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Crackdown coming on driver phone use
November 20, 2021 · No comments

New measures set to be introduced by the government will make prosecutions against drivers using handheld mobile phones at the wheel easier. While texting or making a phone...

Driver licence and testing changes rolled out
November 18, 2021 · No comments

Changes to procedures for driving tests and licences for HGV and bus drivers in Great Britain are now in effect, as part of the government’s plan to combat...

DfT relaxes cabotage rules despite industry opposition
November 17, 2021 · No comments

The Department for Transport (DfT) pressed ahead with plans for a temporary relaxation of cabotage rules for non-UK hauliers late last month, despite 72 per cent of respondents to...

Hauliers urge action to avoid ‘Christmas crisis’
November 15, 2021 · No comments

Road Haulage Association members and key trade bodies have written to the prime minister Boris Johnson calling for urgent action to prevent supply chain chaos in the run-up...

Budget measures offer some respite for struggling fleets
November 11, 2021 · No comments

Several measures announced in the Autumn Budget last month by the chancellor Rishi Sunak were broadly welcomed by transport trade groups, including a continued freeze on fuel duty....

TEG: transport pricing stabilises after record high increase
November 10, 2021 · No comments

Road transport pricing in the UK stabilised in October according to recent figures from the Transport Exchange Group (TEG), following the highest price-per-miles average over 33 months in...

CNG Fuels to host HGV hydrogen trials
November 2, 2021 · No comments

Low-carbon fuel supplier CNG Fuels has announced plans to host hydrogen fuel trials across its rapidly expanding UK network of public access biomethane refuelling stations, to support the...

Fuel-cell hybrid to power Tevva’s 7.5-tonner
October 28, 2021 · No comments

Tevva, the British-based, Israeli-owned electric truck start-up, has received a £4.2 million grant from the government-backed Advanced Propulsion Centre to develop long-range zero-emissions medium-duty trucks. Powered by fuel-cell...

Look after the drivers, says agency
October 27, 2021 · No comments

More needs to be done to keep experienced truck drivers behind the wheel to help address the current shortage, with more respect and improved conditions top of the...