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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.
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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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