BP restarts free fuel scheme

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BP restarts free fuel scheme

A national free fuel and food scheme for Blue Light services has been extended for crews dealing with the COVID-19 pandemic.

Date - 27th January 2021
By - Chris Smith

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Fuel giant BP announced it is reintroducing its programme supplying fuel free of charge to UK emergency services vehicles. The company ran a similar programme last year in which it supplied more than 10 million litres of fuel free to emergency...

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