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Whitegate to avoid closure?
...people interested in Whitegate,” he said of the Cork-based plant which employs 200 staff. The refinery, which has operated in east Cork for nearly 55 years and supplies approximately a...
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Creating a Taskforce for Liquid Biofuels
...installations by 2027 including an industry-led field trial. The field trial will build on work previously undertaken by OFTEC and the University of East Anglia, to better understand long term...
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35 years of tanker loading and process metering solutions
...system was added to the product range New sector. Major train servicing projects in the North East and North West saw us expand into the rail sector The 2010s Range...
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Logistics UK’s chief executive recognised by the queen in new year’s honours
...of a Suicide Prevention charity in his hometown of Eastbourne. Supported by local churches, the organisation offers counselling and support to those in crisis or considering suicide. “The past two years have been challenging financially for most charities; however, our support base has...
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Shell pulls plug on hydrogen car refuelling stations to ‘focus on larger vehicles’
...and signed an agreement, in April, with the multinational energy company Uniper, to progress plans to produce blue hydrogen at Uniper’s Killingholme power station site in the East of England....
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“How is the closure of Coryton affecting distributors in the south east?”
“The closure of Coryton is already having quite severe consequences. It’s affecting other terminals in the area, with the high demand for product stretching resources to the limit. When it...
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Jail sentences for sellers of illicit fuel
...haulage companies across the south east. Darren Chapman beside the Bentley, bought with the proceeds of his crime They were given jail sentences totalling more than 16 years. Brothers Dean...
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Exolum starts world-first scheme to transport hydrogen using existing oil infrastructure
...LOHC containing 20 tonnes of hydrogen through a 1.5 km long pipeline connecting Exolum’s facilities at Immingham East and Immingham West in the Humber Region. Laboratory tests will be carried...
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Compass Energy finds the right tanker partner
...company of Rockley Transport – has provided essential fuel delivery services to homes, farms, construction sites, and industrial plants. Delivering throughout Bristol, South Wales, the Southeast, The Midlands, and Lincolnshire,...
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Reynolds Training Services bulk storage qualification achieves iChemE
...HETA (Humberside Engineering Training Association) at Reynolds Training Services’ who are based at the CATCH Training facility in Stallingborough North East Lincolnshire. John Reynolds, managing director at Reynolds Training Services,...
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Acquisition funding secured as Craggs welcomes new CFO
...includes a large operational centre in East Lancashire. In addition to the fuel distribution arm the group also consists of a UK wide fuel brokerage business, a fuel card business...
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HART Plumbing acquisition sees Rix extend renewable offering
...air source heat pumps. Together, the two businesses enable J.R. Rix & Sons to deliver a full suite of renewable energy technologies to domestic and commercial customers across East Yorkshire....
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Lhyfe announces plans for UK green hydrogen plant
...major energy users are to decarbonise their operations. We hope this project will not only help the North East but the whole of the UK reach its net zero targets. ...
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ReFuels to open Wales’ first renewable biomethane refuelling station for HGVs
...group has one more station under construction in Aylesford in Southeast England and expects two further stations to commence construction during the financial reporting year ending 31 March 2024. ...
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Asda Awards Night raises over 50K for Veterans into Logistics
...industry attended the glitzy, black-tie event enjoying performances from 103 Regiment Royal Artillery Pipes and Drums and compère, Shaun Williamson, aka Barry from EastEnders, who had the audience singing along...
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Oil users – fuel price winners once again!
...East, South West, Wales, Midlands, Northern England and Scotland Northern Ireland Apr-13 Apr-17 Price change % Difference Anthracite Grains 1033 953 -80 -7.74% Electricity 1498 1437 -61 -4.07% Gas...
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Former UKIFDA president, Janet Kettlewell, speaks on a unique tenure
...business, Kettlewell Fuels, Janet was a UKIFDA management committee member for 5 years before taking on the role of president and is also UKIFDA representative for Yorkshire and the North-East...
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Total Butler acquisition under scrutiny
...Commission just before Easter. In England and Wales, GB Oils has 100 depots whilst Total Butler has 40. Both supply a similar range of oil products to domestic, commercial...