All Zuber Issa articles
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NewsEG Group exits Australian market with £530m sale of 500+ forecourts
In the same week of reporting that the EG Group was exiting from the Italian forecourt market, the firm announced it is moving on its Australian business, selling around 540 fuel and retail sites for A$1.1 billion (£530m).
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NewsZuber Issa says EG Group should sell off US forecourts to settle debts
Zuber Issa has made a rare public intervention after suggesting that EG Group, which operates around 5,600 sites across Europe, Australia and the US, should sell off its American forecourts, rather than IPO, to settle its debts.
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NewsFirst Duckhams, now Castrol: Zuber eyes expansion into oils
It was only last month that we reported Zuber Issa had bought an undisclosed stake in historic oil brand Duckhams. Now, however, the billionaire businessman behind EG On The Move is eyeing up Castrol.
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NewsStarbucks gives a shot to EG Group’s UK business
EG Group, the original forecourt business founded by Zuber and Mohsin Issa in 2001, attributes a 3% growth in UK foodservice in its first quarter results to the success of its Starbucks operations.
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NewsNew EG On The Move site opens following years of planning difficulties
The rise of EG On The Move continues apace, with the firm opening a new forecourt in Stone, Staffordshire, following years of planning difficulties.
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NewsMohsin Issa steps down as chief executive of EG Group
Mohsin Issa, who co-founded EG Group, the international fuel stations, convenience retail, and foodservice group, is stepping down from his day to day duties as chief executive.
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NewsZuber opens Rotherham Services with Iceland food and four takeaway concessions
EG On The Move opened Rotherham Services last Thursday, one of the first of Zuber Issa’s network to list Iceland frozen food following a trial in the business.
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NewsZuber opens at Tyseley, one of around 20 sites planned this year
EG On The Move continues to open forecourts at pace, with Tyseley Services, south east of Birmingham, going live last week – one of around 20 planned for this year.
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NewsEG On The Move Suffolk services reopens after safety concerns
A Suffolk service station on the A14 between Stowmarket and Bury St Edmunds has reopened after being forced to close in February.
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NewsSUMMIT: EG On The Move sets target of at least 400 sites
Zuber Issa has plans to grow to at least 400 EG On The Move sites in the next six years, delegates at the Forecourt Trader Summit heard last week.
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NewsEG On The Move enters Iceland trial
EG On The Move is trialling a supply deal with frozen food giant Iceland at 10 of its forecourts.
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NewsZuber opens two new to industry forecourts this month
EG On The Move has opened another two new to industry petrol filling sites this month – at Middlesbrough, in North Yorkshire, and Crick in Northamptonshire.
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NewsZuber Issa completes deal on 98 Applegreen petrol stations
EG On The Move, Zuber Issa’s fast growing forecourt and EV charging network, has completed its acquisition of Applegreen’s 98 mainland UK petrol filling stations, creating what it calls a “retail powerhouse” in the independent forecourt sector.
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InterviewZuber Issa’s fantastic journey: exclusive trade press interview
Since Zuber Issa broke away last year from the food and forecourt empire built with his brother over more than two decades, all eyes have been on his next move. In an exclusive trade press interview with Forecourt Trader, the Blackburn-based entrepreneur – known for keeping a lower profile than older sibling Mohsin – reveals his ambitions for his new business and what continues to motivate him
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NewsZuber set to bolster presence in south of England with Applegreen petrol stations acquisition
Zuber Issa plans to treble the size of his forecourt estate to nearly 150 sites with an acquisition of Applegreen’s UK petrol filling stations.
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NewsEG On The Move plans double drive-thru at newest forecourt
EG On The Move has opened its 47th forecourt – Elmswell Services – on the A14 between Bury St Edmunds and Stowmarket in Suffolk.
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NewsEG On The Move on track to operate 55 forecourts by spring 2025
Zuber Issa is set to be running 55 forecourts by next spring, with his 46th site – Birmingham Airport Services – opening on Thursday last week (November 14).
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NewsEG On The Move motors ahead with 45th site opening
EG On The Move opened a new build at Colne in Lancashire yesterday, bringing owner Zuber Issa’s burgeoning forecourt estate to 45 sites.
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NewsZuber completes on purchase of EG Group’s UK forecourts
Zuber Issa has completed on the purchase of the remaining 34 UK forecourts and certain foodservice locations of EG Group, the business which he set up with his brother Mohsin 23 years ago.
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NewsEG On The Move opens new build in Suffolk, its seventh with the Co-op
Zuber Issa has opened a new build forecourt in Wherstead, Suffolk, this week – his seventh EG On the Move site in partnership with the Co-op.