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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.
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NewsGulf predicts the forecourt of the future will feature auto-filling, multi-fuel pumps
Gulf has designed a forecourt concept to demonstrate how the oil brand envisages filling stations evolving over the coming years.
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NewsAmbitious new forecourt project set for Worcestershire
Proposals to bring a derelict forecourt back to life while adding a new drive-thru restaurant have been revealed in planning documents.
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NewsBungling council directs drivers into forecourt’s exit with mis-painted road marking
Contractors working for Gloucestershire County Council have painted an arrow on the road that adjoins a Shell forecourt instructing motorists to drive into the forecourt’s exit.
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NewsUnpaid fuel incidents rise again
April saw unpaid fuel incidents rise again, according to the British Oil Security Syndicate, with a 3% increase compared to the previous month, which saw an even sharper uptick.
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NewsEG On The Move to build new-to-sector petrol station on notorious ‘eyesore’ plot
A patch of wasteland close to the centre of Middlesborough will soon be home to a filling station and drive-thru cafe after EG On The Move gained planning permission to build a new-to-sector site.
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NewsAnother Fuel Finder blunder: all supermarket petrol stations mislabelled as non-supermarket sites
Forecourt Trader has uncovered the latest in a long line of serious errors with Fuel Finder, with every supermarket petrol station in the country being labelled a non-supermarket site, and none of the filling stations marked ‘supermarket’ being run by any of the four major chains.
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NewsFormer forecourt to be turned into 82-home residential development
Land previously home to a petrol station in Wales is to be turned into a housing development with 82 residences, after the local authority rubber stamped the proposals.
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NewsMystery surrounds source of contaminated super unleaded
An independent forecourt operator in Scotland has confirmed super unleaded it sold last month was contaminated, but claims the issue rests with the supplying terminal – which has in turn denied any issue.
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NewsUK refineries “sleepwalking into decline” if government fails to act over carbon taxes
The UK’s four remaining oil refineries risk “sleepwalking into decline” if punitive carbon taxes aren’t eased, the sector’s industry body has said.