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FPS Appoints New President
13th May 2013
Oil industry trade association FPS has inaugurated Nolan Fuel Oils Managing Director, Mark Nolan as their 30th President at the recent trade show FPS EXPO 2013. FPS Vice President and Regional Representative for East Anglia, London and the South, Mark takes over from Steve Davis of Midland Fuel Oils. Read More
New Oil Regulations Take Effect At Commercial Premises
3rd May 2013
Specialist oil tank installer IandR Services, is warning commercial and industrial premises storing diesel fuel, heating oil or waste oils, to ensure they comply with new, transitional fuel oil storage regulations, which have recently come into effect in Northern Ireland. The new regulations are designed to bring fuel oil storage regulations in Northern Ireland into line with more onerous requirements elsewhere in the UK. Read More
FPS EXPO 2013... A Great Success!
3rd May 2013
As FPS EXPO closed its doors to visitors last month, the feedback from exhibitors and visitors was it was a great success with business being done and visitor numbers increasing by 7% on the previous year. Over 98 exhibitors covering three halls of Harrogate International Centre attracting visitors from across the British Isles and further afield. Read More
OFTEC Positions Itself For The Future
3rd May 2013
Some OFTEC members recently gathered together for their Annual General Meeting and mini-conference in the suitably plush and sumptuous surroundings of London's Lansdowne Club, to debate the long term future for the oil heating industry industry. Coinciding with the Northern Ireland Boiler Scrappage Scheme, UK oil boiler sales have increased in the first quarter of this year. Read More
HEATFed Secures BSI Representation
20th April 2013
The Heating Engineers & Allied Trades Association has secured representation on behalf of heating engineers with the British Standards Institute (BSI). HeatFED will represent installers on BSI's RHE/13 committee. The committee is responsible for standards for oil burning equipment in the UK, as well as UK input to the work of oil related European CEN/TC committees. Read More
OFTEC Reports Increased Boiler Sales
20th April 2013
The Oil Firing Technical Association (OFTEC) reports that the oil heating sector has benefited from a significant improvement in sales this year. Sales of oil boilers in the first quarter of 2013 increased by 22% compared with the first three months of last year, with sales at the end of 2012 also showing an improvement on the previous year. Read More
