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Welcome to February’s edition of our special monthly feature which gives you the opportunity to ‘meet’ an industry figure and, hopefully, to discover another side to them beyond the well-known facts.

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In Profile – Alex Wolfe of Certas Energy UK

...number 1 on your bucket list? Finish line ticket for the 100m Olympic Final. What 3 things would you take to a desert island? Tennis rackets, tennis ball and sun...
A Day in the Life – Ryan Creaser

Interview

A Day in the Life with Ryan Creaser

...we hit a curve ball (as we call it!) and must react to the unplanned which could be anything from a warranty call or an urgent parts request to the...

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A shooting star in Huddersfield

...with chartered surveyors Lucas Lee & Partners and Huddersfield Town Football Club, recognises businesses in the region that are making a difference to the local community, whether through a new...
Dixie Patel, New Era Energy

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In Profile – Dixie Patel, New Era Energy

...myself. Do you have a favourite sports team? India cricket team and England football team. What’s the biggest challenge of our time? Climate change… Which is the quality that you...

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Gleaner Oils owner joins board at Elgin City FC

Moray businessman Stephen Scott has been appointed a board member for Elgin City Football Club. The former commercial property lawyer was born and brought up in Elgin before his studies...
Portland Christmas report

Market Report

A special Christmas market report from Portland

...time in his lab than he did in the music studio or chasing girls and taking drugs. This song was to be the first ballad of his Hydrogen Yuletide Trilogy...

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Stanlow refinery could be target of Just Stop Oil disruption

...together to ensure the government commits to halting new fossil fuel licensing and production’ and has recently been involved in several high-profile protests involving Premier League football matches, which have...

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BP tanker drivers strike

...90% of the 42 drivers balloted voted for strike action following the transfer of an aviation contract from BP to DHL. The union estimates that drivers could lose up to...

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Up for a challenge at Morris Lubricants

...and Welshpool Rugby Clubs, Shrewsbury Town Football Club, rally star, Tom Cave, Dunlop MSA British Touring Car Championship class champion, Lea Wood and British Truck Racing star, Dave Jenkins. A...

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Plans for green hydrogen plant at Port of Felixstowe

...which provides state backing to develop low-carbon hydrogen projects for the next three years. Under the submitted plans, the facility, which will be around the size of a football pitch,...

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Vintage year of success for Millers Oils

...year’s Automechanika show in Frankfurt.  The lubricants use microscopic nanoparticles that act like minute ball bearings between opposing metal surfaces, thereby increasing engine performance through reducing friction. Motorsport users reported...

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More debate on industry issues

...has changed in the past from coal and paraffin. “I don’t think any of us have crystal balls.  When the cut off date for oil is I don’t know, nobody...
Martyn Lyons, TR3 Consulting Ltd

Interview

In Profile with Martyn Lyons of TR3 Consulting

...favourite sports team? Newcastle United Football Club. What’s the biggest challenge of our time? Conflict and Climate Change. Cheese or chocolate? Both! Share your greatest personal achievement. My wife and...
Sodbury Fuels 10th anniversary

Interview

Sodbury Fuels: celebrating 10 years in business  

...and Gromit Appeal – Children’s Hospital Bristol, Hawkesbury Upton School Charity Run, Chipping Sodbury Lions Club, Yate Town Football Club, Time is Precious, Castle Combe Steam Rally, Jessie May and...