Your Fuel Costs - And The Good Old FPB

It's always worth reading the news articles on the Forum of Private Business . They are immensely informative - even when they are very depressing.

The recent article relating to the price of fuel is very depressing indeed. Fuel is running at 119.9 pence a litre now - and some anylysts predict that it could reach as much as 150 pence per litre over the summer.

According the article I read, increases in VAT and fuel duty between December 2008 and April this year have increased the Government's income from fuel tax by 12.5%. The FPB believes that increases on such a scale are unsustainable for small business in the best of times, and is calling for the further increases scheduled for October (one pence) and January 2011 (another 0.76 pence) to be scrapped.

In the meantime, the FPB is - as usual - doing its best to help its members.

The Forum has developed a range of business solutions to support SME's. If you are looking to save on fuel costs - and other things! - the one to investigate is the Forum's Purchasing Director.

Through the Forum's Purchasing Director, members can access the Fuel Card Programme, which is provided in conjunction with The Fuelcard Company . The Fuelcard Company offers a choice of eight different fuel cards - and they are FREE to members of the Forum.

There are a lot of benefits attached to this particular deal for SMEs - better control of fuel costs, preferential fuel prices, consolidated VAT invoices approved by HMRC, and freedom from binding contracts. And Fuelcard Company also provides a complete - and FREE - fuel analysis, which could lead to further savings.

For more information, call 0845 612 6266 or visit the Forum .