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FPS launch new scheme to improve fuel quality
The Federation of Petroleum Suppliers (FPS) is introducing a new Fuel Certification scheme to improve the quality of fuel oil and raise quality standards in the industry. The new initiative...
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Boiler scrappage in next month’s Budget?
...scheme in next month’s Budget. Earlier this month the organisations welcomed the introduction of the London Boiler Cashback Scheme. In a recent letter to the Chancellor, they outlined the case...
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Oil and gas apprenticeship scheme open for applications
Recruitment for this year’s Oil and Gas Technical Apprenticeship Programme (OGTAP) is ongoing until 25 March, as the innovative scheme searches for its 2022 cohort. The OGTAP scheme, managed by...
Opinion
Call for 10,000 temporary visas to address driver crisis
...its temporary visa scheme, introduced for agricultural workers, for logistics to keep trucks and vans moving in the short term.” The logical solution The Seasonal Agricultural Workers Scheme has permitted...
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Tate Oil’s decarbonisation scheme grows roots
...to the local community. Working with local trust, the scheme will support the target of planting 100,000 trees within the county, including areas such as Nidderdale and the Yorkshire Dales....
Knowledge
HVO – The issue of sustainability
...The RFAS scheme piggy backs on regulated checks and balances requiring the distributor to prove that the fuel they have sold and certified is compliant. The RFAS scheme is the...
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Funded ADR courses available now for HGV drivers to upskill
...our nation’s supply chain heroes. Providing HGV drivers with an exciting opportunity to upskill and build confidence – at bootcamps located across the UK – and employers the chance to...
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HGVC secures £10m funding to train thousands more drivers
HGV training specialist, HGVC has again been awarded a lead role on the Government’s extended Skills Bootcamps in HGV Driving. The scheme will upskill thousands of employees across England to...
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Certification formalises industry supplier’s investment in decarbonisation
...Toitū) scheme, the United Kingdom’s only Accredited Greenhouse Gas Certification Scheme for the quantification and reporting of greenhouse gas emissions and the identification of actions to reduce them. Encouraging supply...
Opinion
Will the Petroleum Driver Passport (PDP) enhance driver skills or is it an unnecessary addition to the ADR qualification?
...however, add that the passport scheme has been driven by unions and larger companies who have in-house training schemes, derived in the first place by major oil companies when they...
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Distributor diaries April 23: the latest updates from our distributor community
...is a project founded by local churches and community groups, working together towards stopping hunger in the local area. With the charity local to WCF in Carnforth, the team feel...
Interview
In conversation with Bedford Fuels Ltd
...people know the Craddocks, Clarks and Kinns families and are really pleased to support a local business and local people. A lot of the local buying groups had a good...
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People are the passion at Craggs Energy
...of the local area on the side. The name Craggs was also chosen to reflect their local surroundings. The company sponsors the local Young Farmers’ club rugby shirts, and Chris...
Interview
In Profile – Peter Davidson
...funny and chilled afternoon and evening eating and drinking with friends. Do you have a favourite sports team? Mercedes Formula One Team – Lewis Hamilton is a local hero where...
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Fuel distributor Your NRG donates computers to Cancer Research
...and the local community. Chris Hall, head of training and staff development for Your NRG, worked with National IT Disposal to repurpose desktop machines for the charity. Chris commented:...
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A worthy winner
...heroes helping others through the pandemic. From hundreds of nominations spanning the length and breadth of the city, 13 winners were chosen in three categories: crisis response, delivering differently and...
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OFTEC calls on new government to be ‘more realistic’
OFTEC is calling for a ‘more joined-up carbon reduction and energy policy’ which still includes renewable technology incentives but also offers ‘more affordable measures such as a boiler scrappage scheme’...
Opinion
New ECO3 proposal to exclude oil boilers
...CEO, Paul Rose. OFTEC has expressed major concerns that government proposals to exclude oil boilers from the next round of the Energy Company Obligation (ECO) scheme would unfairly discriminate against...