{"id":14533,"date":"2016-12-21T16:10:32","date_gmt":"2016-12-21T16:10:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ihbconline.co.uk\/newsachive\/?p=14533"},"modified":"2016-12-20T15:48:23","modified_gmt":"2016-12-20T15:48:23","slug":"ihbc-cpd-boost-reuters-industry-feature-regenerated-petrol-stations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/?p=14533","title":{"rendered":"IHBC CPD boost: Reuters &#038; industry feature regenerated petrol stations"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em><a href=\"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/petrol_stations1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright  wp-image-14534\" src=\"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/petrol_stations1-169x300.jpg\" alt=\"petrol_stations1\" width=\"121\" height=\"215\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/petrol_stations2-e1482248822732.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright  wp-image-14535\" src=\"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/petrol_stations2-169x300.jpg\" alt=\"petrol_stations2\" width=\"121\" height=\"215\" \/><\/a><\/em><u><\/u>From art deco apartments in Sussex to a trendy burger bar in London, some of England&#8217;s former petrol stations are enjoying a new lease of life following creative makeovers as reported by the Petroleum Industry Association (PIC).<\/p>\n<p><em>Photo: D. Mays<\/em><\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Reuters writes:<\/p>\n<p>In London, a distinctive old petrol station forecourt has bloomed into a florist. Another enjoyed a spell as an open air cinema before closure and an expected renovation into commercial property.<\/p>\n<p>The overhaul opportunities have been created as more than 20,000 stations closed in the United Kingdom over the past 40 years, according to the U.K.&#8217;s Petroleum Industry Association (PIC).<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/widerimage.reuters.com\/story\/bringing-old-petrol-stations-back-to-life\" target=\"_blank\">See the photo essay<\/a>\u00a0and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/us-britain-gasoline-stations-idUSKBN1431OD\" target=\"_blank\">read the article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>From art deco apartments in Sussex to a trendy burger bar in London, some of England&#8217;s former petrol stations are enjoying a new lease of life following creative makeovers as reported by the Petroleum Industry Association (PIC). Photo: D. Mays<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-14533","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-ihbc-newsblog"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14533","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=14533"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14533\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14536,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14533\/revisions\/14536"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=14533"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=14533"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=14533"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}