Workforce crisis warning from RHA and Women in Transport
Published On: Monday 15 December 2025
The RHA (Road Haulage Association) and Women in Transport (WiT) have called for urgent action to tackle what they say is a growing generational challenge in the UK transport and [...]
Report: driver dissatisfaction with roadside facilities deepens
Published On: Wednesday 10 December 2025
Independent watchdog Transport Focus has released a new report detailing the results of its latest Lorry Drivers’ Facilities Survey, which charts drivers’ satisfaction with the quality of available roadside facilities. [...]
Mercedes-Benz Trucks has reported that its eActros 600 has become the first electric truck to take on the journey from John O’Groats at Scotland’s north-easternmost point to Land’s End in [...]
‘Urgent action is needed’ on national logistics network
Published On: Friday 5 December 2025
Logistics UK has warned that slow progress by the government in identifying a national logistics network is increasing congestion costs, inhibiting growth and hampering the sector’s ability to decarbonise in [...]
The Department for Transport (DfT) has announced that zero-emission (ZE) vans in Great Britain with a maximum authorised mass of over 3.5 up to 4.25 tonnes will be moved from [...]
Parliamentarians’ report: boost diversity to tackle driver shortfall
Published On: Thursday 27 November 2025
A group of MPs and peers has published a new report that examines how staff shortages in the freight and logistics sector, including of HGV drivers, could be mitigated by [...]
Fuel duty rates for diesel and petrol have been frozen for a further five months beyond the current fiscal year, including the temporary 5p cut, Rachel Reeves has announced in [...]
Brigade wins safety product award at Automechanika Dubai
Published On: Monday 15 December 2025
Commercial vehicle safety technology provider Brigade Electronics is celebrating success after its Radar Predict Plus was named Safety Product of the Year at the Automechanika Dubai 2025 Awards. The awards, [...]
Wilson’s of Rhu takes Alexander Dennis Enviro200 single-deckers
Published On: Friday 12 December 2025
Bus manufacturer Alexander Dennis has supplied two Enviro200 single-deck buses to independent Scottish operator Wilson’s of Rhu. The two 8.9m buses have 30 seats each, and will be used to [...]
Glasgow-based furniture and home-delivery specialist Brian Adam’s Transport has taken delivery of five dry-freight trailers from Krone Trailer UK for its Executive Home Delivery operation. The investment, says Brian Adam, [...]
Independent Glass expands fleet with Asset Alliance Group
Published On: Tuesday 9 December 2025
Microlise: cameras are a help to drivers and hauliers, not a hindrance
Published On: Monday 8 December 2025
Vehicle technology provider Microlise has challenged suggestions that the rise in internal and external recording devices fitted to HGVs indicates a ‘Big Brother’ approach to driver monitoring. Rather, such tools [...]
Industrial Chemicals Ltd (ICL), the chemical manufacturing and distribution specialist, has signed a three-year contract for the Engine Carbon Clean (ECC) service, following extensive trials on a cross section of [...]
Allied Bakeries grows fleet with Tiger box van trailers
Published On: Thursday 4 December 2025
Tiger Trailers has designed, manufactured and supplied 15 tri-axle box van trailers to Allied Bakeries, further strengthening the relationship between the firms following the OEM’s supply of 36 rigid bodies [...]
