THE Commerce and Employment Department is investigating why fuel prices in Guernsey have risen more than in the UK.

SHARP increases in the price of oil could risk the economic recovery that is currently under way, according to two local investment experts.

ELECTRICITY prices are set to rise next year.

FARMER Alan Le Patourel is predicting rising fuel costs will force people to change the way they live and eat.

AURIGNY fares will rise by about 5% within the next two weeks because of the increased cost of fuel.

DRIVERS are swapping 4x4s for smaller cars due to the rising cost of fuel, according to the motor trade.

ECONOMIES around the globe will be affected by the continued high cost of oil and Guernsey’s will also suffer, the Policy Council’s strategic adviser on economics has warned.

THE cost of flying to and from Guernsey is set to rise significantly, airlines warned yesterday.

WITH oil prices soaring, western leaders exhorting producers and the industry to release more supply and consumers like fishermen and lorry drivers staging protests, the one thing people want to know is when will things get back to normal?

PETROL yesterday soared past the £1-a-litre mark in Guernsey for the first time.