For some companies and their employees, the dreaded term ‘health & safety’ is often considered boring, tedious and pedantic. However, for Merridale it’s something they see as a major part of their pursuit of excellence. Operations Manager, Andrew Tromans, has been responsible for improving and sharpening health & safety standards at Merridale for more than […]
Merridale Limited will be celebrating its 25th anniversary with two successful landmark developments in commercial vehicle depot refuelling equipment. The evolution of FuelWorks, Merridale’s web-based reporting service, has now been followed up by the successful launch of the MX Series. Currently there are over 1300 fuelling sites across the UK being monitored daily by FuelWorks. […]
After 20 years as a Merridale field service engineer, Kelvin Kilaurin has packed his tools and signed off his final assignment. For now he has retired and is happily looking forward to enjoying some freedom years with his wife Carol. The occasion was marked by a gathering of colleagues at which company director, Paul Ledbury, […]
Within days of installing a depot fuel storage monitoring unit for trials, a Merridale support engineer received a text message from the system showing that the customer’s tank contents were dropping at an unusual rate. This timely alert enabled the customer to disrupt a fuel theft incident which was actually in progress on his premises. […]
“Most long-term users of Merridale depot refuelling equipment will testify that the company’s after sales support has always been one of its strengths,” claims sales director, Stephen Hannan. “Clearly the integrity of the process hinges on the accuracy and reliability of the equipment – not only for the fuel management systems and dispensers but also […]
This year marks the tenth anniversary of the Fuel Management newsletter and associated website www.fuelmanagement.co.uk. Over a full decade, we have reported on new developments and the methods used to support fleet operators' fuel control, together with case studies demonstrating the effectiveness of each solution. Further to this we have provided fleet operators with essential […]
The Commercial Vehicle (CV) Show has played an important part in the development of the transport depot refuelling equipment manufactured by Merridale. The company has been represented continuously at the show for some twenty years, since it entered the market in 1995 with the UK’s first fuel management software designed for Windows-based office computers. This […]
Fleet refuelling is a crucial on-cost for any business enterprise operating commercial vehicles. For fleet managers, there are a range of options depending on the specific operational requirement. Retail forecourts and truck-stop fuel bunkering services with access provided by way of a key card account, are designed for low volume requirements, such as start-up fleets […]
Three years ago, we reported on the sale of the first Merridale Auditor fuel management control units to Taylor Fuel Control (TFC) for use on marine refuelling pontoons. Since then, 16 units have been supplied to local port authorities for deployment in river estuaries and sheltered marinas environments. The fuel is provided to meet various […]
Merridale has seen an increase in number of customers seeking annual service and calibration as part of a fixed price programme. Some of these have learned by bitter experience that it is far more cost effective to use the original manufacturer’s service support network, rather than putting their trust in unauthorised third-party operators - lacking […]
