UPDATE – Engebret and Campbell’s fillling stations have now cut their fuel prices by 3p per litre. Other reports of price movement gratefully received.
An island filling station stunned and delighted locals by suddenly slashing the price of petrol and diesel by 9p per litre.
Proprietor Gordon Maclennan, who runs Gordon Diesel Services Ltd at Back, would only say he had changed his fuel supplier and was proud to be able to pass on the savings to islanders.
Callum Ian examines Gordon’s prices
There are already claims by local business figures that a fuel price war could be about to begin. One said: “The other filling stations will fear losing trade as motorists, already fed up of the ongoing rip-off, head to Back to fill up.”
Although he was not prepared to go into detail about what had led up to the price cut, Gordon confirmed his filling station, six miles out of Stornoway, was now selling unleaded petrol at 139.9p per litre and diesel at 143.9p.
Local fuel price campaigners Fair Fuel Solutions hailed the unexpected price cut as a major development in their fight to cut the price difference between island pumps and ones in mainland towns and cities.
Petrol is currently about 14p a litre more expensive in Stornoway than at comparable independent outlets in Inverness and Dingwall.
FFS has already made a submission to the Office of Fair Trading asking for an urgent investigation into alleged “profiteering” by the dominant distributor, Scottish Fuels, part of the Irish-based DCC oil giant.
After filling up at Gordon Diesel Services, Callum Ian Macmillan, spokesman for FFS, said he was delighted at the price he was charged.
“Only last week, Scottish Fuels were showing how much they cared for the islands by imposing wartime-style fuel rationing in the Uists. This week, other companies and individuals with a sense of responsibility for these islands are showing how customer care should really be done. This is fantastic,” he said.
He called on all islanders to support Mr Maclennan’s company.
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