News
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...
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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,...
Interview
In Conversation with NWF and Geoff Boorman Fuels
As the liquid fuel distribution industry considers the opportunities and challenges around the energy transition and future fuels, some of those in our distributor community may be considering their own...
News
An industry creating its own new dawn – liquid biofuel trials in the UK
...OFTEC, as well as tank manufacturers, distributors and many more are coming together to ensure there is a future for liquid biofuels in our industry. The first UK trials of...
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Industry consolidation continues, driven by acquisitions and private equity
...Wiltshire, has grown into a leading national distributor, delivering 1.4 billion litres of fuel and lubricants annually. “With the support of Inspirit Capital, we are well-positioned to drive future growth...
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....
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...
News
It’s all hands on deck at Nolan Oils as fuel sales accelerate
...on replenishing tanks in the hope of a drop in price as one distributor commented in late November: “The weather has been cold but not cold enough. The quiet trend...
News
Driver shortages create barrier
...much in the spotlight, existing challenges continued to present barriers – one of the biggest being driver shortages across the UK and Ireland. During recent conversations, several distributors have told...
Insight
A look at the shape of the future UK downstream oil sector landscape
...Oils, and then, over the ensuing 15 years, embarked on an ambitious distributor acquisition programme, which included the equity distributor businesses of Shell (Shell Direct), Texaco and Total (Total Butler). ...
Analysis
Future market demands for tank level monitoring
...with its customers has enabled it to continually stay ahead of the market. Serving all tiers of distributors “In today’s dynamic landscape, small, medium, and large fuel distributors need to...
News
Success in tough times in Ireland
Margins in the Republic of Ireland The market for both distributors and equipment manufacturers in Ireland can, at best, be described as challenging, says marketing consultant John Switzer “Product and...
Interview
BoilerJuice: revolutionising operations
...cheaper, and more convenient. “Back in 2004 our proposition was unique in that, for the first-time, customers and distributors could order and manage their orders online,” begins Tim Buckman, CEO...
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Key supplier in new hands after popular industry couple retires
...to welcome Liquip XL Ltd as our new distributor”. “The transition from the old to the new distributor will be seamless with the same and more of Liquip’s product range...
Opinion
The community speaks
...community of distributors said: Gross Margin Gone Rapidly changing. Increasingly fragmented. Unrecognised significance. Normalisation of margins. Enjoyable. The return of credit risk. Family, forward-thinking, exciting. Never a dull moment, inspiring,...
Interview
ESL Fuels: working with customers to deliver sustainable fuel solutions
...has supplied over two billion litres of fuel to the UK market and offers nationwide coverage through its relationship as a supplier to the nation’s leading distributors, with supply points...