Esso dery is up again
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;SO brought tears to ,erators' eyes last week when announced a 3.1p per gallon :Tease in the price of dery to .ge fleet users.
The increase, which comes on • of a 2p increase last month, is greeted with dismay by the lad Haulage Association, espeilly as it heralds the start of a ind which other oil companies a likely to follow.
An RHA spokesman cornanted: "The reduction in the iancellor's increase in dery 'Cation, effective in August, has ,en substantially nullified by a oil companies' increase in ce within the last 14 days."
e accused the oil companies failing to warn or consult their stomers over the increase, d described the move as a her blow to the "already iously depressed" haulage ustry.
he Freight Association was ilarly unhappy about the inase, but took a more philoso [cal line, saying that its efforts have the dery tax reduced w became even more rthwhile in light of the price reases which would have e in any event.