TCs could call time on ‘one size fits all’ O-licence fee
Published On: Tuesday 29 November 2016
The senior traffic commissioner (STC) has cast doubt on the continuation of the ‘one size fits all’ flat fee structure which currently funds the operator licensing system for truck and [...]
The industry’s major trade associations have welcomed a Treasury decision to implement a seventh consecutive annual fuel duty freeze, announced as part of the recent Autumn statement, following reports earlier [...]
Driver CPC likely to remain post-Brexit, say experts
Published On: Thursday 24 November 2016
Experts at a recent industry debate have suggested that the UK’s exit from the European Union will not give rise to the domestic scrapping of the Driver CPC qualification. Training [...]
The Department for Transport (DfT) has released its first-year evaluation of the impact of HGV speed limit increases in England and Wales, which took effect in April last year. The [...]
Truckers ‘driven to despair’ by DVLA medical failings
Published On: Monday 7 November 2016
The Driver & Vehicle Licensing Agency (DVLA) has been slammed by the Parliamentary & Health Service Ombudsman (PHSO), Dame Julie Mellor, for letting down truck drivers who have had licences [...]
The supply of truck drivers to the UK transport industry is improving thanks to higher wages, but questions are being raised by the Freight Transport Association and others about the [...]
Change afoot as hauliers steel themselves for Brexit
Published On: Saturday 5 November 2016
Even though the Brexit process has hardly started, hauliers are already experiencing changes both positive and negative as a result of the June vote for the UK to leave the [...]
The Driver & Vehicle Standards Agency (DVSA) has been reviewing proposals to improve rules for approved tachograph centres (ATCs) which are responsible for the installation, calibration and inspection of tachographs. [...]
The Institute for Public Policy Research, which describes itself as “the UK’s leading progressive thintank” has urged further restrictions on diesel-engined vehicles in London to combat levels of air pollution [...]
