Top 50 independent retailer Karan Retail has added to its growing portfolio of sites with the purchase of an award-winning site in Scotland – Bridgend Services. The site is located in Freuchie, Fife, and won the title of Best Site in Scotland in the 4mlpa-plus category at the 2020 Forecourt Trader Awards. It was owned […]
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BP Pulse and Shell ReCharge are among 18 founding members of ChargeUK, a new trade association for the UK’s EV charging industry which has launched today. Between them the members of ChargeUK have announced they will invest over £6bn installing and operating new EV charging infrastructure by 2030. They will install tens of thousands of
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Gridserve and Moto have opened two new Electric Super Hubs at Moto Washington North and South on the A1(M). Each of the Electric Super Hubs has six 350kW-capable high-power chargers, joining the Gridserve Electric Highway network of more than 160 locations. To make it as easy as possible for customers to charge their EV, all
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Connected Kerb and Surrey County Council has announced that together, they will take the lead role in delivering the 10,000 electric vehicle (EV) charge points needed across the county by 2030. The rollout – which claims to be the largest deployment of EV chargers by a UK local authority – will see charge points installed
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MFG has revealed plans to invest £50m in EV charging hubs this year, as part of its commitment to invest £400m in EV infrastructure by 2030. £50m planned investment in EV hubs during 2023 New hubs, opening in 2023 will provide a further 360 ultra-rapid chargers on the MFG network MFG has 54 hubs open
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Moto Reading Westbound is the 21st ultra-rapid electric vehicle charging hub opened by Moto, Gridserve and Tesla as part the UK’s biggest EV charging network roll-out on the motorways. Moto is aiming to install 1,600 ultra-rapid chargers by the end of the decade. Moto CEO, Ken McMeikan, has issued a warning about the energy required
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A new report by New AutoMotive claims the UK is on track to meet the government’s target of 300,000 public chargers for electric cars by 2030. Report takes stock of the UK’s public charging network as UK progresses towards electrified transport and government target of at least 300,000 public chargers by 2030. Zero Emission Vehicle
EG Group is now aiming to demolish at least eight of its petrol filling stations to make way for Asda convenience stores or foodservice developments after it applied for permission for a £2.5m scheme in Wolverhampton. The company wants to demolish its Esso filling station and Spar store at Colway Road, Merry Hill, and replace
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Monte Blackburn Ltd, a development company owned by EG Group’s Issa brothers, has finally been granted permission to break ground on a new £5m service station development at the end of the M65 in Colne, Lancashire. The plans for the site off Whitewalls Drive in Colne had previously been rejected because they were ‘out of
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A visual overhaul can transform a forecourt from passive and functional to engaging and attractive – a place where drivers make an active choice to rest, relax and recharge rather than a quick pit stop. Service stations are a ubiquitous part of the driving experience, but what makes a customer choose one over the other?
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