Pump Pricing

We answer some of the most frequently asked questions about fuel prices and how the cost of a litre of fuel is made up.

Pump pricing

Many of the UK’s drivers want to know how service stations set the price of petrol and diesel. The answer is a combination of wholesale cost of fuel products, government taxes, fuel storage & delivery costs and retail costs.

Pump Pricing

Pump pricing

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Pump Pricing

Pump pricing

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