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Commenting on a modern industrial strategy
Chris Hunt, director general of UKPIA With the Government launching its green paper for a new Industrial Strategy for the UK last week, UKPIA was among the first to announce...
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MP visits first ever fossil-free HVO village, converted in industry trials
This week Camborne and Redruth MP George Eustice visited the Cornish village of Kehelland, where properties, including the local church, school, businesses and homes, have been converted to run on...
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A Day in the Life…Abbey Eames
...IS… I do love a bit of telly; I go from one extreme to another. I can find myself watching TOWIE and then onto This Week on the Farm. I’M...
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HGVC secures £10m funding to train thousands more drivers
...become HGV drivers over the next two years. The HGV Skills Bootcamps are flexible courses of up to 16 weeks, giving people the opportunity to build up sector-specific skills. First launched in December...
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Irving Oil to acquire Whitegate
...employees as well as many contract personnel Last week Canadian-owned Irving Oil announced an agreement had been reached with Phillips 66 to acquire its Whitegate refinery. The acquisition will enable...
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Coryton partnership could see second-generation biofuels break new boundaries
...sands of the Arabian Gulf in Dammam, the Dakar route includes mountains and more to test the vehicles with 14 stages to complete in just over two weeks. The route...
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National Grid targets off-grid fuel poverty
Last week National Grid announced that over 9,000 homes ranging from island cottages on Orkney to terraced houses in London are set to benefit from the first payments from its new...
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Thoughts on fuel prices – November in review
...was back over the 1.20 mark, a level not seen since August – before the disastrous mini budget and Truss’s *cough* interesting 7 weeks in power. It’s still low compared...
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A Day in the Life – Zach Coyle, depot operations manager at WCF Chandlers
...dog, into work with me! She was 14 weeks old and made herself very comfortable in the office getting fuss from whoever she could. THE WORST PART OF MY JOB…...
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Dunraven’s Apollo Smart gets smarter
...the software will be installed in minutes. Apollo Smart allows consumers to monitor heating oil consumption, fuel costs and CO2 emissions on a daily, weekly, monthly and annual basis.” www.dunravensystems.com...
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New director general for UKPIA
This week UKPIA announced the appointment of its new director general – Stephen Marcos Jones will take up his role when the existing director general Chris Hunt retires in November....
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UKIFDA announces new chief executive
...hope to build on this sterling work going forward.” Ken will join UKIFDA on January 11th and a phased transition of responsibilities will begin during Guy and Ken’s three-week handover....
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Fay takes over as OFTEC chairman
...welcomed its new chairman Niall Fay of Grant Engineering at last week’s AGM and mini-conference. Niall takes over from Nick Hawkins, director of commercial operations at Kingspan Environmental, who has...
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Mayor of Greater Manchester visits veterans’ charity
The Mayor of Greater Manchester, Andy Burnham visited Veterans into Logistics last week to see how the charity trains and mentors ex-military personnel into new careers as HGV drivers. New...
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Oil industry stars recognised
...didn’t know I’d been entered for it until my boss told me two weeks ago so it’s a real surprise and a confidence boost. I’m working towards becoming a fully...
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NI oil stocks low due to unexpectedly high demand
...product is arriving on a weekly basis,” David continues. “We would advise oil users to continue to order as normal but note your distributor may limit your order to make...
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Fuel distribution and veterans: a perfect fit
In recent years, there have been an increased number of ex-military personnel joining the fuel industry. Claudia Weeks, Community Content Lead for Fuel Oil News, spoke to several of those...
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Engineering company fuels Asda
The Asda project at East Retford was completed in a 10 week time frame with the site handed over at the end of last month The Premier Group, the UK’s...