Stations shut down
3rd August 1979, Page 6
3rd August 1979
Page 6
Page 6, 3rd August 1979
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UP TO 1000 filling stations could close this year, warns the garages' organisation, the Motor Agents Association.
The Association told the Department of Energy that the closures would be partially caused by the unfair way in which oil companies allocated fuel supplies during the shortage.
Filling stations are receiving deliveries based on last year's sales. But in the price-cutting war of last year, the larger filling stations received subsidies from the oil companies to boost sales. , This leaves the smaller filling stations in a poor position this year and these are the ones liable to face closure.