Forecourt Trader

24/11/2025

Forecourt security firm Vars Technology has been granted access to the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency's main database, speeding up retailer redress for drive-offs and no means of payment incidents.

Forecourt security firm Vars Technology has been granted access to the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency's main database, allowing the firm to use number plates to look up and contact the registered keepers of vehicles associated with drive-offs and no means of payment incidents.

24/11/2025

Chargepoint firm Believ has won a contract to install 470 on-street chargepoints across North Lincolnshire.

It was only this summer we reported chargepoint firm Believ had secured £300m in funding from various firms, and the company is now putting at least some of that cash to use after winning a contract to install 470 on-street chargepoints across North Lincolnshire.

24/11/2025

Drive-offs may often go uninvestigated by authorities, but officers from Hampshire and Isle of Wight Police are actively seeking a man suspected of stealing £800 worth of fuel.

24/11/2025

A new EV charging hub is to be built in Peterborough, Cambridgeshire, on a plot of land that is close to two major transport routes in the city, and currently trades as a hand car wash.

A new EV charging hub is to be built in Peterborough, Cambridgeshire, on a plot of land that is close to two major tranport routes in the city, and currently trades as a hand car wash.

24/11/2025

Thaya Nalliah, the driving force behind Top 50 Indie NTS Group, says he is leading the business into a new chapter of growth.

Thaya Nalliah, the driving force behind Top 50 Indie NTS Group, says he is leading the business into a new chapter of growth.

24/11/2025

A crackdown on illegal vapes is to be announced in Wednesday's Budget, with retailers who breach the rules facing fines of £10,000 and prison sentences.

21/11/2025

Food to go may be the "shining mission" that forecourt operators are going after to protect against declining categories such as to***co. But developing meals for tonight and top-up could give better results.

21/11/2025

Chargepoint operator Allego has opened a new set of EV sockets in Westbury, Wiltshire: "one of only a handful" in the county.

Chargepoint operator Allego has opened a new set of EV sockets in Westbury, Wilts. The development on the A3098 is said to be "one of only a handful" in the county.

21/11/2025

Rontec, which operates 267 forecourts, has partnered with The Royal National Institute of Blind People to raise over £50,000 for the charity.

Rontec, which operates 267 forecourts, has partnered with The Royal National Institute of Blind People to raise over £50,000 for the charity.

21/11/2025

A planning application that has been in progress for over four years has concluded with Top 50 Indie Valli Forecourts being refused planning permission to build a new filling station.

A planning application that has been in progress for over four years has concluded with Top 50 Indie Valli Forecourts being refused permission to build a new filling station, with the complex project seeing a local MP, plus a rival forecourt operator, lodge objections to the plans.

20/11/2025

Motorway services operator Roadchef has again been recognised as one of the best companies to work for in the UK, being named the best firm in Scotland.

Motorway services operator Roadchef has again been recognised as one of the best companies to work for in the UK, being named the best firm in Scotland, and the third best firm employing over 2,000 people in the UK.

20/11/2025

Top 50 Indie Park Garage Group continues to replace Greggs concessions with its in-house Bakery 79 concept, and is opening its latest outlet in Bearsted, Kent this week.

Top 50 Indie Park Garage Group, which operates 77 forecourts across the UK, is continuing to replace Greggs concessions with its in-house Bakery 79 concept, and is opening its latest outlet in Bearsted, Kent this week.