All Forecourt Trader articles in October 2022 – Page 2
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Forecourt Crime Index hits record high as incidents of unpaid fuel surge
The latest Forecourt Crime Index has hit a new record high of 244.1, driven by rising incidents of unpaid fuel, according to BOSS, the British Oil Security Syndicate.
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Go forecourt gets go ahead
LCC Group has been given the go ahead to turn a former petrol forecourt back into a Go branded self-service filling station. The site, at Brewer Street, Kirkdale, Lancashire became a hand car wash in 2000.
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£20k fine for H&S breach at forecourt
A Tyne and Wear engineering company has been fined £20,000 after a worker fractured his pelvis and suffered internal injuries after falling through its own petrol station forecourt canopy.
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£1.5m development for largest indie Spar in the South West
A Dorset family has completed the development of the largest independent Spar store in the South West as part of a £1.5m capital investment programme.
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Vauxhall expands Plug & Go offer
Vauxhall has partnered with Octopus Energy to expand its existing ‘Plug & Go’ offer by delivering enhanced options for customer home charging, access to more than 300,000 public charge points across the UK and Europe via one single payment card and app, as well as access to new smart energy tariffs.
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Tesco to charge for EV charging
Tesco will start charging customers to use its EV charging points from November 1.
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Self-service hot food solution
Toastyfresh is launching what it says is the first complete self-serve solution for forecourt operators to safely allow customers to serve themselves a properly grilled, consistent, high quality hot food-to-go product.
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London ULEZ expansion brings in millions of pounds
RAC analysis of Transport for London (TfL) figures reveals the Ultra-Low Emission Zone’s (ULEZ’s) expansion last year has generated an estimated £93.6m of additional revenue from drivers of non-compliant vehicles having to pay £12.50 a day.
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SERVICE CENTRE: The Night Porter: it has its critics
Well, it’s not really the film I’m referring to with that headline. Does your petrol station have a night hatch? I had no idea that it was such a love-hate service. But I watched an episode of Room 101 the other night.
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Top 50 Indie AY&Y Patel reopens two service stations after an investment of £2m
Top 50 Indie AY&Y Patel Dewsbury has reopened two service stations in West Yorkshire after an investment of £2m.
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Extra MSA Group completes multimillion-pound investment at Baldock
Motorway service area (MSA) developer and operator Extra MSA Group has completed a multimillion-pound investment into improving Baldock Motorway Service Area, located at junction 10 of the A1(M).
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DfT’s director of transport decarbonisation confirmed as speaker for APEA panel event
Caroline Low, director of transport decarbonisation at the Department for Transport, has been confirmed as a panellist speaker at the forthcoming APEA Live 2022 event, taking place on 17 November at Marshall Arena, StadiumMK in Milton Keynes.
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RAC highlights TfL extra revenue from ULEZ expansion and calls for scrappage scheme
The RAC has called on the Mayor of London to introduce a car scrappage scheme for lower income drivers after calculating that the expansion of London’s Ultra-Low Emission Zone (ULEZ) last year generated nearly £100m of additional revenue.
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Police officers investigating armed robbery at forecourt release CCTV images
Police officers investigating a robbery at a forecourt where an assistant was threatened with a crowbar have released CCTV images of a man they would like to speak to.
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GAP Convenience Distribution wins BP Supply Chain Award for second year
GAP Convenience Distribution has been named as BP Supply Chain Award winner for the second consecutive year.
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Hyundai demonstrates hotel that is powered solely by its Ioniq electric car
What is claimed to be the world’s first car-powered hotel has opened in Essex for a two-week period.
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Shell UK closes down its hydrogen refuelling stations and decommissions them
Shell UK has closed down its three hydrogen refuelling stations for cars and vans and said it is now turning its attention to fuelling larger vehicles.
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Moto’s Rugby site rated Britain’s best motorway service area by Transport Focus
Moto’s site at Rugby on the M6 has been rated Britain’s best motorway service area in a survey of customers by Transport Focus, the independent transport user watchdog.
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Esso teams up with Kwik Fit and Michelin to tackle the problem of underinflated tyres
Esso has teamed up with Kwik Fit and Michelin to tackle the problem of underinflated tyres across the UK.