All News articles – Page 8
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NewsMFG continues to expand 24-hour opening strategy with Sunderland site
MFG’s strategy of running a significant proportion of its sites on a 24/7 basis has gained further traction after Sunderland City Council granted permission for a filling station to never close.
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NewsExtra MSA expands EV chargepoint partnership with Ionity
Motorway services firm Extra MSA has strengthened its relationship with chargepoint firm Ionity, announcing a further two dozen chargepoints have been installed at its Cambridge services on the A14, which is in effect an extension of the M11 motorway.
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NewsWelcome Break marks 65 years of motorway services with life-sized car-shaped cake
It has been 65 years since Newport Pagnell services became the UK’s first motorway service area (MSA), and to mark the occasion Welcome Break has commissioned a life-sized cake in the shape the best-selling car of 1960.
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NewsLamp post EV charging firm Ubitricity installs 10,000th socket
Ubitricity, which works with local councils to install roadside EV chargepoints, typically by adding them to existing lamp posts, has announced it has completed its 10,000th socket.
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NewsVape ban confusion among both retailers and consumers
The ban on disposable vapes may have been in place for over two months, but indications are that many retailers are continuing to sell disposable devices, which customers are in turn continuing to demand.
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NewsPricewatch’s Tom Buckley raises formal complaint after police refuse to investigate drive-off
A complaint has been lodged with the Sussex Police and Crime Commissioner after the force refused to investigate a drive-off that took place at a Pricewatch forecourt.
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NewsDefunct Mitsubishi car dealership could revert to life as petrol station
A site in Preston, Lancashire, that previously traded as a Mitsubishi car dealership until the business relocated in April this year could return to its former life as a filling station following a planning application by James Hall & Co.
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NewsSelf-service kiosks can boost shop sales by almost a third
It has become established knowledge that self-scan tills can meaningfully increase customer spending, but fresh research indicates that installing self-service touchscreen kiosks can boost basket sizes by 29%.
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NewsOfficial figures show a 27% rise in public EV chargepoints installed in the last year
There are now over 82,000 public EV chargers in the UK, with 17,000 added in 2024 alone, the Department for Transport has said.
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News“Industrial, organised, and increasingly violent”: shoplifting rises yet again
The Office for National Statistics (ONS) has revealed the number of shoplifting incidents has surged by 20% in a year.
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NewsHome Office raid at Dorset hand car wash sees immigration arrests
Two men have been arrested following a raid on a hand car wash in Dorset.
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NewsJoanne Hall departs BP to head up Central Co-op’s community-store retail operations
Joanne Hall has left BP to become Central Co-op’s head of retail operations for local community stores.
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NewsHampshire garage could become valeting centre
Plans to convert a former garage workshop into a valeting business have been submitted to East Hampshire District Council.
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NewsNissan unveils £1.4m electric HGV charging station at Sunderland factory
It may be a decade until sales of new diesel HGVs begin to be banned, but Nissan has taken the first steps to future-proofing its pivotal Sunderland plant by installing a charging station for electric HGVs at the factory.
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NewsGridserve loses over £80m as chargepoint sector struggles
Much has been written about the struggling sales, missed targets and cliff-edge depreciation that electric cars are subject to, but some EV chargepoint firms are also having a tough time, with Gridserve recently publishing an £82.7m loss for the last financial year.
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NewsRoadchef makes £5.9m loss as motorway roadworks disrupt business
Roadchef’s annual accounts have revealed the firm made a pre-tax loss of £5.9m in 2024, with the company attributing this performance partly to motorway roadworks.
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NewsTaking the pulse of the forecourt sector: shop expansion, EV charging and bringing food production in-house
Everything from the decline of Dubai chocolate to the economies of EV charging at petrol filling stations was discussed at a recent business lunch that gathered a cross-section of leading forecourt operators together.
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NewsCo-op completes roll-out of new high-end fascia with eighth Roadchef site
The introduction of a sleek new fascia marking a partnership between Co-op and Roadchef has been completed with the addition of an eighth location.
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NewsCJ Lang appoints new business development manager
Dundee-based CJ Lang, Spar Scotland’s wholesaler, has appointed a new business development manager.
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NewsNew Welcome Break services soon to open in Nottinghamshire
Welcome Break is about to open a new roadside services 10 miles to the south of Nottingham, roughly two years after a controversial planning application was approved.