All MFG articles – Page 6

  • MFG applies for consent for major overhaul of site in Telford
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    MFG applies for consent for major overhaul of site in Telford

    2019-11-20T00:00:00Z

    The UK’s largest independent forecourt operator, Motor Fuel Group (MFG), has applied for planning permission for a major overhaul of its Walkers Clock Service Station, at Donnington, Telford.The development would involve demolition of the 146sq m Londis store on the Shell-branded site and its replacement at the east of the ...

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    Scotland’s fastest EV charger opens on MFG site

    2019-11-15T00:00:00Z

    Ionity has launched what it describes as Scotland’s fastest EV charging station at a site in Gretna Green, owned by MFG.The company, a joint venture between Daimler, Ford, BMW Group and the Volkswagen Group with Porsche, claims its 350kW chargers will charge an electric car in less than 20 minutes.Ionity ...

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    Another Top 50 Indie goes as MFG buys Symonds

    2019-11-15T00:00:00Z

    Top 50 Indies forecourt operator Motor Fuel Group (MFG) has signed an agreement to purchase the south-west of England forecourt operator, and fellow Top 50 Indie, Symonds Retail Limited.The transaction is scheduled to close early this month. CEO Jeremy Symonds is part of a family business that began as a ...

  • Ionity launches “Scotland’s fastest chargers” at MFG site
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    Ionity launches “Scotland’s fastest chargers” at MFG site

    2019-10-18T00:00:00Z

    Ionity has launched what it describes as Scotland’s fastest EV charging station at a site in Gretna Green owned by the UK’s biggest independent forecourt operator MFG.The company, a joint venture between Daimler, Ford, BMW Group and the Volkswagen Group with Porsche, claims its 350kW chargers will charge an EV ...

  • MFG buys Top 50 Indie Symonds Retail
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    MFG buys Top 50 Indie Symonds Retail

    2019-10-14T00:00:00Z

    Top 50 Indies forecourt operator Motor Fuel Group (MFG) has signed an agreement to purchase the south-west of England forecourt operator, and fellow Top 50 Indie, Symonds Retail Limited. The transaction is scheduled to close early next month. CEO Jeremy Symonds is part of a family business that began as ...

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    Under the spotlight: Phil Withers, director, Withers Holdings Ltd (MFG franchise)

    2019-08-06T00:00:00Z

    Phil Withers - director, Withers Holdings Ltd (MFG franchise) 01 Career history: I started my career very early by working in my father’s convenience store stacking shelves after school at the age of 14. In 2001 he retired so I bought the business; I developed it then in 2005 I ...

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    Istobal is now preferred car wash firm for MFG

    2019-08-06T00:00:00Z

    Istobal UK has increased its partnership with Motor Fuel Group (MFG) and has become the preferred car wash supplier for the number one Top 50 Indie. MFG has renewed its contract with Istobal, which includes the supply of car wash machines and chemical products, as well as maintenance service for ...

  • MFG in top ten of Sunday Times list of leading private companies
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    MFG in top ten of Sunday Times list of leading private companies

    2019-07-10T00:00:00Z

    Motor Fuel Group (MFG), the number one company in Forecourt Trader’s Top 50 Indies, has been ranked ninth in a league table of Britain’s one hundred private companies with the biggest sales, in the 18th annual Sunday Times HSBC Top Track 100. In the league table companies are ranked by ...

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    MFG makes Istobal its preferred car wash supplier

    2019-07-10T00:00:00Z

    Istobal UK has increased its partnership with Motor Fuel Group (MFG) and has become the car wash preferred supplier for the number one Top 50 Indie. MFG has renewed its contract with Istobal which includes the supply of car wash machines and chemical products, as well as maintenance service for ...

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    MFG signs up Booker’s Steve Fox as MD for retail

    2019-07-09T00:00:00Z

    Motor Fuel Group has appointed Booker retail boss Steve Fox as its new managing director, retail.Steve will join MFG on September 1, 2019 and will report directly to Jeremy Clarke, MFG’s chief operating officer with the retail, trading, operations and developments teams reporting to him.Graham Timbers will continue as managing ...

