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Ireland will have highest diesel taxes in EU after Budget 2025, says industry group

Cost of increases will fall on people in border region, says Fuels for Ireland, due to differential in prices between Republic and Northern Ireland

Mon Aug 19 2024 - 00:00

Regulator signs off on Maxol takeover of Naas Fuels

Deal brings the number of Maxol-branded sites across the island of Ireland to 252

Fri Jul 12 2024 - 18:09

Circle K purchases nine forecourts and shops from retail group Pelco

Acquisition increases total Circle K locations in Ireland to 419, but requires competition watchdog approval

Fri Jul 05 2024 - 14:50

Forecourt operator Circle K signs deal with EDF to buy electricity from its solar farms

Petrol station owner to use EDF Renewables Ireland to power its business here

Fri Jun 28 2024 - 06:00

Fuel prices for motorists to rise as excise duty cuts are partially restored

Lobby group FFI has called for an expert group to be established to examine fiscal policies relating to energy and for further excise duty increases to be paused until the next budget

Mon Apr 01 2024 - 05:30

Service station chain Circle K avoids UK and Asian biofuel imports

Concerns growing that so-called reprocessed waste cooking oil used in biofuel may actually be palm oil

Fri Mar 29 2024 - 06:00

French investor enters Irish market with €4.6m deal on College Green

Altixia REIM in line for 7.23% net initial yield following purchase of Circle K premises near Trinity College Dublin

Wed Mar 27 2024 - 05:55

Gift cards deliver profits of over €10m for One4all

More than half of revenues come from inactive balance charges and card administration fees, figures from GVS parent TSC Ventures indicate

Sat Feb 10 2024 - 00:00

Three young people killed in Carlow crash named locally

Two men and woman believed to be car enthusiasts and knew each other through meeting at garage near where incident occurred on N80

Thu Feb 01 2024 - 21:30

Circle K to expand installation of Ionity EV chargers

Company is also investing €7m in its own high-speed charging points

Thu Jan 18 2024 - 13:13

Circle K apologises after ‘inadvertently’ filling petrol pumps with diesel in Kildare service station

Diesel put into petrol pumps at service station on the N7 for several hours on Saturday

Mon Jul 31 2023 - 18:17

US debt ceiling, Interpath hires Liam Booth, Ireland’s potential tax shortfall, and protecting your finances as a stay-at-home parent

Business Today: the best news, analysis and comment from The Irish Times business desk

Wed May 10 2023 - 06:59

College Green retail investment portfolio guiding at €6m

Prime Dublin city centre block is generating €352,000 in annual rental income from Starbucks and Circle K

Wed May 10 2023 - 06:00

Circle K to invest €7m in own brand electric car chargers

Company will install new chargers at 30 forecourts around the country by 2025

Wed May 03 2023 - 09:48

Circle K moves to block proposed Applegreen service area near Dunshaughlin

An Bord Pleanala previously refused plans for a service station at the same location

Thu Apr 13 2023 - 17:06

Most retail workers have experienced customer abuse, survey finds

Circle K research finds 83% of retail workers report harassment from customers

Wed Jan 25 2023 - 11:41

Circle K Ireland’s delivery fleet to be fuelled by HVO renewable diesel

Company says move is the equivalent of more than 2,000 cars being removed from the road

Mon Nov 14 2022 - 15:09

Donnybrook apartment block plan approved on appeal

Developers reduce height of proposed block on Circle K filling station site to 10 storeys

Wed Aug 17 2022 - 17:26

Rally set to proceed marking 1945 Red army victory over Nazis

Ukrainian communities fear midlands cavalcade a covert attempt to back Russian invasion

Thu May 05 2022 - 18:14

Revenue at Circle K falls by a third as Covid-19 keeps people off the roads

Company accounts show it repaid State for wage subsidies received during pandemic

Fri Apr 08 2022 - 12:13

Emer McLysaght: Ireland’s best pitstop – we’re spoilt for choice

How I love the motorway service stations of Ireland. Let me count the ways

Sat Mar 26 2022 - 00:06

Retail lurched in 2021 from winter lockdown to summer boom

Reviving city centre retail and labour shortage will be big challenges for year ahead

Sat Jan 01 2022 - 05:24

Number of people injured after truck hits multiple vehicles at Dublin Airport

Collisions occurred at about 7.20pm outside Terminal One and on airport departure road

Wed Dec 22 2021 - 21:59

Looking for a new current account? Here are your options

With Ulster and KBC withdrawing, customers need new homes for their money

Tue Nov 30 2021 - 05:42

Circle K agrees €300m supply deal with Musgrave

Deal will see Musgrave supply over 165 Circle K forecourts with range of food items

Mon Nov 22 2021 - 10:41

Irish-founded The Naked Collective closes €6.2m funding round

Healthy drinks firm will use funding to support expansion plans overseas

Fri Nov 05 2021 - 05:38

Brody Sweeney ready to deliver with Camile Thai as he targets UK market

Entrepreneur not afraid to take business ‘punts’ but also still holds a candle for politics

