[racingdwarf]

Originally Posted by bodgit

After the goverment take £3.83p tax per gallon for SFA out of a gallon of £6.58 diesel and the producers take £1.83pg out of which they pay their workers, the garage only makes 20plt out of which they have to pay for staff maintenance and other costs.
Its no good hitting the garages its HMG thats ripping us off.

he's right, there is no money in selling petrol, most small village forcorts are gone or going out of buissness,there is no money in selling fuel, the last one I spoke to had to pay shell for every fuel delivery he had as it was delivered, about £24.000 a time I beleve he said, and pay staff, taxes and make proffit, cashflow nightmare.
The tax on fuel is huge and must be a huge money earner, as it has been pointed out that whatever we do they will not reduce it! in tanker driver strikes we had years ago they would send the army in to seize the tankers and drive them before they would reduce the price.

HMG is skint and needs to rape as mutch money out of us as they can