• Crackdown coming on driver phone use

    Published On: Saturday 20 November 2021

    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 call (other [...]

  • TruckEast Norwich launches tachograph services

    Published On: Thursday 18 November 2021

    Scania dealer TruckEast’s Norwich site has gained Driver & Vehicle Standards Agency (DVSA) approval to become an Approved Tachograph centre. The twelfth of TruckEast’s Scania branches to achieve the status, [...]

  • Certas Energy acquires the Hollies truckstop

    Published On: Thursday 18 November 2021

    Certas Energy’s Roadside Services division has announced its acquisition of the Roadking (Hollies) Cannock truckstop. The West Midlands site, which includes a transport café, HGV parking and coach services, will [...]

  • Tiger Trailers launches school safety drive

    Published On: Thursday 18 November 2021

    Tiger Trailers has officially launched its new Tiger Safety Team unit’s ‘Stop Look Be Seen’ school safety programme, having unveiled the project’s liveried curtainsider, Volvo truck and mascot during Road [...]

  • Latitude Leasing is preferred finance partner for MAHA UK

    Published On: Thursday 18 November 2021

    Workshop equipment specialist MAHA UK has announced the selection of Latitude Leasing as a preferred finance partner, which it says will offer customers flexibility in acquiring equipment via an easy-to-manage [...]

  • Prepare for electric, says ZF Aftermarket

    Published On: Thursday 18 November 2021

    ZF Aftermarket is calling on the commercial vehicle sector – including motor factors, workshops and suppliers – to ensure they are well prepared for the mass electrification of vehicles. The [...]

  • Getting up to speed with drug risk

    Published On: Thursday 18 November 2021

    Paul Wilkes, business services manager at FORS, lifts the lid on the organisation’s recent drug and alcohol impairment webinar Drug and alcohol impairment continues to be a major challenge for [...]

  • Driver licence and testing changes rolled out

    Published On: Thursday 18 November 2021

    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 the driver [...]

  • Time to test your workforce?

    Published On: Thursday 18 November 2021

    Suzannah Robin, alcohol and drug safety expert at AlcoDigital, discusses the problem of alcohol misuse during the Covid-19 crisis, and explains how online training can promote safety The full implications [...]