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Ford Fuel Oils’ driver to raise money for Cancer Research UK
Ford Fuel Oils driver Martin Veater, who has been with the company for almost 25 years, is preparing to support a C2C cycle in order to raise money for Cancer...
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PDP Scheme acts on home heat sector concerns
...energy sources and fuels, petroleum-based fuels are not going to disappear overnight. The consensus is that the PDP Scheme still has an important role to play for many years to...
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JCB truck engine breakthrough proves wider appeal for hydrogen combustion technology
...retrofit was completed in just days and one of the truck’s first test drivers was JCB Chairman Anthony Bamford, who has been spearheading the company’s £100 million hydrogen project. The...
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BoilerJuice pitches charity golf day
BoilerJuice is inviting businesses to join them on its Annual Charity Golf Day at Bedford and County Golf Club on 16th July. This year the company is supporting local charity,...
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ReFuels to open Wales’ first renewable biomethane refuelling station for HGVs
...a joint venture between CNG Fuels, the infrastructure arm of ReFuels, and sustainability-led investment management company, Foresight Group. Growing demand Demand for Bio-CNG from fleet operators is skyrocketing. In July...
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Watson Fuels joins Inspirit Capital: a new era for one of the UK’s leading fuel distributors
...CSO, Watson Fuels; Paul Youens, Investment Director, Inspirit Capital; Matt Whitton, CEO, Watson Fuels; Callum Fyfe, Portfolio Director, Inspirit Capital; Chris Homer, CFO, Watson Fuels; Dan Brain, COO, Watson Fuels...
Interview
Rationalisation in Irish oil distribution
...Fuels was purchased by Stanley Gordon in April 2012 Kingsberry FuelsBelfast operation was sold to Hayes Fuels Campsie Fuels inDerry was sold to LCC in April 2012 Armagh Fuels went...
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James Hygate, Firefly Green Fuels: challenges and progress on the pathway to green aviation
...Fuels has helped its customers reduce their carbon emissions by an estimated 6.5 million tonnes. The biofuels industry “I have been working in the biofuels space for over two decades...
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ABB wins major project to relocate refinery
Having ceased production in November 2014, approximately 60% of Milford Haven’s refinery’s process units will be dismantled and rebuilt at an existing facility located outside the UK. Site relocation is...
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Zero-emission hydrogen buses travel 1 million miles
...for support “Hitting one million miles is an incredible landmark for our buses,” said Wrightbus executive chairman Jo Bamford. “To be talking about such figures and the impact on emissions...
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Engineering company fuels Asda
The Asda project at East Retford was completed in a 10 week time frame with the site handed over at the end of last month The Premier Group, the UK’s...
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Valero to purchase SemLogistics’ Milford Haven storage facility
...for the purchase of SemLogistics Milford Haven fuel storage facility. Situated across the Haven from Valero’s refinery at Pembroke, the facility is one of the UK’s largest petroleum products storage...
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Streamlining the UK’s downstream infrastructure
...UK interests 1990 Amoco UK acquired by Elf 1995 Burmah’s retail operations acquired by Save – subsequently went into administration with commercial fuels interests acquired by Bayford & Co 1997...
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New openings in Wales
News of the new openings – a Welsh office in Carmarthenshire for Envirostore and a depot in Ammanford for Star Multifuels was announced on the Envirostore stand at FPS EXPO...
Opinion
Autumn Statement is ideal time to correct HVO duty disparity says UKIFDA and OFTEC
...fuels and kerosene when used for home heating are counterintuitive and a significant barrier to wider take up. In comparison, renewable liquid fuels and fossil fuels attract the same duty...
Interview
Stanlow Terminals: a sustainable energy hub for the future
...biofuels and sustainable, low carbon, alternative fuels and that’s the direction that we are moving with too. “The benefit is that a lot of these future fuels will have a...
Insight
Sector legislation: Government strategy, incentives and progress for heat pumps
...their product and service portfolios beyond the increasingly commonplace addition of renewable liquid fuels through the acquisition of companies in the renewable tech sectors, as they support their customers on...
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Distributor Diaries January 24: the latest updates from our distributor community
WCF Fuels North West: turning feedback into forests WCF Fuels North West, the Lancashire based distributor, has launched an innovative approach to sustainability – turning customer feedback into forests. “We...