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NewsEV drivers set for chargepoint price hikes
Drivers of electric cars may have thought themselves immune to the price shocks flowing through petrol pumps, but changes to network rules are set to increase the cost of public charging, too.
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NewsGovernment pockets £61m extra in a month thanks to fuel-price rises
Surging retail prices for unleaded and diesel have resulted in an extra £61.4m landing in the Treasury’s coffers in under a month.
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NewsFuel at highest price in over three years as diesel tops 180ppl
The average retail price for a litre of diesel currently stands at 181.2p, a level not seen since December 2022, while unleaded is at a 28-month high, at 152ppl.
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NewsForecourts in the ocean and unleaded at £15 a litre: errors “could fatally undermine confidence” in Fuel Finder
Significant errors with Fuel Finder – including over 500 forecourts having incorrect location information listed and over a dozen sites selling fuel for unrealistic prices – “flag an urgent need to address data quality issues” with the system, according to a new analysis.
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NewsEaster set to see 21m extra car journeys made
Forecourt operators should be braced for a busy few days, with Easter 2026 set to bring with it an additional 21m car journeys, as soaring fuel prices fail to deter drivers from making trips over the long weekend.
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AnalysisMain-road Cornish forecourt with limited opening hours up for sale
A filling station in Cornwall that sells around 700,000 litres a of fuel a year despite limited opening hours and a six-day trading week has come on the market.
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NewsPrime Minister to meet BP and Shell bosses as concern over fuel shortage grows
Keir Starmer is to meet with the heads of major oil companies as concerns grow that the Iranian conflict will soon bring about a shortage of fuel in the UK.
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NewsDiesel shortage likely next month
The Iranian conflict is set to bring about a UK-wide shortage of diesel within a fortnight due to a fall in imports caused by the disruption to fuel supply and transit the Iranian conflict has brought about.
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NewsEG On The Move partnership with Co-op continues with refreshed site
The franchise agreement between EG On The Move and Co-op announced in 2024 has brought forth another partnership, with a refreshed site in Chelmsford, Essex, sporting a new shop wearing the convenience retailer’s livery.
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NewsGovernment committee changes tune after PRA tells MPs: “Refrain from lurid language”
The Energy Security and Net Zero Committee appeared to have a change of heart in real time this week, after the Petrol Retailers Association pushed back against an MP’s accusations of ‘price gouging’ in the sector.
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NewsForecourt firms vindicated as major investigation finds no evidence of profiteering
In the wake of weeks of senior politicians accusing petrol station operators of ‘price gouging’ and ‘ripping off’ consumers, a major new study has uncovered no evidence of unfair pricing practices amongst UK forecourt firms.
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NewsGovernment earmarks £1bn of taxpayer cash for electric trucks and vans
The Department for Transport is continuing its push for electric goods vehicles by funnelling £1bn of central funds into discounts of up to £81,000 for eHGVs, while subsidising the installation of chargepoints at vehicle depots.
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NewsNew EV charging hub opens at Roadchef’s Folkestone Services
Gridserve has opened a new EV charging hub at Roadchef’s Folkestone Services on the M20, with 12 ultra-rapid bays capable of delivering electricity at up to 360kW.
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NewsNew 16-bay ultra-rapid EV hub opens in Chesterfield
A retail park in Chesterfield, Derbyshire, is now home to a 16-bay ultra-rapid EV charging hub, with the new facility part of a £25m project between Raw Charging and commercial property firm Landsec.
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NewsPhillips 66 and Calor celebrate 40 years of subterranean LPG storage
Phillips 66, owner of Jet, together with gas firm Calor, is celebrating the 40th anniversary of the opening of an LPG storage facility, which has the unusual feature of being set 200m beneath the earth in underground caves.
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NewsChancellor to introduce new “anti-profiteering” powers as criticism of fuel retailers continues
Chancellor of the Exchequer Rachel Reeves has announced she is to introduce a new “anti-profiteering framework” via the Competition and Markets Authority to crack down on “price gouging”.
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NewsAA says cheap used EVs are a good thing, but warns rapid depreciation ‘presents a challenge’
Breakdown and insurance firm the AA says falling secondhand prices for EVs have led to an improved landscape for the transition to electric cars – though the firm also says the “rapid depreciation” EVs are subject to is hampering things.
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NewsSuffolk main-road forecourt set to get standalone HGV refuelling station
A filling station on the A14 trunk road between Ipswich and Bury St Edmunds is set to be upgraded with a standalone HGV refuelling facility.
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NewsGovernment should impose profit cap on fuel retailers, Iceland boss says
The executive chairman of supermarket chain Iceland has asked the government to impose a cap on forecourt operators’ profits to stop retailers “exploiting the crisis at the expense of consumers”.
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NewsFuel Finder contract could be stripped from VE3 as government frustration over glitches grows
The £2m government contract to run the Fuel Finder price-reporting scheme could be stripped from VE3 Global as issues with the system persist months after it was introduced.