The Department for Transport (DfT) is inviting comment from operators on the future strategy for its motoring service agencies, in a wide range of areas relevant to the commercial vehicle [...]
The Driver & Vehicle Standards Agency (DVSA) has announced updates to its ‘Categorisation of defects guide’, which it says can help aid operators in ensuring compliance with roadworthiness standards. The [...]
Delegates attending the Freight Transport Association’s Transport Manager Conference in Chepstow, south Wales – one of 12 such events that the FTA hosts at locations through Great Britain each year [...]
The Road Haulage Association (RHA) has warned that fraud involving the tax status of lorry drivers is becoming a serious concern for the industry, with drivers increasingly paid as if [...]
RHA in plea for £150m fund to train new truck drivers
Published On: Thursday 5 November 2015
A House of Commons reception attended by Transport Operator was hosted by the Road Haulage Association (RHA) last month, to plead for £150 million to be given direct to hauliers [...]
Operators and drivers who fall foul of DVSA are likely to have to give an account of themselves to their area’s traffic commissioner (TC), and some valuable insight into the [...]
The Freight Transport Association has responded to a call by the London Assembly for a rush-hour lorry ban in the capital on safety grounds, subject to an impact assessment. Christopher [...]
The first ever National Lorry Week has been a huge success, according to its organiser the Road Haulage Association (RHA) – which has confirmed it plans an even bigger event [...]
Air pollution from diesel-engined road vehicles was a subject that had been grabbing the headlines in the weeks up to the recent FTA Transport Manager Conference at Chepstow, making a [...]
