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Acumen for Reynolds
On 1st August 2016 the John Reynolds Group and UK Credit Insurance Specialists officially merged to form Acumen Credit Insurance Brokers Ltd. Acumen is now one of the largest independent...
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Fuel tech company says £200m zero emission HGV investment is not enough
...SulNOx Group Plc said that, while the investment was to be welcomed, it did nothing to tackle immediate environmental issues. SulNOx Group specialises in providing responsible solutions towards the decarbonisation...
Interview
A Day in the Life… Howard Marriott, group transport manager at Barton Petroleum
...group transport manager at Barton Petroleum Ltd, to discover how Howard spends a typical day. MY ALARM GOES OFF AT… 6am, usually, but I do try and get to the...
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Ensuring the new government hears FPS members
...facing some tough times, the growth of online ordering, buying groups and agents are changing the way our industry trades. Distributors who can’t adapt or embrace change may start to...
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Great news for oil boilers
...for 2017’. www.grantuk.com For the seventh consecutive year, the Greenstar range from the Worcester, Bosch Group, has come out top in the Which? boiler report. And, for the first year...
Interview
CDS: 50 years of powering customer success
...was keen to acknowledge the effort and dedication of his team: “CDS now has a group of people which combines decades of industry expertise and experience with detailed knowledge of...
Case Study
A BWOC initiative: first aid for mental ill health
...topic, to participate in Workplace Mental Health Training. The group wanted to provide a Mental Health Team to provide support to employees, during personal challenges they may encounter. Could you...
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ReFuels announces new HGV biomethane refuelling station
...station is a joint venture between CNG Fuels, the infrastructure arm of ReFuels, and sustainability-led investment management company, Foresight Group. Tackling HGV emissions – a major piece in the net...
Opinion
Fuel distributors urge businesses to order now to avoid fuel duty double whammy
...for long-term good”. In the run-up to the General Election, Sir Kier Starmer refused to rule out a fuel duty increase. Craggs Energy Group companies Okehampton-based Moorland Fuels and Calderdale-based...
Opinion
Call for 10,000 temporary visas to address driver crisis
Government must prioritise the granting of 10,000 temporary work visas to encourage EU drivers to return to support the UK’s supply chain, according to business group Logistics UK. Exclusive analysis...
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Crown Oil completes acquisition of Star Oil
...Group, said: “We’re excited to have announced this deal, which will see the Crown Oil family expanding once again. Star has been around for 20 years and, in that time,...
Opinion
Fuel price fears as OPEC+ cuts oil production
...decision from two or three countries against a group of other countries. “There are strong indicators that there is a high possibility that recession will happen, we decided in this...
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Fair price award for Isle of Wight Fuels
...for more than 7 million litres of oil in 2012. Speaking about the 2012 awards, founder Chris Pomfret said: “Last year was an incredible year for community buying groups in general and...
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Logistics UK’s delivers record-breaking transport manager conference series
...the best of the best. The judges will have a hard task to select winners from such an impressive group of candidates.” An impressive group The shortlisted finalists for Transport...
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Adler and Allan announces trio of acquisitions
Environmental risk reduction business, Adler and Allan, has announced the acquisition of three companies into the group: electrical specialists AMGS Electrical, hazardous material specialist Flotech Performance Systems Limited (Flotech) and...
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A ‘game changer’ for Irish retail
...largest convenience and fuel retailer, Topaz Energy Group, is to be acquired by the publicly quoted Canadian company Alimentation Couche-Tard. The company will join a publicly quoted business with a...
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Board changes at Abbey Logistics as CEO moves to executive chairman role
Long serving CEO Steve Granite has stepped down from his role as CEO of Abbey Logistics Group to take up a new position as executive chairman at the tanker specialist....
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A hike in fuel duty?
...report – ‘There’s a better way: sustainable, effective ways to lower vehicle emissions without punitive ineffective pay to pollute charges’ the FairFuelUK All-Party Parliamentary Group looks at ‘evidence sourced from...