News / Smaller UK hauliers call for fixed fuel surcharge rate on customers

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Amid skyrocketing fuel costs, SME hauliers are calling on governments or industry to enforce a fixed surcharge rate on customers.

Director of UK-based Reformation Logistics Tim Matthews noted that since the end of February the cost of fuel had risen by close to 35%, as western countries blocksales of Russian energy in response to its invasion of Ukraine.

“Fuel, obviously, is a major expense for us and at the end of February we were paying a lot at £1.20 a litre, this ...