26.03.09 Every Penny Counts: PetrolPrices.com joins forces with FTA to fight duty rise
PetrolPrices.com is joining forces with the Freight Transport Association (FTA) to support their new campaign, Every Penny Counts, after figures show next week's fuel duty rise could add a staggering £900 to the cost of running a single lorry.
Jo Tanner of the FTA said:
“We’re delighted to have PetrolPrices.com on board with the Every Penny Counts campaign. If the Government goes ahead with the fuel duty increase on 1 April, motorists aren’t going to be the only ones to notice it. Because of the current state of the economy, companies aren’t going to be able simply to suck up the increased transport costs, so those increases are going to have to be passed on to consumers and we all end up out of pocket.”
The duty rise comes at a particularly bad time for hauliers – they're facing inflation-busting fee hikes and other discretionary levies to the tune of around £600 per lorry, and a drop in business thanks to the biting recession – all of which could easily lead to significant job losses in the haulage industry.
Many businesses will have little choice but to pass on costs to their customers, which could mean a rise in the price of anything that needs to be transported – including food and drink.
To highlight the impact the duty hike will have on the haulage industry the FTA has launched Every Penny Counts – a campaign PetrolPrices.com is pleased to support.
The campaign calls for relief from both fuel duty increases and hikes in operating fees for hauliers from the Department for Transport.
Every Penny Counts has already received support from a number of MPs via Early Day Motion 994 - the more support this gets the more notice the Government will take of how you feel about the duty rise.
You can show your support by visiting www.fta.co.uk/epc, where you can request postcards to send to your local MP to ask them to support Early Day Motion 994. You can also join the Every Penny Counts Facebook group.
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I have read your comments with interest. It is fair to say that every penny added to the fuel bill increases running costs by £1000 per annum, based on a vehicle consuming 1000 litres per week. In comparison I am a very small cog in the wheel, and the reduction in vat has COST me an extra £100 per year. One has to remember that while the vat expenditure can be offset, the balancing 2p per litre added in fuel duty cannot be recovered.
It is also intersting to note that one year ago the cost of diesel in Spain was 3 cents more expensive than unleaded petrol, 2.5 pence in stirling. Three weeks ago, I noticed that diesel in Spain was 8 cents (7.9p) CHEAPER than unleaded. The comparrison here is 13p and 9p dearer respectively.
It surprises mre that the FTA has not picked up on the above points!
At the end of the road I live is a petrol station run by Texaco and the price of fuel has always kept pace with Adsa which meant many HGVs would fill up there. I had been away on holiday for a few weeks and on my return have noticed that prices have started to creep up again something like a penny per litre a week. The other day I needed some petrol and went to the station at the end,as I drove in the price had shot up to 102.9 with diesel at 101.9. Needless to say I drove straight out and drove to Asda and paid 96.9. Where on earth do they think people in thier right mind would pay these prices. Come on Texaco dont take the wee wee we pay enough dont make it worse. I certainly will not be filling up at Texaco I will push my car to another station first.
I would have thought as buyers of petrol or diesel we could 'negotiate' with the Oil Companies who make extra-ordinary profits. Yes I have heard about the money needed for developing new sites, but not billions per month.What about if we boycotted in the first instance all petrol filling stations belonging to a particular Oil Company? What would be the reaction? Would the Oil Companies reduce their prices.
why BP stations are always the first to increase the price of fuel, also the most expensive too. I suggest to all motorist lets boycot all BP stations.
Enough is enough, it's not a time for words it's a time for action we need march's and blocking of oil depot's like last time in 2000.
This time hit London, bring them to a stand still, enough is enough, this goverment has taken the mick long enough.
We have turned into a nation of cry babies and moaners and not fighter's, god help us if the second world war happend now instead of all those years ago we would we stuffed.
Come on Britain take a leaf out of the french book, stand up for ourselves.