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Success despite oil demand & price slump
...slump in demand for petroleum products during lockdown, as well as an accompanying fall in oil prices, resulted in a 22 per cent drop in Group turnover, down from £509.3m...
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Motor Fuel Group lifeline for Murco
...Group. All of these stations will continue to offer fuel under the Murco brand. The forecourt shops on the Murco company station network also operate under the Costcutter brand. www.motorfuelgroup.com...
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Suttons MD to step down
LR Handing over – John Sutton and Andrew Palmer After eight years at the helm of the Suttons Group, Andrew Palmer, group managing director, has announced his intention to retire...
Interview
In conversation with Dave Walmsley: enthusiastic for NWF Fuels expansion
Dave Walmsley was appointed managing director of the Fuels division of the NWF Group in November 2022 having previously held the position of managing director of SIG Distribution and senior...
Insight
UK Downstream: the changing landscape
...which it is showing signs of stabilising in the past few years – The emergence of large dealer groups (those with 100+ outlets), initially prompted by the site divestment programmes...
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Industry collaboration secures funding for 150 hydrogen trucks and 8 refuelling stations
...of the leading global OEMs (Daimler Truck, Volvo Group, and Iveco Group), Finnish research institution VTT, International Road Transport Union (IRU), Romanian National Union of Road Transporters (UNTRR), Italian (Federazione Italiana...
Opinion
HEA calls for a national transport and storage network for hydrogen
...of the HEA’s Hydrogen Transportation and Storage Working Group and H2 regulatory affairs manager at BP said: “The recommendations of this working group, formed from a diverse range of HEA...
Interview
In profile – Matthew Crockett, group managing director at Craggs Energy Group.
...facts. This month we chat with Matthew Crockett, group managing director at Craggs Energy Group. “It’s important to surround yourself with talent.” MATTHEW CROCKETT Please give your career history in...
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Jardine Motors Group achieves a carbon-cutting, UK first in waste oil management
Working with resource management company Veolia, the leading automotive retail group becomes the first of the UK’s top ten dealership groups to take decisive carbon-cutting by recycling 100% of its...
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Ascona grows UK portfolio to 61 sites
Ascona Group has acquired the Bridgwater Road Service Station in Bristol, taking its total portfolio to 61 sites across the UK. As part of the next phase and in keeping...
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Successful HGV skill scheme set to deliver 2000 new drivers as funding is extended
The Driver Academy Group will lead the government HGV driver creation scheme with the extended funding facilitating training for thousands more HGV drivers The Driver Academy Group (DAG) a consortium...
Opinion
Former HGV drivers urged to take up funded training to alleviate shortages
...hundreds of spaces now available on government-funded refresher training courses, called Skills Bootcamps. Managed by the Driver Academy Group, a consortium comprising of business organisation Logistics UK, HGV training specialist...
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Fuel Oil News Tanker of the Year 2023: entries of note
...function to meet WP’s requirements. With climate change a pressing concern, WP Group are delivering multiple fuel grades, including AdBlue and HVO, to a wide range of customers. OptiMate helps...
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‘Team Stobart’ completes Lake District Trek to raise funds for Alzheimer’s Society
...and businesses for over four decades and a proud member of the West Cumberland Farmers (WCF) group, Allan Stobart Lubricants and Fuels is one of the UK’s largest independent fuel oil...
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Activists claim oil terminals were ‘totally blocked’ in new protests
...occupying tunnels dug beneath terminal access roads. At Grays a small group of protesters trespassed onto the site in the early hours, climbed up into the loading bays and then...
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In the pipeline at CLH-PS
Ignacio Casajús takes over as commercial director at CLH-PS with effect from 1st July Ignacio is currently managing director of TERQUIMSA, a company 50% owned by the CLH Group and...
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Fuel tech company in running for Logistics Leadership innovation award
A British fuel tech company which has developed technologies to reduce fuel consumption, emissions and pollution from fossil and biofuels has been shortlisted for a prestigious innovation award. SulNOx Group...
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Turnover increase for Clugston Distribution
...efficiencies,” said Tim Doggett. The distribution division’s continued growth comes on the back of a set of recently released Group results, in which Clugston produced a strong financial performance despite...