Richard Burnett, the chief executive of the Road Haulage Association, has warned that recent positive news of rising employment levels is in stark contrast to what he called the “chronic [...]
Road user charge fails to halt foreign domination of international freight
Published On: Monday 22 June 2015
After the first full year of operation, the government’s HGV road user levy has raised more than twice what was expected from foreign vehicles – but has done only a [...]
DVSA has changed the way that it undertakes its approved tachograph centre and nominated technician checks. The routine visit check has been replaced with a biennial desk-based assessment for each [...]
DAF has added half a tonne of payload to its factory-bodied 12-tonne GVW LF truck, with the extensive use of aluminum chassis parts in place of steel. Dubbed the FTCC, [...]
Low crude prices may trigger future hike in diesel costs
Published On: Wednesday 3 June 2015
While UK hauliers have been enjoying bulk diesel prices which have been as low as 89p/litre + VAT this year, oil industry experts have cautioned that the underlying reduction in [...]
Transport trade associations have responded to the election of a majority Conservative government with renewed calls for increased investment in and reduced taxes for the road haulage industry. The election, [...]
Following our report in April’s Transport Operator, the Driver & Vehicle Standards Agency (DVSA) has confirmed details of the new alternative route to periodic training for initial Driver CPC qualification [...]
Licence paper counterpart no longer valid from 8 June
Published On: Friday 29 May 2015
The long-promised abolition of the paper counterpart to the photocard driving licence is finally going ahead. As of 8 June, the counterpart is no longer being issued to drivers in [...]
The National Franchised Dealers Association (NFDA), which represents franchised car and commercial vehicle retailers, has said that a move to allow private technicians to perform annual tests for HGVs: “could [...]
