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HGV drivers value recognised by pay deal

...a further 3% increase granted from September to December 2021. Following negotiations with Wincanton, GMB union has welcomed the deal as ‘a good outcome’ for members driving these specialist HGVs...

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Ministers urged to secure future oil refining capacity

...to rescue Coryton, while the French government stepped in with 16 million euros to save its Petroplus-owned refinery. The union accused the UK government of hiding behind so-called EU competition...
Coryton Oil Refinery in Essex

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Workers protest over Coryton sale

...other potential buyers who would have kept the refinery open. Unite Union national officer, Linda McCulloch, said: “There are some major questions to answer over the sale of Coryton. We...

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TSA Annual Review 2019

...Paul Denmead, director of terminal operations, UK at World Fuel Services, highlights that ‘being no further forward in terms of understanding what our exit from the European Union will look...
The Virgin Group and Agilyx have announced a partnership to develop lower carbon sustainable aviation fuels from plastic waste in a significant development for the transition to future fuels.

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Virgin Group partners with Agilyx for low carbon biofuels

...forming this strategic partnership with Agilyx.” Such partnerships are key in helping the European Union achieve its ambitions of decarbonising aviation by relying on ever increasing shares of low-carbon fuels...