The Irish commodities conglomerate DCC plc's Energy Acquisitions subsidiary, has now completed the sales of heating oil website Boilerjuice. The site has been acquired by Welsummer Limited, a company understood to be controlled by Boilerjuice founder, Paul Ward.

DCC plc is a Republic of Ireland based company, which has grown to dominate the supply of home heating oil in Great Britain, since it entered the market in 2001. DCC plc's dominance has been established primarily through .... [ Read the full article ]

Bioliquids are liquid fuels made from biomass that are not intended for transport. They are typically used in oil boilers to replace fossil-based fuels, like kerosene. There a .... [ Read the full article ]

Acquisitive Irish commodities conglomerate, DCC plc, has reached a conditional agreement with Rontec Investments LLP to acquire oil distribution assets in Great Britain, the Channel Islands and the Isle of Man, including heating oil distributor Total Butler.

The acquired businesses together employ 550 people and sold 1.5 billion litres of fuel in 2010.  The key components of the businesses are:

• The trade, fixed assets, stock and goodwill of fuel distributor Total .... [ Read the full article ]

Families shopping around for heating oil have been duped by suppliers using fake price comparison sites. Three firms have been told by the Office of Fair Trading to take action to stop misleading customers.

Many of the country’s one million heating oil users have turned to the internet to look for deals, especially in the wake of a 70 per cent spike in prices last December. Even though prices have slipped back from as much as 7 .... [ Read the full article ]

The rate of VAT for energy efficient improvements needs to be cut if the Government's 'Green Deal' retrofit programme to upgrade the country's building stock to make it more energy efficient is to be successful. This is the warning from 27 different organisations in the construction, property and business industries as well as environmental groups who are worried that unless VAT is reduced consumers will be reluctant to take up the Green Deal when it is launched next year.

As MPs .... [ Read the full article ]

Oil distribution industry trade association, the Federation of Petroleum Suppliers (FPS) is urging homeowners and businesses that use oil for heating to get themselves prepared for the winter and not be caught out by the bad weather that was experienced by many last year.

According to the Federation, now is the time when householders and businesses should be starting to think about what their needs are going to be for the winter and should be prepared. Last year many left filling .... [ Read the full article ]