Forecourt Trader

25/09/2026

Motorway services operator Welcome Break has published its year-end results for 2025, revealing the firm made £142m on turnover of £1.2bn.

Motorway services operator Welcome Break has published its year-end results for 2025, revealing the firm made £142m on turnover of £1.2bn.

25/09/2026

Atlas Retailers, which operates 17 forecourts and is targeting 100, has been refused permission to open a forecourt in Bradford on a 24-hour basis.

25/09/2026

The vast majority of motorists believe the government should step in and offer support to combat the UK’s soaring fuel prices, a survey of 10,000 drivers has found.

The vast majority of motorists believe the government should step in and offer support to combat the UK's soaring fuel prices, a survey of 10,000 drivers has found.

25/09/2026

Wholesaler Unitas has developed a tool to help retailers calculate the impact of the forthcoming Deposit Return Scheme, which all shops selling drinks in signle-use plastic and metal bottles and cans will have to take part in.

Wholesaler Unitas has developed a tool to help retailers calculate the impact of the forthcoming Deposit Return Scheme, which all shops selling drinks in plastic bottles and metal cans will have to take part in.

24/09/2026

Diesel is close to reaching the all-time price high it achieved in 2022, with an average litre of the fuel set to exceed £2, and 15% of forecourts already pricing it at or above that point.

Diesel is close to reaching the all-time price high it achieved in 2022, with an average litre of the fuel set to exceed £2, and 15% of forecourts already pricing it at or above that point.

24/09/2026

Officers from Herefordshire Constabulary have announced that 12 people, 11 of whom are from the same two families, have been charged in connection with a series of 600 fuel thefts in the region.

24/09/2026

Sharply rising wholesale fuel costs have seen forecourt operators in the UK increase their prices 102,274 times already this month, four times the number of price hikes that were implemented in the whole of August.

Sharply rising wholesale fuel costs have seen forecourt operators in the UK increase their prices 102,274 times already this month, four times the number of price hikes that were implemented in the whole of August.

23/09/2026

Phillips 66, owner of the Jet brand, has reached a significant milestone as it integrates hardware bought from the defunct Lindsey refinery into its nearby Humber refinery.

Phillips 66, owner of the Jet brand, has reached a significant milestone as it integrates hardware bought from the defunct Lindsey refinery into its nearby Humber refinery.

23/09/2026

Co-op Wholesale, which supplies around 600 forecourts, has kept its revenue stream steady in the first six months of the year, though losses have increased, with its parent organisation undergoing a “long-term reset” of its operations.

Co-op Wholesale, which supplies around 600 forecourts, has kept its revenue stream steady in the first six months of the year, though losses have increased, with its parent organisation undergoing a "long-term reset" of its operations.

23/09/2026

A Gulf customer has won a holiday to Barcelona despite having forgotten they entered the competition in the first place.

A Gulf customer has won a holiday to Barcelona despite having forgotten they entered the competition in the first place.