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Fuel Market Review 2023 – resilience despite intense pressures
Hard work and adaptability are continuing to pay off for the fuel retailing sector, according to Forecourt Trader’s latest Fuel Market Review.
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HGV drivers deserve better, says Logistics UK, following national parking survey
Commercial drivers are being ignored when it comes to their right to use proper hygiene and rest facilities while working, according to business group Logistics UK.
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Top 50 Indies 2023: The UK’s Top 50 Independent Petrol Retailers
Welcome to the latest Top 50 Indies report and an update on the UK’s biggest independent forecourt operators.
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SUMMIT 2022: EG Group’s ‘open retail’ approach satisfies evolving customer demands
EG Group commercial director Ilyas Munshi stressed the importance of foodservice in forecourts, in a pre-recorded film featuring the company’s flagship Frontier Park site.
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SUMMIT 2022: Gridserve can provide solutions for those struggling with connection
Toddington Harper, founder and CEO of Gridserve, said his technology company was not only planning to deliver more than 100 electric forecourts across the UK, but also develop solutions to grid connection problems.
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SUMMIT 2022: Hydrogen will be one of a wider range of future fuels
Jamie Baker, director of external relations at UKPIA, spoke of the road ahead in terms of technological developments and how oil companies are looking to low-carbon fuels.
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SUMMIT 2022: Keep your ear to the ground and embrace the changes
Rob Exelby, managing director of Exelby Services, took delegates at the Forecourt Trader Summit on a whistle-stop tour of his award-winning A19 Services North site.
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SUMMIT 2022: The forecourt property market is great at the moment, but for how long?
Steve Rodell, managing director, retail at Christie & Co, told delegates at Forecourt Trader Summit 2022 that the Covid pandemic – when fuel volumes dipped and non-fuel sales boomed – had given us a glimpse into the future, a future that included more and more EV charging.
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SUMMIT 2022: Invest in car washing for a quick return
Former PRA chairman Brian Madderson, came out of retirement specially to talk to delegates about the challenges facing fuel retailers as well as give them an update on the activities of the Car Wash Association.
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News
Positive outlook for Top 50 Indies as latest listing revealed
The Top 50 Indies continue to expand and thrive, as the challenges of the past two years and the emerging transition to electric vehicles has failed to dent their positive outlook, according to the latest listing of the UK’s biggest independent retailers.
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More shoppers visit c-stores as spend increases, says latest Lumina data
The proportion of shoppers visiting convenience stores has increased, with planned top-up being the main mission, according to the latest data from the Lumina Intelligence Convenience Tracking Programme.
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Top indie retailers reveal positive outlook despite uncertainty over alternative fuels
The majority of the biggest independent forecourt operators describe the current trading environment as positive, despite being uncertain about the future of alternative fuels, according to the latest research by Lumina Intelligence, revealed at this week’s Top 50 Indies dinner.
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A decade to recoup cost of EV purchase is putting motorists off making the switch, says Which?
Motorists are being put off switching from petrol to electric vehicles by the upfront costs, according to Which? research, as new analysis from the consumer champion reveals it could take drivers up to a decade to recoup their extra initial outlay.
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One-in-five convenience purchases made in HFSS-restricted locations
Nearly 20% of products purchased within convenience stores are picked up from areas that face HFSS restrictions, according to the Lumina Intelligence UK Convenience Market Report 2021.
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Top 50 Indies 2021: The UK’s Top 50 Independent Petrol Retailers
Welcome to the latest Top 50 Indies report and an update on the UK’s biggest independent forecourt operators.
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News
Delivery service potential for convenience stores, revealed by HIM & MCA Insight report
Seven in 10 consumers plan on using convenience store delivery services more in the future, however over half admit that they are unaware of its availability to them, according to the new HIM & MCA Insight UK On Demand Convenience Market Report 2020.
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Positive outlook for forecourts in latest Fuel Market Review
The forecourt sector has shown it can adapt and is likely to come out of the crisis in better shape than many others, according to Arthur Renshaw, UK & Ireland manager for Experian Catalist, writing in the latest Fuel Market Review in the June digital issue of Forecourt Trader.
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Investing to grow
The UK’s biggest independent fuel retailers were out in force last month at The Belfry Hotel in Sutton Coldfield at the official dinner to launch the publication of Forecourt Trader’s latest listing of the UK’s biggest independent dealers. Highlights from the listing were revealed by managing director of Forecourt Trader, ...
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Major brands fuel growth
It has been a good 12 months for the dealer sector in the UK. All the fuel suppliers are fighting for dealer business with even the major brands seemingly happy to brand the small- to medium-size dealer sites they have largely ignored in the past. Oil companies have also been ...
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Change for the better
This year the top-level numbers would suggest that the forecourt sector has been fairly quiet over the past 12 months with the number of open sites being only three fewer than last year. However, you only need to scratch the surface to see that there have been a lot of ...