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Every petrol filling station registers once with the Fuel Finder service. Registration captures statutory business and site information and verifies that submissions are made by authorised individuals. This creates a validated national register of petrol filling stations -something that did not previously exist in the UK.
Fuel prices must be reported within 30 minutes of any change. To accommodate the diversity of the fuel retail market, Fuel Finder supports multiple reporting channels:
This multi-channel design ensures that no operator is excluded due to technology, location, or connectivity constraints.
Submitted price data is validated, processed, and stored securely. The platform is designed to process updates within minutes, ensuring that downstream users receive data that is both timely and reliable.
Validation and audit mechanisms ensure:
Approved third parties can access Fuel Finder data openly and free of charge. This enables the creation of:
Fuel Finder does not restrict how often prices can change and does not limit how third parties use the data, ensuring genuine market transparency.
The Competition and Markets Authority uses Fuel Finder data to:
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