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Crossing the finishing line
...won what was to become one of the company’s highest profile contracts to date, right on the doorstep of its Stratford depot. Awarded by the Olympic Development Authority (ODA) A&A...
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Phillips 66 – the perfect vehicle to talk
Out on the road – Pete, Lindsey and Guy at Old Trafford A few months after the Conoco Phillips demerger to create a business dedicated solely to its downstream operations,...
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The benefits of tank telemetry implementation
An interview with Alan Keyes, Glen Fuels Background Glen Fuels is currently run by my brother Kevin and me. It was set up in 1986 by our parents, Kevin Snr....
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Life begins at 40
...whom have come through the ranks. Steve Moulin is Leicester’s new manager, Mark Gamble takes the reigns at Wellingborough and Mark Varley has been promoted at Watford. Clive Morin has been...
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TEAM INEOS and the Tour De Yorkshire
...Jim Ratcliffe, founder and chairman of INEOS, Chris Froome, who is is aiming to win a record-equalling fifth Tour riding for Team INEOS this July, and Sir Dave Brailsford, Team...
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Spring statement sees ‘biggest ever’ cut to fuel duty
...fuel duty will help logistics businesses to afford to keep supplying the nation with the goods it needs in the face of increasing fuel prices and other inflationary pressures, comments...
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Views on the government’s plans to abolish the red diesel subsidy
...to farmers and construction companies.’ Speaking with John Ford of Ford Fuel Oils, he told Fuel Oil News that in his opinion: “Scrapping the gas oil rebate not only hits...
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Essar – new roadside development
...at one of its branded retail outlets at Moulsford in Oxfordshire, with several more planned to follow suit in 2019. The station is one of 12 MPK sites recently unveiled...
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Energy Minister challenges JCB to accelerate hydrogen engine development
...success in developing engines powered by the zero-carbon fuel. Mr Shapps was hosted by JCB Chairman Lord Bamford and JCB CEO Graeme Macdonald, on a visit to JCB Power Systems...
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Training standard welcomed
“The DODF training standard will build on the good practice that already exists in many parts of the industry,” says Colin Rutherford, general manager, Turners Establishing a common training standard...
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Lubricants rally to testing conditions
Fuelled by Morris Lubricants, the three Group 4 RS 1800 Mark 2 Ford Escorts that will be competing in the East African Classic Safari Rally Shrewsbury-based Morris Lubricants is to...
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FTA’s response to emission zone postponement
The Freight Transport Association has responded to the news that the introduction of Oxford’s Zero Emission Zone (ZEZ) is due to be postponed with Birmingham City Council and Leeds City...
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Call for urgent heat policy intervention
...so cannot afford to adequately heat their homes to stay warm and well. Over the 2016/17 winter period, England and Wales saw an estimated 34,300 excess winter deaths – a...
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Servicing customers
...______________________________________________________________ Providing customers with a one stop shop service Dorset-based Ford Fuel Oils currently has a team of five engineers operating in the south west. “As a fuel company, we...
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Excitement builds for soon to be announced key industry award
...hugely impressed not only by the ultimate winner but also by the attitudes and achievements of all nominees.” Recent winners include Clifford Tappin of Lovell Fuels, Buckinghamshire, who was named...
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Wrightbus to recruit for more than 40 new jobs
...around the world. With interest for the hydrogen double-deckers from UK cities and from around the world, Wrightbus CEO Jo Bamford said the new jobs would allow production to keep...
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Gas grid and storage facilities in the UK
...(20% of UK demand). This is the largest LNG terminal in Europe South Hook, Milford Haven – jointly owned by Qatar Petroleum (67.5%), Esso (24.15%) and Total (8.35%), the site...
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New Volvo trucks for Veterans into Logistics
...trucks and being out on the road. As a family, we have booked several holidays which we would never have been able to afford before.” To add to an already...