Here's another great way to save money on filling up with Petrol. Get the Santander 1,2,3 credit card. Not only do you get 1% cashback at supermarkets, and 2% a department stores (not sure what that applies to), but you also get a whopping 3% cashback for petrol purchases. So with unleaded at around 130p/l, thats equivalent to almost 3p a litre discount! Read more »

In more bad news for the motorist is looks like Petroplus will be going ahead with its closure of 3 oil refineries in Europe. It is inevitable that the closure of these sites will push up fuel prices somewhat due to reduced production capacity in Europe. What is more worrying is that Europe as a whole is becoming increasingly reliant on refined fuel from outside the Eurozone, meaning that fuel prices are more and more being dictated by foreign countries Read more »

See below for the average petrol prices in the UK at the start of January 2012

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