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BWOC Limited Proudly Co-sponsors the 2013 ‘Captains Charity Golf Day’ with Weston super Mare Golf Club.

On Wednesday 15th May 2013, BWOC Limited was proud to co-sponsor and take part in the 2013 Captains Charity Golf Day at Weston super Mare Golf Club.

The charity fundraiser hosted by Weston super Mare Golf Club raised money to help Weston Hospice which provides palliative care to people with life limiting illnesses. Charitable golfers raised over £3,700 with £375 coming from the Weston Hospice’s raffle.

36 teams enjoyed a sunny day of golf with the winning team scoring 83 Stableford points. The 18-hole public golf course located on the coast at Weston super Mare provided a scenic background with its wide horizons and masses of sky.

Steve Corrick, Club Captain and Finance Director of BWOC Ltd said:

“On behalf of Weston super Mare Golf Club and BWOC Ltd, I would like to congratulate the winning team, and we would like to thank everyone who attended the charity event in order to support a very worthy cause.”

“All money raised during the Golf Day will help to support the services offered to the community by Weston Hospice. They give 24 hours palliative care as well as Chaplaincy and Bereavement support for adults and children, all provided free of charge.”

“The care without question offered to terminally ill patients, their families, friends and carers is second to none and with only 19% funded by the Primary Care Trust, the generous donations really are a valuable resource to both the trust, its patients & their families.”

“Well done to the winning team from Weston, Pete Allen, Jon James, Alex Larkin & Henry Bladon.”

Weston super Mare Golf Club and BWOC Ltd would like to thank everybody whose kind donations contributed to an enjoyable and successful event and we would like to offer a special thank you to the support of the companies that attended.

2013 Sponsors:

BWOC Ltd
Extreme Off Road
Carbase
Inter-City Mobile
Reynolds Trade Credit
Turners of Soham Ltd
Abergavenny Fuels Ltd
Moorland Fuels
Principal Electrical
Lloyds Banking Group
Marstons
Heineken
Peter & Diney Costeloe
CH Jones
Walker & Ling
John & Alison Whitewood
Mercedes Benz Weston-s-Mare
Brittany Ferries
AIG Trade Credit

About Weston Hospicecare:

They have one simple, but very important mission: ‘To maximise the quality of life for those living with cancer and other life-limiting illnesses’

They provide specialist nursing care, practical advice and support and a friendly listening ear to local people living with life-limiting illnesses and their families.

They help patients’ loved ones to care for them in a place of their choice, be that at the Hospice, in their own home, nursing or residential home.

Each year Weston Hospicecare needs to raise a staggering £3 million! This incredible amount of money pays for them to continue their work supporting and providing specialist palliative care for 1,300 local people and their families living with a life limiting illness – at any one time the Hospice is supporting 1 in 100 local people.

Weston Hospicecare uses every single penny raised to continue providing vital services to local people in the community.

If you would like to donate please contact:

Weston Hospicecare Limited.
Registered Charity No. 900328.
Jackson-Barstow House,
28 Thornbury Road,
Uphill,
Weston-super-Mare,
Somerset BS23 4YQ

Telephone: 01934 423900
Fax: 01934 423901
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Weston-super-Mare Golf Club
Uphill Road North,
Weston-super-Mare
BS23 4NQ

Telephone: 01934 626968
Fax: 01934 621360
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BWOC Ltd
BW Estate
Oldmixon Crescent
Weston super Mare
BS24 9BA

Telephone: 01934 417576
Fax: 01934 422161
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Farewell Mike

This week sees the retirement of one of BWOC longest serving members of Staff a true Gentleman indeed Mr Mike Newman!

Mike officially joined BWOC back in February 1985 as a Driver having already worked for a year with Bob Wayne (the founder of BWOC) within an associated company before officially becoming a full time Aviation driver in February 1990.

In 2000 Mike “hung up his tacho” after many years on the road to take on the role of Aviation Manager in an office based role working closely with Customers, Suppliers and his fellow Colleagues.

As popular member of the Team throughout his time at BWOC Mike has seen plenty of changes across our industry and has always adapted well to the challenges put in front of him.

Whilst there are plenty of tales and memories to share of Mike we will be saving these for a celebratory dinner later this month when Colleagues will join Mike to ensure that he gets the grand send off to a long and well deserved retirement that he so deserves.

Thank you for your dedication over the years and you are a true friend to us all!

We will miss you dearly.

