Interview
Selling Kettlewell Fuels
Janet Kettlewell on navigating a business sale, legacy, and life beyond fuel distribution, in conversation with Margaret Major, Publishing Director of Fuel Oil News After years at the helm of...
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Interview
Talking about mental health: frequently asked questions
...a way to cope with emotional distress. • Changes in personal hygiene: Neglecting personal hygiene, appearance, and overall self-care i.e., not showering/brushing hair/changing clothes/brushing teeth/cleaning uniform. • Expressing suicidal or...
Insight
Maintaining good mental health: Coping with anxiety
...whom you are attached/intimate with. They may be persistently worried about losing the person, refuse to sleep away from the person and/or have nightmares about separation. I would like to...
Insight
An A-Z of Stress Awareness
...of stress, and improve its management in the workplace and in our personal lives. Let’s face it, stress is unavoidable. It comes from the small things in life, such as...
Insight
Managing costs: minimising fleet insurance premiums by reducing claims frequency
...for example: • Professional or full-time drivers • “Essential use” drivers • Drivers supplied with a vehicle as a personal benefit • Other employees who may, on occasion, drive •...
Interview
In Conversation with Miriam James of Silvey Fleet
...way things are done. I understand you have been involved for over 11 years now. What has been your own personal involvement with the business and the launch of the...
News
Clear focus on future fuels for industry Expo
...of OFTEC and David Blevings of NIOILS. “The day will end with awards being handed out by UKIFDA president Janet Kettlewell, for depot of the year, driver of the year,...
News
FPS EXPO 2013 – more visitors
...displayed the latest advances in oil distribution technology, were up 7% on last year. “There was a real buzz about the place this year and that showed in the level...
Interview
The downstream customer
...country: Sue and David Weeks live in a large, detached bungalow, set in four acres in a rural location in Surrey. The property is nearly 100 years old. Elspeth and...
Insight
The future for tankers
...year bringing on more new rigid tanker customers and a good year for semi-trailer builds as well. “The rigid tanker program was highly successful last year, and many new customers...
News
FPS EXPO 2015 – have you booked?
...Year and Depot of the Year awards by presenting each award at the winner’s depot. “Having a first night drinks reception means that lots of exhibitors and visitors can stay...
Knowledge
Data: the UKIFDA databank
...between June and August was 16.5°C, 0.7°C lower than the same period a year earlier. The average number of HDD was 0.4, 0.1 higher than the same period a year...
News
Greenergy appoints Adam Traeger as CEO
...M&A and Director of Investments. For the last five years he has served as Chief Financial Officer. Adam is a chartered accountant and worked for Ernst & Young and Deloitte...
News
Who will take the 2021 title?
...recognition. Fuel Oil News welcomes your entries now for the prestigious 2021 tanker of the year award. Any tanker that has been added to your fleet in 2021 can be...
News
Could you take the title of Tanker of the Year 2024?
We are delighted to announce that, for the first time in the competition’s history we have joint winners. Dividing the spoils of the 2023 Tanker of the Year award are...
News
Linton Fuel Oils – by royal appointment
...years experience in the industry and is responsible for the administrative side of the business. Capital investment Based in the capital, Linton distributes 140 million litres of fuel each year...
News
Logistics UK’s delivers record-breaking transport manager conference series
...Manager of the Year 2022, and their personal statements are: Thijs Bontekoe, Transport Manager at Aegg Creative Packaging: “I can write all my achievements down in this essay – and...
Interview
MechTronic: celebrating 20 years
...I was 10 years old, peaking at a 4 handicap! Simon Haigh – Operations Director • How long have you worked at MechTronic? Just short of 19 years • What...