• Fuel Finder branded “a monumental waste of taxpayers’ money” at APEA Live

  • Big Bertha car wash arrives at Sharma Garages Group site

  • More petrol station property investments were made in the first nine months of 2025 than all of last year

  • EG On The Move wins bid to build new forecourt on land with chequered planning history

  • Transport Secretary opens new MFG charging hub as firm continues £400m EV programme

  • New partnership syncs till-point data with CCTV and ANPR footage

  • ME Group mourns passing of Robert Mortimer

  • EG On The Move plans new-to-sector Carlisle forecourt

  • Yoganathan family take Clarks Garage into their fold: their 15th forecourt with Jet branding

  • James Hall & Co. wins planning permission to turn car defunct dealership into new forecourt

Highlights

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FOCUS ON: Branded ready-meal freezers

2025-11-12T11:34:00+00:00By

MFG and Ascona are among the latest operators to try Praveen Kumar branded ready-meal freezers, one of several suppliers to have entered this space since Cook introduced the concept 15 years ago.

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LEGAL DOCTOR: Protecting your business in the midst of increased UK immigration action

2025-11-10T11:11:00+00:00By Malini Skandachanmugarasan

Significant changes to UK immigration sponsorship routes, and a notable increase in enforcement action against individuals and UK businesses means that businesses have to ensure they are being proactive in their internal compliance measures where they employ overseas nationals, warns Winckworth Sherwood.

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Jingling tills make Christmas Day opening very worthwhile

2025-11-05T20:28:00+00:00By

With almost every other type of retail outlet closed on Christmas Day, those that do open do very well. Of course, the supermarkets are forced to shut under the Christmas Day (Trading) Act 2004 but smaller convenience stores are exempt from this and it seems forecourt retailers are cashing in.

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FOCUS ON VALETING: Splashing the cash

2025-11-05T08:47:00+00:00By

More and more forecourts are finding that offering top-notch valeting facilities really pays off – in terms of attracting new customers who often go on to fill up at the pump and spend money in the store.

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Winning couple celebrate ‘tiny Tebay with a big punch’

2025-10-31T13:36:00+00:00By

Not even a year into opening their first forecourt – a formerly derelict petrol station and car sales lot – Susannah Moffat and Oliver Arnold won not only one, but two coveted gongs at this year’s Forecourt Trader Awards.

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COMMENT: Hydrogen’s slow road – why UK forecourts can’t wait for government

2025-10-29T14:51:00+00:00By Tim Harper

Ask anyone who’s hands-on in the UK hydrogen sector and they’ll tell you that there’s a lot more paperwork than pipelines.

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  • Why compliance is your untapped growth driver

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