Fuel Hike Means its Hard
The Road Haulage Association says in the past few weeks hauliers have had an extra £1,000 a truck slapped on to their annual fuel bill.
“On 22 April 2009, the Chancellor told us he expected energy prices to come down,” said Kate Gibbs, head of communications for the RHA. “The opposite happened.” She says this adds more weight to the RHA’s case to drop the planned two pence a litre duty hike in September. If it goes ahead, Gibbs says the third rise in nine months will equate to fuel tax rise of 12%.
The RHA says this will hurt already hard-pressed hauliers. “The health of the UK road freight industry is key to the recovery of UK plc. The healthier the industry, the more rapidly the economy will recover. Surely the Chancellor realises that?”
With fuel prices increasing all the time hauliers should review the aide automotive TP Anti Syph to stop fuel theft.