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Wincanton renews Total contract
Wincanton has strengthened its position in the UK energy sector with the renewal of its contract with Total. The three year contract – the third in a row between the...
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Plug-in Truck Grant extension promotes green investment, says Logistics UK
...our members will be encouraged that the government is taking industry’s views on board. Alongside affordable electric vehicles, the sector needs a comprehensive charging network, and we continue to urge...
Opinion
Industry calls for future fuel clarity so logistics can help avoid climate catastrophe
...part in ensuring it reaches net-zero targets, with decarbonisation a high priority for members across the sector. For many years the logistics industry has been working together to review possibilities...
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Watson Fuels supporting construction businesses
...company will also be sponsoring the Environment and Sustainability Initiative of the Year award. The BCIAs are the construction sector’s most prestigious Awards. The Awards recognise and reward excellence in...
Interview
Avioxx: innovating processes to deliver price parity for sustainable aviation fuel
...a venture building approach to the company which will operate in a highly agile and dynamic way. Responsible disruption can deliver impressive results for sectors that may be undergoing change....
Opinion
Stick or Twist: oil services have crucial choices to make as energy transition accelerates
...Utilities and Resources leader, commented: “We believe the oil services sector has a significant contribution to make in the UK’s energy transition journey. “From engineering expertise and innovation to project...
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September 2023: People moves in the fuel distribution sector
News on the latest appointments in the fuel distribution sector this month. Prax Daniel Brain has joined Prax as UK General Manager, with responsibility for Retail, Commercial & Industrial, Aviation,...
Analysis
Fuelling success: a distributor overcoming talent and driver shortages
...loads. Their extensive research led them to Gi Group Holding, with WP Group reassured of the recruitment provider’s credibility in the fuel distribution sector by their status as the only...
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Funded ADR courses available now for HGV drivers to upskill
...now and is encouraging all businesses to put their drivers forward for this unique opportunity. Vital support for a vital sector David Jordan, deputy operations director – services at Logistics...
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Avioxx completes design milestone for first-of-a-kind SAF plant
...TPA SAF manufacturing plant near Cheshire, UK, followed soon after by the first commercial unit, designed to supply 40 million litres of SAF per year to the aviation sector. We...
Insight
Shared deliveries …
...distributors ready to reassess their delivery operations? Looking at other sectors serviced by distributors such as commercial, industrial and agricultural, the features that characterise the domestic heating oil market are...
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Hazchem Safety announces seven-figure Investment in warehouse expansion
A seven-figure investment in a new state-of-the-art building in Buckingham, England, sees further expansion for Hazchem Safety, leading provider of safety solutions and PPE to the sector. Underlining its commitment...
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Stable oil prices mean a fall in Group revenue for J.R. Rix & Sons
...Doyle, Managing Director of J.R. Rix & Sons Ltd, said market conditions in the leisure sector had swung from a period of unprecedented high demand in 2022, to unprecedented lows...
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Urban Driver apprenticeship tackles HGV driver crisis
...for National Apprenticeship Week (7th-13th February) is ‘Build the Future’, something which the Urban Driver apprenticeship aims to achieve. While the fuel distribution sector has been less directly affected by...
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Keeping it in the family
...roots in the fuel distribution sector as well as what has changed and what remains the same. Steve originally featured on the cover of Fuel Oil News magazine, back in...
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Argent Energy to end production at Scottish biodiesel plant
...challenges have taken a toll on the sector as a whole and Argent Energy is working with the industry and UK government to solve these structural imbalances and put the...
Interview
Fuelling the future: The voice of the next generation
...greatest strengths are within the family business: “I think that my greatest strength as the next generation working in the fuel sector is my ability to blend tradition with innovation....
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Drivers – recruiting and retaining
...improvement in the number of unfilled driver vacancies across the sector,” stated James Hookham, FTA’s deputy chief executive. “The government’s recognition of the need to professionalise the industry through its...