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The retirement of popular industry couple Mike and Moira Green from Liquip UK leaves the business in new hands. The Liquip International range of equipment will be available through Liquip XL, a new company formed by the XL Group.
Unveiling his spring statement in the Commons, Chancellor Rishi Sunak has announced a cut of 5p a litre to fuel duty effective from midnight tonight until March 2023 in a bid to ease the cost-of-living crisis.
Essar warns Stanlow Refinery could be targeted for disruptive action by the Just Stop Oil protest group who want to halt fossil fuel licensing and production.
Logistics UK’s Supply Chain Consultancy (SCC) has launched a dedicated service to help businesses decarbonise their fleet while maintaining operational efficiency and profitability.
UKIFDA EXPO 2022 will once again see the fuel distribution industry coming together and Mabanaft is looking forward to meeting those in the sector
Leading logistics provider, Suttons Tankers, has appointed Nigel Hughes as head of fuels indicating belief in fuels sector growth.
Fuel Oil News is welcoming nominations from fuel distributors for the sought-after industry award of Tanker of the Year 2022 for the best fuel tanker.
Recruitment for the 2022 Oil and Gas Technical Apprenticeship Programme (OGTAP) managed by OPITO and the ECITB to create a sustainable pipeline of skilled and competent technicians, is open.
Kingspan discusses how fuel oil distributors (FODs) can improve operational efficiency and profitability if customers install telemetry monitoring on oil tanks.
With tanker equipment supplier, Mechtronic Ltd, celebrating five years of its innovative electronic metering system OptiMate, this year also sees the 500th OptiMate go out on the road, giving the business another reason to celebrate its successes.
Craggs Energy Ltd and sister company, Moorland Fuels Ltd, have transferred ownership of the businesses to their 55-strong workforce managing the sale through an employee ownership trust
The world’s largest public access biomethane refuelling station in Avonmouth can refuel up to 80 HGVs per hour cutting 70,000 tonnes of CO2 emissions every year.
James Wroath, the CEO of Wincanton, the leading supply chain business which employs over 20,000 people, has been confirmed as a speaker at Logistics UK’s first Supply Chain Resilience conference, taking place on 30 March 2022 at the America Square Conference Centre in London. James will be presenting on how business leaders can protect their operations against present challenges and future shocks as the economy emerges from the COVID-19 pandemic.
Logistics UK’s Future Logistics Conference 2022 will look at the latest developments in transport, and spark debate about future fuels and the decarbonisation of one of the economy’s most critical sectors.
With Essar Oil (UK) developing the UK’s first low carbon refinery future workforce needs have also been considered, with fifteen apprentices completing training.
UM Terminals employee successfully completes charity swim challenge to raise vital money for those affected by spinal cord injuries.
Fuel supplies could be affected if workers at ExxonMobil’s Fawley refinery vote for strike action in a ballot that got underway yesterday (Monday 21 February), according to workers’ union Unite.
The Virgin Group and Agilyx have announced a partnership to develop lower carbon sustainable aviation fuels from plastic waste in a significant development for the transition to future fuels.
Cars in the Legends Cars National Championship to use SulNOx fuel conditioners to reduce the vehicles’ impact on the environment and decarbonise motorsport.
An apprentice HGV driver is celebrating after being the first to successfully qualify as a Class 1 driver under a new apprenticeship programme run by the AV Dawson driver training academy
UK Fuels, part of Radius Payment Solutions, has enhanced its fuel bunkering services with an expanded network of 3,500 filling stations that will accept operator-branded Bunkerplus fuel cards. The bunkering service is specifically designed for high volume diesel users, allowing businesses to bulk buy wholesale fuel, with the ability to fill up at any fuel station on the UK Fuels network.
Essar Oil UK plans to install UK first £45 million hydrogen fuelled furnace at Stanlow to reduce CO2 emissions in transition to low carbon future fuels
Kettlewell Fuels wins Fuel Oil News Tanker of the Year 2021 for its innovation, design and drive towards greener fuel deliveries.
Leading global professional services firm, Aon plc, credit insurance provider to the fuel industry to sponsor the UKIFDA EXPO Reunion Dinner 2022