The BWOC Team

Both companies and consumers will benefit from the Chancellor's decision to scrap the planned increase in fuel duty.

During his Autumn statement, Chancellor George Osborne announced to parliament that the 3.02 pence per litre fuel duty increase, due to take effect on 1st January 2013, will be cancelled and the increase that was planned for 1st April 2013 will be deferred until 1st September 2013.

Such a move could see the typical driver save £40 a year and hauliers £1,200 a year. Confused.com insurance boffin, Gareth Kloet, added "it is a relief for all motorists, including those who rely on the roads to keep their businesses up and running".

In the financial year 2011-12, £26.8bn was received from fuel duty by the Treasury, which was a decline in revenue from the previous year where it peaked at £27.26bn. Since the duty peak, 527 million fewer litres of petrol and diesel were sold, as individuals and companies chose to economise, according to Edmund King, president of the Automobile Association.

"The tax take from fuel duty is pretty healthy and would be even better were it not for record fuel prices," he said.

"Arguably, the government would rake in more revenue if it tackled the causes of stubbornly-high fuel prices in the UK, allowing cash-tight businesses, lower-income families and the 28% who restrict their spend on fuel.

Fuel duty has not increased since January 2011, when a 0.76p per litre was imposed and it was then cut by 1p in March 2011 and ever since planned increases have been postponed repeatedly, before finally being scrapped altogether.

George Osborne stated "Under this government we'll have had no increase in petrol taxes for nearly two and a half years - in fact they have been cut,"

"Fuel is 10p per litre cheaper than it would have been if we had stuck to the Labour tax plans and I want to keep it that way."

Fuel duty increases since 2001:

7 March 2001 - 45.82p
1 October 2003 - 47.10p
7 December 2006 - 48.35p
1 October 2007 - 50.35p
1 December 2008 - 52.35p
1 April 2009 - 54.19p
1 September 2009 - 56.19p
1 April 2010 - 57.19p
1 October 2010 - 58.19p
1 January 2011 - 58.95p
23 March 2011 - 57.95p

Source: RAC Foundation

The London 2012 Torch relay is here!

Do you know when it will be near you?

To help plan your fuel delivery requirements around the relay visit www.london2012.com/olympic-torch-relay or call BWOC and speak to your account manager on 01934 417576.

BWOC Ltd Fuel Distibution Planning

TIMELINE OF IMPACT

Whilst it is natural to think first and foremost about the days of competition, there are other major events taking place over the summer of 2012 that will affect the transport network and the day-to-day running of some businesses.

It will not just be businesses located in and around the Olympic Park that will feel the full impact of the Olympics in their day-to-day business.

Some of the main impact of the Olympic Games will not be during the actual games themselves; it will likely be the events in the build-up to the games that could present delivery difficulties to customers:

Torch Relay will provide the biggest impact on day-to-day running of businesses. The torch relay’s impact should not be under-estimated. For example the carnival-type floats will accompany the torch will result in crowds and localised road closures. The relay begins at Lands End on Saturday 19^th May and continues through to the opening ceremony in London on 27^th July.

Soft Openings take place over a number of different days. For example at the end of June the media centre opens. This will involve all media setting up their centres. Once this is done the media centre will be security swept and then sealed off until the media return closer to the games.

Diamond Jubilee will take place over the weekend of 2^nd – 5^th June. The main focus of events for the jubilee will be in and around London although there will be events around the country.

The Games take place in two parts. The Olympic games from 27^th July through to 12^th August and then the Paralympics from 29^th August through to 9^thSeptember. In addition to this there will be 2/3 days either side when the athletes arrive and depart.

AREAS OF IMPACT

The areas of impact will change daily before and during the Olympics. In the 70 days leading up to the Olympics the torch relay will take place around the country. It is the aim of the torch relay to get within 10 miles of 95% of the population of the UK. In addition to the torch relay on each day there will be local ‘cultural’ events that tie in with the sponsors of the Olympics.

During the games there will be Olympic events that take place outside of the main Olympic Park in Stratford .
They are –

Canoeing takes place at the newly built Lee Valley White Water Centre just south ofCheshunt. Events will be taking place here from 29^th July – 2^nd August (Olympics) and 5^th – 8^th September (Paralympics).
We have a customer just outside the centre that is likely to be impacted on these days.

Mountain Biking takes place at Hadleigh Farm just East of Benfleet (Essex). The events take place on 11^th& 12^th August (Olympics) which is over a weekend.

