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Lorry training firm 'riding out' record diesel price
Steve Dulson, who founded Dulson Training in Shropshire in 2013, said it was costing hundreds of pounds more to fill lorries compared with 2025 prices
Record-breaking fuel prices have left a firm teaching people to drive lorries and buses having to "ride out" the rising cost of filling up its vehicles.
The average price of diesel in the UK hit an all-time high this week at 199.33p a litre, according to the RAC motoring organisation.
Prices have been steadily rising since the US-Israel war with Iran began in February. Petrol has also risen to 174.23p a litre.
Steve Dulson, managing director of Shropshire-based Dulson Training, said it was costing hundreds of pounds more to fill up each lorry compared with 2025 prices.
"Over the last 12 months we've seen a rise of up to 50p a litre, excluding VAT, and it's hard to react to that, because of how we deal with our customers," he said.
"Our customers have usually been in our pipeline for some time, taking medicals, applying for provisional [licences] or taking theory tests.
"So by the time they've got to their practical training, and the fuel prices have increased, they've already been quoted.
Dulson Training has six training centres in Shrewsbury, Telford, Ludlow, Wrexham, Wolverhampton and Nantwich
The price of petrol and diesel had been largely falling since Russia invaded Ukraine in 2022.