All Shell articles – Page 12
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Roll out for Shell/Paypal mobile payment service
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
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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NewsShell confirms sale of 27 sites
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 ...
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Sealing duo sign deal with Shell
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 ...
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NewsTop 50 Indies picking up Shell sites
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 planning to revamp Cannock service station
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 ...
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Shell sell-off completed
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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NewsMFG and Euro Garages acquire bulk of Shell sell-off sites
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
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 ...
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NewsShell boss predicts market will remain volatile
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
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 ...
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NewsLake District services get Shell rebrand
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
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
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 ...
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Sure-footed Shell
In the summer of 2011 Shell surprised the industry with its purchase of around 250 Total sites from a consortium, Rontec Investments, which had just acquired Total’s UK retail and fuel distribution business. This was during a period when most oil companies as amply illustrated by Total were either rationalising ...
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Shell board names next chairman
The board of directors of Royal Dutch Shell plc have announced the appointment of Charles Holliday as chairman with effect from the conclusion of the 2015 annual general meeting, subject to his re-appointment as a director of the company by shareholders at that meeting. Holliday will succeed Jorma Ollila who ...
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NewsFormer Shell forecourt wins ’Best Gulf site’ award
Tanerdy Garage in Carmarthen, which recently switched to Gulf after 80 years with Shell, has been awarded the title of Best Gulf Site at this year’s SuperStation awards, organised by Gulf brand owner Certas Energy. Stephen Smith, proprietor of Tanerdy Garage, said: “Everyone at Tanerdy Garage is thrilled. It’s a ...
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Shell to sell 250 of its sites to indies
Independent fuel retailers have welcomed the announcement from Shell that it is planning to sell up to 250 of its company-owned sites to independent dealers. Michael O’Loughlin, managing director of Petrogas UK, which was ranked sixth in the Forecourt Trader Top 50 Indies said: "Everyone is upbeat about it and ...
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Armed robbery at Shell service station in Chesham
A gun was pointed at staff during a robbery at a Shell service station in Chesham, Buckinghamshire. Thames Valley Police is appealing for witnesses after a man entered the Shell service station in Nashleigh Hill at 10.15pm on Monday September 29, and pointed what is believed to be a gun ...
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NewsIndependents welcome Shell sell-off
Independent fuel retailers have welcomed the announcement from Shell that it is planning to sell up to 250 of its company owned sites to independent dealers. Michael O’Loughlin, managing director of Petrogas UK, which was ranked sixth in the Forecourt Trader Top 50 Indies said: “Everyone is upbeat about it ...