Business owners on Teesside have described how they are grappling with the rising cost of fuel amid the Iran war.
Jacob Francis, from Cleveland Tree Services, said he paid about £95 to fill up his small van at the weekend, which had previously cost him £60.
“It’s been immense,” he said. “You’re on the road all the time with our job, you use far too much fuel anyway, [it] just doesn’t help.”
Elsewhere, Hartlepool driving instructor Steve Howe said the future sustainability of his type of business was “a deep concern” for the sector, which was also hit by the pandemic.