Interview
A Day in the Life…Helen Rawsthorne
...with Helen Rawsthorne, sales administrator at WCF Fuels North West, and winner of the inaugural UKIFDA customer service award, to discover how Helen spends a typical day. MY ALARM GOES...
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News
Fuel and food continue to deliver for NWF
NWF Group plc, specialist distributor of fuel, food and feed across the UK, is reporting strong half yearly results, with a significant contribution from a strong fuels division. Overall results...
Insight
A critical role for Stanlow
...products where the UK has a growing structural deficit. Movement of refined products Pipeline accounts for 40% of the total movements. Products are supplied into the UKOP system for shipment...
Interview
Green Fuels: fighting climate change with sewage sludge
...it’s at the end of its treatment process; it has no value. In the UK, from the material that’s available, we can make 380 million litres of fuel.” Feedstocks for...
News
Biofuels – an uncertain future
...that a certain percentage of their total sales was from biofuels. RTFO stipulated that by 2010, 5% of all UK fuel sold on UK forecourts had to come from a...
News
Up and running
...campaign, WP Group turned to dh Logistics Appointments, a division of Driver Hire Nationwide which supplies staff to the transport and logistics industry. “We needed a recruitment partner that understood...
Opinion
Industry concerned over lifespan and cost of Euro VII proposals
...Lloyd, Head of Engineering Policy at Logistics UK, comments: “Logistics UK welcomes all progressive technological improvements that benefit health and the environment, but these changes must be sustainable and economically...
Opinion
Industry welcomes fuel duty freeze in Government’s first Budget
...Chief Executive of business group Logistics UK said: “The Chancellor’s decision to freeze fuel duty for a further year is welcome news for the logistics sector. Nothing moves without logistics:...
News
Labour’s lorry tax hike would damage UK economy
...only pay 11 per cent of their UK road infrastructure costs. But if you look closer at the figures, this is inaccurate. Christopher Snelling, Head of UK Policy at FTA,...
News
New logistics appointments
(l-r) Malcolm Wilson, Hervé Montjotin, Patrick Bataillard and Luis Angel Gomez Norbert Dentressangle has appointed two new executive board members. Former managing director of the company’s logistics UK division, Malcolm...
Interview
BoilerJuice: revolutionising operations
BoilerJuice is one of the leading heating oil marketplace websites in the UK. Established in 2004, the company delivers millions of litres of heating oil to thousands of customers every...
News
Employee feedback delivers £15m fleet investment in driver comfort
Suttons Tankers has announced a £15m investment in its UK fleet as part of its commitment to continuously improve driver working conditions. In response to driver feedback, the leading logistics...
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...
Interview
MechTronic: celebrating 20 years
...metering market. Built from our customers’ feedback, MaxFlow optimised space on the modern chassis. All the controls were in a single, weatherproof cabinet and Smart Product Grade Indicators helped to...
Analysis
A look at software developments in fuel distribution
...been receiving positive feedback from across the industry. With new customers going live all the time we are excited to convert that feedback and confidence into practical benefits for our...
Review
Software: latest industry innovations
...TS3300 functions as an in-cab hub, consolidating a multitude of data feeds – including tachograph, flow metre, valve control, telematics systems and printer – into one driver-friendly system which feeds...
Insight
Association stats show steady progress towards net zero
...55 percent of all biofuel feedstocks in the UK and is used to produce 93 percent of UK biodiesel. China is currently the largest source of renewable fuel feedstock, accounting...
Analysis
Energy Resilience – Is the UK facing a crisis?
...imports into the UK doesn’t face any disruption. For historical context, the UK once had 18 operational oil refineries in the 1970s. At the beginning of this year, the UK...