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Fair price award for Isle of Wight Fuels
...for more than 7 million litres of oil in 2012. Speaking about the 2012 awards, founder Chris Pomfret said: “Last year was an incredible year for community buying groups in general and...
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Northern Ireland – an overdependence on oil?
When kerosene is being distributed by taxi rather than tanker, it’s time to take action. Air your views on the heating oil market, among other hot topics, at the Distributor...
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Up and running
Pictured beside the WP Group’s newest tanker – Dan Hedges, Melanie Noel and Terry Brown – on the Magyar stand at FPS EXPO 2018 When the Southampton-based WP Group launched...
Analysis
Recruitment and retention at NWF Fuels
NWF Fuels delivers heating oil and commercial fuel across the UK from its strategically located depot network using a modern fleet of 120 fuel tankers. In the last year, the...
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DCC to acquire Irish-owned fuel distributor
...Oil for over 20 years, was instrumental in restructuring the business as an oil distributorship. For years the company was one of the largest Esso distributors in Ireland and covered...
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Valuable insights from the other side
Bedfordshire-based distributor Bedford Fuels recently hosted a ‘Teams on Tanker’ day, for the BoilerJuice Supply Team to get valuable ‘hands-on’ experience. Extremely grateful for the opportunity to better understand supplier...
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Board changes at Abbey Logistics as CEO moves to executive chairman role
Long serving CEO Steve Granite has stepped down from his role as CEO of Abbey Logistics Group to take up a new position as executive chairman at the tanker specialist....
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Certas plans for new fuel depot on Isle of Wight
...cease trading on 7th August 2020. The closure of the depot, which had been trading for 60 years, resulted in concerns over the knock-on effects for customers and companies in...
Case Study
Creating long-term partnerships: a case study with Alpeco and Rawlings Fuels
...fantastic, independent supplier of fuel oils to both the domestic and commercial markets, based in Hampshire. We began working with Rawlings a few years ago and have, year on year,...
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Ford Fuels optimises delivery with tech investment
...tankers by the end of 2021. John Ford remarks: “We differentiate ourselves by moving vehicles to places where other people can’t. If someone needs fuel, they need fuel, and we’ll...
Market Report
A special Christmas market report from Portland
...(Grey Christmas and Green Christmas were to be released in subsequent years), but Elvis had a massive falling out with his record company over whether Hydrogen was an energy carrier...
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Gulf Aviation fuels Cheltenham Gold rush
...Gulf Aviation has been supplying the UK aviation market for six years and is headed up by Alex Murphy. Within the last year the company has supplied refuelling facilities to...
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Diesel laundering plants
...equipment and chemicals. Three men from Merseyside were subsequently arrested. At premises in Ashford in Kent, 12,000 litres were removed along with chemicals, equipment and a fuel tanker. Capable of...
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73,000 litres of fuel seized
A laundering plant capable of producing more than 16.4 million litres of illegal fuel a year, and potentially evading around £10.6m in taxes and duty, has been dismantled by HM...
Interview
Driving safety forward: inside the NWF Fuels Safety Cup
...the idea of a “Driver of the Year” competition stood out in which we celebrate our best performing drivers over a 12-month period. Rewarding them with an exciting racetrack experience,...
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Adler & Allan – Getting down to business
...became a fuel distributor over 40 years ago. Aided by a series of strategic acquisitions, the company has spread its wings to encompass a range of associated activities including tank...
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XPO Logistics fuel distribution partnership renewed by Tesco
...run for over 25 years. XPO deploys a dedicated tanker fleet and 350 specially trained drivers to collect fuel at nationwide UK fuel terminals and allocate it to more than...
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£2m funding for Gloucestershire distributor
...the autumn. Established more than 100 years ago Hobbs is a fourth generation family business with a turnover of £18m, which distributes Texaco fuels and Chevron and Exol lubricants throughout...