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Paresh Patel moves from HTEC to MFG as IT director
Top 50 Indie forecourt operator, Motor Fuel Group (MFG) has announced the appointment of Paresh Patel as its new IT director. Patel has joined MFG from convenience and forecourt epos, payment and loyalty solutions provider HTEC.Jeremy Clarke, MFG’s chief operating officer, said: "This is a key appointment for our growing ...
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MFG buys more sites
Top 50 Indies forecourt operator, Motor Fuel Group (MFG), ended 2017 with another acquisition.The company has acquired 14 stations from Golden Cross Group Limited, which follows the purchase of sites from FW Kerridge, Burns & Co and Manor Service Stations earlier last year.Jeremy Clarke, MFG’s chief operating officer, said: "We ...
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Is MFG gearing up to buy MRH in shock deal?
The UK’s second-largest forecourt operator MFG is considering a bid for the number-one group MRH, according to a report by Sky News. If a deal went ahead the combined group would have 930 UK sites, although competition regulators might wish to investigate whether the deal would cause any local issues.Both ...
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NewsMFG reported to be weighing up bid for MRH
The UK’s second largest forecourt operator MFG is considering a bid for the number one group MRH, according to a report by Sky News. If a deal went ahead the combined group would have 930 UK sites, although competition regulators might wish to investigate whether the deal would cause any ...
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NewsMFG recruits Paresh Patel as its new IT director
Top 50 Indie forecourt operator, Motor Fuel Group (MFG) has announced the appointment of Paresh Patel as its new IT director. Patel has joined MFG from convenience and forecourt EPOS, payment and loyalty solutions provider HTEC. Starting with Indigo Retail as director of service in 2006, Paresh was promoted to ...
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NewsMFG buys 14 sites from Golden Cross Group
Top 50 Indies forecourt operator, Motor Fuel Group (MFG), ended 2017 with another acquisition to boost its UK network. The company has acquired 14 stations from forecourt operator Golden Cross Group Limited, which follows the purchase of sites from FW Kerridge, Burns & Co. and Manor Service Stations earlier last ...
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MFG invests in chargepoints on London sites
MFG has announced a second partnership with an electric vehicle chargepoint installation company Ecotricity which will extend the latest technology across its network. As a result it will install 30 new electricity pumps on its forecourts around London.This follows last month’s announcement of a deal with ChargePoint Services ...
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NewsMFG signs up to second ’electric’ partnership
MFG has announced a second partnership with an electric vehicle chargepoint installation company – Ecotricity - which will extend the latest technology across its network.It has reached agreement to install 30 new electricity pumps on its forecourts around London.The Ecotricity pumps will be installed on MFG’s Shell, BP and Texaco-branded ...
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NewsMFG introduces service to help disabled drivers
Top 50 Indie Motor Fuel Group (MFG) is adopting an award-winning app that enables drivers with disabilities to pre-book assistance with refuelling. Last month Shell won the Forecourt Trader Award for the Best Oil Company Initiative for its introduction of the FuelService app to its company owned sites, and since ...
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MFG electric partnership
Top 50 Indie Motor Fuel Group (MFG) has signed a partnership deal with ChargePoint Services for the roll out of forecourt electric vehicle charging across its UK network.The parties believe the roll out is the first of its kind in the electric vehicle charging market.MFG is the second- largest independent ...
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NewsMFG buys three companies and adds 17 sites
Motor Fuel Group (MFG) is expanding its network to 422 stations with the completed acquisition of four stations each from FW Kerridge and Burns & Co, and an exchange of contracts with fellow Top 50 Indie Manor Service Stations for nine stations, with completion scheduled to take place in early ...
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NewsFormer Applegreen MD O’Loughlin joins MFG
Top 50 Indies forecourt operator, Motor Fuel Group (MFG) is pleased to announce the appointment of Michael O’Loughlin as its new managing director, acquisitions & business development. In 1997 Michael joined Petrogas as a licensee of their flagship site in Dublin. As the group grew to double figures, he was ...
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NewsMFG to roll out rapid electric chargers
Top 50 Indie Motor Fuel Group (MFG) has signed a partnership deal with ChargePoint Services for the roll-out of forecourt electric vehicle charging across its UK network. The parties believe the roll-out is the first of its kind in the electric vehicle charging market. MFG is the second largest independent ...
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Under the Spotlight: Tony Walker, non-fuel director, MFG
Name: Tony Walker Job title: Non-fuel director Company: Motor Fuel Group 01 Career history: My working career started as a store manager with Somerfield. I then joined Murco as an area manager in 2001, eventually becoming general manager, non-fuel. At the start of 2012, I joined the newly formed ...
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High Noon Stores’ Symonds Yat site snapped up by MFG
Motor Fuel Group (MFG) has acquired a site from former Top 50 Indie High Noon Stores, which ceased trading in January.Symonds Yat Service Station in the Wye Valley, Gloucestershire, is on the busy northbound carriageway of the A40 near Whitchurch, and offers customers a Londis shop, a café and extensive ...
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NewsMFG acquires High Noon Stores forecourt site
Top 50 Indie Motor Fuel Group (MFG) has acquired a site from former Top 50 Indie High Noon Stores, which ceased trading in January this year. Symonds Yat Service Station in the Wye Valley, Gloucestershire, is on the busy northbound carriageway of the A40 near Whitchurch, and offers customers a ...
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NewsMFG recruits Applegreen’s UK head of food operations
Top 50 Indie Motor Fuel Group (MFG) has recruited Paul Deary from fellow Top 50 Indie Applegreen to be its new head of food services. At Applegreen he was UK head of food operations, responsible for every new branded food development site opening with Subway, Greggs and Costa, alongside managing ...
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MFG buys two Top 50 firms
Top 50 Indie Motor Fuel Group (MFG) has agreed deals to buy two fellow Top 50 Indies which will add a total of 29 sites to the group. The largest deal was for Bolton-based Synergie Holdings Limited, which has a network of 19 forecourts situated throughout the north-west of England, ...
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Foodservice role at MFG
Top 50 Indies forecourt operator, Motor Fuel Group (MFG) has appointed Jackie Ledwich as its new food services development manager.She has joined MFG from the Kout Food Group where she was responsible for rolling out the Little Chef, Subway and Burger King brands across 30 of its roadside restaurants.Richard Baker, ...
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NewsMFG buys second Top 50 Indie in a week
Motor Fuel Group (MFG) has agreed to purchase fellow Top 50 Indie operator Roadside Group, just four days after announcing the signing of an agreement to purchase the Bolton-based Top 50 Indie Synergie Holdings. Roadside Group operates 10 stations throughout the north-east of England, with its flagship forecourt being located ...