Linton Fuel Oils

Linton Fuel Oils Ltd is a Fuel and Lubricants Distributor of which there are many - and there the comparison stops. We are unique amongst our peers, our service is unrivalled, as is our knowledge of the products we sell and the markets we operate in. Our main area of focus is deliveries within the SE of England but we also operate a nationwide service for all fuels and lubricants.

The Company's origins go back some 30 years to 1972 when two entrepreneurial tanker drivers, David Flynn and Roy Panton founded Linton Fuel Oils. The business still retains a strong family element, Roy being the Transport manager, wife Marilyn controls the purchase ledger and son Stephen handles route-ing, and terminal management. David meanwhile is in product purchase and son Neil a regional sales manager.

The ethos of the Company is one of....

......trust, integrity, employee empowerment and the forging of caring customer relationships.

The primary drivers of recent and current changes seen in the Company are a direct response to the demands of an evolving marketplace, the increase in number and quality of new competitors and their behavioural shifts, coupled with swings in the economic cycle, and the establishment of new regular climate patterns.

Additionally, we are responding to internal drivers: the desire to become more competitive, the building of a high performance organisation, the promotion of feelings of ownership, the requirement to meet better the customers' needs and the increase of our market share.

The fore going is encapsulated in our 'Social Capital' - i.e. trust or community, such that working together becomes more efficient. This does not sit easily with the basic assumption of orthodox economic theory that people are self-interested animals. We find that altruism and selfishness preferences cannot explain the incentives for working as a community or team that we experience. Our staffs' social skills, popularity and charisma will facilitate social capital. Our staff will invest in 'Human Capital Wealth' by acquiring skills and education fostered by the Company. The more the communal investment in social capital the more the staff stands to gain from it and as a consequence the Company.

Fuel and lubricants distributor