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Jon Brooke-Langham, CH Jones In general, fuel costs across Europe

8th September 2005
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have increased, the only exceptions being Italy and France where the price has dropped by €0.02 per litre or 1.9%. Last month's drop in the UK price was short-lived and the price has since reached a record high of €1.37, up a substantial 6.2%. This is marginally less than the highest increases of 7,8% in the Czech Republic and 6.7% in Belgium.

A recent report shows that UK diesel car sales have increased by 39% in the past year and a substantial 175% over the past five years. This can only be contributing to the increased demand for this fuel type in the UK.

Last month we assembled your fuel usage data into a single database, now this information can be used to reduce this cost to your business Once a couple of periods (weeks or months) of data are collated you will be able to calculate average consumption figures (typically kilometres per litre or miles per gallon), between recorded mileage points.

These figures can help you to identify areas for improvement, by comparing one set of figures with another. Typical examples include: • Like vehicle to like vehicle • Similar loads to similar loads • Driver to driver Or by using those same factors combined, eg: • Same driver, similar vehicles • Same vehicle, different drivers • Common loads/ routes, various vehicles Clearly, basing long-term judgements on single examples is not sensible, but very soon patterns will emerge, which will identify areas on which to focus.

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