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Prax Group agrees purchase of Total Lindsey Oil Refinery
...in the oil value chain, the Prax Group is a long-standing and trusted partner of Total. The acquisition will bring new investment to the refinery and underlines the Prax Group’s...
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Distributor diaries June 2024
...the decals of their fuel wagons. “As a donation-led charity, we prioritise the money we receive for opening new groups and ensuring existing groups run smoothly, we do not budget...
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Driven to succeed
Group managing director, Andrew Palmer Against a backdrop of economic instability, one company bucking the trend and achieving impressive organic growth is the Suttons Group. The Cheshire-based global logistics provider...
Analysis
Harvest Energy – change, challenge and opportunity
...more than 10% of the UK’s motor fuel –- and is a prime fuel supplier to the supermarkets; Morrisons and Asda being just two of its blue chip clients. DHL,...
Interview
Goals, ambitions and strategies: The expansion of the EET retail network
...community driven outlets. In the coming years, fuel and convenience will be our strength, and we will incorporate future fuels and energy at an appropriate stage of our business evolution....
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NI Oil in Reserve Force exercise with Royal Logistics Corps (North Irish) Regiment
...they identified and established a Bulk Fuel Installation where fuel would be stored prior to onward transportation as required. From this Bulk Fuel Installation, fuel (diesel) was moved to various...
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Record profits as new MD takes over reins at The Bayford Group
The Bayford Group has appointed a managing director with over two decades of experience in senior positions with organisations including Marks & Spencer and Topshop. Fuelled for success: Lindsay Austin...
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The next generation of fuel distributors
...New Era Fuels core values, which attracted me to the position. New Era Fuels was undergoing a growth phase and required a full-time human resources manager. I felt very excited...
Opinion
Fuel crisis proves that supply trust is vital
...of fuel at the pumps amidst panic buying and delivery issues. Difficulties in transporting fuel to the pumps has led to long queues at stations up and down the country,...
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Excitement builds for UKIFDA EXPO 2021
...company makes Fuel Conditioner that is used in all carbon-based fuels to reduce harmful emissions from diesel engines and oil burners, by reducing CO2 by 30% and boosting fuel efficiency...
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Winner of UKIFDA Innovation Award announced
Cornwall-based liquid fuel distributor for the South-West Mitchell & Webber has won the UKIFDA Innovation Award for being at the forefront of the sector’s Future Fuels campaign and for making...
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An industry creating its own new dawn – liquid biofuel trials in the UK
...a key step in the process of bringing the fuel to market. It also enables industry to learn about the characteristics of the new fuel and to prepare the guidance...
Interview
Touchstar Technologies: planning for world domination
Liz Boardman, of Fuel Oil News, chats to Gordon Hyland, sales director at Touchstar Technologies, about software solutions, world domination and why the fuel distribution industry is such a great...
Interview
Drivers of the Year on the industry and the role of the tanker driver
...it’s exciting to see what ideas are emerging for the sustainable fuels of the future. Our customers will all need heating fuel. “If I could change one thing about the...
Opinion
Transportable lighting in the fuel industry
Ken Eddleston, senior lighting specialist at Chalmit, the market-leading manufacturer of lighting for industrial and harsh and hazardous environments, explains to Fuel Oil News why he believes that the fuel...
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Delivering SAF at scale: a sector investing in future production
...Ministry of Defence owned aviation fuel standard in 2020 (DEFSTAN 91-091), which allows up to 50% SAF content in jet fuel. In addition, we have had the Green Fuels Green...
Analysis
World Fuel Services – An expanding presence
...fuel suppliers by offering risk management services and alternative pricing options along with the supply of fuel. It supplies both regular commercial grades of fuel and speciality fuels via a...
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UK Fuels adds 133 Co-op sites to its network
UK Fuels and the Co-op have signed an agreement that will see the Co-op filling stations added to the UK Fuels network. This will allow UK Fuels card holders to...