• Workforce crisis warning from RHA and Women in Transport

    Published On: Monday 15 December 2025

    The RHA (Road Haulage Association) and Women in Transport (WiT) have called for urgent action to tackle what they say is a growing generational challenge in the UK transport and [...]

  • Report: driver dissatisfaction with roadside facilities deepens

    Published On: Wednesday 10 December 2025

    Independent watchdog Transport Focus has released a new report detailing the results of its latest Lorry Drivers’ Facilities Survey, which charts drivers’ satisfaction with the quality of available roadside facilities. [...]

  • Merc eActros 600 completes Land’s End journey

    Published On: Monday 8 December 2025

    Mercedes-Benz Trucks has reported that its eActros 600 has become the first electric truck to take on the journey from John O’Groats at Scotland’s north-easternmost point to Land’s End in [...]

  • ‘Urgent action is needed’ on national logistics network

    Published On: Friday 5 December 2025

    Logistics UK has warned that slow progress by the government in identifying a national logistics network is increasing congestion costs, inhibiting growth and hampering the sector’s ability to decarbonise in [...]

  • Regulations to be relaxed for zero-emission vans

    Published On: Tuesday 2 December 2025

    The Department for Transport (DfT) has announced that zero-emission (ZE) vans in Great Britain with a maximum authorised mass of over 3.5 up to 4.25 tonnes will be moved from [...]

  • Parliamentarians’ report: boost diversity to tackle driver shortfall

    Published On: Thursday 27 November 2025

    A group of MPs and peers has published a new report that examines how staff shortages in the freight and logistics sector, including of HGV drivers, could be mitigated by [...]

  • Fuel duty to rise from next year

    Published On: Wednesday 26 November 2025

    Fuel duty rates for diesel and petrol have been frozen for a further five months beyond the current fiscal year, including the temporary 5p cut, Rachel Reeves has announced in [...]

  • CS2 Transport expands artic and reefer fleet with Asset Alliance

    Published On: Wednesday 26 November 2025

    Temperature-controlled logistics provider CS2 Transport has expanded its fleet with three new DAF XG 530 tractor units and seven Chereau multi-temperature semi-trailers, supplied by Asset Alliance Group. The vehicles have [...]

  • Electric Merc eActros 600 drives sustainability at Paris Fashion Week

    Published On: Tuesday 25 November 2025

    Two Mercedes-Benz trucks – a fully electric eActros 600 and an Actros L ProCabin running on hydrotreated vegetable oil (HVO) – were deployed at Paris Fashion Week last month, delivering [...]