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Interview

Holding steady in challenging times

...to steer his business in an upward direction once again. County Roscommon distributor Drury Oils is calling for distributors to have a minimum delivery – one that actually makes money!...

News

Open to debate in Ireland

l-r From Corrib Oil in Co Galway – Tom Connolly, Gerry Mullen, Matt Stratford, Eamonn Dalton, with Neil Stewart, Stewart Oils, Co Roscommon 70% of distributors who completed the feedback...

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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Kerosene – supply and quality

...Distributor Debate earlier this year. Julia, a chemist with 19 years experience in fuel and fuel additives, understands fuel. In her capacity as technical business development manager at Fuel Additive...
A case study: the benefits of tank telemetry implementation An interview with Alan Keyes, Glen Fuels

Case Study

The benefits of tank telemetry implementation

...and Miriam. Dad was a sales manager at that time in Irish Shell. An opening appeared in the Wicklow and North Wexford areas to become an Irish Shell distributor, so...

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Identifying vulnerable customers

FPS chief executive, Mark Askew A recent report by the Fuel Poverty Action Group (FPAG) calls on fuel oil distributors to establish a priority register for vulnerable customers. With the...
CDS: 50 years of powering customer success.

Interview

CDS: 50 years of powering customer success  

...an office in Manchester which happened to be next door to a Chevron Oil distributor, Keburn Oil. This was the 1970s, so when this huge and mysterious looking computer appeared,...
With distributors focused on ensuring that fuel is delivered where and when needed, we look at developments in software to address sector challenges.

Analysis

A look at software developments in fuel distribution

With our community of distributors focused on ensuring that fuel is delivered where and when needed, we look at recent developments in software that address challenges faced in the sector....
Our latest look at the changing downstream landscape

Insight

UK Downstream: the changing landscape

...on an ambitious distributor acquisition programme, which included the equity distributor businesses of Shell (Shell Direct), Texaco and Total (TotalButler). Principal market channels: We will now take a brief look...

Interview

Taking a different approach

Speaking to many fuel distributors in Ireland recently, the most frequently used word to describe the current market was ‘challenging.’ “It’s been a tough year to date,” said Donall O’Connor,...

News

Reap what you sow

As the domestic market tails off over the summer months, for many distributors, it is their agricultural business that picks up speed. Below Liz Boardman looks at this market’s seasonal peaks...

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Distributor trains for energy efficiency

Pictured at the certificate presentation with Hugh Nicholl and the successful advisors are NEA NI’s Pat Austin, John Dallet MLA, professor Christine Lidell, University of Ulster and Mary McKeown, Department...

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£2m funding for Gloucestershire distributor

l-r: – Mark (2nd from left) and Amanda Hobbs at the new depot with Brian Colquhoun, Rob Spearman and Paul Shepard of Clydesdale Bank Hobbs Bros recently moved to brand...

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Lessons from a top distributor

Oil plays a very important role in our everyday lives – Certas Energy spreads the word with an educational programme in the areas in which it operates Certas Energy has...