The Fleet Operator Recognition Scheme (FORS) is offering free Driver CPC-accredited ‘Staying Legal’ courses to its member operators on a number of dates in early 2016, while places last. Those [...]
Online driving licence verification service Licencecheck has drawn attention to proposals by the Driver & Vehicle Standards Agency (DVSA) for its staff to be given the authority to prohibit vehicles [...]
Returnloads.net adds free tracking to freight exchange
Published On: Wednesday 2 December 2015
Freight exchange platform Returnloads.net has announced the introduction of live vehicle tracking as a free benefit for its members. The tracking feature aims to help members further optimise their fleet [...]
Components supplier Valeo Service UK has launched a new commercial vehicle clutch catalogue, featuring more than 100 new references. The new references – made up of kits, components and remanufactured [...]
A new Volvo FM 8×4 Tridem is the latest addition to the waste collection fleet of Wiltshire-based Hills Waste Solutions, a wholly-owned subsidiary of The Hills Group Ltd. The FM [...]
Autumn statement: possible fuel duty hike and no driver training funding
Published On: Friday 27 November 2015
Transport operators could face a rise in fuel duty from April 2016, following the chancellor George Osborne’s notable failure to mention the levy – the rate of which has now [...]
A recent debate in the House of Commons saw Members of Parliament discuss the potential for establishing further low emission zones (LEZs), similar to the one currently in operation in [...]
FTA: government must back industry on road to decarbonisation
Published On: Thursday 26 November 2015
The Freight Transport Association (FTA) has called for full government support to help the road transport industry achieve decarbonisation targets, following the recent publication of a report on the fifth [...]
The Driver & Vehicle Standards Agency (DVSA) has published its annual fleet compliance checks report for 2014/15, which it says demonstrates further improvements in the roadworthiness standards of trucks operating [...]
