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Ministers have begun the process of reversing the previous government's decision to delay the ban on sales of new petrol and diesel cars to 2035.

Exelby Services has fitted a battery system at its Whitwood truck stop in Castleford that will allow it to store energy generated by solar panels more effectively, as its "next step in the site's energy efficiency journey".

Nisa Retail managing director Peter Batt is leaving the business after just over two years in charge.

EV motorists have charged their vehicles two million times at Moto's sites across the UK's motorway network this year, powering 135 million miles of EV drivers' journeys.

A family-owned haulier is championing HVO after making a commitment to sustainability for its customers.

Unfortunately 2024 will be partly remembered for all the criminal activity in the retail sector, with forecourts hit by a double whammy of drive-offs and shoplifting.

No half-decent forecourt operation is complete nowadays without a good food-to-go offer and 2024 was another year of innovation across the category.

When readers of the highly anticipated Top 50 Indies report, which came out in February 2024, saw how EG Group had dropped from the number two position to number 11 they may have understandably been shocked. But former EG Group co-CEO Zuber Issa has been building a new UK forecourt empire since then.

The change in government in July led to the ban on the sale of new ICE vehicles being brought forward to its original 2030 date. However, things are not going as planned as low consumer demand dogs the EV market.