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NewsValero surpasses 150 service stations in the UK
Valero now has over 150 branded forecourts nationwide, with the 150th site achieved recently at MFG’s Reading service station.
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NewsVST Forecourts upgrades Devon filling station in £300k makeover
Top 50 Indie VST Forecourts has invested around £300,000 in a comprehensive makeover of its site in South Molton, Devon.
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NewsPost-Prax deal sees all Gill Marsh forecourts sign with Jet
The fallout from the implosion of the Prax brand continues to rumble on, with Jet announcing all Gill Marsh Forecourts have switched over to the US-owned fuel brand.
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NewsTop 50 Indie VST Forecourts brings Grimsby garage back to life
VST Forecourts, which entered Forecourt Trader’s Top 50 Indies listing last year and operates 10 sites, has brought a previously defunct filling station near Grimsby, Lincolnshire, back into the sector.
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NewsJet steps in to supply ex-Prax forecourts
Jet has announced a series of new deals with forecourts in the East of England, with four of these being signed by dealers who previously took fuel from defunct firms Prax and Harvest Energy.
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NewsUK refineries “sleepwalking into decline” if government fails to act over carbon taxes
The UK’s four remaining oil refineries risk “sleepwalking into decline” if punitive carbon taxes aren’t eased, the sector’s industry body has said.
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NewsPrime Minister to meet BP and Shell bosses as concern over fuel shortage grows
Keir Starmer is to meet with the heads of major oil companies as concerns grow that the Iranian conflict will soon bring about a shortage of fuel in the UK.
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NewsDiesel shortage likely next month
The Iranian conflict is set to bring about a UK-wide shortage of diesel within a fortnight due to a fall in imports caused by the disruption to fuel supply and transit the Iranian conflict has brought about.
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NewsPhillips 66 and Calor celebrate 40 years of subterranean LPG storage
Phillips 66, owner of Jet, together with gas firm Calor, is celebrating the 40th anniversary of the opening of an LPG storage facility, which has the unusual feature of being set 200m beneath the earth in underground caves.
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NewsFuel rationing likely if oil disruption continues
Severe restrictions could be implemented for drivers and forecourts if oil disruption continues, with the government’s emergency toolkit for fuel shortages recommending reduced speed limits, fuel rationing and limited forecourt hours be implemented.
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NewsConcerns grow that “alarmist and irresponsible” media coverage is stoking panic fuel buying
The Petrol Retailers Association has warned that messaging surrounding the Iranian conflict has the potential to create a “self-fulfilling prophesy” of petrol and diesel outages, as was seen during 2021’s tanker-driver shortage.
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NewsUK’s four oil refineries driven “to the brink” by £400m annual carbon taxes
The UK’s four remaining oil refineries are operating “with one hand tied behind their back” due to a tax regime that requires them to pay up to £400m to the Exchequer each year for the carbon they emit – a tax not faced by refineries in the US, Middle East and India.
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NewsBP promotes Cattermole to head new dealer and fleet fuel-sales operation
Oil major BP has merged its UK dealer and fleet fuel-sales operations and has made Natalie Cattermole head of fuel sales UK, a move said to recognise the “growing interdependence between dealer networks and fleet demand”.
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NewsFormer Harvest dealer successfully transitions all sites to Jet
A Top 50 Indie operator who had 10 sites signed up to take fuel from Harvest has successfully transitioned them to Jet on the same terms that the defunct supplier used to offer.
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NewsEssar reports bumper year for forecourts and refinery
Essar Energy Transition enjoyed “record sales” in 2025, with the firm’s forecourt arm of 58 branded sites continuing to “scale rapidly”, and over 100 filling stations now signed up to take fuel from the company.
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NewsTanker-driver strike called off following three-year pay deal
Planned industrial action by tanker drivers has been called off after Certas Energy increased its pay offer following union involvement.
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NewsPhillips 66 buys Lindsey Refinery assets – but facility won’t reopen
Phillips 66 – the US energy company that also owns the Jet filling-station brand – has announced it is purchasing assets and infrastructure from the beleaguered Lindsey Oil Refinery following the latter’s liquidation.
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NewsMFG partners with Valero for the first time with trio of forecourts
MFG has announced it is taking fuel from Valero for the first time, having adopted the US firm’s liveries at three of its forecourts.
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NewsTanker-driver strike set to bring “severe disruption” to fuel supply
A series of strikes being held by 400 tanker drivers employed by Certas is set to pose a Christmas headache for the forecourt sector and motorists alike.
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NewsFrasers signs with BP for five-year fuel supply deal
Frasers has extended its long-running relationship with BP after renewing its fuel supply contract with the oil major.