Fri Oct 22 2021 - 12:30

Switch to electric vehicles faces uphill battle, survey of Irish motorists suggests

Findings of Circle K study show gulf between State policy and public confidence

Tue Sept 21 2021 - 05:00

What Circle K’s move onto city streets tells us about the future of forecourts

Bid to buy 10 Dublin Londis stores comes as its existing outlets face period of great change

Sat Sept 11 2021 - 06:05

Forecourt retailer Circle K buys 10 Dublin convenience stores

Canadian group buys 10 high-profile Londis convenience outlets from Griffin Group

Fri Sept 10 2021 - 21:04

ESB sues truck makers, Circle-K and cashless tills, and tax on share options

Business Today: the best news, analysis and comment from The Irish Times business desk

Mon Aug 09 2021 - 06:34

Circle K installs automated machines to stop staff handling cash

Move ‘end of an era’ for shop tills as machines placed in 74 of company’s locations

Mon Aug 09 2021 - 05:02

Lorry driver shortage risks ‘severe’ impact on goods distribution

Seen & Heard: TikTok’s Dublin campus, Facebook’s first refusal, and a data protection stand-off

Sun Jul 11 2021 - 11:52

Thief who pepper-sprayed and beat man with cerebral palsy is jailed

Phillip McCabe (22) also stole a purse and iPhone from Spanish woman on same date

Thu Jul 08 2021 - 15:46

‘It’s literally a dream come true’: Kilkenny family claims €12.7m Lotto jackpot

The prize is the 12th-largest jackpot win since the game was introduced in 1988

Mon Jun 21 2021 - 18:52

Infrastructure key to electric vehicle changeover

‘It is vital that the Government provides ambitious State funding for the EV project’

Wed Jun 16 2021 - 00:00

Circle K to start selling Covid-19 antigen tests from this weekend

Product manufactured in Germany and is supplied through Irish pharma group MyBio

Fri Jun 04 2021 - 12:40

Antigen test accuracy rate ‘does not sound right’, says HSE clinical lead

Colm Henry questions accuracy, as antigen tests to be sold at Circle K petrol stations

Fri Jun 04 2021 - 11:44

Planning refused for 12-storey apartment block in Donnybrook

Development ‘one of highest numbers of units anywhere in world’, says councillor

Mon Apr 26 2021 - 05:15

The Naked Collective bags Oscar for its healthy drink

Irish company’s Mude drink to be included in goodie bag given to attendees

Wed Apr 14 2021 - 05:30

Shane Ryan relishing life in the pool again as Tokyo looms

Ireland’s American swimmer struggled with lockdown but is now raring for the Olympics

Fri Mar 26 2021 - 06:00

Irish alarm company Homesecure sells to Norwegian group for €25m

Company’s revenue rose by 27% to €4.85m in 2019

Tue Mar 16 2021 - 20:46

New Covid testing for French-bound hauliers catches a positive case

Almost 200 drivers tested on first day of new detection system to meet new French rules

Thu Jan 28 2021 - 22:23

France issues ‘clear and final no’ over Carrefour takeover bid

Canadian owner of Circle K is attempting to buy the French supermarket chain

Fri Jan 15 2021 - 16:11

Gas demand rises as temperatures fall, but Covid-19 impact weighs

Restrictions on travel and leisure industry hit demand

Wed Nov 25 2020 - 07:48

Retail is not a hotbed of infection, so why not let shops reopen?

Caveat: Policymakers still don’t seem to know which restrictions combat virus rates

Fri Nov 13 2020 - 05:02

Irish retailers are not hotbeds of Covid-19 infection, figures suggest

Data indicates retail workers are not being infected at higher rate than general public

Mon Oct 19 2020 - 05:00

The Irish boss steering Circle K through Brexit and a pandemic

Gordon Lawlor is in charge of the country’s largest chain of fuel retailers at a particularly tricky time

Sat Oct 17 2020 - 06:30

Irish software firm Intouch.com appoints ex-Coca-Cola chief

Francisco Crespo takes board role as firm nears end of multimillion euro funding round

Mon Aug 17 2020 - 05:30

€12.5m sought for Clonskeagh office building rented by Ericsson group

Sale of Boole House includes adjoining site with full planning permission for five-storey office block

Wed Aug 05 2020 - 05:45

Lotto jackpot: ‘We have absolutely no idea who the winner is’

Cork retailer says he hopes new mystery millionaire is a local customer

Wed Jun 24 2020 - 08:44

Hard learned lessons in leading a business through a crisis

Top 1000: Winners of the Irish Times Business Person of the Month award tell us how they navigate choppy waters and how they expect to fare in the future

Fri Jun 12 2020 - 06:00