Democrat leader
The Association of Convenience Stores (ACS) has welcomed comments from Liberal Democrat leader Sir Vince Cable MP on the need to reform the business rates system. Speaking ahead of the launch of a report on the future of business rates later this month, he outlined his support for a commercial ...
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NewsEG Group installs France’s first very high power rapid chargers
Euro Garages’ parent company EG Group has installed what it claims are France’s first very high power rapid chargers for electric vehicles at two of its sites. In partnership with IONITY and Vinci Autoroutes it has installed six 350 kW chargers, capable of recharging vehicles in less than 20 minutes, ...
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NewsThieves rip cash machine out of Tesco Express forecourt building
Thieves have ripped an ATM from the wall of a Tesco Express on a forecourt in Selby, North Yorkshire. The raiders used a fork lift truck to tear the cash machine out of the wall and lift it into a van. They then headed off in the direction of Burn, ...
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NewsLocal authorities opting for fossil fuels while penalising motorists
Campaigners for E10 petrol have published a report showing that local authorities nationwide are continuing to opt for diesel and petrol vehicles, even though some are penalising private motorists for making the same choices. The report, commissioned by industry members of the All Party Parliamentary Group for British Bioethanol, shows ...
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NewsEuro Garages applies for planning consent at motorway junction
Euro Garage’s parent company EG Group has applied for planning permission for a new petrol station, a drive-thru coffee shop and two drive-thru restaurants just off Junction 1 of the M58 near Maghull, in Merseyside. The scheme on a 4.4-acre site would include a 5,100sq ft petrol filling station with ...
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NewsAssistant taken to hospital with suspected fractures after attack
An attack on a staff member at a petrol station in Newcastle has left him with a suspected broken nose and cheek bone. Northumbria Police officers are appealing for information after the staff member was attacked with a traffic cone at the Shell Garage on Great North Street in Gosforth ...
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NewsEssar signs up 53rd site to its UK network
Loggerheads Garage, near Mold in North Wales, has become the latest petrol station to join the Essar brand, making it the 53rd site in the Essar UK network. The family business is run by Brian and Adi Robinson, who plan to invest later this year in expansion of their Spar ...
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News£990,000 Lincolnshire Co-op project nears completion
Lincolnshire Co-op will be closing its Gibbet Nook Food Store and Filling Station between August 20-25 as it puts the final touches to a £990,000 redevelopment of the site. It is nearing the end of a transformation programme including improvements to the forecourt and a new purpose-built food store creating ...
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NewsGulf Endurance petrol fuels mpg record
Former world championship rally driver and team manager turned economy driving specialist Andy Dawson shattered all the records in the Layer Marney Cup, the historic Essex-based fuel trial which was first run in 1914. The event was revived in 2015 and now takes place annually. Running on Gulf Endurance petrol, ...