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A lubricants package that delivers

Lee Burgess (l) and Ian Appleton With cost cutting top of many a distributor’s business agenda, Fuel Oil News asks are there any opportunities available to increase profit? Speaking to...

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JET – exceeding expectations

...for disability in motoring.  He will help to promote the Phillips 66 vision of providing energy –  improving lives and  the JET theme of On the Journey Together. Throughout the...
It is with great sadness that we report the peaceful passing, on 27th December 2022 in his 98th year, of Sidney Gilmore.

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Sidney Gilmore

...Hylands, who told him that there was good money to be made from oil, triggered Sidney’s move into fuel distribution and saw the launch of Gilmore Fuel Oils, a business...

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Fuel fraud arrests and sentences

...arrested and 55,000 litres of fuel seized, as part of an ongoing HMRC investigation into a suspected fuel smuggling fraud worth an estimated £3 million in evaded tax. HMRC officers...

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A legacy of diversity

...in 1966, Judith’s grandfather, Percy Stoddard, had been working with coal for forty years. In 1926 he acquired his first motorised vehicle, replacing a horse and cart for deliveries, and...

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Logistics UK conference returns

...chance to hear from a range of senior industry figures and policy makers, and the business group’s experts will be on hand throughout the day to advise on legislation and...

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Mark Mackenzie

Fuel Oil News is saddened to report the passing of Mark Mackenzie, on 23rd March 2021, aged 38 years. Mark Mackenzie In April 2002, Mark started at Nolan Oils as...

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Thin cover for winter?

...reliant on imports Refinery maintenance dominates on the supply side with weak motor fuel demand dominating on the demand side. A key source of winter diesel, Swedish refiner Preem’s 220,000...

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On the fuel tanker agenda

...MAN Truck & Bus and PTV Group, provides an ideal opportunity for fleet managers, vehicle engineers and individuals with responsibility for specifying road fuel tanker design, and maintaining compliance with...

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HOYER generates record earnings

...and monitoring assistants. The company employed 5,098 people in 2014.  www.hoyer-group.com SEE THE APRIL 2015 ISSUE OF FUEL OIL NEWS FOR AN INTERVIEW WITH HOYER’S OPERATIONS DIRECTOR, ALLAN DAVISON  ...

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Total support for hypercar 

...Total signed a global partnership agreement, making Total an energy partner to Aston Martin throughout 2016 and 2017, providing its products to the luxury British marque and its official motorsport...

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Grass-root good causes benefit for Gulf’s Oomph

...alongside Louis Vanassche Director of Leslies Motors (Northwood Garage) The Isle of Wight’s Mountbatten Hospice is one such recipient, nominated by Northwood Garage in Cowes. It recently received a cheque...