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Consumer Council considers OFT Super Complaint
7th November 2008
The Consumer Council in Northern Ireland has claimed that oil heating customers in Northern Ireland may be paying too much for home heating oil. According to the Consumer Council, the last time crude oil was at this week's price, consumers paid on average £275 to fill a 900 litre oil tank. Today, according to the Consumer Council they are typically paying £416. Read More
HVCA issues Mandelson Rule Challenge to Public Sector
6th November 2008
In an effort to improve payment security throughout the construction industry, HVCA members are being urged to seek an undertaking from their public sector clients that they will pay their suppliers within the ten-day period stipulated by Peter Mandelson. Read More
LPG Customers set to benefit from Competition Commission Order
31st October 2008
The Competition Commission has responded to concerns expressed about the manner in which the domestic LPG market operates and has published an Order for the Supply of Bulk LPG for Domestic Use as part of the Commission's ongoing Inquiry into the LPG industry. Read More
Avoid Horrors this Hallowe'en... Check your Tank!
31st October 2008
Check your oil tank or risk damaging your local environment, is the warning from the Environment Agency this Hallowe'en to oil heating customers. As part of the Agency's 6 week campaign, tank owners are being reminded of the importance of protecting the environment by ensuring oil tanks are well maintained and secured. Read More
Mid Ulster Football League tanks up with Harlequin
31st October 2008
Northern Ireland's leading locally owned and managed oil storage tank manufacturer Harlequin, has recently signed a sponsorship agreement with the Daily Mirror Mid Ulster Football League. Read More
Oil Equipment Manufacturers consider New Product Sustainability Standard
29th October 2008
Businesses can from today assess the carbon footprint of their goods and services and play a greater part in fighting climate change, thanks to a new standard launched by BSI British Standards, the Carbon Trust and Defra which is being considered for adoption by a number of heating oil equipment manufacturers. Read More