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Evening Standard
Dave Higgens

Under-threat bioethanol plant says talks with Government a ‘positive signal’

The UK’s largest bioethanol plant, which has said it could be weeks from stopping production following the recent US trade deal, has described the start of negotiations with the Government as a “very positive signal”.

Hull-based Vivergo Fuels said on Thursday that, given “the strategic importance of a domestic ethanol supply”, the Government has committed to formal negotiations to reach a “sustainable solution”.

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