£2 diesel threatens £600m construction fuel shock

Construction has suffered a near £600m fuel price shock since the start of the year as diesel prices soared to a record £2 a litre yesterday.
The infrastructure sector burns more than 1bn litres of diesel a year, meaning the rise from around £1.41 a litre in January has inflated its theoretical annual fuel bill by around £590m.
The 42% surge is ripping into margins across plant-heavy civils businesses, with muckshifting contractors among the hardest hit.Diesel can account