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Maxol CEO gets Lifetime Achievement award
...at Ireland’s ninth annual Forecourt & Convenience Retailer (IFCR) awards ceremony in Dublin earlier this month. Tom, who joined Maxol 35 years ago as a personnel manager, accepted the accolade...
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Greenergy completes acquisition of Amber Petroleum
Greenergy has completed the acquisition of Amber Petroleum (‘Amber’), an independent fuel retailer and distributor based in the Republic of Ireland. The completion of this transaction gives Greenergy a growing...
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Protests create temporary fuel shortages- drivers urged not to panic buy
The protests taking place outside major fuel depots which caused one company to report it had suspended terminal operations at 4 sites on Friday have continued into a fourth day....
Analysis
A year in the wholesale markets
...terminals has allowed us to grow our contracted and spot volumes. Prax is now a significant supplier of fuels to the distributer sector. By importing larger cargoes of fuel and...
News
Amendments to certification are welcomed by Logistics UK
...group which represents the whole industry, with members from the road, rail, sea and air industries, as well as the buyers of freight services such as retailers and manufacturers whose...
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New head of global sales & marketing for Fairbanks
...Fairbanks delivers intelligent fuel management services to many leading oil companies, hypermarkets and retailers across 35 countries and provides data analysis that enables faster decision making via a secure web...
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Ascona grows UK portfolio to 61 sites
...of the top three independent fuel retailers in the UK market. Our ability to continue to expand the portfolio is a testament to the hard work and dedication of our...
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Norfolk and Suffolk County Councils help create 30 HGV drivers for local businesses
...drivers can go on to secure salaries of around £70,000 if driving dangerous goods such as fuel. The fully funded places will also help employers across Norfolk and Suffolk to...
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Could heating oil prices be frozen?
...the key role that imports and international factors play in determining domestic prices. An affordable and secure supply When a fuel customer’s primary concern is an affordable and secure supply,...
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Phillips 66 shares future growth plans
...the Petrol Retailers Association and Mark Askew of the Federation of Petroleum Suppliers to deliver presentations at the conference. Also attending the event were Merril Boulton, editor of Forecourt Trader...
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FTA’s response to emission zone postponement
...comments: “Delaying the introduction of these schemes will allow businesses operating within the logistics sector to focus their efforts on ensuring the public, supermarkets and other retailers all receive the...
Interview
Celebrating 50 years of innovation
...building distribution depots, fuel dispensing systems and management systems for the large food retailers and online distribution businesses. OTS has pioneered many special projects over the years, like the floating...
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INEOS to build UK hand sanitiser factory
...Europe. Supplies to NHS hospitals will be free of charge for the period of the crisis with the public being able to purchase bottles through retailers. INEOS takes its corporate...
Insight
Downstream Norway: Leading the way in decarbonisation
...The country relies almost equally on fossil fuels and non-fossil fuels for its sources of energy, as follows: Coal 3% Gas 17% Oil 32% Biofuels and waste 7% Electricity 41%...
News
National award for Top Oil
...Forecourt & Convenience Retailer Awards 2013. “It’s unbelievable,” said Brian Mooney of the Holycross service station. “We’re 30 years in business and never expected this, we’re totally honoured and very...
Analysis
Mabanaft – majoring in innovative independence
...presence of independent wholesalers continues to rise in the UK, Fuel Oil News was keen to learn more about Mabanaft’s role “I believe the change in Mabanaft’s business profile really...
Analysis
BP – making a wholesale commitment
As majors continue to withdraw from the downstream market, Fuel Oil News was keen to quiz BP about its position within the UK’s wholesale market. To this end, FON recently...
Market Report
The meteoric rise and sudden demise of State Oil
...year we normally deliver a light-hearted “summer special”. That will have to wait, because at the start of July, the UK fuel sector was rocked by the news that State...