Insight
UK Downstream: the changing landscape
...of new ICE cars are due to be banned? The over-arching determinant will be the pace of the energy transition and the accompanying rate of EV adoption; recent estimates suggest...
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Changes to the drug driving law
...convicted you will receive a minimum 12-month driving ban; a criminal record; and a fine of up to £5000 or up to six months in prison or both. Through its...
News
Clean Air Zones – is your fleet up to the challenge?
...to electric trucks for urban deliveries, with a small fleet of FUSO eCanter vehicles currently being rolled out with a major customer. However, we realise not all providers will be...
News
Over 100 companies add signatures of support to industry letter to Secretary of State
...is deeply critical of the former government’s decision to change the oil boiler ban date and to provide heat pump exemptions for up to 20% of homes without outlining any...
Interview
Alfons Haar Ltd: proudly celebrating 75 years
...live band and superb speeches from Bastian and Thomas. There were even demonstrations of some of our products!” The future for the business “The changes in the world seen by...
News
FTA’s response to emission zone postponement
...and we also support Birmingham City Council and Leeds City Council in their requests to government to have their CAZs postponed,” said Natalie Chapman, head of urban Policy at FTA...
News
Collaboration ensures inaugural Suppliers Cup is a huge success
...on video, and to the many generous sponsors and supporters – from banners and football kits to the officials who kept the game running smoothly. Without your support, this event...
Opinion
Apprenticeships ‘vital’ in tackling industry skills shortage
...“Urban Driver” Apprenticeship for Cat C only with funding of £5,000. With these and many other apprenticeships in place, it is the perfect time for logistics companies to take advantage...
Insight
Downstream Norway: Leading the way in decarbonisation
...adoption, having been an early starter in the 1990s. In another ‘first’ Norway has announced a ban on new ICE vehicles by 2025 (cf 2030 in the UK). Norway is...
News
Carbon capture project emerges from Humber refineries
...Zero. A multi-million pound carbon capture and hydrogen project on the South Humber Bank, Humber Zero will decarbonise eight million tonnes per annum of CO2 emissions, with the potential to...
Opinion
Fears for future of Stanlow oil refinery
...not a levered business and currently we do not have any short term or long-term bank debt on the company, other than working capital lines. “Prior to coronavirus, we were...
News
BBC throws a spotlight on successful HVO project
With the 2026 boiler ban firmly in the spotlight following a recent interview with former Environment Secretary, George Eustice MP, in which he labelled it ‘the ULEZ of the rural...
Interview
Look at the industry through a new employee’s eyes
...with the local school band and, aged just 6, was the youngest person in the choir at Sailsbury. It’s clear that Zoe’s passion doesn’t stop with music, as Jane explains:...
Opinion
Servicing customers
...not technically competent and not inclined to get anyone in who is. It’s an overcrowded market. Secondly, we’d have to charge VAT, where as an independent, one man band doesn’t...
Interview
Marsh Fuels: two significant milestones
...on the truck or in the yard, so we actually see more of each other at home! Dave used to work at Lloyds Bank under strip lights with very little...
News
MPs support bill to incentivise renewable liquid fuels
...to the Government’s current ‘heat pump first strategy’ under which off-grid homes will be banned from buying replacement boilers from 2026, instead expected to install air source or ground source...
Interview
In Profile with Jo Ritzema of WCF Ltd.
...3 words. Fun, fair and loyal. What were your childhood / early ambitions? International Banker – even though I had no idea what they did – I just wanted to...
Opinion
Logistics UK outlines strategic role for the sector in the Government’s growth mission
...friction at our borders and a lack of public investment in the infrastructure our members need to operate effectively. The World Bank Logistics Productivity Index shows that the UK has...