All Forecourt Trader articles in May 2024 – Page 2
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NewsForest of Dean Council receives nearly £200k to install more EV chargepoints
The Forest of Dean District Council has received £199,853 of funding to install 33 EV chargepoints across the district in council-owned car parks.
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NewsRefuel Forecourts granted 24-hour off licence for Haltwhistle store
Top 50 Indie Refuel Forecourts has been granted a licence to sell alcohol 24 hours a day, seven days a week, at its Eden’s Lawn Service Station in Haltwhistle near Hexham in Northumberland.
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NewsIssas move up Sunday Times Rich List
EG Group and Asda bosses Mohsin and Zuber Issa have moved up one place on The Sunday Times’ Rich List 2024 from number 40, last year to number 39 this year.
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NewsOver a third of UK motorists still not checking tyres as half term approaches
Bridgestone is issuing a road safety plea ahead of the May half term, after its latest survey revealed that over a third of drivers in the UK won’t think to check their tyres – and half don’t know the legal tread limit.
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NewsJLR to deliver improved battery longevity with advanced battery tech
JLR (Jaguar Land Rover) has signed a multi-year deal to use Fortescue’s advanced battery intelligence software, Elysia, in its next-generation EVs.
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Focus On FeatureFOCUS ON RETAIL TECHNOLOGY: Action stations
If you want to see retail technology in action, look no further than Madigans Court Spar forecourt on Antrim Road, Belfast, which has invested in technology in a big way, offering customers the option of self-checkouts, using electronic shelf-edge labels and also the Glory cash management closed-loop system.
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OtherPIT STOP: MFG Country, Warmington, Northamptonshire/Cambridgeshire border
Our mystery shopper on a mission visits one of MFG’s latest sites, which opened this spring, off the A605 between Peterborough and Oundle. It is the group’s first knock-down rebuild this year.
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NewsUber offers incentives for its London drivers to go electric
Uber is offering its London drivers cash incentives to switch to an EV as well as £750-worth of charging credits with BP Pulse.
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NewsRoyal Mail reaches HVO milestone
Royal Mail has hit its first milestone in its rollout of HVO (hydrotreated vegetable oil) to fuel its HGV fleet, using over 10 million litres and saving over 30,000 tonnes of carbon dioxide equivalent.
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NewsForecourt operators readying for busiest bank holiday weekend since pandemic
Forecourt operators are preparing for what the RAC says could be the busiest weekend on the roads since Covid, with school half-term and millions embarking on getaway trips from Friday.
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OtherCOMMENT: Why Sewell on the go was named one of the Sunday Times’ Best Places to Work for 2024
From giving staff bonuses and cost of living payments, to free flu jabs and five volunteering days, Patrick Sewell, managing director of Top 50 Indie Sewell on the go, gives some insights into why his business was recognised this year by the Sunday Times as one of the UK’s Best Places to Work.
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OtherRETAILER PROFILE: Highland’s game to become big player in forecourts
Tom Highland is expecting to exchange on a forecourt this week which will bring his family’s East of England chain to four, and closer to his ambition of running 10 sites within eight years, by the time he is aged 40.
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NewsOctopus Electroverse offers cheaper public EV charging
EV drivers in Britain can benefit from cheaper public charging when green energy is abundant thanks to a new innovation from the Octopus Electroverse app.
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NewsPlans submitted for new forecourt in Lurgan
Planning permission is being sought for a new petrol station on land at Millennium Way in Lurgan, Craigavon, County Armagh.
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NewsEdgePetrol integrates with myAutomate to enhance competitor pricing data
UK fuel pricing app EdgePetrol has integrated with myAutomate to resume giving forecourt operators access to Allstar data on competitor petrol and diesel retails.
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NewsPlans approved for development of Millpond Petrol Station in Featherstone
Darwen Investments Ltd, operated by Irfan, Mohsin and Yasin Patel, has been granted planning permission to remodel its Millpond Petrol Station in Featherstone, Pontefract.
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NewsDHL Supply Chain in new deal with BP Pulse
DHL Supply Chain has been appointed by BP Pulse in a new warehousing and transport contract.
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OtherEDITOR’S COMMENT: Let’s change the ‘ripping-off motorists’ narrative
Much of the media reacted predictably yesterday to the RAC’s latest claim – in a letter to Energy Secretary Claire Coutinho – that forecourts are ripping off motorists.
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NewsTeamwork pays for Pricewatch Group as it sponsors local football club
Pricewatch Group is sponsoring a local football team to get closer to the community it serves at its tenth forecourt, a Gulf site which it opened this spring in Wivelsfield, East Sussex.
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NewsSales of ZEV HGVs hampered by lengthy grant system
Growth in sales of ZEV HGVs remains constricted due to a lack of operator confidence which is not helped by a lengthy grant system where fewer than half of all ZEV models available are currently eligible.