Interview
Selling Kettlewell Fuels
...Kettlewell Fuels, a well-respected independent distributor based near Ripon, North Yorkshire, Janet Kettlewell made the decision in 2021, to sell the business she and her husband, Trevor, had built with...
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Interview
In Profile with Donall O’Connor of Valueoils.com
...or fewer My accountancy career after uni was very monotonous, so I joined the family fuel distribution business, Connors Fuels (a Jet distributor), which we pushed on well before selling...
News
Neil Dolan – celebrating 25 years with Centre Tank Services
Last month, Centre Tank Services Ltd (CTS) celebrated warehouse manager Neil Dolan, who has enjoyed an impressive 25 years working for the leading trade distributor of fuel dispensing, storage tank,...
News
Par Petroleum’s charity tanker hits the road to raise funds
...the family-run North-East based fuel distributor has wrapped one of its articulated fuel tankers in the charity’s distinctive branding. The 44-ton Scania truck hit the road in July and will...
News
Craggs Energy acknowledges pivotal team member as ‘Employee of the Quarter’
West Yorkshire-based distributor, Craggs Energy, has recognised the contribution made to its business by fuel consultant Matthew Gledhill by announcing him as the winner of its latest Employee of the...
Knowledge
Creating business value through a clear roadmap
In a rapidly transitioning sector, many of those in our community of distributors find themselves considering their future business prospects. The choice to either invest in growing, or evolving, the...
News
Barton Petroleum becomes new Club Partner to Northamptonshire CCC
Northamptonshire-based fuel distributor, Barton Petroleum, is proud to announce that they are now an Official Club Partner at Northamptonshire County Cricket Club. Taking their place alongside other local businesses in...
Opinion
Highs and lows of the oil price drop
...by as much as 75%, leading to a surge in orders for distributors across the country. Stocking up With around 1.5 million homes in the UK not connected to the...
News
A Sweet deal for NWF Fuels as acquisition completes a great 2022
NWF Fuels has announced the acquisition of Sweetfuels in December 2022, strengthening its position in the domestic heating oil market. The acquisition of the leading Oxfordshire-based oil distributor, with its...
News
Trafigura to acquire Greenergy’s Canadian operations
...and a leading distributor of road fuels in the UK. Greenergy entered the Canadian market in 2013, and supplies commercial and wholesale customers with a range of road fuels including...
News
FODs achieving profitability gains with Kingspan
Fuel oil distributors (FODs) can make significant efficiency and profitability gains by fitting the latest generation telemetry monitoring devices to customers’ tanks, according to Kingspan Energy Management Systems ahead of...
Interview
The chemical supply chain: addressing ongoing challenges
...to roll out Carbon Literacy to their own organisations as well as suppliers and customers alike. Educating and engaging The CBA represents distributors, manufacturers, traders, warehouse operators, logistics and transport...
Insight
Marking a decade of service: the depot built in a weekend
This month marks the ten-year anniversary of a pivotal achievement for brothers John and Robert Weedon of Cornwall-based fuel distributor Mitchell & Webber who took on the ultimate challenge of...
Insight
Compulsory oil stocking obligations: a UK update
...as Germany, Belgium, Netherlands and Italy- and these are expected to remain so. Distributors can avail of an earnings opportunity of holding, say 100 tonnes of gasoil, that can be...
Interview
Dedication to customer service delivers industry success for WCF Fuels
WCF Fuels is an independent oil distributor owned by its employees, operating a fleet of around 80 tankers from 12 strategic storage depots. They cover areas such as Norfolk, Lincolnshire,...
Interview
Industry voice – Rupert Turner MD UK Marketing Phillips 66
...is your message to our community of wholesalers and distributors? Don’t lose sight of the basics, even though the world is changing before our eyes. That’s certainly going to be...
News
OilMaxx gets top marks for generous support of local primary school
...of the support from the local fuel distributor, Rob Blanchet, the school’s head teacher, commented: “Grindleton Primary School would like to give special thanks to Mr Chris Hewitt and OilMaxx...
News
Phillips 66 to sponsor fuel industry Expo
...UK Marketing, Phillips 66 Limited commented: “We are delighted to support UKIFDA and the EXPO 2022, particularly at a time when representing distributors and our industry has never been more...