Interview
Highlights of 2025 and hopes for 2026
...in June 2025 as we had the best and most profitable financial year as ours runs from July 2024 – June 2025 I hope for 2026, that we can avoid...
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Insight
What price oil? 2025 in review
...presented those operating in the liquid fuel sector, with a broad variety of challenges. Oil 2025 Q1 2025 – Inauguration Euphoria to Tariff Terror 2025 began with champagne corks popping,...
News
Annual lunch celebrate 100 years of the CBA
The Chemical Business Association (CBA), the voice of the chemical supply chain, recently held its renowned annual lunch. The event, well-known throughout the chemical industry as ‘Floggers Lunch,’ is a...
News
UKIFDA Show 2025 Awards – Winners revealed!
...sponsors for their support.” The 2025 winners UKIFDA Customer Service Award 2025 sponsored by Worldpay Winner: Jack Helliwell, Ukay Fuels (Hadleigh) Ltd Jack inspired the name of a new brand...
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UKIFDA announces 2025 liquid fuel distribution industry event in Leeds
The UK and Ireland Fuel Distributors Association (UKIFDA) has today announced that the UKIFDA Show 2025 will be held on 14 May 2025 at the First Direct Arena in Leeds....
Market Report
Prices and predictions: how did we do in 2025, and what does 2026 hold?
...price forecasts for 2025. This means that once again, we got our annual predictions correct, with Brent Crude starting the year (2nd Jan 2025) at $75.93 per barrel (bbl) and...
News
UKIFDA Show 2025 – entries close soon for key industry awards
...15 March 2025 for the Driver of the Year Award and finishing on 30 March 2025 for two of the awards, there’s still time for businesses of all sizes to...
News
Stanlow delivers record domestic fuel volumes amid UK supply disruption
A year marked by the closure of major producers and heightened uncertainty across the UK fuel supply chain has delivered record sales for Stanlow refinery. In 2025, the site delivered...
Interview
Celebrating 100 years: the Chemical Business Association
...during its annual “Floggers” lunch, the largest event of its kind in the UK. On this special occasion, it even received a letter of best wishes from King Charles III....
Analysis
Fuelling success: a distributor overcoming talent and driver shortages
...and retention challenges.” The demand for skilled candidates soared, creating bottlenecks, especially in securing qualified HGV drivers. Like many other companies in the industry, WP Group encountered frustrations as the...
Further Reading
Analysis
What price oil? Q3 2025 in review
...Journal, we highlight some of the key events that have impacted pricing over the third quarter of 2025. Q3 2025 Quarter 3 2025 was dominated by increasing geopolitical tensions across...
Insight
What price oil? 2024 In review
...the start of June OPEC extended voluntary production cuts for another quarter and involuntary cuts until the end of 2025. Prices began rising again. ICE Gasoil flipped back into backwardation...
News
UKIFDA unveils industry award categories for 2025 Show
UKIFDA, the industry-leading organiser of the UKIFDA Show 2025, has announced the categories for the highly anticipated 2025 Show Awards. Open to companies of all sizes, the awards celebrate the...
Insight
Depot manager role: Shrinking or simply evolving?
...is seeing traditional responsibilities reallocated to central offices, regional hubs, or automation. Regionalised: Routing and Fleet Management BP (April 2025): ‘Managing a fleet has never been more complex. Fleet managers...
Sponsored
ESL Fuels Biofuel Market Update – Q4 2025
The ESL Fuels Q4 2025 biofuels market update is produced in association with Portland Analytics Feedstocks UCO prices were relatively stable between October and November, moving from $1,155 to $1,140/mt...
Interview
How would you summarise 2025?
...collaboration. This year’s reflections on 2025, carry that same resilience, but the tone has evolved. There is an added sense of an industry actively adapting: navigating rapid change, managing volatility...
Analysis
What price oil? Q2 2025 in review
...Journal, we highlight some of the key events that have impacted pricing over the quarter. Q2 2025 Quarter 2 was dominated by the dramatic economic fallout from the US’ ‘Liberation...
Opinion
The 2025 outlook for distribution and logistics: David Wells OBE, Logistics UK
“A MIXED OUTLOOK IS PREDICTED FOR 2025, BUT LOGISTICS HAS A STRATEGIC ROLE TO PLAY IN KICKSTARTING ECONOMIC GROWTH” With decarbonisation, Brexit, new technology and other disruptive forces driving change...