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If you camp in mainly warm weather, Butane - blue Calor cylinders is for you.  Calor is widely available in the UK, though other makes such as Flo Gas & others make interchangeable cylinders with cheaper gas, though manufacturers won't swap each others empties.  Camping Gaz is more widely available in Europe.  We use Calor at home, but take a spare Camping Gaz when we go abroad.  If you intend camping in early/late season, Propane - orange cylinders are needed.  Butane freezes at around 5ºC where Propane will still operate below freezing. It burns faster though, so Butane is more economical.  Both boil a kettle in about the same time.  There are a couple of other things to consider, such as the new lightweight cylinders.  Both Calor & BP are doing them now.  Also, what size do you need/can you carry?  My camper has space for 2 x 4.5 Kg cylinders.  Space may be more of a problem, in which case Camping Gaz  do much smaller cylinders.

Steve.