U.K. May Ease Trucker Visas; EG Caps Fuel Buying: Energy Crisis
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The U.K. looks set to allow thousands of European truckers to work temporarily in the country, as the government seeks to quell panic-buying at gas stations triggered by a shortage of fuel-delivery drivers.
EG Group, owner of the Asda retail brand, will limit each customer to 30 pounds on all grades of fuel because of what it called unprecedented demand. Some BP Plc stations were short of at least one grade, and Royal Dutch Shell Plc said it’s rescheduling fuel deliveries.