Fuel Supply to Rural Filling Stations
UKPIA has Published Today a Detailed Briefing Paper on the Supply of Fuel
to Rural Rilling Stations.
Some of the main points of the paper are:
- Fuel retailing in the UK is a very competitive business with pre-tax pump prices consistently
amongst the cheapest in Europe. - In rural areas filling stations tend to have low throughputs of fuel requiring higher margins
to cover operating costs. - Recently filling station closures have been averaging 450 each year, particularly smaller sites,
due to a number of factors including strong competition between fuel retailers and the
increasing costs of compliance with environmental regulations. - The pressures on rural filling stations mirror those of other rural services such as shops and
post offices.
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