Overview
- The CMA, which began enforcement Friday, can now investigate and fine forecourts that miss the 30-minute deadline to log pump price changes.
- The Fuel Finder rule requires every UK petrol station to send any price change to a central database that powers apps and in‑car maps such as Pumpwatch.
- Ministers say the added transparency could save the average household about £40 a year, with real gains tied to how drivers use the price data.
- ITV found early data errors in the public feed, including stations pinned in the ocean and entries miskeyed at 2p or over £13 a litre.
- Officials say about 95% of the UK’s roughly 8,500 forecourts are signed up, and the data team is monitoring and correcting bad entries.