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RL Automotive fleet system reduces cost & improves safety

...fuel costs and excessive vehicle emissions. “This is all about good-old prevention rather than cure!” enthuses RL Automotive director Mark Longden. “Using our unique telematics connectivity, we already have a...

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Making oil-heated homes more energy efficient

...OFTEC director general Jeremy Hawksley.  “This is due to poor insulation levels and the high number of old, inefficient boilers still in use. “We are urging all the political parties...

Insight

COP26 FON blog 4: Transport decarbonisation

Continuing with his exclusive blog for Fuel Oil News, covering news from COP26, Stephen Marcos Jones, director-general UKPIA, shares the latest updates from Transport Day with transport decarbonisation, low carbon...

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New refuelling site opens this week

...land and property director for Peel Ports Group Once a disused piece of land, a new state-of-the-art facility providing diesel, gas oil and AdBlue® will open on Thursday in the...

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Fuelling regional growth in the Northern Powerhouse  

...management solutions that support improvements in efficiency and productivity,” said Brian Worrall, director of corporate affairs. “Already recognised as a top five business in the 2017 North West Top 200...

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UKIFDA launches trio of fuel distribution industry awards

...Summerfield, commercial director of Pen Underwriting’s Hazardous Goods and Environmental business, comments: “On behalf of Pen Underwriting, we are extremely proud of our long-standing relationship with UKIFDA and its members....

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Banning the internal combustion engine

...a low-carbon strategy in the UK that embraces all technologies,” said Stephen Marcos Jones, director-general of UKPIA “The UK government risks the progress we have made in reducing our emissions...
OMJ launches new report for buyers of road diesel

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OMJ launches new report for buyers of road diesel

...and weekly HVO prices, as well as a differential to current B7 diesel benchmarks. The report also provides RTFC prices. Ian Moore, director of markets at OMJ said: “The new...

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INEOS welcomes ASA ruling on misleading fracking claims

...of the FOE’s wrongheaded opposition to fracking and we’re pleased to see the record corrected,” said Tom Pickering, INEOS shale operations director. “INEOS is always happy to debate on the...

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Callow Oils fuels key workers

Callow Oils teams up with Pensons restaurant to deliver three-course meals to NHS key workers. Helen Needham, director of Callow Oils, said: “I saw that Pensons were providing prepared meals...

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HKS Holdings acquires Brobot Group

...in 1996, following which Brobot continued its successful growth under the chairmanship of his wife, Pat Bootle and her dedicated executive directors, Bridget Smith and Eddie Bright; the latter said...

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The best forecourt in Scotland

Certas Energy retail director, Ramsay MacDonald and cluster manager Senga Mulrine with TV comedian Alexander Armstrong Gulf-branded Carronvale Service Station has received top prize in the Best Forecourt in Scotland...

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COP26 FON Blog 5: Downstream challenges

In this, his final exclusive COP26 blog post for Fuel Oil News, Stephen Marcos Jones, director-general UKPIA, offers some thought-provoking insight on the challenges and opportunities that lie ahead for...

Opinion

Logistics UK calls for diesel duty cut to protect UK economy

...de Jong, the business group’s Director of Policy, comments: “Logistics businesses, which operate on very narrow margins of around 1%, are currently facing significant increases in the price of fuel....
Logistics UK responds to General Election manifestos

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Logistics UK responds to General Election manifestos

Kevin Green, Policy Director at Logistics UK shares the Group’s thoughts on the Conservative and Labour Party General Election manifestos, which were published earlier this month. In response to the...