Hauliers feel fuel price pressure
Date: 05 March 2008
The average price of diesel in the UK increased significantly in the last two weeks of February, according to the Road Haulage Association (RHA).
Haulage operators and other freight forwarders now have to fork out an extra 4.6p per litre, on average, compared to mid-February.
This is putting unbearable strain on many road haulage companies in the UK, and the chancellor is under growing pressure not to increase fuel duty further in the upcoming Budget.
This 4.6p increase "represents an unacceptable £2,700 per annum increase in fuel costs" for the average haulier, RHA chief executive Roger King said.
"Everyone is getting punch drunk with the rising cost of motoring, but for road hauliers, coping with these increases is becoming a life or death issue.
"The chancellor simply HAS to rethink his earlier decision to add to the industry's misery by going ahead with his 2p per litre fuel duty increase on April 1st. His Budget on March 12th is ideally placed to announce its abandonment."
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