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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...

News

Kerosene – supply and quality

...the fuel. A fuel line up – these samples show the variable quality of fuel which ranges from clean kerosene with a char value of 6.5mg/kg taken from a distributor’s...
UKIFDA CEO Ken Cronin shares his latest thoughts on the liquid fuel distribution sector.

Insight

Ken Cronin, CEO UKIFDA: It’s customers that matter

...of this high level of competition is customers have accounts with multiple distributors because of their ability and willingness to shop around. So, giving £200 to each account holder is...

News

Ensuring the new government hears FPS members

...of the largest fuel distributors in the UK. Commenting on his appointment, Duncan said: “As president I will be working closely with FPS chief executive, Mark Askew and the FPS...
Ken Cronin CEO UKIFDA

Opinion

Ken’s Corner – time to reflect

...yet clear and cast in stone, I was pleased with the speed of response and implementation when UKIFDA asked its member distributors to contact their new local MP. Before the...

News

Phillips 66 – the perfect vehicle to talk

...Phillips 66 took to the road in a uniquely branded bus to do what it does best – talking, and building customer relationships Over 200 dealers and distributors turned up...
CDS: 50 years of powering customer success.

Interview

CDS: 50 years of powering customer success  

...distributors. “By the late 1990s, the commercial adoption of the internet had happened, a development that was truly world changing! Vast improvements in communication coupled with the ability to offer...

Insight

How does the french downstream sector compare to the UK?

...of heating after gas (10m) and electricity (8.75m).  There are three main channels of distribution – national/regional distributors such as Total, Worex SNC, Bollore Energie, Thevenin & Ducrot and Picoty;...
Josh Burton of WCF Chandlers

Interview

Josh Burton, WCF Chandlers:  The next generation

...still be demand in certain areas for quite a while.” Sharing his thoughts on how fuel distributors can support the transition, Josh said: “Traditional fuel distributors have a crucial role...

News

Becoming UKIFDA

On 1st August 2019, the Federation of Petroleum Suppliers (FPS) became the UK and Ireland Fuel Distributors Association (UKIFDA). Created in 1979, FPS rose from the ashes of The National...

News

Petroineos GasOil and Biofuel Workshop

...answers to the problems’ Attendees included representatives from NFU Scotland, Ringlink Scotland and UKIFDA as well as distributors and their customers ensuring representation from all involved in the fuel supply chain....

News

Laundering, siphoning and looting

As many fuel oil distributors and their customers have struggled in the winter floods, others have taken advantage of the situation. Nolan Oils alerted Fuel Oils News to an incident...
Paul Taylor of Geoff Boorman Fuels

Interview

In Conversation with NWF and Geoff Boorman Fuels

...The transition to low carbon energy is inevitable; the unknowns are its speed and route. This leaves many distributors at a crossroads, wondering what may be around the corner. Faced...