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23.11.2018
Forecourts have the highest food-to-go spend across convenience, according to exclusive research from HIM – a leading shopper insights agency within convenience, wholesale, discounters and foodservice. Their performance compares favourably against independent convenience...
02.11.2018
The PRA has obtained written confirmation from the Treasury that petrol filling stations are covered by the Small Business Rates Relief scheme announced by the Chancellor in the Budget earlier this week. Philip...
02.11.2018
Harvest Energy’s parent company Prax Group has bought the sixth ranked company in the Top 50 Indies, HKS, for an undisclosed sum. In the 2018 Top 50 Indies, Leicester-based HKS had 68 sites...
08.10.2018
Stoneacre Motor Group is set to achieve its ambition of becoming a £1 billion turnover car retail group early following the acquisition of four Mill Garages Northeast Ltd Volvo dealerships. The AM100’s 17th-placed...
03.10.2018
Award-winning dealer Nick Baker has sold his business to the owner of the Jet brand, Phillips 66, and the oil company says it is looking for acquisitions. The company said it had been...
17.09.2018
Lookers has said that it will continue to be “a major consolidator” after confirming that it is set to complete the acquisition of Jennings Motor Group for an undisclosed sum. AM exclusively reported...
14.09.2018
Fuel and food to go missions are continuing to lose relevance for forecourt stores, according to exclusive research from the shopper insights agency HIM. The insight, from HIM’s Winning In Forecourts 2018 report,...
05.09.2018
Drive Motor Retail is set to increase its presence with Vauxhall in the North East with the addition of three new dealerships through the acquisition of Darlington-based Sherwoods Group. Sherwoods, which was established as a...
31.08.2018
The UK’s food-to-go sector is set to grow at twice the rate of overall grocery retail, with international research organisation IGD predicting the channel will grow to £22.8bn by 2023, up from £17.8bn...
20.08.2018
The BGF has exited a Leicester-headquartered business which operates forecourts under the Texaco and Gulf brands. The fund initially backed MPK Garages with £7m in March 2016, alongside a further £7m from HSBC....