• Hauliers enjoy fuel duty and VED freeze in autumn Budget

    Published On: Monday 5 November 2018

    Among the more eye-catching announcements in chancellor Philip Hammond’s Budget last month was a pledge that all revenue from vehicle excise duty (VED) in England will be ringfenced for roads [...]

  • Retrofit kerb-view windows’ DVS status clarified

    Published On: Thursday 1 November 2018

    As the popularity of aftermarket kerb-view windows rises, Transport for London (TfL) has provided further guidance as to the circumstances under which they can be taken into account when assessing [...]

  • Traton refines portfolio for market readiness

    Published On: Tuesday 30 October 2018

    Volkswagen Group has taken a further step towards floating its commercial vehicle arm Traton, by removing non-truck and bus enterprises from MAN’s control. MAN’s Power Engineering businesses, which cover generation [...]

  • Gas trucks spared German motorway tolls

    Published On: Monday 29 October 2018

    Gas-powered trucks of over 7.5 tonnes GVW will no longer have to pay motorway tolls in Germany from the start of next year. The suspension of tolls for trucks running [...]

  • London Square Mile plans zero emission zone

    Published On: Monday 29 October 2018

    The City of London Corporation is planning to reduce traffic by half as it moves toward making London’s central business district the UK’s first Zero Emission Zone. Motorised traffic will [...]

  • New truck carbon targets ‘too ambitious’

    Published On: Saturday 27 October 2018

    Europe’s truck manufacturers have criticised a demand by the EU to reduce heavy vehicle CO2 emissions by over one-third by 2030 as unattainable. The European Parliament’s Environment Committee recently voted [...]

  • Iveco recycling truck collects its own fuel

    Published On: Saturday 27 October 2018

    A recycling company in north-east England is thought to be the first in the country to run a truck fuelled by the waste that it collects. Warrens Group uses a [...]

  • Bridge strike tally hits five a day

    Published On: Sunday 21 October 2018

    An average of five bridge strike incidents reportedly occurs across the country every day, according to data from Network Rail – costing millions of pounds of damage and major delays [...]

  • Government advice for no-deal Brexit

    Published On: Wednesday 17 October 2018

    With a draft Brexit agreement now in place, a no-deal scenario nonetheless remains a possibility, including if the government fails to get the deal through Parliament. The government has released [...]