• Most fleets cite customer demand as influential in energy transition

    Published On: Thursday 29 May 2025

    Almost two thirds (63 per cent) of fleets report customer demand as an influential factor in their decision to switch to alternative energies, according to a new report by connected [...]

  • Industry welcomes landmark UK/EU border agreement

    Published On: Tuesday 27 May 2025

    Transport trade associations have offered a qualified welcome to this month’s announcement of a new agreement between the UK and the European Union, including on sanitary and phytosanitary (SPS) checks [...]

  • RHA: roads investment crucial to meet housebuilding targets

    Published On: Tuesday 27 May 2025

    Investment in road infrastructure will be critical to the government’s aim to build 1.5 million new homes over the next five years, according to the Road Haulage Association (RHA). The [...]

  • Mercedes-Benz to launch new electric trucks based on eActros 600

    Published On: Friday 23 May 2025

    Mercedes-Benz Trucks has announced that it will expand its portfolio of battery electric trucks with further variants based on its flagship long-haul eActros 600. New models will be available to [...]

  • P.N. Daly drives up safety with Ctrack’s AI dashcam

    Published On: Tuesday 20 May 2025

    Leakage detection, water efficiency and new utilities network specialist P.N. Daly Ltd has employed an AI dashcam solution from Ctrack to improve driver performance, enhance road safety and cut insurance [...]

  • John G Russell joins ZENFreight consortium

    Published On: Monday 19 May 2025

    The ZENFreight consortium, part of the UK government’s Zero Emission HGV and Infrastructure Demonstrator (ZEHID) programme, has expanded its ranks with the addition of John G Russell (Transport) Ltd, which [...]

  • Time running out for UK’s international hauliers

    Published On: Thursday 15 May 2025

    Restrictions on the number of days British commercial driv­ers can spend within Europe’s Schengen Area are now threat­ening the future of the UK’s international haulage industry, industry representatives have warned. [...]

  • Industry launches government-backed CV workshop rating scheme

    Published On: Thursday 15 May 2025

    A new national rating scheme for commercial ve­hicle maintenance providers, the result of a major cross-sector collaboration between industry and gov­ernment, was launched at the Commercial Vehicle Show last month. [...]

  • Cybersecurity in the conference spotlight

    Published On: Monday 12 May 2025

    It’s not a question of ‘if’, but ‘when, and how bad?’, was the warning about the dangers of cyberattack which came from a roundtable discussion at the recent Microlise Transport [...]