All Shell articles – Page 10

  • PRA slams Osborne’s rates bombshell
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    PRA slams Osborne’s rates bombshell

    2015-10-07T00:00:00Z

    An announcement by chancellor George Osborne that he would abolish the current system of business rates and replace it with a system which allows local authorities to set business rates themselves has been slammed as “another bitter blow to business pragmatism" by the PRA. Speaking at the Conservative Party conference ...

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    Shell unveils new site on busy A11 roundabout

    2015-09-28T00:00:00Z

    Shell has begun trading at a new-to-industry company- operated site at Barton Mills in Suffolk.Located on the busy Fiveways Roundabout on a section of the A11 to Thetford, which has recently seen completion of upgrades to a dual carriageway, the site provides a retail offer for both motorists and HGV ...

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    Shell opens new to industry site in Suffolk

    2015-09-23T00:00:00Z

    Shell has commenced trading at a new to industry company operated site at Barton Mills in Suffolk. Located on the busy Fiveways Roundabout on a section of the A11 to Thetford which has recently seen completion of upgrades to a dual carriageway, the site provides a retail offer for both ...

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    Shell boss cannot see when low prices will end

    2015-09-18T00:00:00Z

    Royal Dutch Shell chief executive Ben van Beurden has told the BBC that a recovery in the price of oil is hard to foresee. Speaking on BBC Radio 4’s Today programme, he said: “It is a very, very volatile business in terms of supply and demand. The oil price ...

  • Shell to site hydrogen refuelling on three forecourts
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    Shell to site hydrogen refuelling on three forecourts

    2015-09-11T00:00:00Z

    The first deal to fully integrate hydrogen refuelling stations (HRS) onto UK forecourts has been agreed by Shell. ITM Power, the energy storage and clean fuel company, has signed a strategic siting partnership with Shell for the delivery of HRS on three Shell sites in the UK. Oliver Bishop, ...

  • Shop Doctor: In the surgery this month - Shell Lymington, Hampshire
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    Shop Doctor: In the surgery this month - Shell Lymington, Hampshire

    2015-08-06T00:00:00Z

    LOCATION: Shell Lymington is located on the busy A337 Christchurch-to-Lyndhurst road at the village of Pennington, just a mile or so outside Lymington. FORECOURT: The illuminated pole and the canopy with its bright red, yellow and white corporate Shell branding make the site very visible and distinctive. The forecourt ...

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    Roll out for Shell/Paypal mobile payment service

    2015-07-24T00:00:00Z

    Shell & Paypal have announced the roll out of their new Fill Up & Go mobile payment service following a successful pilot with invited members of the Shell Drivers Club.The new service, which enables mobile payments at the pump, will now be available at hundreds of Shell service stations nationwide. ...

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    Indies to buy Shell sites

    2015-06-11T00:00:00Z

    op 50 Indies HKS, Golden Cross Group, Synergie and Spring Petroleum are all expected to be successful bidders when Shell reveals the final details of its sell-off of company owned sites.In April the oil company revealed it was selling 90 sites to MFG and a further 68 to Euro Garages ...

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    Sealing duo sign deal with Shell

    2015-06-05T00:00:00Z

    Sealing product engineering specialist companies James Walker and Teadit have signed an Enterprise Framework Agreement with Shell Global Solutions International to supply the gasket requirements of all Shell and Shell joint venture sites in Asia, the Middle East, Africa, Russia, Australia, Canada and South America. The contract covers an initial ...

  • Shell confirms sale of 27 sites
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    Shell confirms sale of 27 sites

    2015-06-05T00:00:00Z

    Shell has confirmed that it has exchanged contracts for the sale of 27 service stations with six dealer groups. As previously reported by Forecourt Trader Top 50 Indies HKS, Golden Cross Group, Synergie Holdings and Spring Petroleum have all been successful bidders together with Valli Forecourts. Chedgold is the other ...

  • Top 50 Indies picking up Shell sites
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    Top 50 Indies picking up Shell sites

    2015-05-15T00:00:00Z

    Top 50 Indies HKS, Golden Cross Group, Synergie and Spring Petroleum are all expected to be successful bidders when Shell confirms the final details of its sell-off of company owned sites next week. Last month the oil company revealed it was selling 90 sites to MFG and a further 68 ...

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    Shell sell-off completed

    2015-05-13T00:00:00Z

    Little more than a month after Esso announced it had agreed deals to sell off its remaining 201 company owned sites to independent dealers, another swathe of oil company sites is heading for the independent sector, after Shell concluded deals to sell 185 of its forecourts.As with the Esso deal, ...

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    Shell planning to revamp Cannock service station

    2015-05-13T00:00:00Z

    Shell has applied for planning permission for a knock down rebuild of its service station at Cannock in Staffordshire. The plans include the demolition of a neighbouring bath showroom and using the extra space to build a bigger service station and a shop. The new service station would include 10 ...

  • MFG and Euro Garages acquire bulk of Shell sell-off sites
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    MFG and Euro Garages acquire bulk of Shell sell-off sites

    2015-04-13T00:00:00Z

    Shell UK has accepted offers for the sale of 185 company-owned service stations from Motor Fuel Group and Euro Garages, following a confidential commercial process to find the right independent dealers to purchase up to 250 Shell sites, which began last Autumn. Motor Fuel Group (MFG) has acquired 90 sites, ...

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    Shell rolls out pay by phone

    2015-03-06T00:00:00Z

    Shell has announced that it is partnering with PayPal to become the first fuels retailer in the UK to offer mobile payment at pumps nationwide.It told its annual dealer conference that mobile payment via apps on smartphones is scheduled to be available later this year and will enable customers to ...

  • Shell boss predicts market will remain volatile
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    Shell boss predicts market will remain volatile

    2015-02-13T00:00:00Z

    National press reports claiming the Shell boss would forecast prices would remain low for the rest of the year have proved wide of the mark. In previews of his speech to the Energy Institute on Thursday evening, some of the press claimed Ben van Beurden, CEO of Royal Dutch Shell, ...

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    Auk replaces BP with Shell at Prizet sites

    2015-02-02T00:00:00Z

    Auk Ltd, an independent dealer in the North West, has signed a new supply contract with Shell at its Prizet Services sites northbound and southbound on the A591 near Kendal.Simon Hockings, one of Auk’s three directors, said: "We are very pleased with the new look of the forecourt. The Shell ...

  • Lake District services get Shell rebrand
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    Lake District services get Shell rebrand

    2015-01-28T00:00:00Z

    Auk Ltd, an independent dealer in the North West, has revamped its Prizet Services sites northbound and southbound on the A591 near Kendal at the gateway Lake District National Park, and switched its supply contract to Shell. Simon Hockings, one of Auk’s three directors, said: “We are very pleased with ...

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    CoE challenges Shell and BP over climate change

    2014-12-05T00:00:00Z

    The Church of England has challenged Shell and BP to run their businesses in a more environmentally friendly manner. Edward Mason, the head of responsible investment at the Church Commissioners for England, said in a blogpost that it was in the process of filing shareholder resolutions on climate change at ...

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    Man ordered to stay away from Shell service station

    2014-11-21T00:00:00Z

    Magistrates have ordered a man to stay away from the Shell service station on Easington Road, Hartlepool, after an incident which saw a fire break out. The order was made as part of bail conditions when Peter Cavanagh, 42, from Jute Grove in Hartlepool, appeared before Hartlepool magistrates charged with ...