Howard Cox, Founder of FairFuelUk said: “It looks like welcome spending on roads for motorists and hauliers, but there’s no hiding the huge tax gap of up to £80billion to fund the Chancellor’s ‘spending heavy’ plan. Something will have to give. We have been reliably told by Treasury sources that, UK’s… Read more »
Biomethane delivers significant CO2 savings for road transport, reports government-funded trial
Renewable fuels provider Gasrec says results published (18 November) following a £20m government funded programme to trial, develop and demonstrate low emission vehicles in the road transport sector have highlighted the significant environmental and financial benefits of gas over diesel, particularly in long-haul applications. The Low Emissions Freight Trial (LEFT)… Read more »
UKIFDA submits its views on UK government’s red diesel consultation
Liquid fuels trade association, The UK and Ireland Fuel Distributors Association (UKIFDA) has submitted its views on the government’s latest red diesel consultation. The consultation which closed on 1 October 2020 called for views on whether its intended removal of the entitlement to use red diesel from April 2022 except… Read more »
Food industry calls on Chancellor to delay red diesel ban on Covid weakened supply chain
Food industry representatives have come together to urge HM Treasury to delay its proposed ban on the use of red diesel by food delivery vehicles until 2025. In its March 2020 Budget, Government announced that from April 2022 it will remove the entitlement to use red diesel for a range… Read more »
Fuel duty rise a blow to economic recovery, says Logistics UK
Speaking in response to rumours circulating of a potential fuel duty rise, Elizabeth de Jong, Director of Policy at Logistics UK, comments: “Logistics UK and its members are extremely concerned by rumours circulating of a significant fuel duty rise in the Autumn Budget. Logistics businesses have worked tirelessly during the… Read more »
Announcing a cooperative partnership to raise customer service for everyone
FLEETMAXX SOLUTIONS announces a Strategic Partnership Programme with NIVO, to deliver discount diesel and petrol fuel card products to the members of the UK’s largest business support group for Independent Vending Operators. Vending Operators service and fill vending machines up and down the country with hot and cold beverages, confectionery,… Read more »
Caroline Moody calls on chancellor to stimulate economy by maintaining lower fuel prices
Haulage boss Caroline Moody is calling on the government to maintain the current lower price of diesel over the next 12 months to stimulate the country’s economic recovery. She is urging chancellor Rishi Sunak to reduce the amount of fuel duty to compensate for any increase at the pumps, as… Read more »
Expensive E-highways are an unnecessary distraction- gas as a transport fuel can deliver
“Why spend millions on an electric road system, when gas as a transport fuel can deliver the carbon and cost savings needed?” says leading industry trade body, the Gas Vehicle Network, GVN, following a suggestion for a £19.3 billion E-Highway project in a report by The Centre for Sustainable Road Freight,… Read more »
Flogas starts work on UK’s largest LPG storage facility
Flogas Britain, one of the UK’s leading liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) suppliers, has started work on what will become the nation’s largest LPG storage terminal, with the capacity to store 34,564 tonnes of LPG. The project, which sees the conversion of the former National Grid LNG (liquefied natural gas) facility… Read more »
Renewable gas in transport could deliver more than 4.5 billion fuel cost saving per year
Leading industry trade body, the Gas Vehicle Network, GVN, welcomed the release of a new leaflet on the current uptake and future potential of biomethane in a decarbonised transport sector, which further reinforces the undeniable benefits of biomethane as a transport fuel. The leaflet- launched by the European Biogas Association,… Read more »
