The Driver & Vehicle Standards Agency (DVSA) has announced it has come to an agreement with the Department for Transport regarding the introduction of a simpler testing standard for heavy [...]
DVSA has published an updated contract for the authorised testing facility (ATF) network, following feedback from ATF operators during recent trials. The new contracts are said to provide increased flexibility [...]
The government has launched a consultation over so-called umbrella schemes: overarching contracts of employment (OACs) where an intermediary company provides temporary employees to work at a number of different companies. [...]
The Freight Transport Association has expressed strong concern about what it calls “the unusually short timescales” proposed by the Scottish government for implementing low emission zones (LEZs) north of the [...]
Iveco mounts challenge to Japanese marques at 7.5t
Published On: Thursday 15 January 2015
Iveco is to launch a double-pronged attack on the 7.5-tonne sector in the UK this year with a revised Eurocargo truck, and seven and 7.2 tonne gross weigh versions of [...]
Training providers are reporting demand for Driver CPC courses continuing into the New Year, with some drivers still completing their initial five modules of training. Andrew Bourke, the managing director [...]
Trial challenges green credentials of newer vehicles
Published On: Tuesday 13 January 2015
Keeping traffic moving smoothly will have a large impact on air quality, according to a trial in Brighton involving real-time measurement of the exhaust emissions of buses. This also found [...]
A proposal that all Driver CPC modules should devote at least one hour out of seven to the subject of “dealing with vulnerable road users” (VRUs) has been downgraded to [...]
The closure of parcel carrier City Link, the former Rentokil Initial subsidiary which had been sold for £1 to Better Capital in April 2013, has left about 1,000 self-employed van [...]
