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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...
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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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Lindsey refinery collapse results in redundancy for more than 100 tanker drivers
...effect. The drivers were employed by Axis Logistics, logistics provider for the Prax Group, which went into administration along with its parent company. Administrator Teneo Financial Advisory has confirmed that...
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A Day in the Life with Donald Mackay of WP Group
...with Donald Mackay, Head of Operations for the WP Group, to discover how Donald spends a typical day. MY ALARM GOES OFF AT… 6am, but it takes my 54-year-old bones...
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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...
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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...
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Radius boosts vehicle tracking division with acquisition of Plant-i
Earlier this month Crewe-based Radius Payment Solutions – the group behind the telematics and fuel card brands Kinesis and UK Fuels – acquired Plant-i, the Welsh-based provider of tracking and...
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Acquisition of Stokesley fuel supplier provides vital geographic link for Rix Petroleum
Rix Petroleum – the largest business in the family-owned J.R. Rix & Sons Ltd group – has acquired Stokesley-based fuel supplier AR Fuels for an undisclosed sum. The deal sees...
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Technology to improve production of fuels from waste in new partnership
LocoSoco Group Plc, a company that creates, sources and distributes products and technologies that contribute to sustainability, is linking up with fuel technology expert, SulNOx Group, on projects to convert...
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Adler and Allan’s new brand
As part of a strategy to bring its group of companies together, Adler and Allan launched a new brand and logo earlier this month, with the new brand reflecting the...
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“Let’s shift our focus to our customers” – industry reactions to the new government
...David Wells “Prioritising logistics can kickstart growth”, says David Wells, Chief Executive of business group Logistics UK The incoming government could begin kickstarting growth in its first 100 days by...
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Adler & Allan – Getting down to business
...to group sales & marketing manager, Alan Scrafton, to learn more. “Fuel polishing, vapour recovery refining, forecourt security products, Sockit filters, oxygen depletion in waterways and spray coat bund lining...