Ask Mister C

• Are oil boilers going to be banned?

  The Government’s Clean Growth Strategy includes an ambition to end the installation of new, high carbon fossil fuel heating, but specific policy proposals are yet to be developed. There are no plans to ban the use of existing fossil fuel heating systems and heating oil users are urged by OFTEC to ‘ignore misleading claims’ and fake news from renewable heating suppliers.

• What is your minimum delivery?

  The minimum bulk delivery volume for Heating Oil, Gas Oil, or Diesel is 500 litres. All our deliveries are made through Bulk Meters which are approved, calibrated and certified by Trading Standards.

• Should I use broker websites or buying groups?

  With the rise of the Internet we have seen a significant increase in the number of groups, syndicates, clubs and broker websites claiming to get you cheaper fuel supplies, or bulk savings through aggregated orders.

  We would be very careful about using buying groups or broker websites as they are, for the most part middle men, seeking to make themselves money by placing themselves between you and the real distributor whose tanker will end up delivering.

  A real fuel distributor will have fuel tankers, a depot, oil to sell, and people to talk to about any issues you may have. They will also value your business direct with them higher than a broker chasing commission.

  When the snow falls, or supplies are tight, we focus on serving our customers not other peoples'. If you deal with CPS Fuels direct we save you money, rather than putting pounds of commission into the pockets of middlemen.