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Essar strengthens ASDA relationship with new deal
...an existing contract to lift road transport fuels direct from the Road Terminal at Stanlow. The new agreement, however, is the first time that the retail giant will source products...
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Money-saving app launched to counter escalating fuel costs
...sense of it from a holistic point of view. “ByteStrype receives retail price information every time a transaction is processed. Retail price information has a short shelf life (especially in...
Interview
Morrow Fuels – goes the extra mile
Next year, the Morrow family celebrates 100 years of oil retailing in Lisburn, Northern Ireland. And throughout the decades, the business, which eventually became Morrow Fuels, has proudly guarded its...
Interview
A better strategy for Irish distributors
...UK distributors would agree with this logic! Scraping the bottom of the barrel Another distributor has found a niche market in selling 20ltr drums at its retail sites. Absolutely brilliant...
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Merger is ‘culmination of 49 years in the industry’
Creating destination sites – Rontec’s ‘Shop n Drive’ brand sells its own ‘Eat Me’ food range Having merged his two petrol retailing businesses – Snax 24 and Rontec – chairman...
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HKS Holdings acquires Brobot Group
...deal with SPAR to brand the majority of its forecourt retail units – Brobot is predominantly Londis – as well as concluding deals with Subway and Costa. www.hksretail.co.uk www.brobot.co.uk www.brobotfuels.co.uk...
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myAutomate acquires Portland Pricing to enhance its fuel data services
...the provider of the UK’s largest and most comprehensive consumer retail fuel pricing app. Founded in 2005, PetrolPrices is a trusted resource for UK motorists, offering: Fuel prices for all...
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Valero rebrand for three Ascona sites
...many other major UK retailers. Minimal disruption Existing Fastfuel customers will be able to continue using their Fastfuel cards at the Valero branded locations. The transition to the new branding...
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BlueStream – “the Adblue storage and management solution”
...at both fuel retailers and vehicle operators with their own fuel storage capabilities, the BlueStream range allows the option of dedicated single or multi-point Adblue dispensing, service bars including air,...
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Forecourt expectations
...of wetstock management is being pushed up like never before,” said Dan Gibson, Suresite’s wetstock manager. “If you are an oil company or a fuel retailer and not monitoring smart...
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Nicholl Fuel Oils achieves a fuel first
...it will also be available to our STAR and Nicholl branded fuel retailers. Our commercial fuels team will be on hand to process orders for Clean Air HVO renewable diesel...
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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...
Analysis
A year in the wholesale markets
...the administration of Petroplus and also by expanding our supply to independent petrol retailers. We now supply independent dealer owned petrol stations under a variety of different forecourt brands, including...
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INEOS to build UK hand sanitiser factory
...needs of front line medical and care services, INEOS, intends to produce both standard and the increasingly popular ‘pocket bottle’ hand sanitisers and is already talking to retail outlets across...
Interview
Thompson Fuels – providing service with a smile
...and has recently become a Maxol lubricant agent. “We also retail decorative garden stones for flower beds and rockeries during the quieter summer months,” continues Aaron. “And we still maintain...
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The future of fleets: A focus on LNG
...retailers to implement clean energies with minimal work or additional costs, and this can even be in addition to conventional fuel dispensers at larger service stations, to cover a multitude...
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Change of gear for Clugston
...significant presence at the show. Using the broader capabilities of its construction, property development and facilities management companies, the Clugston Group can offer bespoke solutions to refineries, distributors and retailers...