People who rely on oil for heating their homes are over a barrel (as it were) when it comes to negotiating terms with oil suppliers. The Parish Council has received an invitation for villagers to join an oil club.
The OIL CLUB is an independent organisation and has no links to any of the suppliers. The club’s aim is simple to reduce the cost of heating oil for members and reduce the environmental impact as much as possible. By grouping deliveries to a village area and the bulk buying ability of the OIL CLUB, they are able to negotiate the best purchase price for heating oil and pass this on to their members. The club works best with as many members as possible.
The aim is that a village will have only one oil tanker delivery to a number of homes on the same day rather than many deliveries to individual households on different days.
The OIL CLUB has launched a club for West Bergholt. If you would like to join or find out more about the club, you can visit the website:
- Reduced oil heating costs,
- Reduced heavy vehicle traffic in the village,
- Reduced carbon exhaust into the environment.
This news item extracted from the latest issue of Local News – see that and more archive news reports online.
