Diesel prices exceed £2 a litre at hundreds of forecourts across Scotland

Analysis by BBC Scotland News suggests determination are astatine slightest 226 sites - stretching from the Borders to Shetland - wherever the terms of a litre of diesel is greater than £2.

Some of the highest prices are successful land and agrarian areas, including 238.8p and 223p successful the Hebrides and 209.0p and 208.9p successful the Northern Isles.

South Uist-based haulier Norman MacAskill said it outgo 32p a litre to capable a lorry's vessel erstwhile helium started successful the haulage concern 40 years ago, but it was present £2.22.

"Anyone who is moving a lorry is perfectly devastated erstwhile they get their substance measure astatine the extremity of the month. There's nary concern connected world that tin withstand that summation successful costs," helium said.

MacAskill's haulage firm, N D MacAskill & Son, transports livestock astir Inverness, Dingwall and Stirling but besides further afield.

"We bash a spot of livestock haulage from the northbound of Scotland down to the northbound of England," helium said.

"It's a devastating outgo connected a substance tally connected that job," helium said.

MacAskill added: "This has been going connected each twelvemonth for the past 10 years now. The outgo of moving a haulage concern has conscionable gone implicit the top.

"There are dozens of haulage firms that person been established 50-60 years with large numbers of lorries going to the wall. When is this going to stop?"

Dave Neil, who runs Sinclair Haulage which serves Sanday, Stronsay and Eday successful Orkney, said his concern was spending £400 a week much connected diesel than it was earlier the summer.

"It's a challenging situation," helium said.

Neil said helium was forced to adhd an other interest to his customers' costs.

"It's astir apt the fairest way," helium said. "When the substance terms drops we tin instrumentality that surcharge away."