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An eventful and exciting year at MFG
...in their latest year. The Morrisons’ pilot will start by the end of the year and will allow Morrisons to supply branded and own-brand food to the forecourt stores. www.motorfuelgroup.com...
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Meeting customers’ needs
Harvest Energy, a member of the Prax Group of companies, has opened a new Morrisons Daily Store at its Sandringham service station in Leicester. Having bought this site along with...
Interview
Doherty Oils – fail to plan, plan to fail
...Fermanagh areas. “If we’ve learned any lessons from last year, it would be to have all of our trucks psv’d and well maintained. “We’ve also decided to put our own...
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The Phillips 66 Interview
...that his interaction with the people in Phillips 66 has been one of the key reasons we have had such a great business relationship over this time. RESPONDING TO...
Interview
Northern Energy: fuelling communities for 90 years
...1957, to supply to the many local houses and farms.” As Robinsons Petroleum Distributors (RPD), we became an Esso-authorised distributor, some 65 years ago now, moving to oil distribution in...
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New UKIFDA President welcomed at successful fuel industry EXPO
...Rix & Sons Ltd. Uniting the liquid fuel industry in person for the first time in three years, the UKIFDA EXPO 2022 and Future Fuels Conference at Liverpool Exhibition was...
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March 2024 – latest updates from our distributor community
...process!” Tanker investment sees Rix hit a century Rix Petroleum Ltd has hit a century with its latest investment. The Hull-based business has invested almost £2m in 10 DAF tankers,...
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Fuel Oil News Tanker of the Year 2023: entries of note
...invaluable addition to this rural distributor’s fleet. Rix Petroleum – build innovation delivers improved reliability and performance A Cobo-built, rigid body tanker with a 20,000l capacity on a DAF XD...
Interview
35 years of tanker loading and process metering solutions
...recently completed a decade-long program for Rix Petroleum. Another example is a depot upgrade program we completed for Certas Energy back in 2019. It’s incredibly rewarding to be able to...
Interview
Former UKIFDA president, Janet Kettlewell, speaks on a unique tenure
...Janet to step down as president and to hand over that responsibility to Rory Clarke, MD at J.R. Rix & Sons Ltd. Claudia Weeks, content editor, spoke with Janet at...
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Gulf Aviation fuels Cheltenham Gold rush
...Normally there are up to 650 helicopter landings at the course during the meeting making it the busiest temporary airfield anywhere in the country – including the British Grand Prix....
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Chandlers Oil & Gas – Playing to our strengths
...Pell, today’s business is run by Tom Caunt’s grandsons, David Hindmarch and Nick and Simon Caunt Thirty-four drivers operate the company’s 7 articulated tankers and 27 rigids. Serving customers in...
Opinion
UKIFDA urges UK Government to reconsider red diesel entitlement deadline
...and non-commercial heating, has overlooked any exceptional reasons why other sectors should be allowed to continue to use red diesel after this date. Tony Brown, UKIFDA technical manager, comments; “As...
Interview
Rapid growth keeps Exswift Fuels in the pink
...learn the ropes – Exswift style!” The Exswift style also extends to customer service which Chloe highlights as one of the reasons new customers choose the distributor even in areas...
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Spring 2017 – a new quality mark – unanswered questions
...the aims of the ‘Each Homes Counts’ report. As one of the leading competent persons scheme providers in the country, OFTEC hopes to be involved in discussions about how best...
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Staff recognition, facility upgrades and fleet changes at FAST
...was recognised for her work with the fuel distribution industry in 2019 and 2020 in identifying the reasons for, and providing long- and short-term solutions to, the fuel filter blocking...
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Father and son sentenced for defrauding oil customers
...for entering into an arrangement to acquire criminal property from Jan 1st 2010 – Jan 1st 2014. “The D.White & Sons business in Holywood operated on the trust of its...
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Remembering Piper Alpha – three decades on
...garden, is also open to anyone who wants to remember and pay their respects. Lessons learned from the tragedy have ensured that the health and safety regime in the North...