The group met at Shifnal Services at 6am to galvanise drivers into a convoy which was travelling on the M54 to junction 1 and then coming back to the services.
Andy Carloman, who runs Telford based Total Property Care, organised a convoy under the national banner Stand up to Fuel Prices UK Wide which travelled slowly from Shifnal Services to junction 1 of the M54 and then back, taking around 90 minutes.
He said:"This part of a nationwide protest and if we can make a stand across the country so much the better because it is a national problem, particularly for small businesses like myself and for self employed drivers, the like of which were on the protest this morning. On police claims of 'compromising the safety of other road users he said:"I am disappointed to hear that and refute it. We did everything by the book from talking to the police before the event and on the day, and working within the legal parameters that were set.
Daniel Smith works for family run Shifnal based company 7 Valley Transport which has five trucks and which delivers all over the TF and WV postcodes in Shropshire. He added he wasn't just suffering business wise but rented a house with his wife and had seen the cost of heating it rocket as well
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