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News“Fuel Finder has been a nightmare” – Ben Lawrence details issues with the new scheme
Independent forecourt operator Ben Lawrence says registering his three filling stations with Fuel Finder has been “a nightmare”. First the registration website refused to work, then once it was up and running the system declared all three of his sites’ activation codes to be invalid.
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NewsUnder 10% of forecourts signed up for Fuel Finder as deadline draws near
A week after registration opened, only 700 filling stations have signed up to the government’s mandatory Fuel Finder scheme, with just two firms making up 83% of registrations.
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NewsFuel Finder registration opens over two weeks late, but relies on password being sent via post
Registration for the Fuel Finder scheme is now live, over two weeks after it was due to open. And further delays could be caused by activation codes being sent in the post.
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NewsForecourt firms breaching Fuel Finder rules face being fined 30% of UK turnover
The rollout of Fuel Finder has already been delayed, but authorities have wasted no time in detailing how much they will fine firms that break the rules, with the Competition and Markets Authority setting out that companies face penalties equivalent to 30% of their annual UK turnover for the most serious breaches.
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OtherCOMMENT: The Fuel Finder fiasco is as disappointing as it was foreseeable
The words ‘government’ and ‘IT project’ are so frequently followed by ‘disaster’ that it is little surprise to learn Fuel Finder is already running into issues, with the scheduled December 18 registration now delayed until the new year – but the way this particular project has developed has nonetheless been wearisome.
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NewsFuel Finder misses first deadline: scheme delayed until January
The government’s £10m Fuel Finder scheme has already hit its first snag, after the scheduled December 18 registration launch was pushed back until January 2026.
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NewsFuel Finder at risk of delay
The much-vaunted Fuel Finder scheme is at risk of being delayed, with a minister from the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero saying there remain “a large number of technical issues to resolve”.
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News‘Rip-off’ Budget jibe sees forecourt operator slash prices by 10ppl
A forecourt operator has responded to the Chancellor’s remark last week that she was “calling out rip-offs” in the petrol-station sector, by holding a flash sale on fuel yesterday at his two sites.
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NewsEdgePetrol to offer software module so retailers can comply with Fuel Finder scheme
Retailers concerned about complying with the forthcoming Fuel Finder scheme, which mandates all petrol stations in the UK tell the government their fuel prices within 30 minutes of any change, are set to be offered a software solution from EdgePetrol.
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Product NewsCathedral City launches £5m advertising campaign centred around new television advert
Cathedral City, the cheese brand from Saputo Dairy UK, has launched a £5m advertising campaign for 2022-23, centred around a new television advert.