• Diesel prices beginning to tumble
    • 01/06/2023
    • Posted by: Alan Feldberg
    • Category: News
    Retailers and supermarkets have cut the price of diesel since the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) expressed concern of weakening competition in the retail fuel market. According to the RAC, the average price of a litre of diesel at supermarkets fell by 7.44p, from 151.02p to 143.58p, over the two weeks [...]
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  • Petrol prices down but diesel ‘unfairly’ high
    • 16/05/2023
    • Posted by: Alan Feldberg
    • Category: News
    The average price of petrol has fallen below 145p a litre for the first time in 18 months, according to the latest data from RAC Fuel Watch. The price of a litre of unleaded dropped to 144.95p on Sunday 14 May – its lowest price since 3 November 2021. Diesel also dipped below 155p a litre by hitting 154.31p [...]
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  • Fall in fuel prices not sharp enough
    • 10/01/2023
    • Posted by: Alan Feldberg
    • Categories: Featured, News
    Fuel prices fell 9p a litre in December, but the RAC believes the decreases do not reflect much lower wholesale prices. Its Fuel Watch data found that petrol prices fell by 8.4p last month while diesel came down by 9.4p. However, with wholesale prices down considerably since mid-October, the RAC believes petrol [...]
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  • CMA investigating fuel retail market
    • 09/12/2022
    • Posted by: Alan Feldberg
    • Category: News
    A review by the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has found that fuel retailers raised prices quickly in line with higher wholesale costs but were slow to reduce them again when prices fell. Called ‘rocket and feathering’, this practice has been revealed as part of the CMA’s Road Fuel Market Study, [...]
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  • RAC urges supermarkets to ‘do the right thing’
    • 23/11/2022
    • Posted by: Alan Feldberg
    • Categories: Featured, News
    Data from RAC Fuel Watch has found that supermarkets are currently enjoying margins of about 15p a litre on both petrol and diesel. It says that wholesale prices for petrol have fallen by 13p per litre since their October high and diesel prices have fallen by 22p, but these decreases haven’t been transferred to [...]
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  • Older drivers priced off the road
    • 17/10/2022
    • Posted by: Alan Feldberg
    • Category: News
    The cost-of-living crisis will force more than half of older drivers to make fewer journeys and limit their own mobility. This is according to a new survey by disability motoring website MotaClarity. The poll of more than 1,000 drivers aged 50 and over found that 54% were considering placing self-imposed limits [...]
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  • Workers priced out of commute by fuel costs
    • 08/09/2022
    • Posted by: Alan Feldberg
    • Category: News
    New research has revealed that a third of drivers won’t be able to afford their commute if fuel prices continue to rise. As the cost-of-living intensifies, a new study by Volkswagen Financial Services UK (VWFS) has found that 32% of the nation will be priced out of driving to work if petrol and diesel prices [...]
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  • Motorway charging exceeds petrol prices
    • 08/09/2022
    • Posted by: Alan Feldberg
    • Category: News
    The cost of charging an electric car at motorway services can be up to 28% higher than filling up with petrol. This is according to the latest research from What Car?, which drove two electric cars and their petrol-powered equivalents in convoy on a 200-mile journey between Yorkshire and Cobham, just south of [...]
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  • Fuel prices unfairly high – RAC
    • 25/07/2022
    • Posted by: Alan Feldberg
    • Category: News
    The RAC believes that less than 10% of UK forecourts are charging a fair price for petrol and diesel. According to analysis of Experian Catalist data by the RAC Fuel Watch, just 407 of more than 4,500 forecourts have priced fuel fairly, with the vast majority of those being independent garages. The RAC believes [...]
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  • Used car values on the rise again
    • 21/07/2022
    • Posted by: Alan Feldberg
    • Category: News
    Used car values rose to £9,196 in June, according to data released by BCA, making it the first month-on-month rise in values recorded this year.  Values improved by £745 across the board compared to May 2022, equivalent to an 8.8% increase over the month, with volumes broadly static. Meanwhile, performance against [...]
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