Newsagents are urging wholesalers to lower carriage charges in anticipation of fuel prices dropping to 90p per litre.
NFRN Chief Executive Paul Baxter said: “For far too long carriage charges have been a blight on news retailers and it’s time that something is done to alleviate this burden, especially given that fuel prices are at their lowest level since 2009 and newspaper and magazine volumes continue to dwindle.”
Baxter could see no justification for rising carriage charges and suggested news wholesalers “stop dragging their heels” over the issue.
