BUSINESSES FORCED TO TURN DOWN WORK, SAYS THE FUELCARD COMPANY

Businesses Counting the Cost of High Fuel PricesOver 35 percent of transport businesses have been forced to turn down work due to escalating fuel costs, advises leading fuel card reseller The Fuelcard Company . In a poll of 1,480 of the company’s fleet customers, over a third (528) admitted high fuel costs were leaving some jobs unprofitable with several admitting work is turned down on a daily basis. All questioned agreed that the price of fuel is crippling the industry with some quoting 15 percent losses of income due to fuel price increases in the last