https://birminghamdaily.co.uk/tags/margins/Recent content in margins on Birmingham DailyHugo -- gohugo.ioen-usTue, 02 Jun 2026 04:51:36 +0000https://birminghamdaily.co.uk/petrol-stations-maintain-high-margins-despite-stabilizing-wholesale-prices/Tue, 02 Jun 2026 04:51:36 +0000https://birminghamdaily.co.uk/petrol-stations-maintain-high-margins-despite-stabilizing-wholesale-prices/The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has reported that petrol retailers have not changed their pricing strategies to exploit the recent fuel crisis. However, the regulator remains worried about weak competition, which continues to keep retail fuel prices elevated. According to the CMA’s latest findings, wholesale fuel prices have been the primary driver behind pump price increases in March and April. Despite a stabilization in wholesale costs and inventory levels this April, many retailers have maintained historically high profit margins, with average fuel margins reaching 11.https://birminghamdaily.co.uk/uk-petrol-drivers-face-107p-per-litre-charges-amid-high-fuel-margins/Mon, 04 May 2026 05:27:31 +0000https://birminghamdaily.co.uk/uk-petrol-drivers-face-107p-per-litre-charges-amid-high-fuel-margins/Fuel prices at UK forecourts continue to hover at historically high levels, with petrol and diesel margins averaging 107p per litre, according to the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA). Despite tensions from the conflict in the Middle East pushing oil prices up, the CMA’s recent report reassures consumers that widespread price gouging has not taken place since the conflict began on February 28. The watchdog found that while fuel margins remained “broadly unchanged” overall, a minority of retailers exhibited increased margins in March.