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Logistics sector report shows recovery signs
Much has been made in the past year of the shortage of HGV drivers and other logistics workers. But after a challenging 12 months for the sector, a new report...
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Successful HGV skill scheme set to deliver 2000 new drivers as funding is extended
...date in getting new HGV drivers behind the wheel. “Yet, while the immediate short-term driver shortage has abated, the long-term chronic shortage persists. As we’ve seen, thousands of people in...
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The ‘perfect fit for Rix’
Now part of the Rix Petroleum Group, managing director Duncan Lambert beside a Stones Fuel Oils tanker A ‘much-loved family fuel company’ at Malton in North Yorkshire has been sold...
Opinion
With petrol and diesel targets delayed, are EVs a good investment?
With the Government announcing a five-year delay to the ban in the sale of new petrol or diesel cars, motor insurance experts NFU Mutual believe electric vehicles can still be...
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Road tankers – new SLP guidance + updated technical publications
...the maintenance of road tankers that transport petroleum main fuels products (petrol, kerosene, diesel/gas oil and aviation fuels) and which have not been certified gas-free beforehand. 4th edition ISBN: 978...
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HOYER Petrolog launches recruitment video and retains Valero contract
HOYER Petrolog has extended its In To Plane refuelling operation with Valero at Dublin Airport with a two-year extension to its current deal, through to December 2020. “The extension of...
Opinion
Fuel prices trigger Santa’s cost of delivering crisis
2022 has seen unprecedented fuel prices which have added pressure to supply chains already creaking at the seams from Brexit and driver shortages. The fuel duty cut announced in March...
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Fuel supplier achieves business-enhancing Earned Recognition status
...supported by its sister company, Petroleum Fleet Services Ltd, in achieving this accreditation. With its high standards of maintenance and reporting systems, Petroleum Fleet Services was instrumental in supplying data...
Opinion
Vital role for hydrogen in decarbonising home heating
...housing stock, regional variations in availability of low carbon energy and to provide consumer choice. Installer shortage ‘critical barrier to electrification’ “We also need to consider whether the UK could...
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Distributor supports UK-wide initiative to help vulnerable off grid customers
...when spells of cold weather can lead to supply shortages or periods of peak demand. Customers aged 75 or over and those considered vulnerable can sign up to the free...
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Watt next for EV training? Logistics UK partners with colleges to tackle technician shortfall
Logistics UK is partnering with City of Bristol College and SMB College Group in Leicestershire to help address the skills shortage in Electric Vehicle technicians by announcing the latest series...
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Drivers – recruiting and retaining
To tackle the problem of recruiting and retaining staff in the logistics industry, the Freight Transport Association (FTA) is to hold a Logistics Skills Shortage Summit in March. The FTA...
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Lords warn of Brexit threat to UK’s energy trade
...place outside the Internal Energy Market it is likely to be less efficient. This creates the potential for higher energy bills, and leaving the EU could risk supply shortages in...
Insight
E-fuels – the challenges and opportunities in e-fuels
...energy and capital intensive – and delivery costs must also be considered. “There is no shortage of offtakers seeking low-carbon fuels, but the gap between cost of production and willingness...
Insight
BP OUTLOOK 2023: the outlook for global energy to 2050
...challenge suggests greater support is required, including policies to facilitate quicker permitting and approval of low carbon energy and infrastructure. The disruption to global energy supplies and associated energy shortages...
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A plea for an effective supply chain
...chief executive. “This could include short-term gridlock at ferry ports if customs’ processes and checks are not implemented smoothly, shortages of perishable foods and medicines, restrictions in the labour market...
Opinion
The 2025 outlook for distribution and logistics: David Wells OBE, Logistics UK
...supply chains resilient. Skills The sector is still experiencing ongoing challenges with skills shortages in key roles, such as vehicle technicians, and it is critical that the government works with...
Interview
An interview with Ken Cronin, CEO UKIFDA
...diesel changes, shortage of supply, invasion of Ukraine, cost of living and the political upheaval in the UK, plus the cancellation of two EXPOs due to the pandemic, all provided...