Cycling (Road Races) will take place in different venues. For the Paralympics the road cycling will take place at Brands Hatch from 5^th – 8^th September. The road races for the Olympics will take place on 28^th & 29^th July and 1^st August. The road race in the Olympics doesn’t take place at a single venue; the route will take cyclists through central London and through parts of Surrey.

Sailing will take place in Weymouth . The sailing will last the duration of the Olympics, for the Paralympics the competition lasts from 1^st – 6^th September. Our customers in the Dorset area are likely to be affected by the extra traffic during the competition

Rowing takes place at Eton Dorney near Maidenhead. The rowing competition for the Olympics last the duration of the Olympics. For the Paralympics the competition lasts from 31^st August – 2^nd September.

Football is the only event that begins before the Olympics. The football competition takes place at 6 grounds around the country – Wembley Stadium, Millennium Stadium, Old Trafford, Coventry Stadium (Ricoh Arena), St James Park (Sports Direct Stadium) and Hampden Park. The matches that form the football tournament will take place throughout the day and not just in the evenings.

As a business the main areas of impact for BWOC will be the torch relay and some of the events outside of London– sailing and football. After looking at the ‘Areas of Impact’ we have identified customers that we put under the heading ‘RED ZONE CUSTOMERS’

RED ZONE CUSTOMERS

These are customers that on certain days could be inaccessible to deliveries.

Olympic Park – we have already been in contact with some of our customers who are located in close proximity to the Olympic Park. One of our ‘delivery’ customers who are based on the outskirts of the Olympic Park, have been written to by LOCOG (London Organising Committee of the Olympic Games). LOCOG have suggested they shut down during the Olympics/Paralympics or switch to working nights. This is because the security restrictions in place locally will make it nigh on impossible for them to operate normally during the games.

As far as loading fuel goes, we have been advised by the
terminals in London that they there are no restrictions for loading during the games. That said we have
implemented a contingency plan where we have a London driver trained and based in Kingsbury
to enable flexibility during the games.

WHAT ARE TfL (Transport for London ) DOING?

A big concern of bringing the games to a city like London with an already cramped transport network and the security operation involved is the affect that the extra traffic will have on the network.

Looking at the disruption caused to road networks in previous games the organisers have earmarked 109 miles of London’s road network as ‘Olympic Route Network’ – ORN.

Of the 109 miles, 30 miles are being used as ‘Games Lanes’

These roads will be open to all traffic but there will be restrictions imposed between 0600-0000. These restrictions will be –

No kerbside deliveries during the hours of 0600-0000.
Where there are 2 lanes of traffic the outside lane will be exclusively for the use of the ‘Games Family’ (athletes, officials, families, etc) and for blue-light services (Police, Fire & Ambulance) but only when they are on a ‘blue-light call’.
To try and keep traffic flowing during the day TfL is imposing a ‘Westbound Bias’ on road traffic. This means that timings on traffic lights will be changed to increase the flow of traffic in a westbound direction – i.e. traffic heading to games events.
The ORN will be in place for 2 days either side of the Olympics and will then be renamed as PRN – Paralympics Route Network for the Paralympics. Again these will be in place before and after the Paralympics.
Clearway 2012 – no schedule roadwork’s during the games.
These restrictions will be strictly imposed by increased fines.

Tanker Driver Strike Action Ruled Out

The Unite Union has confirmed that they will not be asking their members to strike over Easter. This will hopefully give the public the confidence to not panic buy and thus allowing both retail forecourts and terminals to replenish supplies.

With a 7 day notice period required before industrial action, there should be no need for panic buying though whilst forecourt stocks are low and queues being experienced, we would recommend that our customers do not let their tanks run too low and that they ensure they have enough fuel for the entire journey whenever possible.

Mark Wayne, Managing Director March 2012

Unite have advised that it retains the right to call industrial action if talks between the union and the seven distribution companies through the arbitration service at ACAS break down and talks are expected to start next week.

And whilst Cabinet Office minister Francis Maude recently encouraged the irresponsible and dangerous behaviour of storing fuel in a jerrycan, we advise against the inappropriate and potentially unsafe storage of fuel at your home.

The potential dangers have been highlighted today by reports of a York woman accidentally setting fire to herself last night, suffering 40% burns after the petrol caught fire in the kitchen of her home whilst she tried to decant the fuel from one container to another so her daughter could fill her car.

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