Hauliers who hid fuel costs ‘have nowhere to go’
By 
Tim Wallace2026-03-18T09:23:00
A sharp spike in oil prices amid tensions in the Middle East has exposed how haulage firms that built large fuel charges into their rates when diesel was cheaper now have little room to increase them further as costs surge.
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