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FUEL DUTY * UK - TransAction founder says fuel duty is still a problem
London,EN,UK -Road Transport, by Christopher Walton -2 September 2010: -- Ten years after protests over rising fuel duty led to blockades at fuel refineries and pumps running dry, one of the founders of protest group TransAction claims that there has been "no advancement" in addressing the crippling levels of fuel duty... Mike Presniell, MD at Kent-based Presniell Tipper Contractors and founder member of TransAction, tells that little progress has been made since the protests in 2000 in creating a sustainable level of fuel duty... Brian Owen, owner of Ivor Owen & Sons in Wrexham, who also protested in 2000, concurs: "The price of fuel might have stabilised since then, but duty is still too much" ... According to Freight Transport Association figures, in 2000 fuel represented 32% of the total running costs of a 40-tonne artic. In April 2010, it represented an average of 35% of total running costs of the same vehicle. It peaked at 38% in 2008... (Photo from roadtransport)Labels: fuel duty
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