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NewsLacklustre private sales hold back EVs to 19.6% of new car registrations
Electric vehicles made up 19.6% of UK new car sales in 2024 – up by more than a fifth on the year before. However, lacklustre demand from private buyers meant that the figure fell short of the 22% share demanded by the government mandate.
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NewsPublic want tougher penalties for those illegally selling vapes to children
The public would welcome harsher punishments for retailers who sell vapes to children, according to one of the largest manufacturers of tobacco and vapes.
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NewsForecourt retail margins ‘still too high’, says RAC
Forecourt retailers are making margins that are “well above long-term figures”, according to the RAC, despite fuel prices having returned to around what they were before the pandemic.
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News100% electric gritter added to Bradford Council’s fleet
Bradford Council is trialling an EV gritter which is 100% electric, can achieve a full charge in less than two hours, runs near silent and offers a range of up to 170 miles, depending on load and road conditions.
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NewsGovernment issues new guidance for cross-pavement EV charging
The government has issued guidance to help local authorities in England to develop policies for cross-pavement EV charging solutions.
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NewsJet Charge jolts Oasis Services to switch from Gulf
Family business Oasis Services is returning to Jet after a gap of five years, lured by the fuel provider’s electric vehicle (EV) charging proposition.
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NewsFastned wants to build charging plaza next to Exelby Services’ site
Just as Exelby Services director, Rob Exelby, is about to go live with EV charging at his Coneygarth forecourt in Northallerton, north Yorkshire, he has discovered that chargepoint operator Fastned has applied for permission to build a charging plaza in the field next door to his site.
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NewsTankers will not be allowed to carry more fuel during supply disruptions
The government has decided not to proceed with a proposal to allow road fuel tankers to carry more fuel during periods of potential or acute fuel supply disruption.
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NewsDerry forecourt seeks to knockdown and rebuild
McLaughlin Coal and Solid Fuels has applied for planning permission to knockdown and rebuild its A&N Fuels NI Ltd business at Mullenan in Londonderry, close to the NI/Irish border.
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NewsIncrease in biofuel content will lead to slightly higher fuel prices
Petrol and diesel prices will increase slightly again this year as part of the Renewable Transport Fuel Obligation (RTFO).
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NewsBestway’s Abdul Khalique Bhatti dies after long illness
Abdul Khalique Bhatti, a former director of Bestway for over 40 years, has died.
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NewsConsultation to restore 2030 ICE ban begins
Ministers have begun the process of reversing the previous government’s decision to delay the ban on sales of new petrol and diesel cars to 2035.
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NewsNisa boss Peter Batt exits business
Nisa Retail managing director Peter Batt is leaving the business after just over two years in charge.
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NewsExelby continues on carbon-neutral mission with solar power battery storage system
Exelby Services has fitted a battery system at its Whitwood truck stop in Castleford that will allow it to store energy generated by solar panels more effectively. The Yorkshire group describes the investment as the “next step in the site’s energy efficiency journey”.
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NewsMoto reaches two million electric charging events at its sites in 2024
EV motorists have charged their vehicles two million times at Moto’s sites across the UK’s motorway network this year, powering 135 million miles of EV drivers’ journeys.
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NewsFamily haulier trials HVO
A family-owned haulier is championing HVO after making a commitment to sustainability for its customers.
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NewsMurco dealer sees off repeat shoplifters with Chirp-protect tags
Murco dealer Veer Patel is preventing up to £200 a month of stock being stolen by fitting Chirp-protect alarmed security tags onto high value items in his family’s Spar store.
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NewsCash back in fashion as cost-of-living crisis bites
Forecourt operators and other retailers have been urged not to abandon cash transactions after a study showed that its use in shops is up for the second year running.
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NewsBP predicts festive bonanza
BP forecasts that its 300 company-owned sites will sell 1.6 million drinks and 750,000 baked goods over the three weeks to December 25 as motorists take to the road for the festive period.
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NewsShell to construct Scotland’s first all-EV charging forecourt in Aberdeen
Shell has been cleared to begin work on an all-electric vehicle (EV) charging outlet on the site of its former Aberdeen headquarters.