BP
This coverage analyses BP’s UK retail strategy, focusing on its convenience and mobility operations. Reporting highlights investments in retail capability, leadership changes, and its expanded partnership with M&S to strengthen food offerings. It also examines BP’s development of EV charging hubs and adaptation to the energy transition, offering insights for professionals tracking fuel retail, convenience stores, and sustainable retail infrastructure.
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Jan- 2022 -14 JanuarySupermarkets
M&S Food and BP extend partnership
BP and M&S Food have agreed to extend their convenience partnership until 2030, in a bid to evolve their forecourt offering “as customers’ behaviour changes over the next decade”. The businesses will build upon a 16-year relationship, having first partnered in 2005, and M&S Food is now available at almost…
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Nov- 2021 -25 NovemberPeople Moves
Asda unveils new board appointments
Asda has appointed Lord Rose as its new chairman and Dame Alison Carnwath as non-executive director, with both appointments taking effect from 1 December. Rose is currently chairman of Zenith Automotive and the EG Group. Previously, he was CEO and executive chairman of Marks and Spencer, and he has also…
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Jun- 2021 -21 JuneNews
New report reveals the retailers with the best brand logos
Researchers polled the nation to discover the most iconic brands with The Nike swoosh – designed by Carolyn Davidson in 1971 – coming top (44%), followed by the ubiquitous Apple logo (34%), the brainchild of graphic designer Rob Janoff. In third place was Mickey Mouse’s famous circular ears (21%), used…
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May- 2021 -20 MaySupermarkets
Moto Hospitality appoints retail director
Moto Hospitality has announced the appointment of Nikki Rogers as its first retail director, reporting directly to Nick Tatum, the company’s chief customer officer. Rogers previously worked for Blakemore as proposition and food solutions director and before that held various senior leadership roles at BP. Moto is one the UK’s…
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Apr- 2021 -13 AprilClothing & Shoes
New Look appoints new chief technology officer
New Look has announced the appointment of Ed Alford to the newly created role of chief technology officer (CTO) with immediate effect. Alford brings over 20 years of international business experience in technology and joins the retailers executive team alongside Nigel Oddy (CEO), Richard Collyer (CFO), Clare Dobbie (chief customer…
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Jun- 2020 -26 JunePeople Moves
Card Factory CEO announces departure
Card Factory has announced the departure of CEO, Karen Hubbard, after four years in the role. During her time as CEO, Hubbard supported the transition of Card Factory from a recently listed company to an established plc. Prior to joining the card retailer, Hubbard held senior positions at B&M Retail,…
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Sep- 2018 -24 SeptemberComment
What’s the secret of the forecourt store?
While the struggles facing the retail sector have been widely reported over recent months, it seems forecourt stores are bucking the trend. However, with petrol sales in decline in the move to greener motoring, is their success sustainable and what might the forecourt store of 2040 look like? At a…
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Jan- 2018 -22 JanuaryGovernment
Co-op creates modern slavery job lifeline programme
The Co-op is creating a national scheme that allows employers to help survivors of modern slavery by offering them permanent employment within its business. The project is based on the Co-op’s Bright Future programme, which provides survivors with a four-week paid work placement leading to a non-competitive interview. If they…
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17 JanuaryNews
Petrol station retailer signs deal with Wave
RH has signed a three-year deal with national water retailer Wave to supply water and wastewater services which will deliver cost savings of least £67,000. The independent petrol station and forecourt retail company is most well-known for it’s 489 sites in England and Scotland, such as Esso, BP or Shell. Its…
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