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NewsMFG buys six sites from fellow Top 50 Indie AUK Investments
The number one Top 50 Indies forecourt operator Motor Fuel Group (MFG) has acquired six forecourts in the Lake District from fellow Top 50 Indie AUK Investments.
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Retailers hold pump prices steady in November despite increasing wholesale costs
Fuel prices at the pumps remained almost unchanged in November despite the price of oil increasing by $10 to $46 a barrel – a 27% monthly rise – according to RAC Fuel Watch.
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Traffic figures for the year to September suffer biggest fall since records began
The amount of miles travelled by traffic in Great Britain fell by nearly 18.9% for the year to the end of September, according to the Department for Transport (DfT), the greatest fall since quarterly records started in 1994.
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Battery and hybrid cars thrive as sales of new vehicles suffer another Covid-19 slump
New car sales in the UK took another hit in November as Covid-19 restrictions across the home nations pushed sales down by 27.4% compared with the same month in 2019 to 113,781.
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Detectives investigating attempted robbery at Morrisons petrol station in Scotland
Detectives are appealing for information following an attempted robbery at a petrol station in Hawick, in the Scottish Borders, on Friday 27 November.
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Northern Ireland government invests £66m in provision of zero and low emission buses
A £66m investment in provision of 145 zero and low emission buses in Northern Ireland has been made by the Department for Infrastructure.
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Top 50 Indie AK Fuel buys leaseholds on three forecourts
Top 50 Indie AK Fuel has bought the leaseholds on a portfolio of three petrol filling stations in Liverpool and Manchester. The three sites – Stanley, Green Energy and Prescot Service Station – came to market through specialist business property adviser Christie & Co around the start of the year.
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Sewell on the go launches Christmas prize draw as “thank you” for customers
Top 50 Indie Sewell on the go is giving customers the chance to snap up prizes in the run-up to Christmas as a way of saying “thank you” for shopping local in 2020.
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Robber who made forecourt assistant fear he had acid spray jailed for 32 months
A man from Hertfordshire has been jailed for more than two-and-a-half years after admitting robbing a petrol filling station in Peterborough.
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HMRC proposals to tackle tobacco duty evasion welcomed by ACS
Proposed action from HMRC to tackle tobacco duty evasion, highlighting the impact that the illicit trade has on legitimate retailers, has been welcomed by the Association of Convenience Stores (ACS).
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ACS urges retailers to take part in its 2021 crime survey
The Association of Convenience Stores (ACS) is calling on retailers to share their experiences of retail crime over the past 12 months in the 2021 Crime Survey.
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Bid by EG Group CEOs to buy Caffe Nero is rejected
An offer to buy Caffe Nero by EG Group’s founders and co-CEOs, Zuber and Mohsin Issa, has been rejected.
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EG Group to open first of planned 150 Cinnabon stores this week
EG Group has partnered with US bakery Cinnabon, to open the brand’s newest bakery on December 4 at Frontier Park in Blackburn. Additional bakeries are set to open in January 2021.
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Issa brothers bid for Caffe Nero
Sky News is reporting that EG Group co-CEOs and founders Mohsin and Zuber Issa have approached Caffe Nero – one of the UK’s biggest coffee shop chains - with an offer. According to the Sky News story – widely reported across the national press - the brothers have made contact over the weekend with a proposal to buy Caffe Nero from its founder and controlling shareholder, Gerry Ford.
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APEA organises free Zoom webinar
As the covid-19 pandemic has stopped the APEA from being able to host its annual APEA Live national exhibition and conference, as well as its regular regional branch meetings, it has instead organised a free Zoom webinar for members and anyone else who may be interested.
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New initiative to accurately measure dispensing at hydrogen refuelling stations
TÜV SÜD National Engineering Laboratory has secured government funding to build the UK’s first mobile facility for testing hydrogen refuelling stations (HRS) to ensure they deliver the correct amount of fuel.
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Co-op reopens forecourt and shop near Manchester after £1.5m overhaul
Co-op has re-opened its petrol filling station in Manchester Road, Astley, mid-way between Wigan and Manchester, following a £1.5m investment in the site.
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Filling station developer raises £16.5m facility from bank for further schemes
A privately owned property company that specialises in developing new petrol filling stations with convenience stores has raised funds to acquire and develop two more sites.
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ACS welcomes freezing of the business rates multiplier in 2021/22
The Association of Convenience Stores (ACS) has welcomed the freezing of the business rates multiplier in 2021/22, and has called on the government to act soon to announce further details of business rate reliefs available to businesses next year.
