• Hauliers’ clamour grows for Dover/Calais solutions

    Published On: Thursday 23 July 2015

    Bosses of the UK’s transport sector trade associations have provided stark evidence to MPs about the impact on hauliers of the worsening migrant situation at the Port of Calais – [...]

  • Transport industry reacts to summer Budget statement

    Published On: Sunday 19 July 2015

    Transport trade groups and operators have responded to the various measures impacting on the industry within chancellor George Osborne’s first Budget statement of the new parliament, which was published on [...]

  • FTA concern at city truck ban suggestion

    Published On: Saturday 18 July 2015

    The Freight Transport Association (FTA) has said that peak-hour bans on trucks in cities is not “the right way forward on vulnerable road user safety”, after media reports suggested that [...]

  • Government rejects driver apprenticeship proposal

    Published On: Friday 17 July 2015

    The skills minister Nick Boles has rejected a ‘trailblazer’ bid mounted by industry bodies which would have provided apprenticeship funding and support for large goods vehicle (LGV) drivers. Trade associations [...]

  • Senior TC launches driver regulation consultation

    Published On: Wednesday 15 July 2015

    Beverley Bell, the senior traffic commissioner (STC) for Great Britain, has announced the launch of a new consultation on the regulation of professional lorry, bus and coach drivers. The consultation, [...]

  • DVLA extends licence check window

    Published On: Monday 13 July 2015

    The Driver & Vehicle Licensing Agency (DVLA) has extended the validity of codes generated by its online driving licence information sharing system to 21 days, following complaints from industry that [...]

  • ‘UK’s largest’ CNG filling site gets go-ahead

    Published On: Friday 10 July 2015

    The John Lewis Partnership, the company which operates the John Lewis department store as well as the Waitrose supermarket chain, is set to be among the first customers to take [...]

  • RHA highlights drivers’ hours compliance gap for foreign trucks

    Published On: Wednesday 8 July 2015

    The Road Haulage Association (RHA) has reported that non-UK trucks are “significantly more likely” than UK-operated vehicles to be found to have seriously infringed drivers’ hours laws in a manner [...]

  • DVSA celebrates 500th ATF opening as chief exec bows out

    Published On: Monday 6 July 2015

    The Driver & Vehicle Standards Agency (DVSA) has announced the opening of the 500th site in its authorised testing facility (ATF) scheme, at the County Durham premises of truck and [...]