• Fuel prices unfairly high – RAC

    • 25 July 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 July 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 88% increase over the month, with volumes broadly static Meanwhile, performance against [...]
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  • Fuel prices continue rising

    • 24 June 2022
    • Posted by: Alan Feldberg
    • Category: News
    Fuel prices have reached a new record high this week, although there are hopes costs on the forecourt will begin to taper off RAC fuel spokesman Simon Williams said: “Just as more people took to their cars on the first day of the rail strikes the average price of petrol increased to 18933p, taking a full tank [...]
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  • RAC warns of steepling fuel costs

    • 7 June 2022
    • Posted by: Alan Feldberg
    • Category: News
    The RAC has warned that fuel prices could top 180p per litre this week It has reported that prices on the forecourt spiked by nearly 5p a litre during the Jubilee weekend, and those rises are set to continue this week The average price of petrol reached 1778p a litre by Sunday, while diesel prices jumped from [...]
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  • Diesel demand down five per cent

    • 18 May 2022
    • Posted by: Alan Feldberg
    • Category: News
    Diesel cars continue to be faded out from the UK new car market, with just five per cent of new car buyers stating they’re looking to buy one This is according to the latest industry research by What Car, which follows April’s new car registration figures from the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders [...]
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  • Drivers hit by rising fuel costs

    • 30 December 2021
    • Posted by: Alan Feldberg
    • Category: News
    More than half (51%) of UK drivers have noticed a difference in the cost of fuel this December According to the Confusedcom fuel price index, the cost of petrol and diesel is almost 29p more expensive per litre now than at the beginning of the year People are expecting to travel roughly 50 miles over the [...]
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  • Fleet costs spiral amidst fuel shortage

    • 15 October 2021
    • Posted by: Alan Feldberg
    • Category: News
    Fuel shortages in recent weeks have caused a rapid loss of control over fleet running costs This is according to FleetCheck, a fleet management software company, which said the rising costs were a result of company car and van drivers being forced to buy fuel where they could get it at whatever prices were being [...]
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  • Fuel prices highest since 2013

    • 19 July 2021
    • Posted by: Alan Feldberg
    • Category: News
    Petrol prices are at their highest level in eight years According to the AA, average prices now have hit 133p a litre, almost 20p higher than in November Diesel prices are also up The increase in fuel costs comes after a steady rise in oil prices which increased from $43 a barrel to more than $70 a barrel [...]
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