he cancellation of a planned rise in fuel duty announced by the Chancellor Rishi Sunak in today’s Budget has been welcomed. Brian Madderson, PRA chairman, welcomed the Chancellors confirmation that fuel duty would continue to be frozen for a further 12 months – the 12th year in a row that this tax has been unchanged. ”The levy […]
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EG Group has confirmed that it has agreed a deal with a single potential purchaser for the 27 sites it needs to divest to satisfy competition concerns about the takeover of Asda, and its owners are reported to be planning to roll out Asda on the Move c-stores widely across its UK forecourt estate. Speaking
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E10 has become the new standard grade of petrol as of yesterday, but nearly a quarter of motorists are unaware of the change according to the RAC. The fuel is arriving across forecourts in Great Britain now, and is due to arrive in Northern Ireland in early 2022. E10 petrol contains up to 10% bioethanol,
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The number one Top 50 Indies forecourt operator Motor Fuel Group (MFG) has acquired six forecourts in the Lake District from fellow Top 50 Indie AUK Investments. Commenting on the purchase William Bannister, chief executive officer at MFG, said: “AUK is a well-respected family business in the Lake District and the six stations that we
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Today we fill up our cars with petrol from pumps at filling stations, but for the first 25 years of British motoring such things didn’t exist. Instead, you could only buy petrol in two-gallon cans from chemists, hardware shops and hotels, as well as from garages. Then petrol filling stations began to appear. Surviving with
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