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 ...
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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 ...
News
From tanker to reindeer at Moorland Fuels
Rosie Harris holding her winning design
Moorland Fuels received 100 entries for its Christmas card design competition.
News
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 ...
News
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 ...
News
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 ...
News
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 ...
News
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 ...
News
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 ...
News
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 ...
News
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 ...
News
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 ...
News
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% ...
News
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 ...
News
Stolt-Nielsen acquires Dagenham storage terminal
Stolt-Nielsen has announced the acquisition of a storage terminal at Dagenham from Norbert Dentressangle.
Completion is subject to the transfer of licences and permits, and ...
News
IFC appointments reflect growth
Following its recent expansion, IFC has announced two new appointments.
News
Craggs Energy takes over Samuel Cooke and Co depot in Padiham
Craggs Energy managing director, Chris Bingham, and new depot manager Jeremy Cosway
Craggs Energy has become the new owners of the Samuel Cooke and Co ...
News
GB Oils appoints new regional manager in south east Anglia
New regional manager for south east Anglia, Keith Durrant
GB Oils has appointed Keith Durrant as regional manager in south east Anglia, to manage the ...
News
Petroplus administrators reveal scale of Coryton’s financial woes
The joint administrators of Petroplus Refining & Marketing have published their first progress report on the administration, which illustrates the depth of the financial challenges ...
News
DCC to acquire BP’s LPG business in Britain
DCC has reached agreement to acquire BP’s LPG distribution business in Britain. Completion of the acquisition is expected to take place at the end ...
News
Crown Oil announces acquisition of Samuel Cooke
Former conquerors of Kilimanjaro, the Crown Oil team are now tackling their latest challenge
Burnley based fuel and lubricants distributor Samuel Cooke has been ‘rescued ...
News
Samuel Cooke & Co in administration
Frank Carroll, chairman and owner of Samuel Cooke & Co
Burnley based fuel distributor Samuel Cooke & Co went into administration in late July.
The ...