LMS have recently been awarded the position of an approved supplier on the West Midlands Suppliers Register for fuel efficiency related products and services. This now means that LMS customers with short-medium term fuel efficiency strategies may be able to access future funding.
If you operate in the Aggregates industry, we have got a couple of part-funded places left to get the driver development training completed from now on until the end of January on a “first come first served” basis. To book you place, call us on 0845 450 7373 or text the word ‘SAFED‘ to 80010.
We have only 3 places left for companies to obtain part-funding to have an in-house trainer developed on the SAFED Aggregates Scheme.
Call immediately 0845 450 7373 or text the word ‘SAFED‘ to 80010 to secure your place!
Association of Lorry Loader Manufacturers and Importers (ALLMI) is holding a forum for all operators within the Lorry Loader industry. It is taking place on Thursday, 23rd October in Coventry. Keynote speaker, Kevin Taylor (Managing Director of Liquid Management Solutions) is giving a presentation on the benefits of Safe and Fuel Efficient Driving Techniques.
Kevin Taylor, Managing Director of Liquid Management Solutions, is a guest speaker at the Commercial Motor’s Green Conference today at the Aston Villa F.C. in Birmingham. He is talking about the simple steps operators can take to reduce their carbon footprint. This session covers driver training, aerodynamics, tyre care and inflation, vehicle specification etc.
A Ducati 800SS run by Team Inzane has recorded an important win at the Snetterton race track powered by Biofuel.
The motorbike, which competes in the UK Mini Twins category is powered by bioethanol E85 - a blend of fuel distilled from biomass and 15 per cent petrol. Dan Rapson, EEMS project manager, said: “This is a great achievement by the team and demonstrates just how compatible the energy efficiency message is with the spectable of exciting motorsport”.
The team was support by government initiative Energy Efficiency in Motor Sport EEMS.
LMS have moved the company car fleet to a 100% carbon neutral car insurance company. As LMS work on a number of governmental fuel initiatives it was important that we do our bit to save the planet, commented Kevin Taylor, Managing Director.
Making our company car journeys carbon neutral by offsetting the emissions our vehicle produce helps balance the impact our driving is having on the environment. Carbon Dioxide (Co2) - a major greenhouse gas - naturally present in the atmosphere at low levels, but on the increase due mainly to the use of fossil fuels. The money we pay to offset the CO2 emissions goes to purchase carbon credits from a portfolio of projects - helping the wider world.
Urea prices reached record highs in June 2008, increasing the pressure on the AdBlue market’s already tight margins. With additional pressure from the soaring price of automotive diesel, and growing doubt over the health of the commercial vehicles market AdBlue suppliers are heading for uncertain times.
The root causes of skyrocketing oil prices remained unclear at the World Petroleum Congress in Madrid this week, but one thing was becoming increasingly evident. Access to “easy oil” will henceforth be “limited”, as Royal Dutch Shell chief executive Jeroen van der Veer put it, while BP boss Tony Hayward spoke of the era of “cheap energy” being over. (more…)
This week the Honda Motor Co. rolled its first hydrogen-powered vehicles off the assembly line. In development for 16 years, the cars run on fuel cells that get the equivalent of 74 miles to the the gallon. Each vehicle costs upwards of $100,000, but Honda says the price will quickly go down as it goes into mass production. The only hitch: Hydrogen fuel stations are few and far between, and Honda is waiting for the infrastructure to catch up to the technology. (more…)