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HGV road user levy changes – unfair hit on smaller businesses
...value of their slightly older lorries, the Euro IV and Vs, has fallen so much – making the jump to afford a new Euro VI so much greater.” FTA believes...
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Interview
CDS: 50 years of powering customer success
...demonstrating the ready viability of liquid fuels like HVO as a drop-in renewable alternative to fossil fuels, presenting the scientific, financial and political arguments for their much wider adoption and...
News
Rix Petroleum teams up with My Name’5 Doddie Foundation
...“We’re planning a lot of activities that we can do despite Covid. We’re determined that won’t hamper our efforts.” Mark Cessford, general manager at the fuel firm’s Montrose base, said:...
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Gardner Garages praises Valero support
Family business, Gardner Garages Limited, has recently opened another Texaco site, City Service Station in Hereford. This will bring the current number of Gardner Garages sites under the Texaco brand...
News
New director general for UKPIA
...this, Stephen worked at the Department for Education and also the European Group for Blood and Marrow Transplantation in Barcelona. Stephen has Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees from Oxford University and...
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New initiative launched to crack down on fuel thieves
...it is another example of doing things first in Nottinghamshire and I think Neighbourhood Inspector Hayley Crawford and Sergeant Mark Talbot have done a great job with this pioneering scheme.”...
Insight
The emergence and growth of Puma Energy
...of a bitumen storage/distribution operation out of the Stolthaven Dagenham facility to service requirements in London and the south east. In March, Puma acquired the former Murco Milford Haven refinery...
Interview
Do your staff feel appreciated? More than a third say your thanks is meaningless
...on the payroll. With so much to be gained from an effective recognition programme, leaders can’t afford to pay it lip-service but must invest in getting it right. Andreea Dinu...
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The Downstream Fuel Distribution Forum marks 10 years of vital industry initiative
...discharging. An important achievement Peter Oakford, Chair of the Downstream Fuel Distribution Forum, said: “We are delighted to be marking the 10th anniversary of the PDP Scheme this year. Since...
News
Fay takes over as OFTEC chairman
...afford to be complacent and OFTEC is already investigating the viability of low carbon biofuels, which we see as the future for our industry.” “I look forward to building on...
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Essar Chester Half Marathon ‘an amazing day’ as heat fails to deter runners
...the official race charity for 2024. Brilliant support Marshall Smith of Ashford AC, this year’s winner in a time of 1:07:52, commented: “The atmosphere was incredible…” and the first woman...
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Oil industry stars recognised
...won by Lee Stafford of LWL Heating in Brighton, while Daniel Pannell of Pembrokeshire Housing Association was named Trainee of the Year. Daniel said: “Winning this award is massive. I...
Insight
Refining operations
...of excess refining capacity in Europe, Total’s exit from the UK’s branded retail fuels market along with the sale of its equity distributor interests, the decision to halve Lindsey’s distillation...
Opinion
Hydrogen-diesel hybrid engine – why baby number two could be the favourite child
...Bremen towards the end of last year James Shenton, managing director at Tuffa UK Ltd, found that seeing so much activity around hydrogen as a viable alternative to fossil fuels...
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NI oil stocks low due to unexpectedly high demand
...and this unprecedented uplift in August has left us short of product. All oil products are brought into NI from GB, usually from Milford Haven but this year we are...
News
Northern Ireland – an overdependence on oil?
...solution, it is increasingly difficult to afford with ‘the lack of a PAYGO option a major factor’. It also points out that switching to oil does not currently have the...
News
Simon scoops safety award
...dedication to industrial safety.” The Milford Haven-based company specialises in supporting the UK energy sector through the manufacture and distribution of personal protective equipment, work wear and workplace safety supplies....
Interview
A Day in the Life: David Wells OBE and Jemma James of Logistics UK
...Spurs beat Man Utd at Old Trafford 3-0, or something similar. I play tennis regularly at David Lloyd. Jemma: Taking my truck for a drive or planning my next holiday....