News
UM Terminals wins global health and safety award
UM Terminals has won a prestigious Gold Award in this year’s RoSPA Health & Safety Awards. The achievement of Gold, the highest level possible, comes just a year after the...
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Insight
Driver risks: the mutual benefits of effective management
...short of drivers, especially at key times of the year when every delivery is vital to both customer satisfaction and business success. But, alongside recruitment, it is essential that driver...
News
Distributor Diaries January 2024 – the latest updates from our community
...of our commitment to listening to, and responding to, our team’s feedback, in October this year, WCF partnered with a Great Place to Work® as our new employee engagement surveying...
Interview
BoilerJuice: revolutionising operations
...BoilerJuice in the last 12 months,” explains Tim. “And most of those customers return each year. In addition, we acquire tens of thousands of new customers each year. Word of...
Opinion
Ken Cronin, CEO UKIFDA: experience is a valuable commodity
...targets for the proportion of low-carbon heat pumps they sell each year relative to fossil fuel boilers. These targets will steadily increase year-on-year, starting at 4%. The objective of the...
News
Insightful programme will see industry hot topics covered in depth at annual conference
...like the red diesel changes and the increase in fuel thefts with discussion on what lies ahead. “This year’s conference is an opportunity to enrich your knowledge and hear from...
Analysis
Annual industry event is reviewed by the fuel distribution community
...and prospects. “The drinks reception we sponsored, and the dinner were of course a great networking opportunity. We cannot wait for next year!” Sylvia Kerscher, head of sales, FoxInsights “We...
News
Industry representation body CBA wins prestigious awards at TAF 2023
Celebrating double a success, the Chemical Business Association (CBA) has won both the ‘Sector Representation of the Year’ and the ‘Membership Engagement’ awards at the 2023 Trade Association Forum (TAF)...
News
WP Group – Brilliant in Business
...the New Forest Business Partnership Business of the Year Award, we will also receive a year’s membership to the NFBP, an association that the company is honoured to support.” www.thewp-group.co.uk...
Market Report
Saving Mexico’s state oil giant – a strategy of hope over experience.
...the cost of production creeps up year on year as extraction from the mature and geologically complex Mexican fields becomes more difficult. Oil production peaked in 2004, at 3.4m barrels...
News
UKIFDA announces final shortlist for EXPO 2024 Awards
All the shortlists for this year’s annual industry Awards have now been shared by event organiser, UKIFDA. The UKIFDA Awards are highly regarded in the fuel distribution industry. The winners and runners-up...
News
Tank terminal and future fuels sectors gear up for key industry event
...this year’s event for the first time ever, one dedicated to tank storage as an industry, and the other on health & safety practices and the practicalities of terminal operations....
Interview
A day in the life with Alex Wolfe of The Wolfe Power Club Podcast
...days though, the early bird really does get the energy sale!) The first thing I do in the morning now, is check the BBC website on my phone to see...
Opinion
Ken’s Corner – Now is the time for leadership
...for the real-time insights they’re providing – these are vital. Earlier this year, UKIFDA shared guidance with its members on the Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers Act 2024 (DMCC Act),...
News
Energy statistics show fall in oil production
...compared to the previous year. The Department of Energy and Climate Change has published the figures in Energy Trends and Quarterly Energy Prices, publications which give statistics on energy production...
Opinion
Ken’s Corner – Governments need to be here to help
I am from the Government, and I am here to help – how to win friends and influence people! Welcome to my first column of 2024! I believe this year...
Insight
Ken’s Corner: Unintended consequences
...we conclude another busy year, I want to take a moment to express my heartfelt gratitude to all our UKIFDA members and the companies that support us throughout the year...
Opinion
Ken’s Corner: Are you sitting comfortably?
...Mogg – sorry, you had to be there). But, walking away from Coventry, one clear message is ringing in my ears – it is time for the Government to stop...