Hugo Griffiths

1 week ago | forecourttrader.co.uk | Hugo Griffiths

Staff from The Brookfield Group, which owns and operates eight forecourts and leases out a further 13, are taking part in the London Marathon and the Boston Marathon to raise money for a children’s charity. Brookfield’s Aziz Patel and Maksud Valli Patel will take part in Massachusetts’ famed Boston Marathon on 21 April, while nine staff members from the firm will enter the London Marathon on 27 April.

1 week ago | forecourttrader.co.uk | Hugo Griffiths

InPost, which operates around 9,000 drop-off and collection lockers around the UK, including at numerous forecourts, has acquired delivery firm Yodel in a £106m deal that creates the third largest logistics firm in the UK.

1 week ago | forecourttrader.co.uk | Hugo Griffiths

Independent forecourt operator Tankerford is installing washing machines at six of its sites, broadening the services the firm offers. Installations will commence in the coming days at four confirmed sites, with data being finalised for a further two forecourts. “We’re looking at ways of keeping up with the market as it keeps growing and transitioning, and it’s a no brainer for us”, Tankerford’s retail sales director, Jamie Wheeler told Forecourt Trader.

1 week ago | forecourttrader.co.uk | Hugo Griffiths

Roadworks are being lifted on 1,127 miles of motorways and A roads in time for the Easter getaway, when an expected 21 million people will take to the road. National Highways, which operates the UK’s Strategic Road Network of motorways and major A roads, has completed some significant projects ahead of the upcoming four-day weekend, and is pausing other schemes to help ease congestion.

1 week ago | forecourttrader.co.uk | Hugo Griffiths

Source: UK Power Networks EV chargers are increasingly being combined with large batteries to optimise electricity use, and a new installation at Gridserve’s Gatwick hub has seen two 3.6 megaWatt-hour batteries installed to store energy generated by on-site solar panels. The vast batteries, supplied by SYL, are designed to store electricity harnessed by the site’s 114 photovoltaic panels, which can generate up to 33.3 kiloWatts, using this energy to charge EVs during hours of peak energy demand.