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AnalysisReeves warns she will go after forecourts for “price gouging” and not sharing prices with Fuel Finder
The Chancellor of the Exchequer, Rachel Reeves, continued her attacks on forecourt operators today, telling the House of Commons some retailers were selling fuel at 180p a litre, and that the government will “not tolerate price gouging”.
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NewsCMA boss provokes ire with mention of “ripped off” forecourt customers
The head of the Competition and Markets Authority has provoked anger amongst forecourt operators after saying the watchdog will “call out” fuel retailers if it detects “signs consumers are being ripped off” during the Iran conflict.
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NewsReform PR stunt sees petrol station taken over and fuel sold at big discount
With pump prices rising across the country in the wake of the Iranian conflict, Nigel Farage and Robert Jenrick of Reform have taken over a filling station to promise they would keep the 5ppl fuel duty discount were they to win a general election.
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NewsAt the sharp end: Forecourts hit with delayed deliveries, spiking prices and negative margins
Soaring wholesale petrol and diesel prices are leaving fuel retailers with little option but to put up their own prices. But with traditional media regularly criticising the sector for its profits, many forecourt operators across the country are turning to social media in a bid to explain the situation.
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NewsUnleaded headed for 150ppl and diesel 160p as oil tops $100 a barrel
The retail cost of a litre of unleaded is set to reach 140p over the coming few days, with the Iranian conflict pushing the price of a barrel of oil past the $100 mark, up from around $60 just a couple of weeks ago.
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NewsUpdated: Government says Fuel Finder fixed following “technical issue”
The Department for Energy Security and Net Zero says that a glitch stopping firms accessing pricing data from Fuel Finder has now been fixed.
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NewsForecourts left in the lurch as diesel costs rise 20p per litre in just 48 hours
Oil companies are charging petrol stations 20p per litre more for diesel than they were just two days ago, leaving forecourt firms to either set high retail prices, or lose huge sums of money.
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NewsSpring Forecast 2026: Chancellor ignores calls to delay fuel duty hike
Despite rising oil prices amidst the Iranian conflict, Chancellor of the Exchequer Rachel Reeves decided not to use her Spring Forecast to announce any changes to the planned increase in fuel duty, due to be implemented from September this year.
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NewsConcerns grow that “alarmist and irresponsible” media coverage is stoking panic fuel buying
The Petrol Retailers Association has warned that messaging surrounding the Iranian conflict has the potential to create a “self-fulfilling prophesy” of petrol and diesel outages, as was seen during 2021’s tanker-driver shortage.
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NewsWholesale diesel price rises 10p per litre as Iranian war echoes around the world
The conflict in Iran is already impacting the price of wholesale diesel, which opened at 10ppl higher this morning compared with Friday’s close. Oil is also up, with the cost of a barrel of Brent rising 8% over the weekend.
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OtherCOMMENT: Fuel Finder’s real message is that it’s okay to break the law
Given parliament took the time to pass legislation mandating fuel retailers share their prices with the government, it is curious that with almost a third of forecourts in breach of the new law, the government’s response has been to shrug its shoulders.
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NewsFuel Finder three weeks on: 30% of petrol stations not sharing prices
Around 2,500 of the UK’s 8,300 filling stations are in breach of Fuel Finder regulations almost three weeks after the ‘go live’ date of February 2.
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NewsGulf partners with MyAutomate to bring Fuel Finder compliance
The UK’s 400-plus Gulf-branded forecourts are being offered automated compliance with the government’s Fuel Finder price-reporting system following a deal done between Certas Energy, which owns the brand, and pricing firm MyAutomate.
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NewsTwo thirds of drivers say they will use Fuel Finder
A survey of over 13,000 motorists has found that the vast majority say they will use Fuel Finder to check petrol and diesel prices before filling up.
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NewsFuel Finder data sees drivers told petrol costs 1.3p a litre as government admits to “teething issues”
Drivers are being told they can buy petrol for a penny a litre due to inaccurate data being shared by the government’s Fuel Finder scheme.
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NewsFuel Finder: “It shouldn’t have left the testing environment – in fact, we are the testing environment”
Four days after its official launch, independent fuel retailer Johnny Srikrishna is experiencing such fundamental issues with the government’s Fuel Finder service that he has declared the system “shouldn’t have left the testing environment”.
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OtherCOMMENT: Fuel Finder may achieve the opposite of its intended outcomes
Fuel Finder has been subject to so much coverage that one should talk about column yards rather than inches. But in the hubbub surrounding the scheme’s launch, little heed has been paid to whether it will achieve its aims.
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NewsFuel Finder launch sees PetrolPrices app shoot to top of the charts
The go-live date of the government’s Fuel Finder price-reporting scheme has seen the PetrolPrices app soar to the top of Apple’s App Store charts.
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NewsFuel Finder: 25% of forecourts in breach of law as system goes live
Over 2,000 UK forecourts are not signed up to the government’s Fuel Finder mandatory price-reporting scheme, leaving them in breach of the law.
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NewsFuel Finder could bring ‘volatile pricing’ to the UK forecourt sector
The founder of a data analytics business that has worked with the fuel retailing sector for 38 years has warned the introduction of Fuel Finder could mark the beginning of “volatile pricing” for petrol and diesel in the UK.