• Complete coach hire management with Allbus

    Published On: Wednesday 2 October 2013

    Allbus is a web-based application which has been designed to simplify the entire coach hire management process. The software can be used to manage accounting (from pre-orders, up to billing),  [...]

  • Drivers ‘under pressure’ to answer phones behind the wheel

    Published On: Wednesday 2 October 2013

    Driver training specialist AA DriveTech has warned that employees are feeling pressured by bosses to take dangerous risks by using their mobile phones whilst behind the wheel. A recent AA/Populus [...]

  • Potential chaos for operators as French Ecotax deadline looms

    Published On: Tuesday 1 October 2013

    Dover ferry booking firm Harbour Shipping has warned of a looming crisis for UK hauliers operating on the continent, as the extended deadline to register with France’s new Ecotax scheme [...]

  • VOSA redoubles focus on van standards

    Published On: Monday 30 September 2013

    VOSA is continuing to ramp up its efforts to encourage van fleet compliance with the launch of a new Van Best Practice Guide, which the agency has said will help [...]

  • FTA asks for Commonwealth Games clarity

    Published On: Monday 30 September 2013

    FTA used its recent Scottish Supply Chain Conference to call on the responsible authorities to clarify arrangements for logistics providers operating in Glasgow during next year’s Commonwealth Games. The event, [...]

  • DfT longer semi-trailer trial opened to new participants

    Published On: Saturday 21 September 2013

    The Department for Transport has announced that more truck operators will be given the opportunity to join the 10-year trial of longer semi-trailers. The scheme initially allowed operators to bid for a [...]

  • Call for further funding for low-emission HGVs

    Published On: Tuesday 17 September 2013

    The Freight Transport Association has claimed that not enough funding support is being allocated to the heavy goods vehicle sector for the development of ultra low emission HGV fleets. A [...]

  • Boris and DfT announce HGV crackdown in capital

    Published On: Saturday 14 September 2013

    The Department for Transport (DfT) and the Mayor of London, Boris Johnson, are to establish what is being billed as a “new industrial HGV taskforce”, which they claim will “take [...]

  • VOSA clarifies transitional enforcement around new Driver CPC exemptions

    Published On: Wednesday 11 September 2013

    With the periodic training deadline for bus and coach now passed, VOSA has clarified that it will not issue fines or penalties to those found breaching Driver CPC rules if they are to [...]