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NewsForecourt in hot water over cashpoint planning oversight
A cashpoint manufacturer has had to apply for planning consent after installing an ATM at a filling station in Mansfield, Nottinghamshire, without having obtained the requisite approval of the local authority.
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NewsHome Office fines for car washes employing illegal workers jump 35%
The latest statistical release from the Home Office reveals hand car wash businesses were fined £2.38m for employing unregistered workers in the final quarter of 2025, a 35% jump on the same period in the previous year.
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NewsShell plans big upgrade for Dorset forecourt
Oil major Shell is set to dramatically reconfigure a filling station in Wareham, Dorset, submitting a planning application to demolish the site’s shop and erect a new convenience store almost twice the size, while also installing EV charging.
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NewsCMA admits to using “simple” profit calculations and not properly analysing fuel sector
The Competition and Markets Authority, which has warned forecourt operators they are “on notice” over concerns of unfair profits, has admitted the calculation it uses for estimating fuel margins is “a simple metric”, and that it has “not analysed” the sector fully.
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NewsVape ban shambles: call for £5 deposit as 6m ‘reusables’ thrown away a week
The much-trumpeted ban on disposable vapes, introduced one year ago today, has done little to tackle the issue of discarded devices, with 6.3m ‘reusable’ vapes still thrown away every week, prompting calls for a £5 deposit to be paid by vapers.
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NewsMoto gains gong for being a good employer
Motorway services firm Moto has been named in the Sunday Times’ Best Places to Work rundown for the third consecutive year.
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NewsPenny On The Move double robber jailed
A knife-wielding robber who held up the same Penny On The Move forecourt twice within the space of a week has been sentenced to 40 months in prison.
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NewsPRA calls for 5ppl fuel duty discount to be made permanent
The Petrol Retailers Association has called on the Chancellor of the Exchequer to make the 5p per litre fuel duty ‘discount’ a permanent fixture.
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NewsForecourt thief sentenced to seven days in prison
A thief who stole goods worth £155 from a petrol station in Fleet, Hants, has been given a seven-day custodial sentence.
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NewsDisused Welsh forecourt set for redevelopment
A run-down filling station near Welshpool, Powys, is set to be brought back into service after a planning application was made to the local authority.
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NewsTop 50 Indie VST Forecourts brings Grimsby garage back to life
VST Forecourts, which entered Forecourt Trader’s Top 50 Indies listing last year and operates 10 sites, has brought a previously defunct filling station near Grimsby, Lincolnshire, back into the sector.
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NewsSharper than expected fuel duty hike on its way
Only last week the Prime Minister announced that a 2ppl increase to fuel duty, planned for September, won’t go ahead, but a report for HMRC indicates that instead, a 3ppl rise will be implemented in January.
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NewsJames Hall & Co plans Lake District forecourt extension
Forecourt operator and Spar wholesaler James Hall & Co has submitted a planning application to extend the shop at a filling station in Keswick, Cumbria.
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NewsCostco opens first standalone petrol station
Discount grocery retailer Costco has opened its first standalone petrol station, with the site being separate from one of its main retail stores.
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NewsForecourt operators “policing themselves” as officers continue to ignore fuel theft
Police across the UK are continuing to effectively ignore drive-offs from petrol stations, leaving forecourt operators to “police themselves” as they turn to private firms to enforce the law.
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NewsFuel theft continues to rise
No means of payment and drive-off incidents increased by 23% over March and April compared to the previous two months, new figures have revealed.
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NewsFamily mourn the passing of DA Roberts
Forecourt operator and fuel supplier David Roberts has passed away at the age of 81.
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NewsFastned to open London’s largest EV charging hub next year
Dutch chargepoint operator Fastned is to build a huge 36-bay EV charging hub in Ealing, West London, with a slated opening date of early 2027.
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NewsWatch: Rachel Reeves heckled as petrol station visit doesn’t go as planned
A trip to a petrol station taken by Rachel Reeves to promote her government’s fuel-duty freeze didn’t go as planned after she was heckled by a customer at the forecourt.
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NewsJet steps in to supply ex-Prax forecourts
Jet has announced a series of new deals with forecourts in the East of England, with four of these being signed by dealers who previously took fuel from defunct firms Prax and Harvest Energy.