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Vapestore opens at Rusdene Waterlooville
Forecourt group Rusdene has launched a new partnership with a vaping company, trialling new retail offers across all of its five sites. Working with Vapouriz Group it opened the first example, a 300sq ft Vapestore, at the Waterlooville BP Service Station, in Hampshire. The partnership will roll out further Vapestores, ...
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NewsMFG site denied 24-hour off licence
MFG Ruthin in Denbighshire has been refused a 24-hour off licence. It already has a licence to sell alcohol from 6am to 11pm but wanted to extend this to reflect its 24-hour trading. Earlier this week, the three members of Denbighshire’s sub-licensing committee granted the site permission to sell late ...
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NewsTSG acquires Cameron Forecourt
TSG UK’s acquisition of commercial fuelling specialist Cameron Forecourt has completed, with TSG saying it’s a great fit as it complements its dominant position in retail fuelling, creating a “unique organisation with significant capabilities to serve the fuelling demands of the UK”. Barry Jenner, former managing director of Cameron Forecourt, ...
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NewsBig Oil partners with EdgePetrol
Big Oil has announced a new partnership with EdgePetrol, the innovative software company that specialises in providing fuel retailers with real-time visibility of their sites and live margins. As part of the partnership, EdgePetrol will now distribute Platts daily price assessments to Big Oil customers.Owned by the Retail Motor Industry ...
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NewsChargePoint Services to provide electric charging in Surrey borough
ChargePoint Services and Waverley Borough Council have announced plans to provide electric vehicle charging for drivers across the borough. The GeniePoint Network will be extended to include 50kW+ GeniePoint rapid chargers in Farnham, Haslemere, Godalming and Cranleigh – all high traffic areas. The GeniePoints will be situated in Waverley Borough ...
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NewsEssar on a mission to grow dealer network
Essar Oil (UK) has restated its aim of 400 sites within the next five years, following the appointment of Ramsay MacDonald as head of retail at the start of the year.“We’ve got fuel quality, we’ve got scale, we’ve got the ambition, the image, the team,” said MacDonald. “It’s not a ...
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NewsGovernment set to miss 2040 target warns Auto Trader report
The Government will not reach its target of phasing out sales of new petrol and diesel cars by 2040, according to a report by Auto Trader magazine. In its biannual Market Report it predicts that sales of alternatively fuelled vehicles (AFVs) will only account for 75% of new car sales ...
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NewsCouncil to decide on rival M42 motorway services schemes
A long drawn out planning battle to build a motorway service area (MSA) on the M42 could finally be resolved later this month. In 2014 Extra MSA and Applegreen both applied for permission to build MSAs on the M42, and after numerous delays both planning applications are due to be ...
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NewsACS calls for consumers access to cash to be protected
The Association of Convenience Stores (ACS) has welcomed the publication of the final Access to Cash Review, calling on the Government to ensure that consumer’s access to cash is protected in the future. The review notes that while the UK’s cash use is in decline, it is still a long ...
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NewsSlight uplift in new car sales after five-month decline
The UK’s new car market grew marginally in February, up 1.4% following five straight months of decline, according to the latest figures released by the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT). A total of 81,969 new cars were registered on UK roads in the month (a year-on-year uplift of ...
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NewsKent police make seven arrests over ATM thefts
Kent police have arrested seven men in connection with a rash of ATM thefts across the South East. They executed warrants in Brentwood, Harlow and Stansted Abbotts following the theft of 10 ATM machines in Essex, Hertfordshire, Kent and Surrey from March last year. The warrants also follow over 100 ...
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NewsGridserve unveils plans for two large-scale charging sites
Funding has been secured for two solar farms schemes which will include large-scale super charging facilities for electric vehicles (EVs). Gridserve, which last year revealed plans for a network of high-power charging facilities under the brand name Electric Forecourts, has won backing for the solar farms at York and Hull. ...
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NewsOil price jump puts end to run of lower pump prices
Three consecutive months of price reductions on the UK’s forecourts came to a halt in February as both petrol and diesel went up slightly. Data from RAC Fuel Watch shows the UK average price of a litre of petrol was up by 0.88p to 120.42p by the end of the ...
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NewsPod Point wins investment to support expansion
Legal & General Capital has taken a 13% stake in Pod Point, the company powering Tesco and Volkswagen’s plans to set up 2,400 electric vehicle charging bays across 600 Tesco stores. Through its Future Cities business, Legal & General aims to make investments that are focused on creating sustainable communities ...
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NewsBOSS Forecourt Crime Index falls slightly in fourth quarter
Incidents of forecourt crime recorded by BOSS (British Oil Security Syndicate) fell by 4% during the final quarter (Q4) of 2018, according to the latest results from the BOSS Forecourt Crime Index.The index is based on No Means of Payment (NMoP) incident reports that are made to BOSS as part ...
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NewsDRB UK Maintenance Services renamed Emtec Petroleum
DRB UK Maintenance Services has announced that from March 1, 2019, it will be trading under the name of Emtec Petroleum. Managing director Robert McArthur explained: “It makes sense that since we have been part of the Emtec Group for more than 11 years that we fall into line with ...
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NewsRontec boosts pre-tax profits by 8% to £28.8m
Top 50 Indie Rontec has revealed it increased pre-tax profits by 8% to £28.8m on turnover of £1.2bn in its accounts for the year to September 30, 2018, which have just been published. In his chairman’s statement, Gerald Ronson said that although fuel volumes had been under pressure, shop sales ...
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NewsLatest Top 50 Indies listing reveals sector is in ’very good health’
The Top 50 Indies listing has a new company at number one for the first time since its launch in 2006. An impressive run of 13 years at the top for MRH officially came to an end with the publication of this year’s Top 50 Indies listing, which put MFG ...
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NewsEssar Oil UK appoints Mark Amor as head of commercial
Essar Oil UK has announced the appointment of Mark Amor as head of commercial.He has more than 28 years’ experience working in the downstream oil industry. He joined BP as a graduate in management sciences and operational research in 1991 and held various commercial leadership roles in the supply, logistics ...
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NewsGovernment announces new rules for labelling fuel pumps
The Government has announced that new rules on the labelling of petrol and diesel at service stations are to be rolled out from September. The labels are intended to help motorists to make sure they have the right fuel for their vehicle, preventing mis-fuelling and enhancing understanding of the fuel’s ...