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Whopper is clear winner in Oilshield’s pumpkin growing competition
...by some 21kg so perhaps Matt, or another member of the Oilshield team, can set their sights on that next year – we’ll wait to hear! Share your pumpkin pics...
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Lower oil prices through 2024 impact revenue at J.R. Rix & Sons
...£43.2m in 2023, and profit before tax halved, from £4.8m in 2023 to £2.4m last year. Group managing director, James Doyle, described 2024 as a challenging year for the business....
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Independent Kettlewell Fuels celebrates 30 successful years in business
...year. The business is evolving constantly with ongoing planned investment in the latest customer management systems and our versatile delivery fleet, which includes baby four-wheelers, making deliveries to our rural...
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WINNER! Estuary Oils wins the 22nd Fuel Oil News Tanker of the Year Award!
...5000. With a DAF XD 410 6X2w chassis and 410 BHP, CF24 ATV has a rear steer 12 speed automatic gear box with Alcoa super bright alloy wheels, super singles...
Interview
In profile – Adrian Mason of Road Tankers Northern
...of note? Tanker of The Year 2022 winner – It’s only taken me 10 years to win it with one of my builds! Tell us your greatest fear. Being an...
News
Tanker of the Year 2024 – Special Recognition
...Gleaner’s founding year and the company’s remarkable 70-year legacy in the Scottish fuel distribution industry. The tanker is a perfect fusion of modern engineering and traditional values, in celebration of...
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Logistics UK crowned Trade Association of the Year
...to alleviate them, Logistics UK, one of the UK’s biggest business groups, has been crowned Trade Association of the Year at the 2022 Memcom Excellence Awards. The business group –...
Interview
Rawlings Fuels support takes the fear out of dementia diagnosis
...about early onset dementia? A condition that affects people who are under 65 years and of working age it brings with it additional challenges. In addition to all the usual...
News
Seeing HVO in action
...oil to heat a primary school in Gwinear. Mitchell and Webber director John Weedon commented: “We all appreciate the need to help the environment as a priority and these trials...
News
Green fuel demand sees Crown Oil expand
...earlier this year.” As part of its green efforts, the business has also pledged to run all of its buildings on renewable energy by 2023 and you can read more...
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Morris Lubricants to invest £1.6 million
...offices to provide up-to-date meeting facilities befitting a leading supplier of premium lubricants. Both projects will be led by Steve Reading, group engineering manager, who last year designed and managed...
Knowledge
Safeguard the future with effective succession planning
...notes that the first top tip he would have for anyone considering an exit would be: “Ensure you set out a clear succession plan well in advance.” “By thinking about...
News
Raising awareness – carbon monoxide and fossil fuels
...of the dangers after an increasing number of incidents across the country this year. Despite major growth in stove sales, many people are unaware of the connection between CO and...
News
Industry supplier nominated for prestigious award
...year, TEC won the ‘Best Small Business’ award at the South County Dublin Chamber Awards. This year, TEC was once again nominated and shortlisted – this time in the ‘Best...
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NWF declares itself “a dominant force in UK fuel distribution” following fourth acquisition this year
...a well-established fuel supplier in the North-West, continues NWF’s sector consolidation as it continues to expand its customer base. The acquisition follows earlier deals this year, including Northern Energy Oil,...
News
‘Team Stobart’ completes Lake District Trek to raise funds for Alzheimer’s Society
A team of employees from the Carlisle-based fuel supplier have raised vital funds by completing the Trek13 challenge on one of the hottest days of the year! Supplying householders, farmers,...
Insight
Transition talk with Peter Davidson of the Tank Storage Association
...strategic competition, accelerated by the Covid-19 pandemic and the Russian invasion of Ukraine in early 2022, has been reflected in a wider move toward protectionism and increased state support for...
Interview
Rapid growth keeps Exswift Fuels in the pink
A couple of years ago we chatted with Chloe Crofts, CEO of Exswift Fuels, a company, at that time, into its third year. With the domestic kerosene delivery business having...