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Driver shortages create barrier
...support every facet of UK PLC.” Are you struggling with driver shortages? Do you think support from government will help to close this gap? Let us know stephanie@fueloilnews.co.uk ...
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Managing every last drop of fuel
Back in September 2011, Fuel Oil News editor Jane Hughes visited Heathrow Airport to learn more about the airside fuel operation at Airport Energy. In May, a return visit was...
Interview
Jay Nair of Mabanaft: transition, inclusion and diversity
...“A change within the UK business, resulted in me heading up the UK division as well as overseeing the Scandinavian and UK operations of the Mabanaft group – a role...
Opinion
Government’s ‘Game of Thrones’ threatens vital climate change measures
The current instability in Westminster risks derailing moves to tackle climate change, a leading British fuel tech company has said today, suggesting that the chaos surrounding Liz Truss’s Government is...
Interview
In Profile with Joby Clark of Cobo Tankers and Services
...what would be the first law you’d press for? To find a way to promote the use of new fuels over ‘fossil fuels’ so that investment is encouraged in their...
News
HGV hydrogen trials to decarbonise UK fleets
CNG Fuels, the UK’s largest supplier of alternative low-carbon fuels for HGVs, has announced plans to host hydrogen fuel trials across its rapidly expanding UK network of public access biomethane...
News
BWOC – a business with character
...month Fuel Oil News discussed the business with Mark and his team. “Bob grew up in the oil industry – he drove tankers, sold fuel and ran a terminal before...
News
Winner of UKIFDA Innovation Award announced
Cornwall-based liquid fuel distributor for the South-West Mitchell & Webber has won the UKIFDA Innovation Award for being at the forefront of the sector’s Future Fuels campaign and for making...
News
Distributor Diaries January 2024 – the latest updates from our community
...Great Place to Work.” Gleaner Ltd: Raising money for worthy causes Gleaner, the Elgin-based, family-owned, fuel distributor, is very proud of Martin Goddard, Depot Manager for Inverness and Grantown, for...
Insight
What future for heating oil?
...future viability and success of the heating oil sector – with the P50 type scenario providing a starting framework for planning purposes. Comment on the above is invited to jane@fueloilnews.co.uk...
Interview
Crime and punishment
...robust marker capable of foiling 21st century fuel launderers is essential to ensure that opportunities for fraudsters to exploit fuel supplies are reduced and illicit fuel can be detected.” In...
News
Proposals to allow fuel tankers to carry bigger loads detailed in consultation
The government is consulting on proposals to allow road fuel tankers to carry bigger fuel loads in a bid to further strengthen the UK’s fuel supply chain. Following the fuel...
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Fuel Oil News Tanker of the Year 2023: entries of note
...delivering clean fuel to customers. Adapting for fuel evolution Paul Kyte, Operations Manager at WP Group said: “The fuel distribution landscape is changing, and we recognise that, as a supplier...
News
Four MX-5s are the first cars to drive the length of Great Britain using sustainable fuel
...sustainable fuel. Powered entirely by a 100 per cent biofuel from SUSTAIN, the world’s best-selling two-seater sports car became the first car to complete the end-to-end drive across the UK...
Analysis
Energy Resilience – Is the UK facing a crisis?
...imports into the UK doesn’t face any disruption. For historical context, the UK once had 18 operational oil refineries in the 1970s. At the beginning of this year, the UK...
News
Creating a Taskforce for Liquid Biofuels
Trade Associations OFTEC, TSA and UKIFDA have kicked off 2020 with the launch of a future vision for liquid fuels ‘Supply Chain Strategy for Liquid Fuels’, which details the steps...
News
Open to debate in Ireland
...forms at the Distributor Debate in Templepatrick earlier this month, rated too much competition and poor margins as their biggest concerns. Poor image, supply, prices, variable fuel quality, gas oil...
Insight
The evolution of the UK biofuels sector
...of feed stock was sugar cane – again, since 2010/11 it has been corn, latterly this has been principally from the Ukraine. UK production plants Since the start-up of...