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Accredited safe & fuel efficient driver training
Scania’s Safe & Fuel Efficient Driver CPC training module has been accredited by Drive & Survive; the driver training arm of the Institute of Advanced Motorists. The course is the...
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Grangemouth shut down
...people’s livelihoods at stake. I have worked hard with both sides to urge them to continue talking and find a way that secures a long-term future for Grangemouth. “Motorists should...
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Improving blind spot awareness
...place at or near junctions, where motorists may have had their vision obscured.” In order for fleets to lower such risks for their drivers, various technologies are now available. They...
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Calls for clarity on recent Budget announcements
...“Achieving net zero is vitally important and an ambition UKIFDA wholeheartedly supports – we believe that liquid fuel, and biofuel in particular, can be part of the solution which is...
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John Carey brings invaluable experience to new role at GripHero
...at forecourts and fuel stations globally. GripHero’s internationally patented hand-protection system is ATEX-certified and anti-static, allowing it to be fitted on fuel pump handles, which improves convenience and – combined...
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A lubricants package that delivers
Lee Burgess (l) and Ian Appleton With cost cutting top of many a distributor’s business agenda, Fuel Oil News asks are there any opportunities available to increase profit? Speaking to...
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Keep pace with vehicle technology at vital fleet engineer conference
Vehicle technology is evolving rapidly with developments such as autonomous vehicles and fuel cell technology, and fleet engineers must ensure they keep pace, making Logistics UK’s Fleet Engineer conference an...
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LWE launches VEHESTA as the vehicle energy station of the future
...delivers the requirements for a modern fuelling station The ability to integrate future alternative fuels and technology, cost effectively An alternative solution that maintains asset value through whole life cycle...
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JET – exceeding expectations
...for disability in motoring. He will help to promote the Phillips 66 vision of providing energy – improving lives and the JET theme of On the Journey Together. Throughout the...
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Industry data: the latest update from the UKIFDA databank
...2019 levels. Demand for all transport fuels increased, with petrol and diesel up by 7.1 and 8.7 per cent, respectively, and demand for jet fuel up by 40 per cent...
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Certas Energy to supply 300,000 litres of HVO to Silverstone this summer
Fuel distributor Certas Energy has again partnered with Silverstone Circuit to supply Hydrotreated Vegetable Oil (HVO) at some of this summer’s biggest events. This will be the partnership’s second consecutive...
Opinion
E10 to fuel UK’s journey to net zero
...the vast majority since 2000, drivers can start using the new E10 fuel without any concerns. However, a small number of older vehicles, classics and motorbikes may not be compatible.”...
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Sidney Gilmore
...Hylands, who told him that there was good money to be made from oil, triggered Sidney’s move into fuel distribution and saw the launch of Gilmore Fuel Oils, a business...
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Fuel fraud arrests and sentences
...arrested and 55,000 litres of fuel seized, as part of an ongoing HMRC investigation into a suspected fuel smuggling fraud worth an estimated £3 million in evaded tax. HMRC officers...
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A legacy of diversity
...in 1966, Judith’s grandfather, Percy Stoddard, had been working with coal for forty years. In 1926 he acquired his first motorised vehicle, replacing a horse and cart for deliveries, and...
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Logistics UK conference returns
...chance to hear from a range of senior industry figures and policy makers, and the business group’s experts will be on hand throughout the day to advise on legislation and...
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Mark Mackenzie
Fuel Oil News is saddened to report the passing of Mark Mackenzie, on 23rd March 2021, aged 38 years. Mark Mackenzie In April 2002, Mark started at Nolan Oils as...
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Thin cover for winter?
...reliant on imports Refinery maintenance dominates on the supply side with weak motor fuel demand dominating on the demand side. A key source of winter diesel, Swedish refiner Preem’s 220,000...