All Top 50 Indies articles
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NewsThe Kay Group renews long-term partnership with Booker
Top 50 Indie The Kay Group has re-signed with Booker to supply its 24 forecourt shops, which are to continue with the Londis fascia.
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AnalysisCOMMENT: Behind the headlines of EG On The Move’s Prax acquisition
This week’s announcement of EG On The Move (EGOTM) becoming the UK’s second biggest independent forecourt operator with its acquisition of the 85 Prax company-owned sites is more significant for the industry than the headlines might suggest.
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NewsEG On The Move beats off industry rivals to acquire 85 Prax sites
The long-anticipated sale of the 85 Prax company-owned forecourts has completed with EG On The Move beating off competition from multiple other major players.
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NewsAscona hits 70 sites with ‘strategic’ Truckhaven acquisition
Top 50 Indie Ascona Group has acquired Truckhaven (Carnforth), its second, and largest, trunk road service area for HGV drivers.
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NewsJP&S to add Appleby Westward sites to its growing estate
JP&S Services owner Visvanathan Yoganathan is a big step closer to his aim of hitting 30 sites by the time he retires, having exchanged contracts on six Appleby Westward forecourts in the southwest of England.
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NewsMFG launches forecourt screen advertising initiative
Top 50 Indie Motor Fuel Group has launched a digital advertising offer across its more than 1,200 forecourts.
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NewsWork to begin at Tankerford’s Drayton Road, Norwich site
Work is about to start on Top 50 Indie Tankerford’s Drayton Road, Norwich site with Broham Forecourt Developments engaged to transform the abandoned plot into a modern petrol filling station.
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NewsPark Garage Group boosts chilled sales by a quarter with Co-op Wholesale
Top 50 Indie Park Garage Group (PGG) is enjoying a 25% uplift in chilled sales from the first of its 80 forecourts to switch to Co-op Wholesale supplies, in a conversion programme it expects to complete by the end of July.
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NewsEG On The Move opens SpudBros at Newcastle BP site
EG On The Move has opened in Newcastle upon Tyne the latest of 30 new SpudBros Express concessions it intends to roll out over the next three years
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NewsGreggs Express debuts with MFG in multi-site trial
Top 50 Indie MFG is the first to trial a Greggs Express self-service station, designed to make it more convenient for customers to pick up a snack from the food-to go brand.
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NewsPenny on the Move wins highest climber award
Top 50 Indie Penny on the Move has been recognised as highest climber on a regional listing of top performing businesses.
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NewsPenny Petroleum starts operating 100th petrol station
Penny Petroleum has started operating its 100th petrol station, a 5mlpa volume forecourt in the heart of Whitby, North Yorkshire.
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NewsEG On The Move to roll out SpudBros Express to 30-plus sites
EG On The Move is expanding its SpudBros Express concession to at least 30 more locations, with 15 to open this year.
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NewsPark Garage Group goes for gold in The Grocer awards
Top 50 Indie Park Garage Group has been selected as a finalist in The Grocer Gold Awards 2026.
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NewsSewell recognised with second royal award for raising disadvantaged in workplace
The Sewell Group, which operates 12 forecourts under its Sewell on the go division, has been honoured for the second time with a royal award for creating social mobility within its communities.
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NewsEXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW: Sir Gerald Ronson: I am not going anywhere the good Lord willing
Rontec boss Sir Gerald Ronson is celebrating 60 years in the forecourt business, but the 86-year-old is far from calling it a day. In an exclusive interview at his plush Mayfair offices, he tells Forecourt Trader how he plans to take on more sites, invest in EV, and continue to spend his Saturdays checking in on his commission operators.
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NewsSewell says thanks to generous industry after completing half marathon
Sewell on the go managing director Patrick Sewell says he has got the running bug after taking part in a half marathon for the first time.
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NewsPenny Petroleum boss pledges to advocate for female colleagues
Female leaders have a responsibility to “fly the flag” for fellow women coming up through the ranks said Penny Petroleum’s chief executive Vicky Smithson on an industry panel at the NEC’s National Convenience Show last week.
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NewsRoadside Real Estate to acquire 12-forecourt Hills portfolio
Ambitious industry newcomer Roadside Real Estate is acquiring the Hills portfolio of 12 petrol stations.
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NewsPark Garage Group signs 80-site agreement with Co-op Wholesale
Park Garage Group (PGG) has gone live with the first of its 80 forecourts to switch to Co-op Wholesale supplies, in a move to give greater emphasis to chilled ’eat now and later’ products.