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    Award-winning Simon Smith Retail sold to MFG

    2019-07-09T00:00:00Z

    MFG has confirmed its acquisition of award-winning Top 50 Indie, Simon Smith Retail.The seven-strong group has been a high-profile player in the forecourt retailing sector for many years, with its entrepreneurial flair and high standards of operation. It won Forecourt Trader of the Year back in 2005 and Forecourt Trader’s ...

  • Simon Smith Retail sells to MFG
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    Simon Smith Retail sells to MFG

    2019-06-28T00:00:00Z

    MFG has confirmed its acquisition of award-winning Top 50 Indie, Simon Smith Retail. The seven-strong group has been a high-profile player in the forecourt retailing sector for many years, with its entrpreneurial flair and high standards of operation. It won Forecourt Trader of the Year back in 2005 and Forecourt ...

  • MFG recruits Booker retail boss
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    MFG recruits Booker retail boss

    2019-06-28T00:00:00Z

    Motor Fuel Group has appointed Booker retail boss Steve Fox as its new managing director, retail. Steve will join MFG on September 1, 2019 and will report directly to Jeremy Clarke, MFG’s chief operating officer with the retail, trading, operations and developments teams reporting to him. Graham Timbers will continue ...

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    MFG signs with BP for 1bn litres per annum deal

    2019-05-17T00:00:00Z

    Motor Fuel Group (MFG), the UK’s largest independent forecourt operator, has signed a new five-year, one billion litres-a-year fuel supply contract with BP. The announcement comes after MFG’s acquisition of MRH last year. The deal, which runs from April 2019, secures the fuel supply across nearly 250 BP-branded forecourts across ...

  • MFG reveals multi-million pound growth and development plans
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    MFG reveals multi-million pound growth and development plans

    2019-05-03T00:00:00Z

    MFG still has ambitions to grow, both organically and through acquisition, with a massive investment programme of many tens of millions of pounds planned. William Bannister, chief executive officer of MFG, which became the UK’s largest independent convenience forecourt retailer (900-plus sites) following its £1.2bn purchase of MRH last year, ...

  • MFG agrees 1 billion litres-a-year fuel supply deal with BP
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    MFG agrees 1 billion litres-a-year fuel supply deal with BP

    2019-04-15T00:00:00Z

    Motor Fuel Group (MFG), the UK’s largest independent forecourt operator, has signed a new five-year, 1 billion litres-a-year fuel supply contract with BP. The announcement comes after MFG’s acquisition of MRH last year. The deal, which runs from this month (April 2019), secures the fuel supply across nearly 250 BP-branded ...

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    MFG chooses Premier

    2019-04-08T00:00:00Z

    The Premier Group has been contracted by the Motor Fuel Group (MFG) to provide pump maintenance services across the MFG service station estate. Like other independent fuel retailers, MFG has a diverse range of pumps of various makes, models and ages, which presents a unique set of challenges to both ...

  • MFG agrees maintenance contract with The Premier Group
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    MFG agrees maintenance contract with The Premier Group

    2019-03-19T00:00:00Z

    The Premier Group has been contracted by the Motor Fuel Group (MFG), the UK’s number one Top 50 Indie, to provide pump maintenance services across the MFG service station estate. Like other independent fuel retailers, MFG has a diverse range of pumps of various makes, models and ages, which presents ...

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    JUUL Labs UK agrees partnership with MFG

    2019-03-15T00:00:00Z

    Vaping company JUUL Labs UK has signed its first major retail forecourt partnership in the convenience channel with the announcement that MFG will be stocking its range of products. The deal will initially see 534 MFG sites stock the core JUUL range with other stores in the estate joining later ...

  • MFG site denied 24-hour off licence
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    MFG site denied 24-hour off licence

    2019-03-08T00:00:00Z

    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 ...