October 2020

OFTEC Partners With Age UK To Tackle Winter Deaths – OilFiredUp
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OFTEC Partners With Age UK To Provide Heating AdviceOfficial statistics published recently, have revealed the shocking scale of excess winter deaths in England and Wales, primarily as a result of poorly insulated homes.Excess winter deaths are mostly a result of...
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Ireland's Applegreen Buys UK Sites For £21m – OilFiredUp
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Applegreen, Irish forecourt retailer, has followed on with their USA acquisitions by purchasing a network of seven sites from the Carsley Group in the UK for £21 million.The sites, which consist of six service areas and one filling station, are...
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Whitegate Oil Refinery Loses €4.5m Following Interest Bill – OilFiredUp
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Interest payments to other companies within its group left the Republic’s only refinery nursing a near $5 million (€4.5 million) loss last year.Sales at Phillips 66 Whitegate Refinery Ltd in Cork, bought recently by Canada’s Irving Oil, fell by $1...
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FPS EXPO 2015 Space Selling 'Faster Than Ever' – OilFiredUp
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FPS EXPO Exhibition Space Selling Faster Than EverSpaces are filling faster than ever for FPS EXPO 2015, according to event organiser The Federation of Petroleum Suppliers (FPS). Set for Harrogate International Centre on 22-23 April 2015, FPS EXPO is the...
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Don't Be Left In The Cold! Make Your Voice Heard. – OilFiredUp
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NEA, SSE And DECC Launch Autumn Fuel Poverty SeminarsLast month, HM Government put down draft regulations to create a new fuel poverty target, which sought to ensure that as many fuel poor homes as possible achieve a minimum energy efficiency...
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Heating Oil Installer Fined For Sub-Standard Boiler Installation – OilFiredUp
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Oil Installer Fined For Sub Standard Boiler InstallationA heating oil installer from Malswick has been fined £250 after installing an oil fired boiler at a property that had the potential to cause death from carbon monoxide (CO) poisoning.Forty eight year old Nigel...
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Put A Lid On Water Ingression, Says TankDepot.co.uk – OilFiredUp
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Put A Lid On Water Ingression Says TankDepot.co.uk's Steve BeechOil and water don’t mix and that’s especially true with heating oil, writes TankDepot.co.uk Director Steve Beech.Each and every winter, thousands of UK heating oil users are left out in the cold,...
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NICE Launches Cold Homes Draft Guidance Consultation – OilFiredUp
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NICE Cold Homes CoverThe National Institute for Health & Care Excellence (NICE) has begun a consultation on draft guidance on how to reduce the risk of death and ill health associated with living in a cold home.Cold weather has a direct effect on...
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