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Kia rewards drivers with bargain fuel stunt 22 Jan 2015 (News)
Kia has promoted the Soul EV by taking over a fuel station and giving away full tanks of fuel for just £2.80. The promotional stunt took place at an unnamed garage to highlight the Soul EV’s ability to cover up to 132 miles from -
Budget 2015: Fuel duty remains frozen 18 Mar 2015 (News)
Chancellor of the Exchequer George Osborne has announced that fuel duty will remain frozen at 57.95 pence-per-litre. Fuel duty has not increased since 2011, when Labour’s fuel duty escalator was scrapped. The Government collected almost £27bn in taxes -
Budget 2016: Fuel duty remains frozen for sixth consecutive year 16 Mar 2016 (News)
Chancellor of the Exchequer George Osborne has announced that fuel duty will remain frozen at 57.95 pence-per-litre for the sixth consecutive year. Osborne claims the average motorist will save £75 a year because of the freeze, versus under scrapped plans -
Supermarkets offer new ways to save on fuel 18 Jul 2013 (News)
Supermarkets often come up with ways to entice customers into their stores, not least by offering money off fuel. The latest offers come from Tesco and Asda – though they’re quite different. Tesco is offering up to 30p off every litre of fuel if customers -
Company car tax: Should my employer pay for my fuel? 18 Aug 2011 (News)
Historically one of the ‘perks’ that comes with having a company car has been fully expensed fuel by the employer for both business and private mileage -
£1-per-litre fuel 'likely', says RAC 20 Nov 2015 (News)
Fuel forecasters are predicting unleaded fuel to drop to £1-per-litre in the coming weeks, reflecting the fall in the wholesale cost of oil, which now stands at $40.40 a barrel – its lowest price since February 2009. The RAC expects fuel prices to be reduced -
Winter Fool Kit 3 Jan 2006 (News)
Running out of fuel is one of the most common reasons for a vehicle to breakdown – especially in winter, according to the RAC foundation. Lazy motorists, frugal drivers trying to run on empty, a shortage of petrol stations, fuel strikes, and garages miscalculating the fuel needed -
Morrisons cuts 5P off a litre of fuel for Easter 24 Mar 2016 (News)
Drivers can save 5p-per-litre on fuel this Easter with Morrisons. The supermarket is giving fuel discount vouchers to all customers who spend £40 or more in-store until the end of business hours on Easter Sunday 27 March. The vouchers will be issued -
Supermarkets cut fuel prices after Government pressure 6 Nov 2014 (News)
Supermarkets have cut around 1p off a litre of fuel following calls from the Government for fuel retailers to pass on savings to consumers. Danny Alexander, Chief Executive of the Treasury is urging retailers to cut fuel prices as the cost of a barrel of crude oil -
Fuel costs causing drivers to change their behaviour 5 Oct 2011 (News)
Data from British Car Auctions (BCA) shows that rising fuel costs are having a significant effect on driver habits, supporting data from similar studies carried out by Tesco and the AA. 27% of people surveyed for the BCA said they would be looking for a more fuel -
Sainsbury’s drops fuel prices by 2p-per-litre 29 Jul 2014 (News)
Sainsbury’s has reduced the cost of its fuel by 2p-per-litre across all 294 of its filling stations. The announcement comes a few days after Sainsbury’s announced an offer to save 10p-per-litre when you spend £60 or more in store or online – although that offer -
Chevrolet exhibits fuel cell vehicle 13 Mar 2008 (News)
Motor manufacturer Chevrolet has given the world a glimpse of its new fuel cell vehicle. The Chevrolet Equinox Fuel Cell was exhibited by the US company at the Globe 2008 Auto Future Tech Summit and features a fourth generation fuel cell propulsion system which has been developed -
LIVE: MPs debate rising petrol prices 15 Nov 2011 (News)
MPs are debating a motion to scrap the 3p a litre fuel duty increase set to be implemented in January, and you can follow the discussion in the live video embedded below. The debate comes after an e-petition started by action group FairFuelUK passed 100,000 signatures -
Falling fuel costs save UK consumers £5.3bn 29 Jan 2015 (News)
Lower fuel prices will save motorists £143 a year on average – a total of £5.3bn across all UK drivers according to analysis by financial services company Hargreaves Lansdown. The saving is equivalent to a 1.3p drop in the rate of income tax and represents -
Toyota announces voluntary recalls 26 Jan 2011 (News)
Toyota GB has announced it will recall a number of its Toyota Avensis and Lexus IS 250 models in the UK to carry out modifications to their fuel systems, following customer feedback in other markets. It is working with the Vehicle and Operator Services Agency (VOSA -
Low pump prices declared "over” as fuel jumps 3p in March 5 Apr 2016 (News)
Fuel experts have declared an end to low fuel prices in the UK after it emerged that petrol and diesel costs increased by an average of 3.4p-per-litre in March. According to the RAC, fuel prices increase for the first time in almost a year, with petrol rising by 3p-per -
Sainsbury’s offers 10p-per-litre off fuel for customers who spend £60 28 May 2014 (News)
Supermarket giant Sainsbury’s has introduced a new fuel offer, giving customers who spend £60 in store a discount of 10 pence off every litre of fuel at the pumps. Customers can receive a voucher in supermarkets, Sainsbury’s Local stores and when they shop online -
Fuel prices fall as supermarkets launch money saving deals 23 Apr 2014 (News)
Fuel prices are set to tumble by as much as 10p per litre after Britain’s supermarkets announced a new round of money saving deals. Sainsbury’s is offering 10p per litre saving on fuel until 30 April to everyone who spends £60 in store, while Morrisons -
Supermarkets cut fuel prices by 4p-per-litre 14 Jun 2019 (News)
Drivers could save a further £2 off a tank of petrol or diesel after Sainsbury's, Morrisons and Asda all cut fuel prices for the second time this week. The supermarkets are knocking 4p off a litre of diesel and 3p off a litre of petrol after the wholesale cost -
Fuel prices should be 3p lower as oil prices fall 28 Jul 2016 (News)
The RAC urged fuel retailers to “play fair with UK motorists”, after it emerged that falling oil prices are not being passed on to the pumps. The wholesale oil price is now at its lowest level since early May – around $43 a barrel – however