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 [...]

The Freight Transport Association (FTA) has queried recently released figures from Highways England showing that journey time reliability has marginally improved over the last year, claiming that its members have [...]

The Road Haulage Association has welcomed government plans to implement a law in April 2016 which will oblige large businesses with more than 250 employees to publicise their payment practices [...]

An industry-led initiative to encourage young people to consider logistics as a career has won ‘substantial’ financial backing for the next three years from DAF Trucks, Britain’s leading truck manufacturer. [...]

Shortly after Volvo Group announced it had poached Scania’s CEO Martin Lundstedt to take up a similar position with the Gothenburg company, Scania’s owner, VW Group, announced the creation of [...]

The calls for the state of roadside toilet facilities for HGV drivers to be addressed have risen again in volume, with the launch of a petition by truck driver recruitment [...]

The senior traffic commissioner for Great Britain, Beverley Bell, used her inauguration lunch as president of the Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport (CILT) to ask members to consider why [...]

Addressing the demographic imbalance in the truck-driving population is the key to easing the driver shortage, the FTA’s Summit, Solving the Driver Crisis, heard. Volvo Trucks UK & Ireland managing [...]