01.06.2009
Barber Wadlow partnership formed
Amanda Barber, former Equity Partner and founder of the Automotive & Roadside department at GVA Grimley over 20 years ago, has formed a new partnership, Barber Wadlow, with Adam Wadlow, also formerly of...
13.05.2009
Euro Garages: three new sites and more on the way
Blackburn-based Euro Garages, number four in the Forecourt Trader Top 50 Indies list, has acquired three more sites taking its total to 75. The new acquisitions are a one-acre brownfield site on the...
13.05.2009
Motorists are now paying an extra 2.12p per litre of petrol as a Government fuel tax increase comes into force.
Last year, fuel prices were at record levels, encouraging the Government to delay the plans to increase duty. Sue Robinson, director of the Retail Motor Industry Federation said: “Yet again the Government is...
13.05.2009
First substantial company liquidation in the fuel retailing sector
Dolphin Retail, which has 22 petrol filling stations in Scotland and Yorkshire, has gone into liquidation, according to the Peebleshire News. A spokesman for Dolphin stated that the company was quite profitable, but...