Interview
Next generation joins family-owned fuel distributor
Following on from the feature published in the December issue of Fuel Oil News looking at the vital role the next generation have to play in fuelling the future, the...
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Knowledge
Red diesel: What do the new rules mean for fuel distributors?
In our continuing series of articles covering the implications of the red diesel rebate changes, we now consider the impact on fuel storage facilities of the resultant decreased requirement for...
Interview
Northern Energy: fuelling communities for 90 years
...consolidated rapidly with many small fuel distributors absorbed into other businesses over the years and others acquired by larger ones. Family values “Whatever fuel a customer uses and whatever size...
News
Fuel tech company in running for Logistics Leadership innovation award
...Group specialises in providing responsible solutions towards decarbonisation of liquid hydrocarbon fuels. Through extensive real-world road tests, its all natural SulNOxEco™ Fuel Conditioners have been proven to reduce fuel consumption...
News
New Abbey training delivers Class 1 drivers
To support drivers looking to make the transition from Class 2 to Class 1 driving, road tanker company Abbey Logistics launched an ‘Earn while you learn’ training programme earlier this...
News
Bikers spectacular Remembrance tribute supports Veterans into Logistics charity
A symbolic procession of 5986 motorbikes took to the M60 around Stockport on Remembrance Sunday to create a Ring of Red, with bikers paying their respects to the Armed Forces...
Interview
Rapid growth keeps Exswift Fuels in the pink
A couple of years ago we chatted with Chloe Crofts, CEO of Exswift Fuels, a company, at that time, into its third year. With the domestic kerosene delivery business having...
Insight
Rapidly changing oil market creates pricing and supply issues
...Ukraine. Companies are in regular dialogue with government to ensure that fuels continue to be available following the events in Ukraine and resulting sanctions on Russian vessels. Production, fuel imports,...
News
Asda investment in Veterans’ charity boosts HGV training opportunities
Greater Manchester based charity, Veterans into Logistics, has received a welcome funding boost. The £40,000 Asda donation will enable the charity to train 10 armed forces veterans into new careers...
News
Driving academy launch solves distributor driver shortage
What should you do when there is a shortage of drivers? Start your own driving academy! Cumbria-based distributor, WCF Fuels, has done just this as an ingenious solution to the...
News
Fuel supplies ‘at risk’ as Fawley workers ballot result awaited
Fuel supplies could be affected if workers at ExxonMobil’s Fawley refinery vote for strike action in a ballot that got underway yesterday (Monday 21 February), according to workers’ union Unite....
Interview
Back to the future: Hytek is looking to its past to thrive in the future
...also responsible for the ongoing research and development of our Fuel Management Systems, ensuring we remain at the cutting edge of product innovation. He’s particularly excited about accurate live fuel...
News
£20million HGV driver facility funding boost for logistics sector
The government’s announcement of an additional £20million to boost HGV driver facilities is a positive step forward for industry, according to Logistics UK. The business group is now calling on...
Interview
Could improving gender diversity be an answer to the driver shortage problem?
The fuel oil distribution business is heavily male dominated with very few women driving tankers. When Fuel Oil News caught up with a new distribution business, Bedford Fuels, for our...
News
Logistics UK’s delivers record-breaking transport manager conference series
...there have been a few – however I am passionate about people. I can tell you how I uphold all the statutory undertakings; how I have reduced fuel consumption; reduced...
News
Fuel sector growth drives key appointment at Sutton Tankers
...12 years’ experience in the fuels sector, Nigel is strengthening an existing high-performing team that has been very successful in growing Suttons’ position in the fuels sector to date. With...
News
Logistics UK crowned Trade Association of the Year
With Covid-19, Brexit, new technology and other disruptive forces driving change in the way goods move across borders and through the supply chain, the awareness of the importance of logistics...
News
First veteran begins HGV driver job thanks to Asda charity investment
It’s a great start to the new year for the Thomson household in Littleborough, as former British Army soldier Wez Thomson becomes the first of ten former military personnel to...