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NewsUK’s four oil refineries driven “to the brink” by £400m annual carbon taxes
The UK’s four remaining oil refineries are operating “with one hand tied behind their back” due to a tax regime that requires them to pay up to £400m to the Exchequer each year for the carbon they emit – a tax not faced by refineries in the US, Middle East and India.
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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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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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NewsJet celebrates 19 sites joining its dealer network
Jet saw 19 new sites join its dealer network last year, with a further 30 existing dealers resigning with the firm.
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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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NewsGreen Party campaigners call on forecourts to ditch disposable gloves
Campaigning members of the Green Party are contacting forecourt operators, urging them to stop offering disposable plastic gloves to fuel customers, arguing they are a waste of resources and contribute to microplastic pollution.
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NewsBP promotes Cattermole to head new dealer and fleet fuel-sales operation
Oil major BP has merged its UK dealer and fleet fuel-sales operations and has made Natalie Cattermole head of fuel sales UK, a move said to recognise the “growing interdependence between dealer networks and fleet demand”.
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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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NewsUnderground gas pipeline fears see authorities recommend forecourt not be built
Plans to construct a new-to-sector filling station on the Norfolk coast are hanging in the balance after the Health and Safety Executive recommended the project not go ahead due to an underground gas pipeline in the vicinity.
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NewsVauxhall and Peugeot owner writes down £19bn due to slow EV uptake
Stellantis, the multinational owner of Vauxhall, Peugeot, Fiat and 10 other car brands, has taken a £19bn hit as the automotive industry continues to butt up against consumer resistance to the electric cars being mandated by various governments, including the UK’s.
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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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NewsAllstar renews agreement with government’s central procurement agency
Fuel-card provider Allstar has renewed its longstanding relationship with the Crown Commercial Service, which offers procurement advice and services to over 3,000 public-sector organisations.
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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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NewsNine out of 10 EV drivers make purchases when charging
One of the key downsides of electric cars – the time their batteries take to refill – looks to be a net benefit for forecourt firms that offer charging facilities, as 91% of drivers are said to make purchases while their cars are plugged in.
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NewsJames Hall & Co mulls over new ‘Surge’ forecourt brand
Wholesaler and forecourt operator James Hall & Co has trademarked the word ‘Surge’ for use in conjunction with a number of automotive products and services, including fuel retailing and EV charging.
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NewsNexPlate gains police accreditation to digitally request DVLA records
Newcomer security firm NexPlate has been granted the ability to digitally request records from the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency following drive-off and delinquent no-means-of-payment incidents.
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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.