A number of industry trade associations and motoring groups have formed an alliance urging the government to realise and address the “terrible impact” the inflated price of oil is having on the UK and at the very least scrap the two pence per litre fuel d
Browsing: fuel prices
MPs should back the Scottish National Party’s proposal for a fuel duty regulator when it is debated in the House of Commons next Wednesday (2nd July 2008), says the Road Haulage Association.
The transport industry “desperately” needs support says the FTA and although the government cannot deliver lower oil prices it could half fuel duty at a cost of around £380 million per year to the exchequer.
The FTA has welcomed plans by the Scottish National Party to amend the Finance Bill and freeze or reduce fuel duty in order to compensate for increasing oil prices.
British Airways World Cargo is set to increase its fuel surcharge to 75 pence from 13 June due to heightened fuel prices.
The government could be set to rethink its decision to raise fuel duty and road tax this autumn, following Tuesday’s protest by hauliers.
Hundreds of British hauliers joined forces in London on 27 May to strike against soaring fuel costs.
Fork lift truck manufacturers have invested heavily in finding alternatives to internal combustion and battery power, and a lot of them are already available. Bob Hine, technical consultant to BITA, says the European Commission is now homing in on two key
More than a quarter of fork lifts used in Europe and almost half in the US are powered by internal combustion engines. In the future, such significant engine use will create problems
Two members of the Brit European Group independently set about finding a solution to fuel theft and both ended up selecting the TruckProtect solution.
