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All new petrol and diesel cars must…

MPs want action to reduce the 40,000 early deaths a year that are linked to Britain’s poor air quality ALL new petrol and diesel cars must be banned from the roads within 12 years, MPs have declared. They called Britain’s pollution problem “a national health emergency” and said the current target of 2040 “lacks sufficient […]

Illegal diesel dump clean-up in Louth cost…

Reporter: Dundalk Democrat 21 Nov 2017 LOUTH County Council has said that it is not the local authority’s responsibility to check for markers in illegal diesel dumps. The clean-up of two diesel fuel dumps in Co Louth in September last cost €12,000, according to Louth County Councillor Mark Dearey. Cllr Dearey put forward a question about […]

These are the Hull petrol stations being…

We’ve found out which petrol station has racked up the most thefts this year and what police are doing about it More than 1,100 people have driven away from petrol stations in Hull and the East Riding without paying for their fuel in the past three years, according to alarming new figures. Since the start […]

A fuel thief who could have killed…

By Gabriel_S | Posted: September 11, 2017 A driver who almost ploughed into a group of school children during a police chase through Tunbridge Wells has been jailed. Harry Kerwick collided with other vehicles and mounted pavements on St John’s Road following a high speed pursuit on June 21. Kerwick had been driving a Mercedes […]

Father and Son Accused in Theft of…

A bold gang set up a makeshift refinery in the grounds of Boris Johnson’s ministerial Chevening estate in order to steal hydrocarbon fuel from a network of underground pipes. Petrol, diesel and aviation fuel was also stolen from pipelines across Essex, Hampshire, Northamptonshire, and Cheshire over a 17-month period. When police raided the site a […]

Cost Saving Opportunities for the Global Fuel…

Technavio has published a new report on the global fuel cards market from 2017-2021. (Graphic: Business Wire) LONDON–(BUSINESS WIRE)–According to the latest procurement intelligence report from Technavio, the global fuel cards market is expected to grow at a CAGR of 8.5% over the next five years due to widespread adoption of digital payment solutions by […]