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MFG extends its fuel brand portfolio
Following acquisition of the retail assets of Murco Petroleum last October, the Motor Fuel Group (MFG) is replacing the Murco brand on its company station ...
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More diesel laundering sites discovered
Two men from Great Yarmouth were arrested last week after HMRC dismantled a diesel laundering plant, capable of evading over £1.3 million in duty and taxes ...
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Top distributor accolade for WP Group
David Fairchild, managing director of WP Group, with commercial director, Darren Borras, outside the company’s headquarters at Fawley
WP Group has been ranked by ...
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Tanker driver passports exceed 5,800
The Downstream Oil Industry Distribution Forum (DODF) has announced that more than 5,800 Petroleum Driver Passports have now been issued by the scheme manager, Scottish Qualifications ...
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First vessel arrives at Blyth’s new fuel terminal
Geos Group managing director Barry Newton, and project leader Liz Winship with Port of Blyth director Alan Todd, alongside The Shannon Fisher at the new ...
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Lough Ross laundering plant dismantled
HMRC officers uncovered a diesel laundering plant the shores of Lough Ross in Co. Armagh
A suspected diesel laundering plant, discovered on a farm overlooking ...
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Adler and Allan – keeping businesses running
Adler & Allan’s mobile fuel polishing services
Last week Adler and Allan exhibited at Data Centre World. This two-day event brought together data centre ...
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A commitment to work with regulators
Warrington-based Certas Energy has entered into a primary authority partnership with Warrington Borough Council.
Introduced by the government in 2009, a primary authority partnership enables a ...
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Morris appoints new franchise head and celebrates an adviser with distinction…
Mark Bacon, appointed to head up Morris’s franchise programme
Shrewsbury-based oil blender and lubricants manufacturer Morris Lubricants has appointed Mark Bacon to head up ...
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Changes to the drug driving law
At the beginning of March the drug driving law changed to make it easier for the police to catch and convict drug drivers.
It is ...
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Brake’s Giant Walk
National road safety charity Brake is calling on drivers to slow down and watch out for children on foot or bike.
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Total – adaptation plan to secure LOR’s future
“LOR will be a smaller, but a higher converting and more profitable refinery,” says general manager Jacques Beuckelaers
The Lindsey Oil Refinery (LOR) will be ...
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Level of illicit fuel is ‘alarming’
Only strong disciplinary action by the courts will act as a serious deterrent to those involved in the fuel laundering trade says the Freight Transport ...
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Inver Energy – syndicated bank deal
Inver Energy has negotiated major new funding facilities to fund the growth of its fuel import and marketing business in Ireland and the UK.
The ...
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Diesel fraud uncovered in Sunderland
A diesel laundering plant, capable of evading £1.4 million in duty, has been dismantled by HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) in a commercial premises in Sunderland ...
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Topaz Energy – €20m investment programme
Topaz has freed up resources to make a really substantial investment in the business says Emmet O’Neill
The investment will transform the company’s ...
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FPS EXPO – new products/services for the fuel oil distributor
Over half of the companies exhibiting at this year’s FPS EXPO in April will be introducing new products and services.
Demand for space at ...
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Oil heating cheaper than mains gas
Jeremy Hawksley – welcome news for the industry and the 1.5 million UK households who use oil for heating
Oil is now the cheapest of all the ...
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Burning oil? Call to make CO alarms law
Campaigners led by Plumb Center, Honeywell and the Katie Haines Memorial Trust, want to see carbon monoxide alarms in every home in England and Wales ...
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StocExpo 2015 Set to Break Records
Last year’s StocExpo broke all records, attracting over 2,940 visitors, making it the most successful show in its history. StocExpo 2015 returns on 17-19 March at ...
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A good Standard of tanker
Very impressed with the performance of its newest tanker, Knowsley-based Standard Fuel Oils has ordered two more.
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Which? reports on heating oil prices
With the price of heating oil at a four-year low, Which? has taken another look at the heating oil market; a market that has seen ...
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Fuel poverty – distributors get together
Helping vulnerable heating oil users – Steve Davis, Midland Fuel Oils and Mark Askew with Tina Costello of Heart of England
With the help of the ...
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Greenergy – additional biodiesel production
Last week Greenergy acquired Harvest Biofuels’ biodiesel manufacturing facility at Seal Sands on Teesside.
The acquisition of Harvest’s manufacturing assets gives Greenergy additional biodiesel ...