Lincoln taxi manager thinks fuel duty cut will have "not a lot" of impact
It's one of the measures announced by the Chancellor in his Spring Statement
A manager at a Lincoln Taxi company says she doesn't think cutting fuel duty will have much of an impact on her business.
It's one of the measures introduced by the Chancellor in his spring statement, aimed at tackling rising fuel costs.
But when asked about the impact it will have, manager of Direct Cars, Ragan Crow, told Greatest Hits Radio: "Not a lot, I don't think, to be honest with you.
"That's the 5p cut what the general consensus was, so most of the fuel places have put that up extortionate amounts last night, they've put it up to put it down, so you're no better off really are you?
"Some people are going to not be able to afford to use the taxis. People are going to not be able to afford to use the taxis. People are going to have to cut their cloth accordingly, and to a lot of people, a taxi is a luxury, so I think that will be one of the first things to go.
"After Covid, it just feels like it's never ending. I've been saying to my Dad for the last couple of years, 'once April comes we'll be fine, we'll see a turn,' but I don't think it will. I think we're going to be at least another year, before we actually see any sort of progress, any normality."
Katrina Pierce, from the Federation of Small Businesses in Lincolnshire, added: "The 5p reduction in fuel duty is not realistically going to have a huge impact on small businesses that are reliant on their vehicles.
"It's in the right direction. It is going down, but is it going down enough to actually see a difference at the pump and actually see a difference at the pump, and to see a difference in those debits coming out of your account? I don't think so."