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NewsBiofuel firm to build three refuelling stations after securing £25m funding
CNG Fuels, which supplies compressed biomethane (Bio-CNG), has secured a £25m debt facility from investment firm The Foresight Group. The five-year deal will see CNG Fuels build three new UK refuelling facilities.
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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.
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NewsRAC shies away from attacking fuel retailers for the first time in months
Criticism of fuel retailers is entirely absent in the RAC’s latest instalment of its monthly ‘Fuel Watch’ initiative, which has previously seen the company compare wholesale and retail prices to estimate operators’ margins while simultaneously accusing them of making excessive profits. This apparent change of heart follows hot on the heels of a comment piece published by Forecourt Trader.
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NewsFuel duty hike looks increasingly likely as Budget 2025 looms
Speculation remains rife that this year’s Budget, due to be delivered on November 26, will bring with it an end to the five pence-per-litre discount on fuel duty introduced in 2022.
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NewsHarvest dealers hounded by debt collection agencies
Debt collection agencies have started hounding Harvest Energy dealers demanding repayment of unpaid invoices.
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NewsSpot Service Stations chooses Murco for all three sites
Spot Service Stations, owned by Javid Iqbal, is switching all three of its forecourts to Murco.
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NewsConcerns grow that fuel duty could be hiked in Budget 2025
The Petrol Retailers Association has urged Chancellor Rachel Reeves not to increase fuel duty in her upcoming Budget, due November 26.
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AnalysisCOMMENT: The RAC’s position on fuel retailers is untenable
Month in, month out, the RAC criticises fuel retailers for their margins, regardless of whether pump prices rise or fall. But there is a disconnect between the RAC’s reproval and its own profits, says Forecourt Trader’s Hugo Griffiths.
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AnalysisBOOK REVIEW: 226 Garages and Service Stations. An affectionate and insightful photographic survey of forecourts
Photographer Philip Butler’s latest book sees him share pictures of 226 notable filling stations and vehicle workshops, and while it might at first glance seem a tongue-in-cheek look at these buildings, it’s a far more nuanced and warm-hearted endeavour, and one that’s impossible not to appreciate.
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NewsRhydymwyn Service Station – independent and proud
There are thousands of independent petrol stations across the UK but probably none more so than Rhydymwyn Service Station near Mold in North Wales.
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NewsHarvest dealer group grows to 28 but still needs more to join
Twenty-eight Harvest Energy dealers have so far joined Prem Uthayakumaran’s group to tackle the Prax administration problem… but he is keen for more to join.
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NewsCompetition and Markets Authority criticises fuel margins, again
The Competition and Markets Authority’s latest quarterly report on fuel prices has once more found that retail fuel margins have increased at both standard forecourts and supermarket petrol stations, despite the organisation benchmarking against a year when falling prices drove inflation down, and also admitting it has not taken wider economic factors into consideration.
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Focus On FeatureSPOTLIGHT ON FUELS: Better performance, better profits?
Earlier this year Halfords questioned on Instagram: ‘True or False – premium fuel improves your car’s performance.’ Its answer was ‘False’ explaining that most modern engines are designed to run optimally on regular fuel. But many motorists swear by it and so too do forecourt operators.
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NewsPetrol pumps host NHS organ donation adverts
Petrol pumps on forecourts in Yorkshire and Lincolnshire are being used to advertise a campaign encouraging motorists to sign up to the Organ Donor Register.
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NewsOperators debate forming fuel buying group at blue-sky meet-up
Forming a buying group to negotiate best fuel prices, and the challenges of running grocery stores, with the frustrations around crime and fine-tuning ranges, were among the main themes discussed at a blue-sky meeting of minds hosted by specialist forecourt property expert Christie & Co.
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NewsSub-postmaster protest inspires Harvest dealers to unite
A group of Harvest Energy forecourt operators have held their first sub-postmasters-inspired meeting, to demand action from the Prax Group subsidiary which is tying them to what they say are defunct contracts.
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NewsMFG moves sites from Shell to Esso
Those with an eye for such things will have noticed a trend developing of late: a large number of MFG-owned forecourts have switched their branding from Shell to Esso.
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NewsIrish forecourt operator Go continues expansion into mainland UK
Go, which operates around 20 filling stations in Northern Ireland and specialises in unmanned sites, is continuing to make inroads into the English market, with construction commencing on a fourth project.
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NewsPRA hits back at RAC claims that “high retailer margins” are frustrating motorists
The Petrol Retailers Association (PRA) has criticised the RAC after the breakdown and insurance company claimed that despite petrol and diesel prices falling in August, high retailer margins “are preventing drivers from benefiting from lower prices”.
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NewsForecourts to play host to classic car meets this September
A series of classic-car meets is taking place at forecourts across the country this September, kicking off at Gulf Wivelsfield, East Sussex, last weekend.