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The case for low carbon fuels
...government support, most consumers simply can’t afford to improve their properties to EPC band C, the level at which renewable technologies such as heat pumps become a viable option. The...
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Fuel supplier completes MBO during lockdown
...agents, having experience also in the healthcare, packaging and banking sectors. The MBO also provides the opportunity for the business to move to larger premises which will still be within...
Knowledge
Cyber risks: why cyber security matters
...to sensitive data, banning the use of removable memory hardware and limiting bring your own device (BYOD) use. • Keep your security software and operating systems up to date What...
Interview
In Profile – Luc Smets
...colour-blind. Who would you most like to ask these questions of? Till Lindemann, the German singer/songwriter and poet best known as the lead vocalist in Neue Deutsche Härte band, Rammstein....
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Government proposes Energy Bill amendment in response to industry calls to incentivise HVO
...Fuels campaign. Recognising widespread concerns over the potential financial impacts on rural off-grid homeowners of the proposed 2026 oil boiler ban and a ‘heat pump’ first strategy, the amendment, if...
Interview
Transition talk with Ben Marchant of 3ti
...net zero targets by 2050 and establishing optimised electric vehicle charging infrastructure ahead of the ban on new petrol and diesel vehicles. Supporting SCPs across the UK is not just...
Interview
Clugston Distribution: providing transport solutions for 100 years
...but we will look at other types of distribution. I had a Chamber breakfast with the Governor of the Bank of England last week, and had the opportunity to meet...
Opinion
UKPIA responds to announcement on combustion engine vehicles
...uptake of a range of technologies to reduce carbon emissions in light transport without a ban, but welcomes the acceptance that hybrids have an important role to play. Stephen Jones...
News
Activists adopt new tactics in oil terminal protests
...in galleries. With late summer seeing the resumption of protests at oil terminals, oil distribution companies and local government responded by obtaining high court injunctions banning protest activity around a...
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Strategic acquisition completes Rix Petroleum’s energy provision for domestic customers
...Heating Services, Rix Electrical Services, and Rix Plumbing Services at their base in Bank Side, central Hull. Duncan Lambert, Managing Director of Rix Petroleum, said the acquisition would ‘future-proof’ the...
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TOTY 2023 The runners up: highlighting three very special entries
...hotel in the background on the banks of the Great Ouse River is the Swan Hotel and the driver of this tanker, Craig, actually got married here in the summer...
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LCM Group launches with acquisition of PIS (Ireland)
...This acquisition was facilitated by Mills Selig Solicitors, Clarion Solicitors, and O’Reilly Stewart Solicitors. Tax advice was provided by BHP Chartered Accountants and funding by Barclays Bank. The photo shows...
Knowledge
HVO – The issue of sustainability
...for health reasons and, in China, UCO recycling was recently banned as it was proven to be causing health problems in individuals who had eaten food prepared from reprocessed cooking...
News
Sheffield steelmakers set to switch to cleaner fuel
...and a greater role for district energy schemes in urban areas: “The first stages of our trial show the technology works and can support the industry’s needs for alternative fuels...
Insight
Harbour Energy’s Viking project to transform Humber into UK’s leading CCS hub
...industries to the area – a prime example of this is RWE examining options to build a new gas-fired power station on the South Humber Bank.” Foresight NetZero Live 2023,...
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Valero lends its support to frontline charities
...vital national and local services open during the Covid-19 crisis. The Trussell Trust has over 1,200 food bank centres in the UK and Northern Ireland that provide emergency support to...
Insight
A review of COP 26: the key ‘take-aways’
...would only contain warming by 2.4C, with existing policies resulting in +2.7C. So, there’s a lot more to be done. Cars: A number of countries, urban centres and organisations undertook...
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The future of oil heating – watch the debate
...government decides to ban oil heating altogether! In 2001, kerosene sales were at 2639 kilotonne (kmt), last year this was down to 1973kmt. The government predicts that by 2020, 500,000...