• Iveco claims double-digit fuel economy boost for New Stralis

    Published On: Monday 20 June 2016

    Iveco has revamped its Stralis heavy truck range, with modifications that it says will make the trucks the most efficient and reliable of their kind. A double-digit percentage improvement in [...]

  • Fleet operators could test their own vehicles

    Published On: Wednesday 8 June 2016

    The Department for Transport (DfT) has published its motoring services strategy, in which it outlines how its three executive motoring agencies – the Driver & Vehicle Standards Agency (DVSA), Driver [...]

  • Disquiet over new mayor’s transport plans

    Published On: Saturday 4 June 2016

    The election of Labour’s Sadiq Khan as London mayor is already ruffling feathers within the road transport industry, if reaction to some of his policy announcements from sector representatives is [...]

  • UK HGV market up by a fifth

    Published On: Tuesday 31 May 2016

    The latest figures from the Society of Motor Manufacturers & Traders have revealed that the British HGV market grew by almost a fifth in the first quarter of 2016 – [...]

  • Two industry polls favour Brexit

    Published On: Saturday 28 May 2016

    As the in/out referendum approaches, two polls have indicated an inclination by road transport industry representatives to favour a UK exit from Europe. At the Microlise Transport Conference in May, [...]

  • Plan to get ex-servicemen truck driving

    Published On: Tuesday 24 May 2016

    Telematics provider Microlise has joined forces with charity Care After Combat and the Road Haulage Association (RHA) to set up Road to Logistics: a pathway by which vulnerable former service [...]

  • DfT: HGV levy ‘justified’

    Published On: Thursday 19 May 2016

    The transport minister Lord Ahmad has called the HGV road user levy “justified and consistent with the free movement of goods”, following the recent news (Transport Operator, May) that the [...]

  • RHA: migrant activity is increasing beyond Calais

    Published On: Tuesday 17 May 2016

    The Road Haulage Association (RHA) has said its fears that increased security at Calais would push migrants seeking passage to the UK further afield to smaller French ports are becoming [...]

  • Van fleets ‘to face compliance crackdown’

    Published On: Tuesday 17 May 2016

    Van owners can look forward to a crackdown by the police and the Driver & Vehicle Standards Agency (DVSA), thanks to mounting concerns over slipshod maintenance and overloading. That is [...]