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The changing face of the fuel depot

...a whole has changed,” says managing director, Leanne Hardy. “When we started 30 years ago, a typical fuel distributor was independent and operator- owned. Large company acquisitions changed the structure...

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‘A valuable addition’ for Rix Petroleum

...and Wales for the first time in its 140-year history. The acquisition of Wynnstay Fuels, with depots at Waverton, Chester, and Pwllheli, North Wales, was completed by parent company, J.R....

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Inter Pipeline to acquire NuStar

...president and chief executive officer. “The acquisition materially increases our overall storage capacity and establishes Inter Terminals as the UK’s largest independent storage operator. Furthermore, the transaction provides an attractive...

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Fluctuating oil price fuels growth

...the growth in group revenue, rising from £304m to £366m. As well as the rising oil price, the result reflects the impact of two acquisitions – North Yorkshire-based Stones Fuel...

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Awards and £90m investment at CLH-PS

...last May, is the recipient. The GPSS acquisition was the first investment carried out by CLH in a European country and the second at an international level following the creation...

Analysis

Mabanaft – majoring in innovative independence

...made acquisitions – and in Mark’s words ‘has not taken its eye off the ball’ as to potential future acquisitions and mergers.  In 2010, Mabanaft continued to diversify and moved...

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NWF Fuels buys Staffordshire Fuels

...acquisition is in line with our growth strategy, increases our penetration in Staffordshire and the West Midlands and will be earnings enhancing in the first full year.” Both companies operate...
A new, free-to-use service launched by Bytestrype, a payment card platform, WhatsFuel helps avoid excess fees or surcharges at petrol stations through a Whatsapp chatbot.

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Money-saving app launched to counter escalating fuel costs

...FleetCor in a variety of roles including development manager, IT manager, IT director, and a short period as acting managing director post the FleetCor acquisition.” Paul Draycott – chief commercial...

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Tincknell Lubricants acquired by GB Oils

...its existing customer relationships in the region, the company will expand its service across all sectors, including industrial, agricultural, aviation and automotive. As part of the acquisition, seven former Tincknell...

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Driven to succeed

...company has looked at acquisition opportunities in the fuels sector, so far nothing has been the right fit. “Along the way things have not fitted strategically or the price has...
Joining the sector from a background in renewables Mark Deeney shares his thoughts on the transition.

Opinion

A successful transition requires a cross-sector commitment

...commitment to dynamic, collaborative thinking through our strategic acquisitions. The most recent example of this is our acquisition of Hafod Renewable Energy, one of the UK’s fastest growing renewable energy...

Insight

The emergence and growth of Puma Energy

...with the acquisition of three independent distributors in Australia bringing 270 filling stations, two bulk terminals and 16 depots. The following year saw further acquisitions and completion of a new...

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Mabanaft acquires Junction 29 Truckstop

...our business and we will continue to build on the great work undertaken by Charles and Jane. Mabanaft chose Junction 29 as their first truckstop acquisition due to its high...
Bristol-based fuel distributor, Ford Fuels, has appointed two new directors to steer the company into the future whilst upholding its long history of exemplary service

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Bristol-based fuel distributor appoints new company directors

...started working at our Stalbridge depot and eventually moved to Gloucester (to oversee our acquisition of Silvey Fuels and possible acquisitions in the near future…). Ryan’s experience is in operations,...

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Norbert Dentressangle records revenue increase

...to the same period the previous year. Revenues came in at €2901 million, largely due to acquisitions made in 2011. Like for like revenues were stable given that the growth...

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Prax Petroleum’s parent acquires Harvest Energy

On Friday 26th June, State Oil announced that it had successfully completed the acquisition of Harvest Energy and Harvest Energy Aviation. Under the terms of the agreement, the companies will...