FairFuelUK (FFUK) is calling for an Office of Fair Trading
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(OFT) investigation into the UK fuel market. FFUK wants the OFT to investigate after a report commissioned for G20 finance ministers warned oil traders might have artificially inflated wholesale prices. It wants it to look at whether traders and speculators have, much in the manner of the banks and the Libor rate, “fiddled” the benchmark trading price for oil.
The Forum of Private Business has criticised a government proposal that could result in haulage firms having to pay for their health and safety inspections. Under the plans, firms deemed by the Health and Safety Executive to be in material breach of health and safety regulations would be forced to pay inspectors’ hourly rates from the moment the inspection begins, regardless of when a breach is detected.
Oxfordshire County Council has produced road maps for LGV drivers to help hauliers plan routes more effectively. The maps have been created to help drivers navigate roads using the most appropriate routes and to avoid using small villages where possible. They are available at oxfordshire.gov.uk/ cms/content/lorry-routes Kent County Council’s demands for money raised from the forthcoming lorry road user charge to fund its parking problems have been rebuffed by the Department for Transport (DfT). A DfT spokeswoman says funding Kent’s transport problems using cash from the charge is not an option.