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Celebrations at Carbery
Jill Turner receives the award from councillor John Loughnan
Carbery Plastics has been recognised at an awards ceremony hosted by its local town council.
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Preserving the oil market…..
Encouraging the uptake of high efficiency oil-fired appliances is Martyn Bridges, OFTEC’s new chairman
….That is the challenge for Martyn Bridges, Worcester, Bosch Group’...
Interview
The battle to offer a competitive product
Cash conscious consumers, rogue traders dealing in washed diesel and a sharp rise in the use of solid fuel, ensures that oil distributors in the ...
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Essar building a brand in the UK
This first Essar branded tanker is now working on deliveries to commercial customers
Last week Essar Oil (UK) unveiled its first ever Essar liveried tanker ...
Opinion
“How is the closure of Coryton affecting distributors in the south east?”
“The closure of Coryton is already having quite severe consequences. It’s affecting other terminals in the area, with the high demand for product stretching ...
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James Smith 1925 – 2013
Pictured at last year’s FPS Expo in Harrogate, James Smith with wife Anne and Kevin Kennerley, NWF Fuels
Well-known to many in the fuel ...
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New tanker keeps Staffordshire Fuels on the road
Staffordshire Fuels relying on Alpeco’s technology to keep vehicles on the road
The new 6-wheel, four compartment vehicle built by Tasca Tankers is fully ...
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OJ Williams – new regional manager
OJ Williams regional manager, south west, Steve Morgan
OJ Williams has appointed a new regional manager, Steve Morgan, to oversee its commercial and domestic oil ...
Interview
Taking a different approach
Speaking to many fuel distributors in Ireland recently, the most frequently used word to describe the current market was ‘challenging.’
“It’s been a tough ...
Opinion
Servicing customers
With 60% of the UK’s top 20 distributors providing boiler maintenance services to their domestic customers, it goes to show that such services still play a ...
Opinion
The price quoted is the price the customer pays?
“We input the price when the order goes into the system, at the point when the customer places the order and a delivery ticket ...
Interview
Rationalisation in Irish oil distribution
David Blevings of the Northern Ireland Oil Federation
Rationalisation of the Northern Ireland (NI) oil distribution sector has stepped up a gear. Several businesses have ...
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From tanker to reindeer at Moorland Fuels
Rosie Harris holding her winning design
Moorland Fuels received 100 entries for its Christmas card design competition.
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Cameron Forecourt appoints new operations manager
Cameron Forecourt managing director Barry Jenner with new operations manager, Martyn Roper
Cameron Forecourt has appointed Martyn Roper as operations manager.
The move comes as ...
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Dunraven celebrates awards success
Celebrating their success managing director, Gerry Jones (centre) with members of the Dunraven team
Dunraven Systems, suppliers of Apollo tank telemetry equipment, won Dundalk’s ...
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New appointment at Lintons
Linton Fuel Oils national account manager, Rupert Mills
Rupert Mills has been appointed as national accounts manager at Linton Fuel Oils.
Linton has offered national ...
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Midlands regional manager for Pace Fuelcare
Adam Kerbes has been appointed to oversee Pace Fuelcare’s business in the Midlands and will be based at a new office in Coleshill.
Adam ...
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Mabanaft’s sister company acquires terminal
Oiltanking, a subsidiary of Marquard & Bahls which also includes Mabanaft, has entered into an agreement to acquire the Helios terminal in Singapore.
Subject to ...
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Greenergy appoints Premier Oil man
Tony, who will chair the Greenergy Audit and Risk Committee, joined Premier Oil as finance director in June 2005. He started his career as a chartered ...
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Thames Oil Port – operational in 2013
Greenergy, Vopak and Shell UK completed the acquisition of the former Coryton oil refinery in Essex at the end of last month.
It marks the ...
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Tincknell Lubricants acquired by GB Oils
(L-R) Kevin Knight, Andy Tout, Jamie Starr, Becky Venton, Kevin McCoy and Chris Allen
Tincknell Fuels continues to operate separately as GB Oils acquires Tincknell ...
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Stoddards’ new baby tanker
Stoddards shows off its new RTN tanker with Alpeco equipment
Stoddards has taken delivery of a brand new baby tanker from Road Tankers Northern.
The ...
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Lewis Tankers ahead of business plan
Latest figures released by Lewis Tankers show a much improved financial performance for 2011.
Revenues grew 53% over the previous year to £11 million, and there was a 90% ...
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Adler & Allan – Getting down to business
Adler & Allan is among Britain’s 100 fastest growing private equity backed companies. Henry Simpson and Mark Calvert receive their award. The company achieved 67th ...