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24.01.2020
Six petrol forecourt sites have been sold off by the neighbourhood retail giant McColl’s. With just seven forecourt sites among its 1,550 managed convenience stores and newsagents, the fuel side of McColl’s operation...
22.01.2020
Euro Garages has won planning permission for a petrol filling station and convenience store next to a business park in Bridgnorth in Shropshire. The site already had planning permission for a petrol station,...
16.01.2020
Vertu Motors has added to the recent flurry of acquisitions and disposals within the Volkswagen retail network with the £8.8 million acquisition of four dealerships from Sytner Group. A total of 10 VW...
14.01.2020
Birmingham City Council is looking to ban private vehicles from driving through the city centre to help cut air pollution. Birmingham City Council’s newly published transport plan proposes that vehicles will be able...
13.01.2020
Barber Wadlow’s Forecourt Property Value Index* (in association with Experian Catalist) recorded a 3% value increase in 2019, the eighth consecutive year of growth. The Index has now achieved a 38% increase over...
08.01.2020
Oxford City Council and Oxfordshire County Council have detailed plans for the UK’s first Zero Emissions Zone (ZEZ) in final draft proposals to help improve the city’s air quality. The ZEZ will ban...
06.01.2020
UK new car sales fell to a six-year low in 2019 down -2.4% to 2.3m units, according to figures from the SMMT. The market was hit by a freefall in demand for diesel...
20.12.2019
UK car production fell by 16.5% in November, with 107,753 units manufactured, according to figures released today by the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT). Year-to-date car production drops is down 14.5%,...
20.12.2019
Jet Retail UK Limited has increased its company operation by acquiring Harrogate Investments Limited and its operating company, Kenworth Limited, from owner Barry Raw. The acquisition, which took effect on 19th December 2019,...
18.12.2019
Plans to launch the UK’s first 24/7 zero emission street have been backed by The City of London Corporation in a bid to improve air quality in the Square Mile. Beech Street is...