'We desperately need the Government to act swiftly and decisively'

MINISTERS WARNED THERE'S 'LESS THAN A WEEK TO SAVE VIVERGO'

- By ANDREW SPENCE

THE Government has been warned it has less than a week to save Britain's bioethanol industry.

Hull-based Vivergo Fuels, the largest bioethanol producer in the country, has told ministers that it needs a decision over its future from the Government by next Monday (August 18) or else it will be forced to start the irreversible process of closing on that day.

Vivergo and other bioethanol firms point to the US-UK trade deal which removed a 19 per cent tariff on ethanol products imported from the US. The firms say that without the tariff, they are now unable to compete with the American imports which are cheaper and less regulated.

The firm has been sounding the alarm in the over 100 days since Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer and his US counterpart, President Donald Trump announced the deal.

With the future of the site at serious risk, at the beginning of August Vivergo received its final scheduled wheat delivery.